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Mexican Temple of Montezuma--The Serpent emblem in Mexico--Pyramid of Cholula--Tradition of the giants of Auahuac--The temple of Quetzalcoatl--North American Indians and the Rattlesnake--Indian Tradition of a Great Serpent--Serpents in the Mounds of the West-- Bigotry and folly of the Spanish Conquerors of the West--Wide prevalence of Mexican Ophiolatreia.