Word: toltecs
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...Chickasaws-believed to be of Toltec origin-possessed an enviable culture when they were discovered by LaSalle and De Soto in their comfortable towns in Mississippi. We have no record to show that they were ever savages. When the white man brought his own conception of education to them, they took him seriously and practised his teachings even more assiduously than did the white settlers...
...which have not collapsed have been explored. Others may yield fortune to human moles eagerly groveling for Toltec, Mixtec, Zapotec gold...
...individual to one of collective expression. . . . Today we are less insistent on playing solo parts, and begin to be content with playing one part in the general orchestra. . . ." During my recent sojourn in Mexico I found startling confirmation of my ideas. There as I observed the impressive monuments of Toltec architecture, I stood in the presence of a great collective expression. ... In this connection I cannot understand why Americans who give millions for the restoration of Versailles, do not spend a few millions for the excavation of the uncounted temples in Central America and for the establishment of museums which...
...Toltecs had in their early days been strongly influenced by the early Maya culture in Guatemala. The great expansion of the Toltec Empire included practically all of the non-Maya peoples of Central and Southern Mexico, and as far south as Nicaragua and Costa Rica...
...article of the number is "Queens of the Trotting Track." It is chiefly statistics and is rather dull reading to one not particularly interested in the subject. It is illustrated with several full page pictures of the "Queens" from paintings by Gean Smith. A very good story is "The Toltec Idol" by T. Philip Terry. It is a tale of Mexico and is perhaps a little over drawn. Another story "The letter of Credit" is written by C. C. Nott. It is a love story but the plot is original. John Corbin has a long article on "Starting and Starters...