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.--Attack of the city mob on the army--Quitman

Governor--Peña President--Congress ordered--Siege of Puebla-- Lane's, Lally's, and Childs's victories--Guerrilleros broken up--Mexican politics--Anaya President--Peace negotiations-- Scott's decree--Peña President--Santa Anna and Lane--Santa Anna leaves Mexico for Jamaica--Treaty entered into--Its character--Santa Cruz de Rosales--Court of Inquiry--Internal troubles--Ambassadors at Querétaro--Treaty ratified-- Evacuation--Revolutionary attempts--Condition of Mexico since the war--Character of Santa Anna--Note on the military critics, 420

## BOOK I.

HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO BY CORTÉZ, WITH A SKETCH OF AZTEC CIVILIZATION 1511-1530.

## BOOK I.

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