HILI" AND THE CIVIL WARS . . . . . . . 102
VIII. THE MEAN END OF THE GREAT CONQUISTADOR . . . . . . 105
IX. THE LAST OF THE BRETHREN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN HISTORY

I. THE CHIEF OF ALL THE SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE . . . . . 115
II. THE EXPEDITION TO MEXICO . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
III. THE RELIGION OF THE AZTECS . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
IV. THE MARCH TO TENOCHTITLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
V. THE REPUBLIC OF TLASCALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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 . . . .