JC> SB> What most people don't know is that they also won the first battle
  > SB> with the Europeans, in spite of the fact that they had neither guns 
nor
JC> The invaders were also aided by rebellious tribes (as well as Cortes'
  > mistress, Malinche) that didn't take too kindly to the regime of 
Montezuma.
  > And it is difficult to tell how much of the Aztec culture was _really_
  > theirs or how much belonged to the territory and the peoples _they_
  > invaded such as the Toltecs.
JC> If one had been Toltec, Olmec, etc., I suspect that they would look upon 
th
  > Aztecs much the same as Native Americans view the European invasion 
day.
I think that's true, Jim.  I definitely do not idolize the Aztecs.  They
were not the most wonderful people in the world.  but then neither were
the Spanish or the English.
The Cherokees and Creeks, on the other hand, were, and are, just about
perfect. Any stories to the contrary you've heard about them are vicious
lies. (VBG)
                        Sondra
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