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Title: The history of ancient Mexico : from the foundation of that empire to its destruction by the Spaniards
Year: 1832 (1830s)
Authors: Gordon, Thomas Francis, 1787-1860
Subjects: Indians of Mexico
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed for and published by the author : and for sale by the principal booksellers in the U. States
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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t honourable that could be obtained, and tlieexpiring warrior, exulted in the conviction, that hisbravery had procured for him a distinguished placein the memory of his countrymen, and the highestjoys of heaven. Children destined to tliis profes-sion, w ere bred to it from infancy, and the love ofmartial fame with which they were thus inspired,enabled the nation to shake off a foreign yoke, andextend their dominion from the banks of their laketo the shores of the opposite seas. The highest military dignity was that of general,but there were four grades of this rank. The high-est was Tlacochcalcatle, or resident of the houseof darts^^^ and eacii was distinguished by its pecu-liar badji;e. The oflicers next in lank were cap-tains. To reward military merit, the Mexicans inthe establisimient of their militarv orders, resortedto the same means as the monarchs of Europe, andpurchased the most devoted zeal of their subjects,by the donation of a cordon, or robe; and in the V/Av/AV/// r/r/JKur
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CH. VII, MEXICO. 283 invention of names for their orders, were quite ashappy, as the heralds of the eastern hemisphere.The first order was that of princes, the second ofeagles, and the third of tigers, all animals of prey.The princes wore their hair tied on the tops oftheir heads, with a red string, from which hung asmany locks of cotton, as they had performed dis-tinguished actions. Several of the Mexican kingsgloried in belonging to this order. The historians,nave not presei^ed the decorations of the other or-ders, but nave contented themselves with informingus, that the tigers wore armour spotted like theskins of the animal, whose name they had assumed.The insignia of knighthood, however, was onlyborne in war; at court, the officers of the armywere clothed in garments of mixed colours, calleclTlachqitahjo. The untried soldier was forbiddenall ornament of dress; he made his first campaign,clad in the coarse white cloth of the met!, whichnot even princes of the blood royal, could exc

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