Identifier: worldsstoryhisto11tapp (find matches)
Title: The world's story; a history of the world in story, song and art, ed. by Eva March Tappan
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Tappan, Eva March, 1854-1930 Ploetz, Karl Julius, 1819-1881 Tillinghast, William Hopkins, 1819-1881 Dresser, Horatio W. (Horatio Willis), b. 1866
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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at hisprisoner was plotting against him, and ordered his execution.When brought to the fatal tree, Quauhtemoc displayed theintrepid spirit worthy of his better days. I knew what itwas, said he, to trust to your false promises, Malinche; Iknew that you had destined me to this fate, since I did notfall by my own hand when you entered my city of Tenoch-titlan. Why do you slay me so unjustly? God will demandit of you! Tetlepanquetzal, protesting his innocence, de-clared that he desired no better lot than to die by the sideof his lord. The unfortunate princes, with one or moreinferior nobles, were then executed by being hanged fromthe huge branches of a ceiba tree which overshadowed theroad. August 21 of each year — the anniversary of the tortureof the prince — a curious festival is held at the base of themonument. Aztec costumes are worn by the participants,Indian dances are performed, and the descendants of thegreat prince recall, in the Aztec language, the chief episodesof his life.
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Ill MODERN MEXICO HISTORICAL NOTE From the time of Cortes until her final revolt against Spain,in 1810, Mexico was under Spanish misrule and suffered fromunbearable taxation, corruption of the courts of justice, andthe granting of ofl&ces and privileges to those only who hadbeen born in Spain. The land which now forms the State ofTexas formerly belonged to Mexico. Texas fought herselffree and became a part of the United States. Disagreementsabout the boundary arose which led to war between Mexicoand this country in 1846-48. In i860, Mexico refused tomake payments on money borrowed from foreign nations.This resulted in war with France, wherein the French werevictors. Napoleon III hoped to found a French empire inAmerica, and gave the crown of Mexico to Maximilian,brother of the Emperor of Austria. On the withdrawal of theFrench troops, Maximilian fell into the hands of ex-PresidentJuarez and was executed. Juarez was then made President,and held this position until his death, in 187

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