. Mediæval and modern history . —something like the Iroquoisconfederacy in the North—formed of three Indian Ofthese the Aztecs were the leading tribe and gave name to theconfederacy. At the head of the league stood a sachem, orwar-chief, who bore the name of Montezuma. The Aztecs, at the time of the discovery of America, hadreached what is called the middle stage of barbarism,—astage of culture which the Mediterranean races had reached 1 Juan Ponce de Leon started on his romantic expedition in search of the fabledspring in 1512; Vasco de Balboa discovered the Pacific in 1513; Hernando
. Mediæval and modern history . —something like the Iroquoisconfederacy in the North—formed of three Indian Ofthese the Aztecs were the leading tribe and gave name to theconfederacy. At the head of the league stood a sachem, orwar-chief, who bore the name of Montezuma. The Aztecs, at the time of the discovery of America, hadreached what is called the middle stage of barbarism,—astage of culture which the Mediterranean races had reached 1 Juan Ponce de Leon started on his romantic expedition in search of the fabledspring in 1512; Vasco de Balboa discovered the Pacific in 1513; Hernando de Soto,while searching for a rich Indian kingdom, found the Mississippi in 1541; and inthe same year Francisco de Orellana descended the eastern slope of the Andes tothe Napo, floated down that stream to the Amazon, and then drifted on down to the sea. 2 Prescotts description of the Mexican state, especially as to its political organization,is misleading. For later authorities see bibliography at the end of the
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