Chapter 4
“ON THESE ALTARS WERE idols with evil looking bodies, and that very night five Indians had been sacrificed before them; their chests had been cut open, and their arms and thighs had been cut off, and the walls were covered with blood” —
Bernal Díaz, 1518 Grijalva Expedition
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I HAD BEEN BACK HOME for almost a month before I received an email from Art. It was quite surprising as he was honestly the last person I expected to hear from. I’ve had a little time to sit back and take in my Texas experience, even sharing some (but not all) of the stories with my wife, as I often do.
I told her the “ghost stories” from the young lady on the flight and how they were almost identical to the ones I’d heard as a kid. I left out the part about my meeting with Jeff and the
