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The genius, manners, and customs, of the Americans, have little affinity with those of the Europeans, the more civilized Asiatics, or any of the African nations. It is, therefore, reasonable to suppose, that their progenitors were seated in some of…

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but seven had died of hunger and fatigue, the rest fell into the hands of the Cacique of the country, who immediately sacrificed five to his idols

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And the bodies of these sacrifices, thus murdered in a long and dismal succession were tumbled down from an elevated place of slaughter, and were eaten in a festival, by those who had taken them prisioners.

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Others say they gave unto them mans flesh, which the great Lizards, or Caymans eat very well.

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the old Inhabitants were called Chichicmecas, a savage People, that liv’d without any Order in the Mountains, Forests and Caves, and fed on what the Earth and Water produc’d, or what they could rob from their Neighbours. They say, the Remains of them…

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The cacique of the place where we were, being asked by us relative to the road to Mexico, recommended that by Cholula; but our allies strongly advised us against going that way, on account of the treacherous disposition of the people, and that the…

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Spanish writers, in general, say that Mexico and Peru were the most civilized of all parts of Continent, where they landed.

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De Solis, in his history of the conquest of Mexico, tells us, that the Indians sacrificed in that city every year, twenty thousand lives to their accursed idol.

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These Indians wore close dresses of cotton, their waists being girded with a narrow cloth; in which, we observed that they exhibited more sense of decency than the natives in Cuba.

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And in those parts of America where they make pretences to any sense of Religión, it was a frequent thing as the Spanish writers of the country of Mexico inform us, to seek out some beautiful girl, and offer her a sacrifice to their offended idols,…

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OLD MEXICO or NEW SPAIN: The divinities of the native inhabitants of Mexico were clothed with terror, and delighted in vengeance.

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Their [de los indios] countenance, at first view, appear mild and innocent; but upon a narrow inspection, they discover something wild, distrustful, and sullen.

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I do believe that the Spaniards do not care to have this Lake discovered, for fear lest other European Nations should get knowledge of it, and by that means visit the Mines of New Mexico made an Insurrection, and destroyed most of the Spaniards…

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The civilization of the Mexicans and Peruvians, as well as their populousness, make it extremely probable that they were the first inhabitants of America. In travelling northward, the people are more and more ignorant and savage: the Esquimaux, the…

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Doctor Robertson, speaking of the Mexicans and Peruvians, whom he is not disposed to rank with those nations which merit the name of civilised, has the following remarks —"When compared with other parts of the new world, Mexico and Peru may be…

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And give them, give them faith in Thee. / New Zealand, California, / James island, Frieslanf, Canada, / Convert; and tender mercies show/ To Florida, and Mexico.

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When was America Peopled? That America was peopled very anciently and soon after the flood, is very probable: 1. Because the aboriginal Americans, till they became acquainted with Europeans, were ignorant of those arts and inventions, such, among…

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The kingdom of Michuacan, the most westerly of the whole, was bounded on the east and south by the Mexican dominions, on the north by the country of the Chichimecas, and other more barbarous nations, and on the west by the lake of Chapallan, and some…

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They lived at this time in a state of the most gross and cruel idolatry; and were under the dominion of Montezuma, one of the most absolute and cruel tyrants that ever disgraced the human species. One of the principal tributes which he imposed upon…

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Motezuma is avowedly a monster of cruelty. Gua. Show more respect for Motezuma, who is an hero enow’d with every royal virtue.

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You are free; for, Fernando does not imitate the barbaroous customs of the worthless Motezuma. O my love, let’s give thanks to the power divine, for having preserved you unmolested, from that villain, and restor’d you to your faithful adorer!

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“This was then a sufficient fortification against the inhabitants of the new world, who were happily ignorant of the arts of war, and the methods of destraction practised by polite nations.”

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They sacrifice to devils, and (as an author who dwelt in the place, tells us) have several oratories, or dark ---, full of idols, great and small, which they bathe and wash with blood, even the blood of men

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Under this form of government they had long maintained themselves against the kings of Mexico, and were now at their highest pitch of power; for the cruelty of Motezuma had augmented the number of their confederates, among whom they reckoned the…

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penitence and reformation, virtue, and piety of heart, and life, are little thought of among wild heathens as the means of obtaining divine pardon, or as necessary for that end.

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Fasts, mortifications and penances, all rigid, and many of them excruciating to an extreme degree, were the means which they employed to appease the wrath of their Gods. But of all offerings, human sacrifices were deemed the most acceptable.

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“In the Town they speak three Languages; that is to say, Nahualh, which is the Courtly Speech, and the chiefest in all the Land of Mexico; another is called Otomir, which is most commonly used in the Villages: There is only one street that speaketh …

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They had also a Goddess called Tozi, or Our Great Grandmother; a Deity of their own framing; for it is reported their God Vitziliputzlu directed them to demand of the King of Culiacan his Daughter, for their Queen; which being complied with, they put…

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And in Mexico, at the Death of their King, they were wont to slaughter two hundred persons that might attend ‘em to the other World.

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I shall mention only the cruel and bloody rites, which were practiced by the Mexicans in their human sacrifices, as Antonio de Herrara gives us an account,

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Marriage Rites, &c. in Old Mexico. When a Daughter was to be married, the Person who made the Match carried her at Night upon his Back to the young Man’s House attended by four Women with lighted Torches of fine Wood.

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But these taxes were often influenced by the priests; who, when they saw a man wanting in respect to themselves, or in devotion to their abominable idols, would tell the emperor that the gods were hungry

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Into these oratories the priests suffer none to ---, but persons of the first distinction, and when any such go they are obliged to offer some man or other as a sacrifice, -- the priests may wash their hands, and sprinkle the house in the blood of…

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A common sacrifice

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Many of these wretched victims, which were taken in war, were successively carried up to an elevated place, where the high-priest stood, and were held fast by five men, one to each arm, one to each leg, and one to hold the head: Then this inhuman…

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And in those parts of America where they make pretences to any sense of Religión, it was a frequent thing as the Spanish writers of the country of Mexico inform us, to seek out some beautiful girl, and offer her a sacrifice to their offended idols,…

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And in Mexico, at the Death of their King, they were wont to slaughter two hundred persons that might attend ‘em to the other World.

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One of the principal tributes which he imposed upon the people, was, a certain number of men to be sacrificed every year, to abate the fury of an ugly deformed idol, which was set up in the great temple of Mexico. Such numbers of poor victims, as the…

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De Solis, in his history of the conquest of Mexico, tells us, that the Indians sacrificed in that city every year, twenty thousand lives to their accursed idol.

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For they offer’d up humane Sacrifices, they brought even Children (whose tender Age raises pity even in an Enemy’s Heart) to their bloody Altars ; imploring the Mercy of the Gods by spilling the Blood of those, for the sparing of whose Lives their…

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Fasts, mortifications and penances, all rigid, and many of them excruciating to an extreme degree, were the means which they employed to appease the wrath of their Gods. But of all offerings, human sacrifices were deemed the most acceptable.

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They sacrifice to devils, and (as an author who dwelt in the place, tells us) have several oratories, or dark ---, full of idols, great and small, which they bathe and wash with blood, even the blood of men

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Human sacrifices are generally prohibited; but, upon more solemn occasions, such as ----, or coronation of their king, their entering upon a --, and public supplications for success, they sacrificed children, -- four to ten years of age

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To these Snakes and the other venemous beasts they usually gave the blood of men sacrificed to feed them.

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Many different idols were found in particular places; but as for the sun, it was the general deity both in Mexico and Peru.

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It would be endless to repeat their various superstitions. I shall mention only the cruel and bloody rites, which were practiced by the Mexicans in their human sacrifices, as Antonio de Herrara gives us an account,

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Tlascala appears to have been the only instance of a perfect Aristocracy among a people, who, on account of their uncivilised manners, must still be reckoned savages.

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In this town of Tlascala we found wooden cages, where they confined and fattened their victims. These we destroyed, releasing the unfortunate prisoners, who remained with us, not daring to venture to their homes. Cortes spoke in very angry terms to…

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