The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft Author:Hubert Howe Bancroft Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. . RAIDS ALONU THE SOUTH SEA. 1.521-1524. Kino Zwanga's Warning—First Entry Into Michoacan—Montano's Visit To Thf. Court Of Tangaxoan—A Narrow... more » Escape—Tarascan Envoys—Olid Invades Michoacan—Outrages At Tangimaroa And I'zintzuntzan—Colonization Attemptkii Visions Of The South Sea —Ship-builuino At Zacatula—The Route To The Spice Islands— Alvarez' Mishap In Colima—Olid Avenges Him—Chimalhuacan Region—Isle Of The Amazons—Cortes Hastens To Appropriate A Rich Field—The Queen Of Jalisco—Tradition Of A Shipwrecked Cross. It has already been told how the Aztecs in their sore distress appealed for aid to King Zwanga of Michoacan, representing to him the danger of letting ruthless strangers obtain a foothold in the country. Brief as had been their sta5', they had revealed their avowed intentions by rapacious extortion and enslavement, by overthrowing the cherished religion of their forefathers, and by slaughtering those who attempted to defend their homes and institutions, going even so far as to shackle the sacred person of the emperor, and finally to murder him. Zwanga was naturally roused, especially at the probable fate awaiting himself, and he hastened to send envoys to Mexico to gain further information and advice before he should trust himself to a people who had ever been hostile to his race, or should venture to face the wrath of the children of the sun. He resolved, nevertheless, to arm for any emergency, and quickly a hundred thousand men stood prepared, to join, perhaps, in an overwhelming avalanche that should sweep the Spaniards fromthe face of Anahuac. At this juncture the spirit of ?:.'.a dead sister is said to have appeared and warned him against resisting the God-sent strangers, pointing in support of her words to a bright figure in the sky, rep...« less