NORTH



AMERICAN



INDIANS.



The revenues of the crown were under the coanizaonce



of a council appointed- solely for that
cil took charge of those parts of the ki
from the mines, as wvell as of those
by his subjects of every profession.
reiln of Moniteznma, amounted to a
man's profits. The nobles were not
taxes, but were obliwred to maintain



men, to serve in the king's



army



purpose; this cot in-



n0s28 income, a
taxes in kind,
These taxes
third part of
subject to the
a certain numn



vhene ver



they



risinael
, paid
in the
every
same
ber of
were



required.
  The military a
separate council.
teemed ti;e most
every where enjo



ffairs of the empire were regulated by a



  The profession of a sol
honourable in the empire,
yed peculiar privileaes. '1



dier was es-
and soldiers
rheir armies



were raised with ease, every cacique, or chief, being obli-
ged, when called upon, to bring a certain nutmber of men
into the field. The Spanish xvriters relate, that Monte
zurna had thirty vassals, each of whom could bring an
hundred thousand inen into the field, but this calcula-
tion has evident marks of exarceration. Each cacique
commanded his own vassals, but under the control of the
emperor, who generally conducted his armies in persen.
  War seams to have been the d licht of the nation, and
military talents were the surest mneans of preferment. In
order to excite an emulationl iii courage and warlike skill
arnon- the troonsn severtal ordters were created simtyilar to



the k
were
whic
or of
whic
numn
actio



  L--1 ~~~I /
nights of Nurope, in.
many of these order
h. none could be admn
royal descent. Their



h their hair was tied
hver of tassels correspw
ns performed by the xk



thre d



s, an
itted,
bad;
behit
)lDdit
vearn



lays of chivalry.
d one in particu
, who were not
me was at red ril)b
nd ; to this were 4
.ig to the number (
er, a new tassel b



rlhere
lar, into
princes,
onl, with
rffixed a
)f heroic



Gin



ded for each e
self beloncred.
  rrheir arms
some Spanish
weapons were



xploit.



To this



order



the emperor him-



0



were genertally bows and arrows; but
writers have asserted, that iron or steel
also in use amlong theem, somne centuries
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