BY DANIEL G. BRINTON, M. D., LL. D., D. Sc. PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND LINGUISTICS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA [ REPRINTED FROM THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN , SEPTEMBER, 1896 ] CHICAGO 1896...

By Daniel G. Brinton, M. D. The first battle on the American continent in which horses were used was that of Cintla in Tabasco, March, 1519, the European troops being under the leadership of Hernando Cortes. This fact attaches something more than an ordinary historic interest to the engagement, at least enough to make it desirable to ascertain its precise locality and its proper name. Both of these are in doubt, as well as the ethnic stock to which the native tribe belonged which opposed the Spa