I am your princess, and you should obey me, but to-day I issue no command.

I say choose between the alliance of the Aztec and the yoke of the Teule, and may the god above the gods, the almighty, the invisible god, direct your choice.' Otomie ceased and a murmur of applause went round the hall.

Alas, I can do no justice to the fire of her words, any more than I can describe the dignity and loveliness of her person as it seemed in that hour.

But they went to the hearts of the rude chieftains who listened.

Many of them despised the Aztecs as a womanish people of the plains and the lakes, a people of commerce.