. Guide leaflet. symbolic historyof the world. A third great disc, carvedy)\\ its face and edges, commemoratedthe far-lluug c-oiKpusts of the War ChiefTizoc. A sacrifice was to be made. Before asmall temple dedicated to one of the gods,a grou]) was gathered, some in the gay])aiioply of nuuchants and others wearingthe sinister black of the them, tightly-pinioned, stood aslav(\ who looked unseeingly about him,resignation, not fear, in lus face. The]UMests rushed him up the steep steps tothe temple, the merchants following at Ilii-: \\()/:>//n/hi:> or r/ih .\/r/:c \\.\/: (.
. Guide leaflet. symbolic historyof the world. A third great disc, carvedy)\\ its face and edges, commemoratedthe far-lluug c-oiKpusts of the War ChiefTizoc. A sacrifice was to be made. Before asmall temple dedicated to one of the gods,a grou]) was gathered, some in the gay])aiioply of nuuchants and others wearingthe sinister black of the them, tightly-pinioned, stood aslav(\ who looked unseeingly about him,resignation, not fear, in lus face. The]UMests rushed him up the steep steps tothe temple, the merchants following at Ilii-: \\()/:>//n/hi:> or r/ih .\/r/:c \\.\/: (.ace. Two priests, seizingthe slave by eillier arm, IDived him back-ward while two others i)iilled his legs outfrom under, until his body curved, bellyupward, over the altar. A lilth priestdragged his knile in a long sweep from thibreast-bone to the base of the stomaehand, reaching into the aperture, with adexterous twist tore out the heart. Theyburned this on the altar, and the mer-. BoYS Going to School. Note that theParents Wear the Dress of Poor Folk chants, swinging long ladles of smoking in-cense, chanted tlieir thanks for a safe andprofitable excursion to the hot country. Paying no attention to this pious littlescene, knots of chiefs were converging on alarge building at a corner of the War Chief Montezuma was planningan attack on a neighboring town remiss inits tribute and there must be a gatheringof the clan leaders. Adorned with helmetslike the heads of jaguars, eagles, andwolves, girt with armor of wadded cottonbrocaded in many colors or embroideredwith feathers, their faces set with noseand lip ornaments of jade and gold, thesefierce-faced chiefs passed through thedoor, but before entering the councilchamber they stripj)ed off this finery.
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