The Chinampa; Or, Island Home: a Tale of Ancient Mexico |
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The Chinampa Or Island Home: A Tale of Ancient Mexico (1852) Mrs J. K. Sampson No preview available - 2009 |
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acacia Almighty arms beautiful begged birds brave bright built cacique called canoe causeways cave cavern CHAPTER child CHINAMPA Christian conquest of Mexico Cortes Coyba cried dark dear destroy dressed dwell Emperor exclaimed fell flowers friends gardens gods gold grew hand heaven honey humming-bird idol idolatry Indian girl island family kingdom of heaven knelt little singing little singing dove looked MADOC maguez maize Marina ment Mexicans Montezuma mother mountain Murelli nampa nequen night Olmedo and Aguilar Painalla plant plumage poor Indian pray prayer pretty priests Quetzalcoalt robe rock round sacrifice seed sent skin slave solitary rock soon Spaniards stood strong sweet tale tell temple of Tlaloc thee thou thought threw tianquez told trees tribe unto valley valley of Mexico warm watched woman wood words young Zemaco and Metata Zemaco and Wappy