Hernando Cortez. Abbott John Stevens Cabot

poltroonery to abandon it upon the first aspect of danger; that they were determined to persevere, and that, if Cortez wished to return with the cowards to Cuba, they would instantly choose another general to guide them in the career of glory upon which they had entered.

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      Yuca is the Indian name of the plant used for bread. The heap of earth in which it is planted is called tule. The two words repeated together made Yucatul, or Yucatan as it was expres

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Yuca is the Indian name of the plant used for bread. The heap of earth in which it is planted is called tule. The two words repeated together made Yucatul, or Yucatan as it was expressed by the Spaniards. —Bernal Diaz.