The Aztec Treasure-House is an 1890 adventure novel by Thomas A. Janvier. It follows a search for lost Aztec treasure, with a secret manuscript and long-hidden clues. For readers who enjoy old-fashioned adventure tales of discovery and unknown civilizations.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE By Thomas Allibone Janvier Copyright, 1890, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. TO C. A. J. Departimiento y ha entre los engaños. Catales y ha que son buenos, e tales que malos, e buenos son aquellos que los omnes fazen a buena fe e a buena intencion.—Alonzo el Sabio, Setena Partida, Titulo xvi., Ley ii. The Dying Cacique. CONTENTS. PROLOGUE. I. FRAY ANTONIO II. THE CACIQUE'S SECRET III. THE MONK'S MANUSCRIPT IV. MONTEZUMA'S MESSENGER V. THE ENGINEER AND THE LOST-FREIGHT MAN VI. THE KING'S SYMBOL
VII. THE FIGHT IN THE CAÑON VIII. AFTER THE FIGHT IX. THE CAVE OF THE DEAD X. THE SWINGING STATUE XI. THE SUBMERGED CITY XII. IN THE VALLEY OF DEATH XIII. UP THE CHAC-MOOL STAIR XIV. THE HANGING CHAIN XV. THE TEMPLE IN THE CLOUDS XVI. AT THE BARRED PASS XVII. OF OUR COMING INTO THE VALLY OF AZTLAN XVIII. THE STRIKING OF A MATCH XIX. THE SEEDS OF REVOLT XX. THE PRIEST CAPTAIN'S SUMMONS XXI. THE WALLED CITY OF CULHUACON XXII. THE OUTBREAK OF REVOLUTION XXIII. A RESCUE XXIV. THE AFFAIR AT THE WATER-GATE XXV. THE GOLD-MINERS OF HUITZILAN XXVI. THE GATHERING FOR WAR XXVII. AN OFFER OF TERMS XXVIII. THE SURRENDER OF A LIFE XXIX. THE ASSAULT IN THE NIGHT XXX. THE FALL OF THE CITADEL XXXI. DEFEAT XXXII. EL SABIO'S DEFIANCE XXXIII. IN THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE XXXIV. A MARTYRDOM XXXV. THE TREASURE-CHAMBER XXXVI. THE VENGEANCE OF THE GODS XXXVII. THROUGH DARKNESS TO LIGHT XXXVIII. KING CHALTZANTZIN'S TREASURE EPILOGUE. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE DYING CACIQUE THE LETTER FROM THE DEAD PACKING IN THE CORRAL
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