Chapter XXIV: Appendix: Original Documents (5)

Human sacrifices, at the installation of monarchs, i. 37, 94, ii. 4.
Of prisoners, i. 49, 56, 94.
To Huitzilopochtli, 70, iv. 52.
At the funerals of the rich, i. 78.
At confession and absolution, 83, _note_.
Origin of, in Anahuac, 88.
For the god Tezcatlipoca, 89.
Of women, 92.
Gladiatorial, 92, _note_.
Extent of, 94, ii. 53, _note_.
At the dedication of the temple of Huitzilopochtli, 94.
Measures for procuring victims for, 95, 96, _note_.
Influence of, on the Aztecs, 96, 101, _note_, iv. 113.
Compared with the Inquisition, i. 98.
Voluntary, 98.
Practised to some extent by the Toltecs, 100, _note_.
At the kindling of the new fire, 141.
Of Maxtla, 183.
By Nezahualcoyotl, 206.
Nezahualcoyotl’s ideas respecting, 206, 214.
At the obsequies of Nezahualpilli, 218, _note_.
Among the Mongols, 244.
At the Isla de los Sacrificios, 294.
Not offered at Cozumel, 337.
Of Christians wrecked at Yucatan, 340.
At the coronation of Montezuma, ii. 5;
during his administration, 9.
Remains of, near Vera Cruz, 35.
Victims for, demanded of the Totonacs, 45.
Among Tlascalans, 109.
Of captives in the Aztec and Tlascalan wars, 110.
Cempoallan envoys seized for, 119.
Victims for, released, 173.
Fruits and flowers instead of, 182.
Number of, at Cholula, 186.
Of children, 193.
Condemned in Montezuma’s presence, 266.
Stench of, in the great temple, 327.
Promise from Montezuma respecting, 364.
Of Spaniards, iii. 133, 168, 250, 265, 344, iv. 52, 57, 78.
See _Cannibalism_ and _Prisoners_.

Humboldt, on the extent of the Aztec empire, 5, _note_.
On the extent of Anahuac, 13, _note_.
On the Aztec cosmogony and that of Eastern Asia, 75, _note_.
On the Aztec annals, 113, _note_.
On the Dresden Codex, 119, _note_.
On the publication of Aztec remains, 142, _note_.
His obligations to Gama, 145.
On Indian corn, 148, _note_.
On the _musa_, 150, _note_.
On the American agave, 152, _note_.
On silk among the Aztecs, 160, _note_.
On the peopling of a continent, 231, _note_.
On scientific analogies, 247, _note_.
His definition of _ocelotl_, 247, _note_.
On Mexican languages, 249, _note_.
On Mexican beards and moustaches, 254, _note_.
On the color of the aborigines, 255, _note_.
On diseases in Mexico, 366, _note_.
On the volcano Orizaba, ii. 35, _note_.
On the Cofre de Perote, 91, _note_.
On the mound to Quetzalcoatl, 184, _note_.
On the word _volcan_, 224, _note_.
On Montaño’s ascent, 228, _note_.
Identifies localities, 263, _note_.
On the drain of Huehuetoca, 283, _note_.
On the comparative quantities of silver and gold, iii. 10, _note_.
On the pyramids of Teotihuacan, 191, _note_.
On the avenue to Iztapalapan, 348, _note_.

Humming-birds, i. 234, ii. 294, and _note_.

Husbands, on duties to, iv. 270.

Hymns. See _Songs_.

I

Iceland, early colonization of, i. 228.

Idols, treatment of, at Cozumel, i. 337;
at Cempoalla, ii. 55.
Of the war-god, thrown down, iii. 133.
Destroyed at Peten, iv. 192.
See _Cathedrals_.

Immortality. See _Future Life_.

Impressments for manning the fleet, iii. 365.

Incense, compliments of, ii. 44, 156.
In Montezuma’s palace, 265.

Incensing of Huitzilopochtli, iii. 86.

India, epic poets of, i. 67, _note_.

India House, i. 282, iii. 25.

Indian allies, ii. 118.
Value of the, 123.
On the march against Mexico, iii. 252, 258.
Reconciled by Cortés, 293.
Join Spaniards at Mexico, iv. 30.
Desert, 56.
Return, 60.
In the expedition to Honduras, 177.
See _Cempoallan_, _Chinantlan_, _Cholulan_, _Tepeacan_,
_Tezcucans_, _Tlascalan_, and _Totonacs_.

Indian corn, i. 148, 151, _note_.
See _Maize_.

Indians, Aztecs and, differ, in domestic manners, i. 172.
Repartimientos in regard to, 285, ii. 73.
Commission respecting, i. 286, iv. 206, _note_.
Held in slavery that they may be Christianized, i. 286.
Las Casas insists upon the entire freedom of the, 286.
Treatment of, at Cozumel, 333.
Fight the Spaniards, at Tabasco, 344;
at Ceutla, 351.
Interview with, at San Juan de Ulua, 360.
Aid the Spaniards, 365.
On the civilization of, ii. 74.
Taken by Spaniards, 128.
Find Spanish new-comers to be enemies of the old, iii. 34.
Protected by the Spanish government, iv. 208, _note_.
See _Aborigines_, _Christianity_, _Indian allies_, and _Repartimientos_.

Indians evade Census, iv. 230, _note_.

Indies. See _Council of the Indies_.

Indulgences, papal, for the troops, iii. 324, iv. 213, _note_.

Inquisition, Aztec sacrifices compared to the, i. 98.

Intemperance, i. 48, 171.

Intercalation, among the Aztecs, i. 127, _note_, 129, _note_.
Persian, 127, _note_, 248.

Interpreters. See _Aguilar Marina_, and _Melchorejo_.

Iron, not known to the Aztecs, i. 154, 260, 270.
Substitutes for, 155.
On the table-land in Mexico, 270, 271.
The early use of, 271, _note_.

Irrigation, i. 150.
See _Canals_.

Irving, Washington, i. 341, _note_, iv. 148, _note_.

Isabella, suppressed _repartimientos_, i. 285.

Isla de los Sacrificios, i. 294.

Israelites, i. 144, 242, ii. 267, _note_, 332.

Itzalana, i. 258.

Itzocan, conquered, iii. 231.

Itztli, tools made of, i. 155.
Weapons pointed with, ii. 131, 134.
Blades of, 134.

Ixtlilxochitl, cacique of Tezcuco, account of, iii. 270.
Instructed and watched, 282.
Procures allies, 323, iv. 19.
Efficiency of, iv. 19, 23.
Kills the Aztec leader, 23.
Does not desert, 56.

Ixtlilxochitl, son of Nezahualpilli, rival for the
Tezcucan crown, ii. 8, 177, 367.
Embassy from, to Cortés, 177.

Ixtlilxochitl, the historian, on the extent of Anahuac, i. 14, _note_.
His opinion of the Toltec records, 15, _note_.
On feudal chiefs, 39, _note_.
On halls of justice and judgments in Tezcuco, 7.
On the cycles, 75, _note_.
On sacrifices at the dedication of the temple of
Huitzilopochtli, 93, _note_.
On measures for procuring victims, 96, _note_.
On Mexican hieroglyphical writers, 113, _note_.
On the divine book, 122, _note_.
Story by, 164, _note_.
Notices of, and of his writings, 220, _note_.
Source of the materials of his works, 187, _note_, 220, _note_.
Translation by, of a poem of Nezahualcoyotl, 188, iv. 272.
Cited, i. 190, _note_.
On the population of Tezcuco, 191, _note_
On Indian antiquities, 200, _note_.
On the Toltec migration, 268.
On Nezahualcoyotl’s advice to his son, 212.
His character of Nezahualcoyotl, 213.
On the Lady of Tula, 215, _note_.
On Nezahualpilli’s punishment of his wife, 216, _note_, iv. 281.
Account of, and of his writings, i. 220.
On Montezuma’s conversion, iii. 14, _note_.
On the massacre by Alvarado, 90, _note_.
On a statue of the Sun, 193, _note_.
Authority for Tecocol, 268, _note_, 269, _note_.
Etymology of the name of, 269, _note_.
On headquarters at Tezcuco, iii. 281, _note_.
On Tangapan’s sister and her vision, 296, _note_.
Termination of his works, iv. 13, _note_.
On the rescue of Cortés by a Tlascalan chief, 43, _note_.
On Nezahualcoyotl’s residence, 279.

Iztaccihuatl, ii. 187, 223, 228, _note_, 229, iii. 259.

Iztacs, destruction of idols by, iv. 192, _note_.

Iztapalapan, ii. 242.
Gardens of, 243, iii. 284.
Sack of, 285.
Sandoval’s expedition against, 367, iv. 3.
See _Cuitlahua_.

Iztapalapan causeway, first crossed by Spaniards, ii. 247.
Described, 248, 284.
Advance on the, iii. 348.
At the junction of the Cojohuacan, iv. 6.
Cannon placed upon the, 7.
Fighting there, 16, 20.
Alderete on the, 39.
Iztapan, 180.

J

Jacapichtla, expedition against, iii. 319.

Jackets. See _Cotton_.

Jalap, ii. 88, _note_.

Jauhtepec, iii. 331.

Java, market-days and weeks in, i. 126, _note_.

Javelin, the Tlascalan, ii. 134.

Jesters, i. 317, ii. 304.

Jewels, i. 218, _note_, 293, iv. 137, 212.

Jews. See _Israelites_.

Jomard on the _new fire_, i. 140, _note_.

Judges, Aztec, i. 42.
In Tezcuco, 43.
Collusions of, punishable with death, 45.
Details respecting, 45.
Montezuma tries the
integrity of, ii. 6.
Twelve, at the Mexican market, 318.

Jugglers, i. 171, _note_, ii. 304, iv. 212.

Julian, fleet burned by, ii. 71, _note_.

Julian year, i. 129, _note_.

Juste, Juan, inscriptions by, iii. 211, _note_, 298.

K

Kings, Egyptian, i. 36, _note_.
Use of the word among the Aztecs, 37.
See _Sovereigns_.

Kingsborough, Lord, publishes Sahagun’s Universal History, i. 103.
Manuscripts in his work, 117, 118, _note_.
Identifies the Teoamoxtli and the Pentateuch, 122, _note_.
On the scientific instruments of the Mexicans, 137, _note_.
Account of his publication of the remains of the Aztec civilization, 143.
On the Aztec knowledge of the Scriptures, 236, _note_.
His Aztec and Israelitish parallelisms, 242, _note_.
On the words Mexico and Messiah, 242, _note_.

Knight-errantry of Cortés, iv. 257.

Knighthood, i. 57, ii. 107, iii. 244, iv. 299.

Knotted strings, i. 114, _note_.

L

Lances, instructions by Cortés respecting, i. 353, ii. 119, 130, iii. 196.
For the Spaniards, iii. 44, 51.

Lands, revenues from, i. 51.
Heldin common, 52, _note_.
For the maintenance of priests, 85.
Cholulan cultivation of, ii. 189.
See _Agriculture_.

Languages, in Anahuac, i. 123, 187.
Tlascalans, ii. 109.
On coincidences as to, in the Old and the New World, i. 248.
Remarks on the Indian, 249;
on the Othomi, 250;
on the Cora, 253, _note_.

Lares, Amador de, i. 311, 318.

Las Casas, Bartolomé de, on human sacrifices in Anahuac, i. 94, _note_.
On ruins in Yucatan, 266.
Procures a commission to redress Indian grievances, 286, ii. 73.
Protects the natives of Cuba, i. 288.
On the censure of Grijalva, 295, _note_.
On the father of Cortés, 298, _note_.
On Cortés and Velasquez, 309, _note_, 320, 326.
On property acquired by Cortés, 310.
On the etymology of _adelantado_, 316, _note_.
On forced conversions, 338, _note_, iv. 290.
On the proclamation at Tabasco, i. 344, _note_.
On Tabasco, 346.
On the loss at the battle of Ceutla, 355, _note_.
On Indian gestures, 361, _note_.
On traditions and Montezuma, ii. 10, _note_.
Account of, and of his writings, 72-80.
His connection with negro slavery, 73.
His charity and friendship for the Indians, 73.
Bishop of Chiapa, 77.
His death and character, 78.
Biographies of, 80.
On the population of Cholula, 180, _note_.
On the massacre at Cholula, 207, _note_.
Herrera borrows from, 273.
His portrait of Velasquez, iv. 149.
Extract from, 290.

Las Tres Cruzes, village of, iv. 180.

Latrobe, his descriptions, i. 7, _note_.
On the calendar-stone, 158, _note_.
Describes two baths, 198, _note_.
On Indian antiquities, 200, _note_.
On Tacuba, iii. 176, _note_.
On the interposition of the Virgin, 184, _note_.
Describes a cavity in a pyramid, 191, _note_.

Law of honor, the Aztec, i. 99, _note_.

Lawrence, on animals in the New World, i. 225, _note_.

Laws, Aztec, i. 47.
Military codes, 60, iii. 254, iv. 324.
Nezahualcoyotl’s code of, i. 184.

Lead, from Tasco, i. 153.

League. See _Mexico_.

Legerdemain, i. 171, _note_, ii. 304.

Legislative power, i. 41.

Le Noir, M., i. 119, _note_, 264, _note_.

Leon, Juan Velasquez de, joins Cortés, i. 322.
At Tabasco, 349.
In irons, ii. 32.
At Tlascala, 172.
Aids in seizing Montezuma, 342, 344.
Guards him, 348.
Montezuma’s pleasure in his company, 363.
To plant a colony at Coatzacualco, 373.
Charged with purloining plate, iii. 12.
Narvaez’s letter to, 44.
Joins Cortés at Cholula, 48.
Fidelity of, 59, 72, _note_, 77.
To secure Panuco, 77.
Joins Cortés at Tlascala, 79.
Tries to calm his anger, 96.
Chivalrous, 119.
At the evacuation of Mexico, 162.
Killed, 181.
Fate of gold collected by, 210.

Leon, Luis Ponce de, _juez de residencia_, iv. 206.

Le Plongeon, Augustus, i. 258 _note_.

Lerma, defends Cortés, iv. 43.

Lice as tribute, i. 52, _note_.

Lieber, Francis, on punishment, i. 184, _note_.

Lime, i. 52, _note_, 290, 334, ii. 39.

Litters, ii. 44, 238, 251, 346, iii. 46, 200.

Livy, cited, iv. 255, _note_.

Llorente’s Life of Las Casas, ii. 80.

Lopez, Gerónimo, condemns the education given by the
missionaries, iv. 165, _note_.

Lopez, Martin, ship-builder, ii. 359, iii. 175, 233, 245, 299.

Lord’s Supper, rite like the, i. 239, 241.

Lorenzana, on a tribute-roll, i. 53, _note_.
On the seizure of Montezuma, ii. 354, _note_.
Cited, iii. 132, _note_, iv. 37, _note_.

Louis XI., disclosure in his reign, iii. 300.

Lucian, on the Deluge, i. 233, _note_.

Lucretius, cited on iron, i. 271, _note_.

Luisa, Doña, given to Alvarado, ii. 174.

Lujo, Francisco de, i. 347, ii. 342.
Encourages Cortés, iii. 59.
At the evacuation of Mexico, 162.

Lunar calendars, i. 132, 247, _note_.

Lyell, Charles, on the spread of mankind, i. 229, _note_.

M

Macaca, armada at, i. 320, 321.

Machiavelli, i. 26, _note_, 101, _note_, ii. 12, _note_.

Magarino, at a bridge, iii. 163, 166.

Magistrates, Aztec, i. 43.
Nezahualpilli the terror of unjust, 216, _note_.

Maguey. See _Agave Americana_.

Mahometan belief as to martyrs, i. 77, _note_.

Maize, the word, i. 151, _note_.
Yearly royal expenditure of, in Tezcuco, 191, _note_.
See _Indian corn_.

Majesty, the title, ii. 28, _note_.

Malinche, ii. 175.
See _Marina_.

Malinche, Cortés called, ii. 175.

Malinche, the mountain, ii. 168.

Manifesto to the Indians, i. 344, _note_.

Mankind, origin of, in America, i. 225, 228.
Two great families of, in America, 230.
See _Aborigines_.

Mantas, use and description of, iii. 140.

Mantles of feather-work. See _Feather-work_.

Manuscripts, scarcity of, among the Toltecs, i. 14, _note_.
Materials of the Mexican, 114.
Their shape, 115.
Destruction of, 115, 116.
Collected at Mexico and perished, 115, 174.
Mendoza Codex, 117.
Dresden Codex, 118.
With interpretations, 119, _note_.
No clue to the, 120.
Report of a key to them, 121, _note_.
The Teoamoxtli, or divine book, 122, and _note_.
Notice of the Aztec, in Europe, 143.
Estrella’s, 331.
Collection of, by Vega, iv. 272.
See _Hieroglyphics_ and _Paintings_.

Maps, for the revenue, i. 54.
Ebeling collection of, iv. 179, _note_.
In Delafield’s Antiquities, i. 252, _note_.

Marina, or Malinche, a female slave and interpreter,
account of, i. 361, iv. 190.
Cortés and, i. 362.
Don Martin Cortés, son of, 362, iv. 192.
Moratin cited on, i. 363, _note_.
Interprets, ii. 40, 44, 54.
Cheers a Cempoallan chief, 123.
Value of her services, 144.
Discovers Tlascalan spies, 154.
Cortés called Malinche from, 175.
Discovers a conspiracy at Cholula, 194.
Interpreter between Cortés and Montezuma, 260, 266.
Urges Montezuma to go to the Spanish camp, 345.
Finds out Cuitlahua, iii. 121, _note_.
Interprets Cortés’ address to the Aztecs, 134.
In the retreat from Mexico, 175.
At Chalco, 326.
At the interview between Cortés and Guatemozin, iv. 102.
Meets her mother, 190.
Marriage of, 190.

Marineo, Lucio, on gaming, iii. 256, _note_.

Market, Mexican, ii. 312.
Closed, iii. 93.

Market-days. See _Fairs_.

Market-place, ii. 313.
See _Tlatelolco_.

Marquis of Oaxaca, iv. 220.

Marriage, among the Aztecs, i. 49, 167.
Among the Tezcucans, 200.
Of Nezahualcoyotl, 202.
Of Spaniards with Tlascalans, ii. 170, 174.

Martin, Benito, chaplain, iii. 24.

Martin of Valencia, iv. 164.

Martyr, Peter, on maps and manuscripts, i. 115, _note_, 143, 157, _note_.
On cacao as a circulating medium, 161.
On a huge beam, 198, _note_.
On Flemings in Spain, 280, _note_.
On Tabasco, 346, _note_.
On a fabric, ii. 17, _note_.
On the gold and silver wheels, 18, _note_.
Account of, 277.
On the dwellings in Mexico, 286, 287, _note_.
On the calendar-stone, 293, _note_.
On Mexican trinkets, 314, _note_, iii. 7, _note_.
On the pusillanimity of Montezuma, ii. 352, _note_.
On the insurrection against Alvarado, iii. 92, _note_.
On firing Mexico, 134, _note_.
On cannibalism, iv. 33, _note_.
On an emerald, 137, _note_.

Martyrs, Mexican idea respecting, i. 56.
Mahometan belief, 77, _note_.

Masks, in the Aztec plays, i. 124.

Massacre, at Cholula, ii. 201.
By Alvarado, iii. 87.
At Iztapalapan, 286.

Matadero, fortress in the, iv. 153.

Matanzas, i. 289, _note_.

Maundeville, Sir John, i. 155, _note_.

Maximilian, poverty of, iii. 11, _note_.

Maxixcatzin, cacique of Tlascala, ii. 141, iii. 80.
Welcomes Cortés from Mexico, 207.
Cortés quartered in his palace, 209.
Present to, 210.
Averse to an alliance with Aztecs, 220.
Dies of smallpox, 234.
Olmedo with, 235.
Spaniards in mourning for, 244.
Son of, confirmed in the succession, 244.
Son of, goes to Spain, iv. 212.

Maxtla, Tepanec empire bequeathed to, i. 178.
His treatment and jealousy of Nezahualcoyotl, 178.
Oppressions by, 182.
Conquered and sacrificed, 183.

McCulloh, i. 73, _note_, 114, _note_, 133, _note_.
Notice of his work, 245, _note_.

Meals, i. 168.
Montezuma’s, ii. 301.

Mechanical arts, Aztec, i. 155, 156-160.

Medellin, iv. 156, 201.

Medicinal plants in Mexico, ii. 297.

Melancholy night, iii. 169-182.

Melchorejo, interpreter, i. 333, 347.

Menagerie, at Mexico, ii. 295.

Mendicity, not tolerated, i. 206.

Mendoza Codex, i. 53, _note_.
History of the, 117.
With an interpretation, 119, _note_.
Examined by the Marquis Spineto, 143.
The arrangement of, 143.

Mendoza, Don Antonio, viceroy of New Spain, iv. 235.
Interferes with Cortés, 237.

Merchandise, sale and transportation of, i. 162-164.

Merchants, Aztec, i. 162.

Merida, Cozumel Cross at, i. 239, _note_.

Mesa, commander of artillery, i. 349.

Messiah, the words Mexico and, i. 242.

Metals, in Ithaca and Mexico, i. 168, _note_.
Early exportations of, from the Spanish colonies, 285.
See _Gold_, _Mines_, and _Silver_.

Mexia charges Leon with purloining plate, iii. 12.

Mexican Gulf, i. 285.
Explored, ii. 372.

Mexicans. See _Aztecs_.

Mexico, interest and importance of, i. 3.
Ancient and modern extent of, 4.
Climate and products of, 5.
Primitive races of, 12-19, 253.
Legislative power in, 41.
Predictions and prodigies connected with the downfall
of, 73, 217, ii. 10-12, 157, 159, 215, and _note_,
iii. 3, 6, 269.
On the colonization of, by the Israelites, i. 144.
Apathy of, respecting antiquities, 199, _note_.
Languages of, 249.
Hostility to Montezuma in, ii. 7.

Mexico, Tezcuco, and Tlacopan, league of, i. 23, 183.
Extend their territory, 24, 25.

Mexico, city, situation of, i. 11.
Called Tenochtitlan, 21.
Settlement of the Aztecs at, 21, _note_.
Derivation of the name, 21.
Map of, referred to, 25.
Images spread throughout, 156.
Terror there, at the landing of Cortés, ii. 13.
The cacique of Cocotlan’s account of, 94.
Spanish route to, 228.
First view of, by the Spaniards, 230.
Seen from Iztapalapan, 245.
Entrance of the Spaniards into, 247.
Environs of, 248.
Streets in, 255.
Population of, 255, 288, _note_.
Comparison of ancient and modern, 281.
Description of, 284, 312.
View of, from the great temple, 324.
Alvarado takes command of, iii. 44.
Insurrection in, 78, 92, 98, 108.
Cortés re-enters, 79.
Massacre there, by Alvarado, 87.
Assault on the Spanish quarters at, 92.
Sally of the Spaniards, 115.
Fired, 117, 134.
Storming of the great temple at, 127-133.
Evacuation of, by the Spaniards, 158.
Cuitlahua’s acts there after the evacuation, 218.
Guatemozin’s measures for defending, 249.
Second expedition to, 251.
Reconnoitred, 304, 352.
Siege of, 366, 376.
Assaults on the causeways of, iv. 10.
Famine in, 29, 35, 59, 66, 73, 74, 86.
General assault on, 38.
Measures for securing retreat there, 39, 63.
Destruction of buildings at, 63, 72.
Want of water in, 73.
Seven-eighths of, in ruins, 81.
Pestilence in, 87.
Murderous assault there, 93.
Last assault on, 97.
Tempest there, 106.
Evacuation of, permitted, 107.
Purification of, 107.
Loss during the siege of, 108.
Remarks on the conquest of, 112.
Rebuilding of, 135, 145, 151.
Population for, 154.
Disturbances in, 199.
Cortés’ triumphal return to, 202.
Cortés ordered to leave, 208;
to
keep ten leagues from, 229.
Deserted to visit Cortés at Tezcuco, 229.

Michoacán, tradition there, connected with the Deluge,
i. 233. iii. 296, _note_.
Embassy from, iv. 132.
Visited, 133.
Coliman in, founded, 155.

Midwives, baptism by, i. 240, _note_.

Mier, Dr., i. 73, _note_, ii. 83, _note_.

Military institutions, Aztec, i. 56.

Milk, on the use of, i. 270, 271.

Milman, on Budh, i. 71, _note_.

Mines, and minerals, i. 153.
Wrought, iv. 167, 232.

Minstrels entertained, i. 171, _note_.

Mirrors, Aztec, ii. 314.

Missionaries.
Charity for their religious analogies, i. 237.
To New Spain in the time of Cortés, iv. 162.
Schools and colleges established by, 165.
Leave Mexico, 200.
Provision for, in Cortés’ will, 243.
See _Dominican_, _Las Casas_, _Olmedo_, and _Toribio_.

Mitla, ruins of, i. 259, ii. 373.

Mixtecapan, iii. 232.

Monastic institutions among pagans, i. 244, _note_.

Money, substitutes for, i. 161, and _note_.
See _Currency_.

Montaño, Francisco, ascends Popocatepetl, ii. 227.

Montejo, Francisco de, i. 349.
Explores the coast, ii. 21, 23, 43.
Alcalde of Villa Rica, 30.
In the expedition to Honduras, iv. 177.

Montejo and Puertocarrero, mission of, to Spain, ii. 62.
Touch at Cuba, 64, iii. 24.
On the destruction of the fleet, ii. 71, _note_.
Prosecuted before the Royal India House, iii. 25.
Treatment of, by Charles V., 29.
Influence of Fonseca against, 27.

Monteleone, dukes of, descendants of Cortés, ii. 263, iv. 152, 250.

Monterey, founds Vera Cruz, i. 365, _note_, iv. 156, _note_.

Montesinos, old ballad of, i. 359.

Montezuma I., i. 24.
Bas-relief of, destroyed, 157, ii. 298.

Montezuma II., i. 36.
Bas-relief of, destroyed, 157, ii. 298.
The orthography of, i. 364, _note_.
Message to, by Cortés, 369.
Accounts of, ii. 4, 94, 176, iii. 151.
Meaning of the word, ii. 4, _note_.
His coronation, 4.
Benevolent and religious acts of, 5.
Hatred of, 7, 41, 221, 233, 309.
Principal cause of his calamities, 8.
Resurrection and warning of his sister, 11, _note_.
Dismayed at the landing of Spaniards, 13.
Sends presents and forbids Cortés’ approach, 14, 19, 22, 58, _note_.
Exactions of the Totonacs by his tax-gatherers, 45.
Inventory of his gifts, 58, _note_.
His efforts to subdue the Tlascalans, 111.
New embassy from, 159.
Invites the Spaniards to Mexico, 175.
Treacherous embassy from, to the Spaniards at Cholula, 192-197.
Spaniards the historians of, 218.
Tries to bribe the Spaniards to return, 234.
Welcomes Cortés, through Cacama, 239.
Respect for, near the capital, 242.
His visit to Cortés, 250-254.
Aztec homage to, 251, 254, 265, iii. 123.
His personal appearance, ii. 252.
His reception of Cortés at Axayacatl’s palace, 257.
Effect of his conduct on the Spaniards, 262, 270, 362, iii. 5.
Conversation of, with Cortés, ii. 260.
Attempts to convert, 260, 266, 364, iii. 14, 147.
Visit to, by Cortés, ii. 263.
His palace, 263, 298, iv. 151.
Submission of, to Charles V., ii. 269, 271.
His domestic establishment, 299-306, iv. 302.
His wives, ii. 299, iii. 155, iv. 302.
His meals, ii. 301, iv. 302.
His reception of Cortés at the great temple, ii. 323.
Aids in preparing a chapel, 332.
His treasures discovered, 333.
History of his seizure, 338-346.
Accompanies Cortés to head-quarters, 346.
Respect shown to, 347, 360.
His reception of Quauhpopoca, 349.
Fettered, 351.
Unfettered, 352.
Declines going to his palace, 353.
His life in the Spanish quarters, 360.
His munificence, 361.
His visit to the great temple, 363.
Sails in a brigantine, 365.
Plan for liberating, by Cacama, 368.
Intercedes for Cacama, 369.
Swears allegiance, iii. 4.
His gifts for the emperor, 7-10.
Parting of Cortés and, 46.
Sends a messenger to Cortés, 83.
Checks the Aztecs in an insurrection, 92.
Welcomes Cortés, and is coldly received, 95.
Cuitlahua chosen successor of, 97, 195, 218.
Witnesses the Aztec fighting, 121.
Prevailed on to address the Aztecs, 122.
Insulted, 124.
Wounded, 124, and _note_.
Last days and death of, 125, 147.
Commends his children to Cortés, 149.
His conversation with Cortés, 149.
Fate of his children, 149, _note_, 155, _note_, 162,
249, iv. 104, and _note_, 186, _note_, 318.
Compassion for him, iii. 150, 154, 157.
His character, 151.
Descendant of, viceroy of Mexico, 156, _note_.
Respect to his memory, 157.
His successor, 195, 218.
Son of, goes to Spain, iv. 212.
See _Cortés_ and _Tecuichpo_.

Montezuma’s Hill. See _Hill_.

Months, Aztec division of, i. 126.

Monument at the limits of Tlascala, ii. 103, 111, 115, iii. 204.

Moon, worshipped, i. 208, _note_.
Monument to the, iii. 190.

Moran, a horseman, assaulted, ii. 122.

Moratin, cited on Marina, i. 363, _note_.

Morgan, Lewis H., cited, i. 14, _note_, 27, _note_, 31
_note_, ii. 288, _note_, 306, _note_.

Morla, condemned to be hung, ii. 51.

Morla, Francisco de, iii. 162, 170, 181.

Morpeth, Lord, cited, ii. 37, _note_.

Morton, S. G., on the burial of the dead, i. 245, _note_.
Facial angle of his skulls, 255, _note_.
Remarks on his Crania Americana, 256, _note_.

Mosaic, imitated, i. 160.

Mothers. See _Daughters_.

Motilla, Sandoval’s steed, iv. 49, _note_.

Motolinia, ii. 274.

Mound to Quetzalcoatl, ii. 183, 187, 204.

Mountain of Flints, iv. 193.

Muñoz, zeal of, respecting the manuscript of Sahagun’s History, i. 103.
Manuscript of Hernandez discovered by, 193, _note_.
Transcribed an account of Grijalva’s expedition, 296, _note_.

Murray, C. A., i. 55, _note_.

Musa, the plant, i. 150.

Music, council of, i. 185.
Its influence, 186.
Instruments of, 208.

Musketry, i. 351.
See _Fire-arms_.

Mythology, i. 66.
Mexican, 68.
Effect of the Aztec, 219.

N

Naco, expeditions to, iv. 175, 195.

Najera, his Dissertatio de Lingua Othomitorum, i. 251, _note_.

Naming children, ceremony of, i. 78, 240.

Narvaez, Pánfilo de, i. 288, ii. 71, _note_.
Notice of, iii. 30.
Commander of Velasquez’s fleet against Cortés, 30.
Will not listen to Ayllon, 32.
Arrives at San Juan de Ulua, 33.
His summons to Sandoval, 36.
Seizes Ayllon and sends him back, 35.
Envoys of, carried by porters to Mexico, 37.
Cortés’ mission to him, 40.
Olmedo’s intercourse with, 41.
At Cempoalla, 42.
Proposes to liberate Montezuma, 42.
Cortés
marches against, 46.
His summons to Cortés to surrender, 49.
His envoys to Cortés, 53.
Reply to, 56.
Preparations for assaulting, 59.
Marches to the River of Canoes, 61.
His sentinels, 61.
Attacked and defeated, 64.
Wounded, 66.
Treatment of, by Cortés, 70.
His gossip with Oviedo, 73, _note_.
Murmurs among his troops, 74.
Property taken from, 76, _note_.
Mutinies among the levies from, 137, 212, 215, 356.
To send Cortés for trial to Spain, 237.
Proceedings in Spain in regard to, 355, _note_.
Ordered before Cortés, iv. 143.
Brings charges against Cortés, 144.
See _Spaniards_.

Nations, on the identification of, i. 245.

Nativities, astrologers consulted at, i. 136.

Naulinco, entertainment at, ii. 90.

Negro slaves, introduction of, into the Western World, ii. 73.
Transportation of, by Cortés, iv. 233.
See _Slaves_.

Nero, Cortés and, ii. 207, _note_.

New fire, the, i. 140, _note_, 141.

New Spain, number of languages in, i. 249.
Yucatan called, 292.
Early settlements in, iv. 156.
Condition of the natives there, 162.
Population of, in 1810, 162, _note_.
Arrival of Franciscan friars in, 163.
Royal audience of, 209, 225.
New royal audience of, 228.
Viceroy of, 234.

New Spain of the Ocean Sea, iii. 240.

New Zealanders and Otaheitans, i. 229, _note_.

Nezahualcoyotl, prince of the Tezcucans, efficiency of, i. 19, 23, 177.
Poetry by, 24, _note_, 188, _note_, 209, iv. 272.
Mexican code under, i. 51, _note_, 184.
Meaning of the name, 111, 197, _note_.
Personal history and adventures of, 177.
Conquers Maxtla, 183.
Four historians of the royal house of, 187, _note_.
An illustrious bard, 188.
Pile of buildings erected by, 191, 195.

Nezahualpilli, monarch of Tezcuco, i. 45.
Account of, 215.
His treatment of his guilty wife, 216, _note_, iv. 281.
Has forebodings of calamity to his country, i. 218, ii. 8, iii. 269.
His death, i. 218, ii. 8.
His obsequies, i. 218, _note_.
Address made by, at the coronation of Montezuma as king, ii. 4, iii. 154.
Contest respecting the succession to, ii. 8, 366, iii. 272.
Spaniards quartered in his palace, iii. 267.
Pardons a son, 271.

Niebuhr, on calendars, i. 129, _note_, 132, _note_.

Night attacks, ii. 118, 143, iii. 63, 163.

Nine “companions,” the, i. 133, _note_.

Noah, Quetzalcoatl identified with, i. 73, _note_.

Nobles, Aztec, i. 33.
Entertain minstrels, buffoons, and jugglers, 171, _note_.
Treatment of, by Nezahualcoyotl, 183.
Their manners, 192, ii. 254.
Tlascalan, ii. 105, 106, _note_.
Chivalrous act of Aztec, 112.
Aztec, meet Cortés, 249.
Bear Montezuma in a palanquin, 251, 254.
Must reside in Mexico, 285.
Attend on Montezuma, 300.
Massacre of, iii. 88.
Six, deputed to Tlascala, 219.
Delivered up, and sent to Guatemozin, 283.
Sent to Guatemozin, iv. 66, 90.
Four hundred, hung, 142.
Accompany Cortés to Spain, 212.

Noche triste, iii. 169-182.

Nootka, dialects there, i. 253.

Northmen visit America, i. 228, _note_.

Notation, i. 124, 130.

Numeration, among the Aztecs, i. 124.

Nuñez, Cortés’ page, challenged, iv. 71.

O

Oaxaca, plantation for the crown at, ii. 373.
Embassy from, iii. 232.
Mineral wealth of, iv. 133.
Marquis of the Valley of, 220.

Ober. Cited, i. 152, _note_, 266, _note_.

Observatory, Nezahualpilli’s, i. 216.

Obsidian, Mexican tools made of, i. 155.

Ocelotl, Humboldt on the, i. 247, _note_.

Ohcacautin, i. 33, _note_.

Ojeda, at the evacuation of Mexico, iii. 180, _note_.

Olea, Cristóval de, saves Cortés, iv. 43.

Oleron, on the laws of, ii. 209, _note_.

Olid, Cristóval de, sent in search of Grijalva, i. 295.
Joins Cortés, 322.
Noticed, 349, iii. 19, 60, 96, 119, 122, 162, 170, 175, 200.
Detached to Quauhquechollan, 227, 230, _note_.
His countermarch on Cholula, 228.
Sandoval and, iii. 296.
Reconnoitres Mexico, 304.
At Cuernavaca, 335.
Conspiracy against, 357.
Takes post at Cojohuacan, 367, 376.
Demolishes the aqueduct, 374.
Enmity between Alvarado and, 373.
His expedition to Honduras, iv. 171.
Defection of, 175.
Beheaded, 176.

Olmedo, Bartolomé de, Father, notice of, i. 337.
His efforts to convert the natives, 337, 356, ii. 22, 90.
Interposition of, ii. 97, 170, 172, 325.
Character of, 97, 172.
Performs mass, 334, iii. 17.
Attempts to convert Montezuma, 364, iii. 14, 147.
Mission of, to Narvaez, iii. 41.
Meets Cortés, 49.
Goes against Narvaez, 63.
Before Cortés, in behalf of the soldiers, 76.
Urges Montezuma to address the Aztecs, 122.
Visits the expiring Maxixca, 235.
Sermon by, after the surrender of Mexico, iv. 111.
Last years of, 153.

Oral tradition, connection of, with Aztec picture-writing, i. 113, 123.
Embodied in songs and hymns, 123.

Ordaz, Diego de, i. 322.
A spy on Cortés, 322.
To ransom Christian captives, 333.
Commander of infantry in the battle of Ceutla, 349.
Charges the enemy, 354.
In irons, ii. 32.
Attempts the ascent of Popocatepetl, 225.
Escutcheon of, 227.
Visits Montezuma with Cortés, 263.
To settle Coatzacualco, iii. 77.
Joins Cortés at Tlascala, 79.
Chivalrous, 119.
Storms the great temple, 129.
At the evacuation of Mexico, 162, 167, 175.

Ordinances for the government of New Spain during Cortés
viceroyalty, iv. 157, _note_.

Orizaba, the volcano, ii. 34, 89, 187.

Orozco y Berra, on the various races in Mexico, i. 12, _note_.
On ancient remains in Central America, 17, _note_.
Cited, 18, _note_, 20, _note_, 120, _note_.

Orteguilla, page of Montezuma, ii. 363, iii. 19.

Otaheitans and New Zealanders, i. 229, _note_.

Otomies, their language, i. 250, ii. 111.
Aid the Tlascalans, ii. 111.
A migratory race, iv. 19, _note_.
Claim protection, 19, 61, _note_.
Notice of, 19.

Otompan, or Otumba, iii. 188, 194, 289.

Ovando, Don Juan de, orders manuscripts to be restored to Sahagun, i. 102.

Ovando, Don Nicolas de, Governor of Hispaniola, i. 300, 302, iii. 33, _note_.

Oviedo de Valdez, Gonzalo Fernandez, i. 150, _note_, ii. 73.
On the _peso de oro_, ii. 17, _note_.
On the gold and silver wheels, 17, _note_.
On the device of Tlascala, 132, _note_.
On the skill of Aztec goldsmiths, 258, _note_.
On Montezuma, 300, _note_, 345, _note_, iii. 5, _note_, iv. 302.
On Montezuma and Narvaez, iii. 42, _note_.
On the ascendency of Cortés, 72, _note_.
Narvaez’s gossip with, 73, _note_.
On the massacre by Alvarado, 89, _note_.
Account of, and of his writings, 98-102.
Compares Cortés to Horatius Cocles, 144, _note_.
On a leap by Cortés, 145, _note_.
On horse-flesh, 186, _note_.
Panegyrizes Cortés, 295, _note_, 364, _note_.

Owl, Mexican devil and, i. 70, _note_.

P

Pacific Ocean, described by Nuñez de Balboa, i. 284.
Discovered and taken possession of, iv. 133.
Spanish ideas of the, 171.

Padilla, i. 197, _note_, 198, _note_.

Paintings, hieroglyphical, made in court, i. 46.
Chair for the study and interpretation of, 46, 121.
Aztec laws registered in, 47, 112.
Cycles of the Vatican, 76, _note_.
Of Sahagun, 102, 104.
Features of Mexican, 108.
Coloring in, 109.
Aztec and Egyptian, compared, 109.
Chiefly representative, in Anahuac, 111.
The records made in, 112.
Connection of oral tradition with, 113.
Humboldt on, 113, _note_.
Education respecting, 113.
Destruction of, 115, iii. 267.
Of Narvaez and his fleet, iii. 38.
Of the storming of the great temple, 133, _note_.
See _Hieroglyphics_.

Palace of Nezahualcayotl, i. 191, 194, iv. 279.
Of Axayacatl, ii. 257, 258, 333.
Of Montezuma, 263, 293, iv. 151.
Of Maxixca, iii. 209.
Of Guatemozin, fired, iv. 72.
Of Cortés, at Mexico, 152;
at Cuernavaca, 230.

Palenque, cross at, i. 238.
Architecture of, 261.
Sculpture there, 262.
Ancient, 356, iv. 180.

Palfrey, John G., Lectures by, i. 233, _note_.

Palos, Cortés at, iv. 213.

Panuchese, defeated, iv. 141.

Panuco, ii. 23, iii. 77, 237.

Papantzin, resurrection of, ii. 11, _note_.

Paper, i. 52, and _note_, 114.

Papyrus, account of, i. 114, _note_.

Pearls, worn by Montezuma, ii. 252.

Penance among Tartars, i. 244, _note_.

Pentateuch and Teoamoxtli, i. 122, _note_.

Perrine, Dr., on the maguey, i. 153, _note_.

Persia, i. 56, _note_, 127, _note_.

Peru, records in, i. 114, _note_.

Peso de oro, ii. 17, _note_, iii. 10, _note_.

Pesquisa Secreta, or Secret Inquiry, iv. 226.

Pestilence, at Mexico, iv. 87.

Peten, lake and isles of, iv. 189, 192.

Phonetic writing and signs, i. 106, _note_, 107, 110, 111, 120, _note_.

Picture-writing, i. 106, 370, ii. 13.
See _Hieroglyphics_.

Pikes. See _Lances_.

Pilgrims to Cholula, ii. 152.

Pins, from the agave, i. 185.

Pisa, tower of, i. 268.

Pizarro, Francisco, iv. 213.

Pizarro y Orellana, i. 297, _note_, 301, _note_, 352, _note_.

Plants, medicinal, among the Aztecs, ii. 297.

Plato’s Atlantis, i. 226.

Plaza Mayor, in Mexico, i. 156, and _note_, iv. 152.

Pliny, on the papyrus, i. 114, _note_.

Poetry, connection of mythology and, i. 67, 68.
Tezcucan, 218.
See _Nezahualcoytl_.

Polo, Marco, i. 161, _note_.
On cannibalism, 244, _note_.

Polygamy, among the Mexicans, i. 166, 195, _note_.

Popes, power of, ii. 209, 210.

Popocatepetl, ii. 187, iii. 245.
Sulphur from, ii. 227, iii. 245.
The Hill that smokes, ii. 223.
Account of, 224.
Attempt to ascend, 225.
Ascended by Montaño, 227.

Popotla, Cortés rests at, iii. 174.

Porters, or tamanes, ii. 43.
Drag cannon to Tlascala, 85, 161.
Carry Narvaez’s envoys to Mexico, iii. 37.
Carry wounded Spaniards, 184;
rigging from Vera Cruz, 245;
the brigantines from Tlascala, 301.

Portraits of Cortés, Aztec, i. 262, 263, _note_.

Potonchan, i. 342.

Pottery, i. 159, _note_, ii. 167, 181.

Poyauhtlan, battle of, ii. 105, 110.

Prayers, Mexican, like Christian, i. 78, 79, _note_, 80, _note_.
Of Aztec priests, 82.
By Aztec confessors, 83, _note_.
Sahagun collected forms of, 103.

Predictions or forebodings respecting the fate of the Aztec
empire, i. 73, 217, ii. 8-10, 157, 159, 215, _note_, iii. 3, 6, 269.

Priestesses, i. 83.

Priests, connection of, with Aztec royalty, i. 36, _note_.
Aztec, 80.
Their influence, 81, 96.
Services by, 81.
Duties of, in regard to education, 83, 113.
Maintenance of, 85.
Aztec and Egyptian, 86, _note_.
Extorting victims for sacrifices, 96.
On secret symbolic characters by the, 110.
Their lunar reckoning, 132, _note_, 134.
Their celebration of the kindling of the _new fire_, 141.
Among Tartars, 244, _note_.
Mexican word for, 250, _note_.
Defend their gods, ii. 54.
Consulted by Tlascalans, 142.
Disclose the conspiracy at Cholula, 195.
In the great temple, 325, 330.
Influence Aztec warriors, iii. 130.
Captured, 132.
Released, 143.
Hurled from the great _teocalli_, iv. 15.
Sacrifice Spaniards, 52.
Cheer Guatemozin, 55.
The eight days’ prediction by, 55-60.
Dissuade Guatemozin from surrendering, 68.
Immoralities in, punished, 163.
See _High-priests_.

Prisoners, usually sacrificed, i. 49.
Zeal to make, 60, 95, ii. 125, iii. 344.
Treatment of, at Cozumel, i. 333.
Tabascan, taken by Cortés and sent to their countrymen, 355.
Aztec plan in regard to Spanish, ii. 194.
At the Cholulan massacre, 205.
Released by Tlascalans, 206.
Spaniards made, and sacrificed, iii. 344, 349, iv. 45, 49, 52, 57.
See _Human sacrifices_.

Prizes, distribution of, i. 186.

Proclamation at Tabasco, i. 344.

Prodigies. See _Predictions_.

Property of infidels and pirates, ii. 209, _note_.

Protestants, Catholics and, i. 358, ii. 56.
Their rights to discoveries, ii. 210, _note_.

Provisions, in the Mexican market, ii. 315.
Distress for, on the retreat, iii. 186.
Camp supplied with, iv. 32.
See _Famine_.

Puebla de los Angeles, ii. 188, _note_.

Puertocarrero, Alonzo Hernandez de, i. 322, 349, 359.
Deposition of, ii. 28, iv. 291.
Alcalde of, Villa Rica, ii. 30.
See _Montejo_ and _Puertocarrero_.

Pulque, i. 48, 152, 171.

Punishments, i. 47.
Absolution substituted for, 83.
Object of 184.
For falsehood, 184.

Pyramids, at Cholula, ii. 183, 187, 204.
At Teotihuacan, iii. 189.

Q

Qua, changed into Gua, iii. 249, _note_.

Quails, sacrificed, i. 88, _note_.

Quauhnahuac. See _Cuernavaca_.

Quauhpopoca, an Aztec chief, deceives Escalante, ii. 339.
Sent for by Montezuma, 343, 349.
Burnt, 350.

Quauhquechollan, or Huacachula, iii. 227-229.

Quauhtitlan, iii. 185, 307, _note_.

Quetzalcoatl, the god of the air, account of, i. 71, 358, ii. 182.
Temple to, at Cholula, i. 73, ii. 183.
Fate of, i. 73.
Tradition respecting, favorable to the future success of
the Spaniards, 73, ii. 8, iii. 3, 6.
Meaning of the word, i. 73, _note_.
Identified with the apostle Thomas, 73, _note_, 237,
ii. 183, _note_, with Noah, i. 73, _note_.
Mythological character, 73, _note_.
Analogies with Scripture suggested by, 236.
Helmet worn by, 368.
Mound to, ii. 183.
Does not aid the Cholulans at the massacre, 203.
Firing of the temple of, 203;
cross put upon its ruins, 217.
Temple of, at Mexico, 329.

Quiñones, Antonio de, captain of Cortés’ body-guard, iii. 362.
Aids in saving Cortés’ life, iv. 44.
Killed at the Azores, 138.

Quintana’s Life of Las Casas, ii. 80.

Quintero, Alonso, i. 300.

Quippus, recording events by the, i. 114, _note_.

R

Racine, cited, i. 190, _note_, iii. 250, _note_.

Raffles, Sir Stamford, i. 126, _note_.

Ramirez, José F., his views of human sacrifices and cannibalism,
i. 97, _note_;
of the destruction of the fleet by Cortés, ii. 72, _note_.
Cited, i. 100, _note_, 154, _note_, 221, _note_, 371, _note_,
ii. 257, _note_, 263, _note_, 318, _note_, 349, _note_,
iii. 88, _note_, 166, _note_.

Rangre, Rodrigo, commander at Villa Rica, iii. 79.
Mission to, 211.
Takes troops sent by Velasquez, 237.
Purchases a ship with military stores, 238.

Ranking’s Historical Researches, i. 208, _note_, 244, _note_.

Raynal, Abbé, i. 154, _note_.

Razors, Mexican, ii. 314.

Rebels, proceedings against Tepeacans as, iii. 224;
against Aztecs, 251.

Receiver-general, i. 54.

Refinement, in domestic manners, among the Aztecs, i. 165, 218.
Shown in the council of music, 186.
At Cempoalla, ii. 37.
See _Civilization_.

Religion, similar ideas as to, in remote regions, i. 69, _note_.
On outraging, iii. 18.
See _Christianity_ and _Mythology_.

Religious services always public, i. 87.

Repartimientos, the system of, i. 285, ii. 72.
To Cortés, in Hispaniola, 302;
in Cuba, 309.
In New Spain, iii. 226, iv. 159, 258.
Disapproved by the crown, iv. 160.
Regulations respecting, 161.
Consultations and opinions respecting, iv. 207, _note_.

Representative writing, i. 107, 111.

Resurrection of Tangapan’s sister, iii. 296, _note_.

Reubios, Palacios, proclamation by, i. 345, _note_.

Revenues, sources of, i. 51.
Houses for collecting, ii. 286.
See _Tribute_.

Ribera, on Indian maps, i. 115, _note_.

Rigging saved and used, ii. 68, 359, iii. 77, 234, 302.

Rio Gila, remains there, i. 253.

Rio de Tabasco, i. 292, 342, iv. 179.

Ritter, i. 69, _note_.

River of Banners, i. 293, 359.

River of Canoes, iii. 57, 61.

Robertson, William, i. 50, _note_, ii. 17, _note_.
Inconsistency of, respecting a colony, ii. 29, _note_.
Cites a harangue from Solís, 31, _note_.
Spelling of proper names by, 43, _note_.
On the First Letter of Cortés, 60, _note_.
Error of, as to Montezuma’s gift, iii. 10, _note_.
On Cortés’ expedition to Honduras, iv. 203, _note_.

Rock of the Marquis, iv. 4.

Roman Catholic communion, i. 357, ii. 56.

Romans, on their successes, i. 26, _note_.

Royal Audience of New Spain, iv. 209.
Their investigation of Cortés’ conduct, and treatment of him, 225.
Superseded, 228.
Disagreement of Cortés and the, 229.
Superseded by a viceroy, 234.

Royal Audience of St. Domingo, iii. 31, 35, 243, 355.

Royal Council of Spain, i. 344.

Ruins, antiquity of American, i. 264.

S

Saavedra, ii. 249, _note_, 253, _note_, iv. 44, _note_.

Sacrifices. See _Human sacrifices_.

Sacrificial stone, i. 87, 91, iii. 130, iv. 52.

Sahagun, Bernardino de, i. 78, _note_, 81, _note_.
Account of, and of his Universal History, 101-104.
Noticed, 137, _note_, 161, _note_, 163, _note_, 164, _note_.
On Aztec counsels to a daughter, 165, _note_, iv. 267;
to a son, i. 167, _note_.
Cited, ii. 21, _note_, 185, _note_, 215, _note_, iii. 84,
_note_, 85, _note_, 109, _note_.
Says Montezuma and others were strangled, 126.
Noticed, 131, _note_, 174, _note_, 198, _note_, 208,
_note_, 235, _note_, 265, _note_.
On a sacrifice of Spanish captives, iv. 53, _note_.
On the devastation at Mexico, 65, _note_.
Cited, 73, _note_, 79, _note_, 82, _note_, 86, _note_, 88, _note_.
Notice of, 125.
On the demolition of the temples, 166, _note_.

St. Antonio, Cape, i. 323, 327.

St. Augustine, i. 227, 228, _note_.

St. Domingo. See _Hispaniola_.

St. Francis, convent of, ii. 89, _note_, iv. 202.

St. Hypolito, iv. 96.

St. Jago de Cuba, i. 289, 291, 309, 313.

St. James, appearance of, in battle, i. 353, _note_, iii. 145, 203, _note_.

St. Lucar, ii. 65, iii. 24.

St. Peter, patron saint of Cortés, i. 330, 352, _note_.

St. Thomas, identification of Quetzalcoatl and, i. 73,
_note_, 237, ii. 183, _note_.

Salamanca, i. 298, ii. 72.

Salamanca, Juan de, iii. 201.

Salazar, Juan de, killed, iii. 169.

Sales of merchandise, i. 162.

Salt, i. 52, _note_, 191, _note_, ii. 248.
Tlascalans without, 112.
Spaniards without, 139.
Manufacture of, 248.

Salvatierra, iii. 41, 67, 69.

San Christóbal, iii. 305.

Sandoval, Gonzalo de, i. 281, _note_, 322, ii. 83, 263, iii. 26, 29, _note_.
Aids in seizing Montezuma, i. 342.
Commands at Villa Rica, ii. 359.
Noticed, iii. 34, 42, 51, 60, 66, 119.
Storms the great temple, 129.
At the evacuation of Mexico, 162, 165, 167, 169, 175.
In battles, 198, 201, 232.
Commander at Tezcuco, 285, 304, 326.
Expedition of, to Chalco, 290, 317.
Transports brigantines, 297.
Notice of, 297.
At Zoltepec, 298.
Wounded, 321.
Misunderstanding of Cortés and, 322.
Conspiracy against, 357.
Expedition of, against Iztapalapan, 367, iv. 3.
At the Tepejacac causeway, 9.
In the assault, 18, 31, 46, 48.
His visit to Cortés, 48.
His steed, 48.
Returns, 50.
To aid in the murderous assault, 89.
To secure Guatemozin, 96, 99.
To escort prisoners to Cojohuacan, 105.
Detachment of, to reduce colonies, iv. 134, 141.
Hangs four hundred chiefs, 142.
In the expedition to Honduras, 181.
Domestic of, punished, 208.
Accompanies Cortés to Spain, 212.
Death of, 214.

San Estevan, iv. 141, 155.

San Gil de Buena Vista, iv. 195.

San Juan de Ulna, i. 294, 360.
Narvaez’s fleet at, iii. 33.
Vera Cruz built there, 33.

Santa Cruz, iv. 233.

Santa María de la Victoria, i. 354.

Saucedo, a cavalier, ii. 57.

Saussure, M. de, ii. 224, _note_.

Scalping, i. 60, _note_.

Science, instruments of, i. 137, _note_.
Tribunal for works on, 185.
Coincidences as to, in the Old and New World, i. 246.

Sculpture, i. 157, 262.

Secret Inquiry, The, iv. 226.

Sedeño, joins the armada, i. 322.

Segura de la Frontera, iii. 239.

Sequoias, i. 198, _note_.

Serpents, wall of, ii. 320, iii. 87, iv. 14.

Serradifalco, Duke di, i. 262, _note_.

Sheep, importation of, iv. 231.

Shields, ii. 59, _note_, 133.

Ships, Aztec painting of, i. 370.
See _Armada_ and _Vessels_.

Sidonia, Medina, iv. 216, 245.

Sierra, Madre, ii. 89.
Del Agua, 92.
De Malinche, 187, iii. 134, _note_, 245.
De los Pedernales, iv. 193.

Siesta, i. 169, _note_, ii. 260, 304.

Siguenza, Dr., on Quetzalcoatl and the apostle Thomas, i. 73, _note_.

Silk, i. 160, _note_.

Silver, i. 153.
Vases of, 155.
From Montezuma, ii. 16, iii. 10.
Comparative gold and, iii. 10, _note_.
Carried to Spain by Cortéz, iv. 213.
From Zacatecas, 232.

Sin, Aztec origin of, i. 236.

Sismondi, on blasphemy, iii. 255, _note_.

Skins, use of human, iii. 265, _note_.

Skulls, i. 95, ii. 93, 329.
Coincidences with Mexican, i. 255.
Morton’s work on, 256, _note_.
Scarceness of Aztec, 256, _note_.

Slavery, Aztec, i. 48, 54, iv. 244.

Slaves, sacrificed, i. 78, 83, _note_.
Traffic in, 162, 163.
Eaten, 170.
Expedition to the Bahama Islands for, 289, 291, _note_.
Female, given to Cortés, 356, 361, ii. 52.
Bring gifts to Montezuma, ii. 16.
Sent to Spain, 63.
Owned by Las Casas, 73.
Wait on Spaniards at Mexico, 260.
For sale in the Mexican market, 315.
Branded, iii. 225.
Given to Spaniards by the Mexicans, 226, _note_.
Hung, 257.
Scruples of Cortés as to, iv. 159, 244.
Exemption of, 181.
See _Negro slaves_ and _Repartimientos_.

Smallpox, iii. 77, _note_, 234.

Smoking, i. 168, 169, _note_.

Snuff, taken, i. 169.

Soldiers, i. 56.
Nezahualcoyotl’s kindness to disabled, 206.

Solís, Don Antonio de, i. 320, _note_, ii. 30, _note_.
On Cortés, ii. 33, _note_, 46, _note_.
On Montezuma’s oath of allegiance, iii. 5, _note_.
On Cuitlahua, iii. 246.
Account of, and his writings, iv. 119-125.

Songs and hymns, i. 123.

Sons, counsels to, i. 167, _note_, 168, _note_.

Sotelo, catapult by, iv. 82.

Sothic period, i. 133, _note_.

Southey, i. 58, _note_, 141, _note_, ii. 131,
_note_, 245, _note_, iv. 6, _note_.

Sovereigns, Aztec, i. 33, 57.
Influence of priests on, 97.
Presents to, by merchants, 163.
Reproved, 195.
Power of, for ameliorating the condition of man, 219.
The title, ii. 28, _note_.

Spain, at the close of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, i. 278.
Subsequently, 279.
Gold despatched to, by Velasquez, 296.
Titles applied to the royal family of, ii. 28, _note_.
Despatches to, by Cortés, 57, 63, iii. 239.
Chivalry in, iii. 340.
Faction in, against Cortés, 354, iv. 139, 142, 204, 209.
See _Charles V_.

Spaniards, traditions and prodigies connected with the, i. 73,
217, ii. 10-13, 57, 59, 215, and _note_, iii. 3, 6, 270.
Cause of their not being slain in battle, i. 96, ii. 125, iii. 340.
Their desire of gold, i. 346, 356, 364, 369, iii. 276.
Aided and befriended by Indians, i. 365, ii. 15.
Effects of Montezuma’s gifts on the, ii. 18.
Proposition
to return to Cuba, 20, 26, 28.
Sickly, and distressed for supplies, 21.
Troubles in the camp, 24.
Reinforced, 57.
Send gold to Spain, 57.
Effect on, of the destruction of the ships, 68.
Fight Tlascalans, 116-125.
Loss of, 125, 139.
The killed are buried, 139.
Declared to be children of the Sun, 142.
Enter Tlascala, 164.
March to Cholula, 190.
On judging of their actions, 213.
Called “The white gods,” 215.
Their route to Mexico, 229.
Effect of Montezuma’s conduct on them, 262, 270, 362, iii. 5.
Assaulted in Mexico, iii. 78, 93.
Besieged, 83, 93.
Assault on their quarters, 108.
Storm the temple, 128.
Mutiny among, 137.
At the hill of Otoncalpolco, 176.
All wounded at the battle of Otumba, 199.
Cut off, 210, 298.
Discontents of the, 212.
Remonstrance, 212, 216, 236.
Jealousy between the allies and, 216.
Reinforced, 237.
Great purpose of the, 254.
Murdered, 265.
Quartered in Nezahualpilli’s palace, 267.
Guatemozin’s description of, to Tangapan, 296, _note_.
Capture Cuernavaca, 355.
Captured and sacrificed, 344, 349, iv. 52, 76.
(See _Human Sacrifices_.)
At Cojohuacan, iii. 347.
Reinforced, 353.
At the temple of the war-god, iv. 17.
Second assault by the, 20.
Their distresses, 26, 35.
Joined by allies, 30.
Their places of settlement, 167.
General illusion of the, 171.
Their dreadful march to Honduras, 177.
Deserted by guides, 181.
See _Cortés_.

Spaniards under Narvaez, iii. 33.
Indians find them enemies of Cortés, 34.
Join Cortés, 81.
Overladen with gold, 161, 170.
See _Narvaez_.

Spanish nobles and Charles V., i. 281, _note_.

Spies, i. 163, ii. 154.

Spineto, Marquis, i. 143.

Standard, Aztec national, i. 59, iii. 114.
Of Tlascala, ii. 132, iii. 366.
See _Banner_.

Stars, worshipped, i. 208, _note_.

Statues of the Montezumas, destroyed, i. 157, ii. 298.

Stephens, John L., i. 120, _note_, ii. 224, _note_, i. 223, 224, 239, _note_.

Stone houses, i. 290, 334, ii. 39, 229, 237, 243.

Stone, sacrificial, i. 87, 91, iii. 130, iv. 52.

Stones, hurling of, iii. 116, 144, 327;
from the great temple, 129;
at Jacapichtla, 319.

Strait, efforts for discovering the, iv. 171.

Streets. See _Canals_.

Sugar-cane, i. 285, 289, iv. 168, 231.

Sully, Duke of, iii. 11, _note_.

Sulphur, ii. 228, iii. 245.

Sun, temples to the, i. 208, _note_.
Plate representing the, ii. 17.
Spaniards, children of the, 142.
Alvarado called child of the, iii. 172.
Monument to the, 190.
Statue of the, 192.

Superstition, Aztec, during the siege, iv. 88.

Sword-blades, iii. 218.

Swords, substitutes for, ii. 134.

Symbolical writing, i. 107.

T

Tabascans, i. 343-348.
Conversion of, 357.

Tabasco, Rio de, i. 293, 342, iv. 179.

Tabasco, town of, i. 344, 348.

Table, ceremonies at, i. 168.

Table-land, i. 8, ii. 88.

Tables, hieroglyphical, i. 131, _note_.

Tactics, Aztec military, i. 59.

Tacuba. See _Tlacopan_.

Tamanes. See _Porters_.

Tamerlane’s skulls, ii. 330, _note_.

Tangapan, lord of Michoacán, iii. 296, _note_.

Tapia, Andrés de, i. 353, _note_, ii. 205, _note_, 306,
_note_, 329, _note_, 347, _note_, iii. 17, _note_,
335, iv. 38, 46, 48, 62.

Tapia, Christóval de, commissioner to Vera Cruz, iii. 355, iv. 140.
Bought off, iv. 141.
In Castile, 143.
Brings charges against Cortés, 143.

Tarentum, vessels at, iii. 24, _note_.

Tasco, mines of, i. 153, iv. 153.

Tatius, Achilles, i. 248, _note_.

Taxes. See _Revenues_ and _Tribute_.

Tax-gatherers, i. 54, ii. 44.
Collect tribute for the Spanish sovereign, iii. 6.

Tecocol, cacique of Tezcuco, iii. 268, 269, _note_.

Tecpan, ii. 191, _note_.

Tectetan, meaning of, i. 290.

Tecuhtli, i. 33, _note_.

Tecuichpo, daughter of Montezuma and wife of Guatemozin,
iii. 155, _note_, 249, iv. 104, 186, _note_.
Her several husbands, iii. 155, _note_, iv. 186, _note_.
Cortés’ reception of, iv. 104.
Grant to, 318.

Teeth, Aztec custom as to, i. 168, _note_.

Tehuantepec, iv. 231, 232.

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex, i. 95, _note_, 120, _note_.

Tellier, Archbishop, i. 120, _note_.

Temixtitan, a corruption of _Tenochtitlan_, i. 21.

Tempest after the surrender, iv. 106.

Temples, or teocallis, to Huitzilopochtli, the Mexican Mars, i. 70.
Account of, 84-87, _note_.
On the teachings of Egyptian, 106, _note_.
Built by Nezahualcoyotl, to the Unknown God, 208.
Toltec, dedicated to the Sun, 208.
Various, at Cholula, 234, ii. 183-185.
All destroyed, i. 257, iii. 165, and _note_.
Resemblances to, in the East, i. 257, 261.
At Xochicalco, 257, 261, _note_.
At Cozumel, 332, 337.
Rifled by Alvarado, 332.
Turret of one in Mexico burned, ii. 10, 11.
At Tlatlanquitepec, 93.
On the hill of Tzompach, 125, 162.
To Quetzalcoatl, 183, 203, 329.
Modern, on the site of Quetzalcoatl’s, 217.
In Mexico, 319-322, 328.
Occupied at Cempoalla, iii. 62.
At Popotla, 174.
On the hill of Otoncalpolco, 176.
On a pyramid of Teotihuacan, 192.
At Xochimilco, 342.
At Tacuba, 350.
Burnt by Alvarado, iv. 76.
See _Huitzilopochtli_, _Idols_, and _Quetzalcoatl_.

Tenajoccan, town of, iii. 307, _note_.

Tenochtitlan, i. 21.
Called Mexico, 21.
The word, 21, _note_, ii. 257, _note_.
Prosperity and enlargement of, i. 25.
See _Mexico_.

Teoamoxtli, or divine book, i. 122, _note_.

Teotihuacan, pyramids of, iii. 189.

Tepanecs, i. 19, 23, 177, 182.

Tepeaca, colony at, iii. 239.

Tepeacan allies, iv. 56.

Tepeacans, iii. 223.

Tepechpan, lord of, exposed to death, i. 201.

Tepejacac causeway, ii. 284, iv. 9.

Tetzmellocan, village of, iii. 259.

Teuhtlile, a provincial governor, under Montezuma, i. 364.
Orders supplies and favors, 370, ii. 16.

Teules, iii. 185.

Tezcatlipoca, the god, sacrifices to, i. 89, ii. 327.

Tezcotzinco, palaces and ruins there, i. 196, 199, 217, 257.

Tezcucans, or Acolhuans, arrival of the, in Anahuac i. 17, 177.
Their character, 18, 100.
Assaulted and beaten, 19, 23, 177.
Their institutions, 32-37.
In advance of the Mexicans, 100, 219.
The divine book of the, 122, _note_.
Their dialect, 123, 187.
Their fidelity to Young Nezahualcoyotl, 182.
Transfer of their power to the Aztecs, 218.
Their civilization, 219, 220.
Cause of their superiority, 219.
Oppose Cortés, iii. 195.
In Cortés’ second reconnoitring
expedition, 326.
Efficiency of, at the siege of Mexico, iv. 19.
Desertion of, 56.
See _Nezahualcoyotl_ and _Nezahualpilli_.

Tezcuco, its situation, i. 10, 11, 17, 177, iii. 281.
Meaning of the word, i. 18, _note_, iii. 266, _note_.
Requirements of the chiefs of, i. 40.
Halls of justice, and pronouncing of sentences in, 46.
Golden age of, 176.
Historians, orators, and poets of, 188.
Contents of its archives, 187.
Pile of royal buildings at, 191.
Royal harem in, 192.
Architecture of, 199.
Territory of, clipped by Montezuma, 217, 366.
Description of, at the time of the Conquest, 367, _note_.
Reception of Cortés at, on his return to Mexico, iii. 83.
State of affairs there, 266, 269.
Brigantines brought to, 301.
Mustering of forces at, 366.
Respect to Cortés there, on his
return from Spain, iv. 229.
See _Cacama_, _Nezahualcoyotl_, and _Nezahualpilli_.

Tezcuco lake, its height, ii. 230, _note_, 282.
Conjectural limits of, 242, _note_.
Dike across, 247.
Towns on the, 248, and _note_.
Canoes there, 249, 257, iii. 305.
Ancient state of, ii. 282, iv. 155.
Tides in, ii. 282, _note_.
Two brigantines built there, 359.
Opened upon the Spaniards, iii. 287.
Forded, 306.
Brigantines launched on, 363.
Indian flotilla defeated there, iv. 5.

Thatch, i. 114, _note_, 152.

Theatrical exhibitions, i. 124.

Theogony of the Greeks, i. 67.

Thomas, the Apostle, identified with Quetzalcoatl, i. 73,
_note_, 237, ii. 183, _note_.

Thread, Mexican, i. 152, ii. 311.

Tierra caliente, i. 5, 366, iii. 57.

Tierra fria, i. 8.

Tierra templada, i. 7.

Time, computation of, i. 15, 125.

Tin, i. 153.
A circulating medium, 161, ii. 318.

Titcala, ensign of the house of, ii. 121.

Tlacopan, or Tacuba, i. 23, 190, _note_, iii. 175.
Head-quarters at, iii. 310.
Cortés at, 350.
Command at, assigned to Alvarado, 367.
Evacuated by the inhabitants, 374.
Present state of, 374, _note_.

Tlacopan, or Tacuba, causeway, ii. 284.
Retreat by the way of it, iii. 158, 164.
Carnage there, 167, 311.

Tlaloc, a Toltec and Aztec deity, i. 100, _note_.