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Bibliography: History of the Conquest of Mexico by Prescott, William H.
- Title
- History of the Conquest of Mexico
- Author
- Prescott, William H.
- Date
- 1843
- Genre
- nonfiction
- Note Source
- Collected Short Fiction 73
- Note Relating to Cather
- In "The Enchanted Bluff," Arthur Adams says, "When my father was in Mexico City he saw the stone where they [Aztecs] used to sacrifice their prisoners." Prescott describes such a stone on display at the El Museo Nacional de Mexico in his History of the Conquest of Mexico (March 39-40).