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  VI. CORTES'S DESCRIPTION OF MEXICO 147  VII. THE MEETING WITH MONTEZUMA 162 VIII. THE SEIZURE OF THE EMPEROR 171   IX. THE REVOLT OF THE CAPITAL 174    X. IN GOD'S WAY 177   XI. THE MELANCHOLY NIGHT 182  XII. THE SIEGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MEXICO 194 XIII. A DAY OF DESPERATE FIGHTING 198 XIV. THE LAST MEXICAN 215  XV. THE END OF CORTES 218

PART II

OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE

THE YARN OF THE "ESSEX," WHALER

231

SOME FAMOUS AMERICAN DUELS	245
I. A TRAGEDY OF OLD NEW YORK	246
II. ANDREW JACKSON AS A DUELLIST	248
III. THE KILLING OF STEPHEN DECATUR	251
IV. AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF JAMES BOWIE	252
V. A FAMOUS CONGRESSIONAL DUEL	254
VI. THE LAST NOTABLE DUEL IN AMERICA	256

THE CRUISE OF THE "TONQUIN"

261

JOHN PAUL JONES	281
I. THE BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN NAVY	283
II. JONES FIRST HOISTS THE STARS AND STRIPES	284
III. THE BATTLE WITH THE "SERAPIS"	285
IV. A HERO'S FAMOUS SAYINGS	287
V. WHAT JONES DID FOR HIS COUNTRY	288
VI. WHY DID HE TAKE THE NAME OF JONES	289
VII. A SEARCH FOR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE	292
VIII. THE JONESES OF NORTH CAROLINA	296
IX. PAUL JONES NEVER A MAN OF WEALTH	297

IN THE CAVERNS OF THE PITT

301

BEING A BOY OUT WEST

315

INDEX

335

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"THE POOR LITTLE GOVERNOR … DISTANCED HIS FIERCE PURSUERS AT LAST"     Drawing by Seymour M. Stone	Frontispiece
	FACING PAGE
"OJEDA GALLOPED OFF WITH HIS … CAPTIVE"     Drawing by Seymour M. Stone	6
"THE INDIANS POURED A RAIN OF POISONED ARROWS"     Drawing by Seymour M. Stone	7
"BALBOA … ENGAGED IN SUPERINTENDING THE ROOFING OF A HOUSE"     Drawing by George Gibbs	34
"THE EXPEDITION HAD TO FIGHT ITS WAY THROUGH TRIBES OF WARLIKE AND FEROCIOUS MOUNTAINEERS"     Drawing by George Gibbs	35
"HE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE SEA IN THE NAME OF CASTILE AND LEON"     Drawing by George Gibbs	40
"HE THREW THE SACRED VOLUME TO THE GROUND IN A VIOLENT RAGE"     Drawing by George Gibbs	41
"THEY BURST UPON THE