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iiutvilablv thrown more into the scale ot llu* rude chietuiiii, lluis 

 battling for his country's freedom than into that of his (ivlli/«<l 

 antai^onist. " 



Guatcmozin's beautiful wife, the Princess Tecuichpo, lh<! 

 dautjhter of Montezuma, lived long enough after his death to give 

 her hand to four Castilians, all of noble descent, and her husband 

 Don Thoan Cano speaks of her as "most gracious and winning 

 in her deportment," and as " having contributed greatly, by h(!r 

 example, to the tranquillity of her conquered country." 



We find that the Cocoa seeds were extensively u sed lj[y_JLlie 

 Mexicans for currency. Peter Martyr gave them on this account 

 the name Aviygdahc p€cunia7-iu\ and exclaims: " Blessed money ! 

 which exempts its [)ossessors_jVQrTL_uvarice^ sinrc it cmnot l>e. 

 hoarded nor hidden under ground." 



Joseph Acosta. "the great Jesuit." in his " Historie of 

 the East and West Indies." tnuislated and publisheil 1604, in 

 London, says: " Thf Indians used no gold nor silver to trafticke 

 or buy withall * * * -^^w^ unto this d.iy this custom continues 

 amongst the Indians, as in the province of .Mexico in steede 

 of money they use Cocoa (which is .1 small fruile), and therewith 

 buy what they will." 



Thomas Candish. who was the sec(-Mul of the Circum- 

 navigators, in an account of a voyage begun July ist, 15S6, 

 relates that: " Here were laid up (/.c. at .\gatulco, two leagues 

 from the river Copalita), four hundred bags of Cacaos, every l>ag 

 being worth itm crowns. 



"These Cacaos serve amongst themboih Iim ' y. 



insteacTof ready money. 150 of ih-m .1 ig 



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