Identifier: mexicoitsancient01enoc (find matches)
Title: Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development;
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Enock, C. Reginald (Charles Reginald), 1868-1970
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Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ations against the capital—Building of the brigantines—Aztec tenacity—Expedition to Cuer-navaca — Xochimilco — Attack upon the city — Struggles andreverses—Sacrifice of Spaniards—Desertion of the Allies—Returnof the Allies—Renewed attacks—Fortitude of the Aztecs—Thefamous catapult—Sufferings of the Aztecs—Final attack—Appallingslaughter—Ferocious Tlascalans—Fall of Mexico. The Valley of Mexico is a region of somewhat remarkabletopographical character. It consists of a plain or inter-montane basin, enclosed on all sides by ranges of hills,forming a hydrographic entity whose waters have nonatural outlet.^ A group of lakes occupy the central psrtof this valley, very much reduced, however, in size sincethe time of the Conquest. It was the 8th of November, 1519. Across the southernend of the great Lake Texcoco stretched a singular dykeor causeway, several miles in length and a few yardsin width—a road or pathway built up of stone and mortar See p. 17. 76
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THE LAKES OF THE VALLEY OF MEXICO AT THE TIME OF THE COX-QUEST, SHOWING THE CAUSEWAYS TO THE AZTEC ISLAXD-CITY OFTEXOCHTITLAX. (From Prescotts Conquest of Mexico.) (To face p. 76. THE FALL OF THE LAKE CITY 77 above the surrounding water, connecting the shoresof that inland sea with an island and three other similarcauseways. Upon this island arose a beautiful city withstreets of strange buildings, above which rose greatpyramids with sanctuaries upon their summits; and uponthe bosom of the lake numerous canoes were plying, ladenwith men and merchandise. So rose those towers, andlived and moved the dwellers of this lake city, unknowingand unknown of European man, living their life as if noother world than theirs held sway beneath the firmamentof the unknown God. But the spell is broken. Atrumpet sound is ringing through the morning air.Across the causeway comes a troop of strange men-animals—fearful things which snort and tramp, makingthe causeway rumble, whilst the notes of that stra

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