A
Abderahman, on the palm-tree, i. 189, note.
Ablutions at table, i. 168, ii. 303.
Aborigines of America, origin of the, i. 225, 230-253;
of their civilization, 240.
Peculiarities in their organization, 250.
See Indians and Mankind.
Absolution, Aztec rite of, i. 83.
Achilles, shade of, cited, i. 77, note.
Acolhuans. See Colhuans and Tezcucans.
Acolman, iii. 353. Dispute there, 373.
Aculan, Spaniards at the capital of, iv. 189.
Adelantado, i. 316, note, iii. 29.
Adrian of Utrecht, regent of Spain, iii. 355, iv. 139.
Warrant by, iv. 139.
Pope, 143.
Adultery, charge respecting, iv. 271, 371.
Agave Americana, or aloe, or maguey, i. 8.
Paper from the, 114, 151.
Various uses made of the, 114, note, 151, 171.
Dresden Codex made of the, 119, note.
Account of it, 151, 152.
Agriculture, tax on, among the Aztecs, i. 51, 150.
Remarks on, 147.
Of North American Indians, 148.
Among the Mexicans, 149.
Articles of Aztec, 150.
Encouraged by Nezahualcoyotl, 190.
Tlascalan, ii. 107.
Cholulan, 189.
Near the lake of Chalco, 240.
Attention to, after the Conquest, iv. 168, 231.
Aguilar, Gerónimo de, a Christian captive, account of, i. 339.
Cortés’ reception of, 341.
An interpreter, 342.
In the retreat from Mexico, iii. 175.
At Chalco, 326.
Aguilar, Marcos de, succeeds Ponce de Leon as royal commissioner, iv. 206, note.
Collects opinions in regard to repartimientos, ib..
Ahuahutle, insects’ eggs, used as food, ii. 290, note, iv. 66, note.
Ahualco, crossed by Spaniards, ii. 229.
Ahuitzotl, i. 25, 26, note, 95, note.
Ajotzinco, city of, ii. 237.
Alaman, Lúcas, cited, i. 116, note, 297, note, 363, note, ii. 228, note, 246, note, 247, note, 257 note, 298, note, 303, note, 319, note, iii. 156, note, 307, note, 333, note, 348, note, iv. 100, note, 102, note, 103, note, 137, note, 147, note, 152, note, 153, note, 158, note, 167, note, 169, note, 191, note, 230, note, 231, note, 247, note, 249, note, 250, note.
Alaminos, Antonio de, chief pilot of the armada, i. 328, ii. 21.
Despatched to Spain, ii. 63.
Anchors at Cuba, 64.
Alderete, Julian de, royal treasurer, iii. 324.
At Tacuba, 350.
Advice of, as to attack, iv. 36.
His division for assaulting Mexico, 37, and note.
Too eager and in peril, 39, 41.
Urges the torture of Guatemozin, 130, 145.
Alexander the Great, iii. 213, note.
Alexander VI., Pope, bull of partition by, ii. 209, note.
Enjoins conversion of the heathen, 210, note.
Algiers, expedition against, iv. 239.
Alms-giving, Aztec, i. 85.
Aloe. See Agave Americana.
Alphabet, Egyptian, i. 108, note.
Nearest approach to, 110.
European, introduced into Mexico, 112.
Alvarado, Jorge de, iv. 37.
Alvarado, Pedro de, enters the river Alvarado, i. 292, 359.
His return to Cuba with treasures, 294, 295, 310.
Joins Cortés, 322.
Marches across Cuba, 323.
Reprimanded, 333.
In the battles near the Tabasco, 347-350.
On a foraging party, ii. 32.
Cuts down the body of Morla, 51.
Despatched to Cempoalla, 66.
Troops put under, 83.
At Tlascala, 172.
Doña Luisa given to, 174.
Visits Montezuma with Cortés, 263.
Aids in seizing Montezuma, 342.
Montezuma pleased with, 363.
Takes command at Mexico, iii. 44.
Instructions to, 44.
Forces under, 46, 95, note.
Assault on, 78, 85.
Blockaded, 83, 85.
Joined by Cortés, 85.
Aztecs massacred by, 87, note, 88, note, 91, note.
Character of, 94.
Cortés’ dissatisfaction with, 94.
Chivalrous, 119.
Storms the great temple, 129.
Overpowered at the Mexican bridges, 143.
Acts at the evacuation of Mexico, 162.
Unhorsed, 171.
At the battle of Otumba, 200.
Accompanies Duero and Bermudez to Vera Cruz, 236.
Sandoval and, 297.
Reconnoitres Mexico, 304.
Conspiracy against, 357.
To command the point Tacuba, 367.
Enmity of Olid and, 373.
Demolishes the aqueduct, 374.
Operations of, iv. 18.
Protects breaches, 25.
Sandoval to join, 36.
His neglect to secure a retreat, 38.
Rebuked, 38.
His fortune at the assault, 47.
Cortés opinion of, 51.
Temple burnt by, 77.
Meeting of Cortés and, 79.
In the murderous assault, 89, 91.
To occupy the market-place, 96.
Detached to Oaxaca, 134.
Conquers Guatemala, 172.
Alvarado’s Leap, iii. 172, 173.
Amadis de Gaula, ii. 241, note.
Amaquemecan, Spaniards at, ii. 236.
Ambassadors, persons of, held sacred, i. 57.
Ammunition, iv. 62.
See Gunpowder.
Amnesty, granted by Nezahualcoyotl, i. 183.
Anaglyphs, i. 112, note.
Anahuac, i. 11.
Extent of, 13, note.
Meaning of the word, 14, note.
Forms of government in, 32.
Number of human sacrifices in, 94, note, 95.
See Aztecs and Mexico.
Andrada, Don Juan, iii. 155, note.
Animals, artificial, i. 155, note, 193, note, ii. 16, 58, 217, 313.
Animals, of the New World and the Old, different, i. 225.
Origin of, in the New World, 227.
No useful domesticated, among the Aztecs, 270.
Collection of, ii. 295.
See Draught-cattle.
Antigua or Vera Cruz Vieja, ii. 48, note, iv. 156.
Antiquities, i. 199, 264.
Of Cozumel, 335, note.
Aqueducts, conducting to Tezcotzinco, i. 197.
At Iztapalapan, ii. 244.
From Chapoltepec, 264, 284, note, 292.
Destroyed, iii. 374.
Arabic manuscripts destroyed, i. 115, 116.
Architecture, refinement and, i. 196.
Of the Tezcucans, 199, 207.
Coincidences with Aztec, 256, 261.
Of Palenque, 261.
In Yucatan, 292.
Of Cozumel, 334.
At Cempoalla, ii. 38, 39.
Of Tlascala, 166.
Marine, at Ajotzinco, 236.
At Cuitlahauc, 240.
Of Iztapalapan, 243.
On the Tezcucan lake, 248.
At Mexico, 254.
Encouragement of, by Montezuma, 292.
After the Conquest, iv. 151.
Archives at Tezcuco, i. 187, 192.
Argensola, on the house of Cortés, i. 298, note.
On the detention of Cortés in Spain, 300, note.
Arithmetic among the Aztecs, i. 124.
Ark, coincidences with the, i. 233.
Armada, intrusted to Cortés, i. 311.
The fitting out of the, 313, 314.
Expense of it, 321, ii. 29.
Sails, i. 320.
Equipment of it, 320, 321, 322.
Joined by volunteers, 321.
Sails from Havana, 327.
Its strength, 328.
Chief pilot of the, 328.
Sails, 330, 339, 342.
Encounters a storm, 332.
At Cozumel, 332, 339.
At the Rio de Tabasco, 342.
Wounded sent back to the, 349.
Sails for Mexico, 358.
At San Juan de Ulua, Villa Rica, and Vera Cruz, 360, 365, ii. 21.
One vessel joins the, ii. 56.
One vessel of the, despatched to Spain, 63, 64.
Juan Diaz attempts to escape with one of the, 65.
Sunk, 68, 69, 70, note.
See Brigantines.
Armies, account of Aztec, i. 59.
Armor, tribute of, i. 51, 52, note.
Arms of Montezuma, ii. 264.
See Arrows.
Arrows, defence against, i. 324, 351.
Burnt, ii. 350.
Discharge of, at the assault in Mexico, iii. 109.
Art, few works of Aztec, found, i. 259.
Artillery.
See Cannon.
Artisans, Montezuma’s, ii. 305.
Astrology, i. 133, 136.
Origin of, 136.
Astronomy, Mexican, i. 137, 138.
Studied, 208, 216.
Atlantis of Plato, i. 226.
Audience, giving of, by Montezuma, ii. 304.
Auxiliaries.
See Indian allies.
Aviary, Aztec, ii. 244, 294, iv. 22, 151.
Avila, Alonso de, joins Cortés, i. 322.
Fights, 343, 346, 350.
Aids to seize Montezuma, ii. 342;
Narvaez, iii. 60.
Before Cortés, in behalf of the soldiers, iii. 76.
Tries to calm Cortés, 96.
In the retreat from Mexico, 162, 175.
At the battle of Otumba, 200.
Despatched to St. Domingo, 243, note;
to Spain, iv. 138.
Captured by the French, 138.
Axayacatl, Aztec sovereign, Tlascalans oppose, ii. 110.
His treasure, 333, iii. 7-10.
See Treasure.
Axayacatl’s palace, ii. 257, 258, iii. 107.
Spaniards quartered in, ii. 257, 258.
Chapel in, 333.
Montezuma’s confinement in, 347.
Return of Cortés to, iii. 85.
Spaniards besieged there, 92.
Assaulted by Aztecs, 108.
Fired, 111.
Commanded by the temple of the war-god, 127.
Destroyed, iv. 21.
Ayllon, the licentiate, sent to stay Velasquez’s expedition, iii. 31.
Joins the fleet, 31.
Seized and sent back, 35.
His report, 35.
Released, 355.
Azcapozalco, a slave-market, i. 162, 183, iii. 307, note.
Aztecs, or Mexicans, civilization of the, i. 1, 62, 218, 225, ii. 316.
Extent of their country, i. 4, iv. 112.
Quarter from which they came, i. 20, note.
Time of their arrival at Anahuac, 20, 22, note, iv. 112.
Their migratory habits, i. 20, 242.
Settlement of, at Mexico, 21.
Domestic feuds and secession among them, 22.
Extent of their territory just before the arrival of the Spaniards, 26.
Form of government among the, 33.
Election and installation of sovereigns, 35.
Legislative and judicial system among them, 41.
Great aim of their institutions, 56.
On calling them barbarians, 62, note.
Compared with Saxons of the time of Alfred, 62.
Comparison of modern Mexicans and, 62.
Their mythology, 70.
Cycles, 74, 127, note, 129, 232, 246.
Ideas of future life, 76.
Their claims to civilization, 98, iv. 112.
Compared with Europeans of the sixteenth century, i. 98.
Their law of honor, 99, note.
Their manuscripts, 114.
The Teoamoxtli, or divine book of the, 122, note.
Their literary culture, 123.
Measurement of time, 125.
Their cycle called an “old age,” 128, note.
Astrology, 136.
Astronomy, 137.
Their festival at the termination of the great cycle, 140.
Their agriculture, 148.
Acquaintance of, with plants, 153;
with minerals, 153;
with the mechanical arts, 155, 159.
Their domestic manners, 165.
Differ from North American Indians, 172, 254, note.
Character of the, original and unique, 173.
Nezahualcoyotl unites his forces with the, 182.
Beat and sacrifice Maxtla, 182.
Transfer of power to, from the Tezcucans, 217.
Essay on the origin of the civilization of the, 225.
Traditions respecting their origin, 251.
The first communication with them, 293-295.
Orders to Cortés respecting the treatment of them, 315.
Their condition, and disgust with Montezuma, at the time of Cortés’ arrival, ii. 8.
Defeated by Tlascalans, 110.
Aid in a Cholulan conspiracy, 194, 197.
Number of, in the Mexican market, 317.
Enraged at the profanation of their temples, iii. 20.
Aid in building vessels at Vera Cruz, 21.
Insurrection by the, 92.
Their assaults on the Spanish quarters, 108, 119.
Sally against them, 115.
Addressed by Montezuma, 123.
Insult Montezuma, 124.
Their spirit at the storming of the great temple, 130.
Cortés’ address to, 134.
Their reply, 135.
Their combatant spirit, 141.
Assault the retreating Spaniards, 168.
Measures for rallying, 218.
Tlascalan alliance with, rejected, 221.
Guatemozin emperor of the, 249.
Proceeded against as rebels, 251.
Want of cohesion among them, 294.
Deride Cortés, 313.
Fights with, on the Sierra, 328.
At Xochimilco, 344.
Defend the aqueduct of Chapoltepec, 374.
At Iztapalapan, iv. 3.
Defeat of their flotilla, 5.
Fight on the causeways, 11.
Their exasperation, 23.
Their hatred of white men, 34, 74.
Their bravery at the general assault, 42.
Attack Alvarado and Sandoval, 47.
Their spirit and sufferings, 64, 70, 75, 85, 95.
Sortie of, 69.
Do not bury their dead, 73, 87.
Assault on, at the market-place, 93.
Effect of Guatemozin’s capture on, 101.
Evacuate the city, 107.
Remarks on the fall of their empire, 112.
See Guatemozin and Montezuma.

B
Babel, coincidences of the tower of, and the temple of Cholula, i. 235.
Bachelors subject to penalties, iv. 157.
Badajoz, Gutierre de, storms the great teocalli, iv. 77.
Bahama Islands, i. 284. Expedition to, for slaves, 289.
Balboa, Nuñez de, i. 284, 306.
Transports brigantines, iii. 302, note.
Banana, i. 150.
The forbidden fruit, 150, note.
Bancroft, H. H., cited, i. 53, note, 72, note, 192, note, 238, note, 289, note, 323, note, ii. 301, note, 306, note, iii. 373, note, iv. 152, note.
Bandelier, A., cited, i. 17, note, 32, note, 36, note, 72, note, 176, note, 238, note, 259, note, ii. 181,
note, 183, note, 186, note, 187, note, 191, note, 231, note.
Banner of Cortés, i. 324, ii. 148, note.
Lost and recovered, iv. 46.
See Standard.
Banners, River of, i. 293, 359.
Baptism, Aztec and pagan, i. 78, 240, 241.
Barante, on a disclosure in the reign of Louis the Eleventh, iii. 361.
Barba, Don Pedro, governor of Havana, ordered to seize Cortés, i. 326.
Barba, Pedro, killed, iv. 29.
Barbers, Aztec, ii. 167, 314.
Barca, Madame Calderon de la, on Mexican love of flowers, ii. 38, note.
On Tacuba, iii. 374, note.
On Cuernavaca, iv. 231, note.
Barks at Ajotzinco, ii. 237.
See Canoes.
Barracks built at Mexico, iv. 31.
Barrio de San Jago, iv. 81.
Barter, Grijalva’s, at the River of Banners, i. 293, 359.
Object of Cortés’ expedition, 315.
At Cozumel, 333.
With the Tabascans, 356.
See Traffic.
Basque language, i. 251, note.
Bas-reliefs destroyed, ii. 298.
Batanzos, Fray Domingo de, discusses the repartimientos and probable fate of the Indians, iv. 207.
Baths of Montezuma, i. 198, ii. 299.
Battles, Aztecs avoided slaying their enemies in, i. 96.
Of Tabasco, 345, 348.
Of Ceutla, 351.
Between Aztecs and Tlascalans, ii. 110, 111;
Spaniards and Tlascalans, 116, 120-125, 135, 143;
Escalante and Quauhpopoca, ii. 339;
Cortés and Narvaez, iii. 65.
At the Aztec insurrection, 108-119.
At the great temple, 129.
On leaving Mexico, 141.
Of the Melancholy Night, 167.
Of Otumba, 197.
Of Quauhquechollan, 229.
Of Iztapalapan, iii. 286.
Near Chalco, 290.
At Xaltocan, 305.
At Tlacopan, 310.
Of Jacapichtla, 319.
On the rocks of the Sierra, 327.
At Cuernavaca, 336.
At Xochimilco, 338, 343.
At the aqueduct of Chapoltepec, 375.
Naval, with the Indian flotilla, iv. 5.
On the Mexican causeways, 11.
With Alderete’s division, 41.
With the Panuchese, 141.
Beetles, Cortés aided by, iii. 67.
Beggary, not tolerated, i. 206.
Bejar, Duke de, befriends Cortés, iv. 142, 221.
His reception of him, 218.
Belus, on the tower of, i. 256 note.
Benavente, Count of, i. 281, note.
Bermudez, Agustin, iii. 69.
Bernaldez on devils, i. 70, note.
Bilious fever. See Vómito.
Bird, Dr., on mantas, iii. 140, note.
Birds, artificial, i. 155, note, 193, ii. 16, 58, note, 217, 313.
See Aviary.
Births, consultation at, i. 136.
Bishop’s Pass, ii. 91.
Bison, domesticated, i. 270, note.
Blanc, Mont, height of, ii. 224, note.
Blasphemy, prohibited, iii. 255.
Blumenbach, on American skulls, i. 256, note.
Bodies of the Tlascalans painted, ii. 131, 132.
See Dead.
Bodleian Library, roll and Codex in the, i. 53, note, 118, note.
Body-guard of Montezuma, i. 38, note, ii. 300.
Of Cortés, iii. 362.
See Quiñones.
Booty, law on appropriating, iii. 256.
Little found in Mexico, iv. 109, 130.
See Gold and Treasure.
Borunda, the Mexican Champollion, i. 121, note.
Botanical garden, ii. 243, note, 297.
See Floating gardens.
Botello urges night retreat, iii. 159.
Boturini, Benaduci, Chevalier, his writings and collection of manuscripts, i. 14, note, 25, note, 26, 40, note, 114, note, 117, note, 121, note, 173, note, 174, 175,
188, note, 235, note, ii. 258, note, iii. 193.
Bradford’s American Antiquities, i. 223.
Branding of slaves, iii. 225, 299.
Brass substituted for iron, i. 154, note.
Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbé, cited, i. 12, note, 70, note, 122, note.
His theory in regard to Mexican mythology, 226, note.
Brazil secured to Portugal, ii. 209, note.
Breaches in the causeways, made and filled, iv. 11, 38, 65, 77.
Neglected by Alderete, 39.
Measures for filling, 63.
Bread and wine, consecrated, i. 241, note.
Bridges, arched, at Tlascala, ii. 163.
At Mexico, ii. 250, 256, 284, 286, 336.
Removed, iii. 85, 98.
Demolished, 136, 141.
Restored, 143.
Leaped by Cortés, 145.
Portable, 163, 164, 166.
At Cuernavaca, iii. 334.
In the expedition to Honduras, iv. 179, 181, 194.
See Breaches and Canals.
Brigantines, built on Lake Tezcuco, ii. 359.
Burnt, iii. 78.
Built and transported to Lake Tezcuco, 234, 245, 282, 297, 299, 322, 325, 362, 364.
Attempts to destroy, 325.
Canal for transporting, 362.
Launched, 363.
Remains of, preserved, 363, note, iv. 153.
Co-operate with the army, iv. 4-11, 37, 48, 99.
Decoyed and destroyed, 28.
Sail from Honduras to Truxillo, 196.
See Fleet.
Brinton, Dr. Daniel G., explanations of Mexican mythology by, i. 14, note, 17, note, 72, note, 73, note, 122 note, 238, note, 243, note, 335, note, 339, note.
Budh, incarnation of, i. 71, note.
Buffalo ranges, i. 270.
Buffoons, Aztec, i. 171, note.
See Jesters.
Bullock, W., on Tezcuco, i. 194, note, ii. 367, note.
On a basin at Tezcotzinco, i. 198, note.
On antiquities at Tezcotzinco, 200, note.
On Puebla de los Angeles, ii. 188, note
On the pyramids of Teotihuacan, iii. 190, note, 192, note.
On a banner in the Hospital of Jesus, iv. 46, note.
Bulls for the Conquerors, iii. 324, iv. 213, note.
Burials, i. 78, note.
See Dead.
Bustamante, editor of Sahagun’s Universal History, i. 103, 110, 121, note, 145, iv. 81, note, 117, note, 125.

C
Cabot, Sebastian, i. 284.
Cacama, king of Tezcuco, rival for the crown, ii. 8, 367, iii. 272.
Favors a friendly reception of Cortés, ii. 14, 366.
Counsels Montezuma, 236, 366.
Mission of, to Cortés, 236, 238.
Accompanies Montezuma, 251.
His plan for liberating Montezuma, 368.
Negotiations with, 369, 370.
Seizure of, and of his confederates, 370.
Brought away from Mexico, iii. 162.
Fate of, 264.
Cacao, i. 150, 161, note.
A circulating medium, 191, ii. 318.
Cæsar, Julius, order by, i. 354, note.
Calderon, Señor de, iii. 155, note.
See Barca.
Calendar, Aztec, i. 127, 128, and note, 129.
Of the lunar reckoning, 132, 133.
Coincidences with the Asiatic, 247.
Calendar-stone, i. 137, 157, 158, note, ii. 292.
Calmecac school, i. 84.
Calpixqui, i. 35, note, 54, note.
Calpullac, i. 33, note, 34, note.
Calpulli, or tribes, distribution into, i. 52, note.
Camargo, Diego Muñoz, ii. 172, note.
Account of, and of his writings, iii. 102.
Cited, 148, note, 172, note, iv. 299.
Campeachy, Bay of, i. 342.
Canals, for irrigation, i. 150, 350, ii. 189, 240.
Instead of streets, 237.
In the gardens at Iztapalapan, 244.
In Mexico, 282, 286.
Filled up, 169, 282.
For transporting brigantines, iii. 362.
See Breaches and Bridges.
Cannibalism, i. 93, 99, 170, 339.
Coincidences as to, 244.
During the siege, iv. 29, 66.
Of the allies, 33.
Spanish captives the victims of, 54.
Cannon, landed from the ships, i. 349.
Command of, given to Mesa, 349.
Effect of, at the battle of Ceutla, 351.
Mounted on the Vera Cruz hillocks, 365.
Effect of, on Aztec visitors, 370.
Sent to the fleet, ii. 34.
At Cempoalla, 40.
Effect of, on the Tlascalans, 124, 136, 137.
At Cholula, 202.
Effect of, at Mexico, 262, iii. 109, 115.
On board Narvaez’s fleet, 33.
At Cempoalla, 62, 65.
Turned against Narvaez, 66.
Effect of, at the retreat, 171.
All lost in the retreat, 181.
For attacking Mexico, 251.
In the fleet on Lake Tezcuco, 364.
Effects of, at the siege of Mexico, iv. 13, 46, 48.
Cast in Mexico, 153.
Cano, Don Thoan, iii. 89, note.
Married Montezuma’s daughter, 89, note, 126, note, 155, note, iv. 186, note.
Cited, iii. 126, note, 179, 180, note, 207, note, iv. 438.
Canoes, ii. 237, 249, 287, iii. 375, iv. 4, 8.
Captives. See Christians and Prisoners.
Caribbee Islands, i. 284.
Carli, Count, cited, i. 40, note, 139, note, 160, notes, 227, note, 241, note, 244, note, 271, note.
Carpets, cotton, at Vera Cruz, i. 365.
Carreri, Gemelli, chart of, i. 252, note.
Casa de Contratacion, i. 282, iii. 25.
Casa, Giovanni della, ii. 287, note.
Casas Grandes, ruins of, i. 253, note.
Castes in Mexico, i. 161.
Catalina. See Xuarez.
Catalogue of Mexican historians, i. 112, note.
Catapult, built, iv. 82.
Cathedrals, i. 157, ii. 281, 319, iv. 152.
Catherwood’s illustrations, i. 223.
Catholics, Protestants and, i. 358, ii. 56.
Views of, as to infidels, ii. 208.
Catoche, Cape, i. 290, 342.
Cattle, i. 309, note, iv. 231.
Causeways, dividing Chalco from Xochicalco, ii. 240, 247.
The three, at Mexico, 284.
Present state of the, iv. 155.
See Cojohuacan, Iztapalapan, Tepejacac, and Tlacopan.
Cavaliers, i. 322, 335.
Cavaliero, superintendent of marine, iii. 77.
Cavalry, i. 349, 352, 354.
Indian ideas respecting, 354.
In Narvaez’s armada, iii. 33, 68.
Effect of, at Mexico, 115, 171, 174, 185.
Loss of, 180.
At the battle of Otumba, 198.
For attacking Mexico, 251.
At Tlacopan, 309.
Ambuscade with, 315, 349.
At the siege and surrender of Mexico, iv. 18, 46.
See Horses.
Cavo, on Cortés’ bigotry, iv. 259, note.
Cempoalla, ii. 25, 34, 38, 39.
Reception of Cortés at, 39.
Cacique of, at Chiahuitztla, 43.
Cortés’ second visit to, 52.
Cacique of, aided by Cortés, 51.
Arrests there, 54.
Proceedings there, 83.
Narvaez at, iii. 40, 60.
Sick and wounded left at, 79.
Cempoallan allies, ii. 85, 86, note.
Perish from cold, 91.
Distrust Cholulans, 100.
Four, sent to the Tlascalans, 100, 119.
Fight Tlascalans, 123.
Enter Cholula, 190.
Detect a conspiracy, 192.
Withdraw, 219.
At Mexico
with Cortés, 247, note, iii. 95, note.
Centaurs, Spaniards thought to be, i. 354.
Central America, its ancient civilization distinct from that of Mexico, i. 16, note.
See Chiapa, Mitla, and Palenque.
Ceremonies, religious, i. 88.
Ceutla, battle of, i. 351, 354.
Chaac Mol, i. 158, note.
Chalcas, i. 195, note.
Chalchuites, resembling emeralds, ii. 21.
Chalco, iii. 289.
Sandoval’s expeditions to, 37, 317.
Cortés’ expedition in favor of, 325.
Indian levies join Spaniards at, 366.
Chalco, lake of, i. 158, ii. 237, 324.
Challenges, iv. 71.
Champollion, i. 110, and note, 120, note.
Chapoltepec, carved stones at, destroyed, i. 138, note.
Residence of Mexican monarchs, ii. 230, 298.
Aqueduct from, 264, 284, note, iii. 373, 374.
Account of, ii. 298.
Views from, 298.
Charles V., Spain under, i. 280.
Erroneous statements regarding, 281, note.
Discovery by the beginning of his reign, 283.
Title of, ii. 28, note.
Cortés’ First Letter to, 59.
Discussion before, on the civilization of Indians, 74.
Montezuma’s gifts to, iii. 6-10.
His first visit to Spain after his accession, 25.
His treatment of envoys from Cortés, 27.
Second Letter to, by Cortés, iii. 241, 354.
Grant by, to Cortés, for capturing Guatemozin, iv. 102, note.
Third Letter to, from Cortés and one from the army, 136, 138.
In Spain, 143.
Board selected by, respecting Cortés, 143.
Powers given by, to Cortés, 146.
Fifth Letter to, 178, note, 331.
Appoints a juez de residencia, 204.
Writes to Cortés, 205; orders him to return to Spain, 210.
Gives audience to him, 218.
Confides in Cortés, 219.
Visits him, 219.
Honors and rewards Cortés, 220.
Goes to Italy, 224.
Absence of, 238.
Applications to, by Cortés, and the result, 240.
Last Letter to, by Cortés, 241, 337.
Charnay, cited, i. 17, note, 259, note, 265, note.
Chase, Montezuma’s fondness for the, ii. 364, 365.
Chastity, injunctions as to, iv. 270.
Chess, ii. 17, note.
Chiahuitztla, visit to, ii. 43.
Chiapa, Bishop of, ii. 77.
See Las Casas.
Chiapa, resemblances to architecture in, i. 258, 261.
Chichemecatl, a Tlascalan chief, iii. 300, 366, iv. 57.
Chichimecs, i. 16, 18, 19, note, 253.
Chicxulub, Chronicle of, i. 122, note, 339, note.
Chief of Men, i. 25, note.
Chilan Balam, i. 122, note.
Children, baptizing and naming of, i. 78, 240.
Education and discipline of, 83, 166.
Sacrificed, ii. 193.
Cortés’ treatment of, 205.
Stew of, for Montezuma, 301, note.
Chimalpopoca, sacrificed, i. 99, note.
China, i. 56, note, 71, note, 161, note.
See Chinese.
Chinantla, lances from, iii. 44, 52.
Chinantlan allies aid Cortés, iii. 44, 74.
Chinese, i. 147.
Their language and the Othomi, 251.
Iron among the, 271, note.
See China.
Chivalry, spirit of, in the troops, iii. 340, iv. 71.
Chocolate, i. 52, note, 150, 170, ii. 302.
Cholula, traditions connected with Quetzalcoatl at, i. 72, ii. 10, 182, iii. 6.
Coincidences of the tower of Babel and the temple of, i. 235.
Account of, ii. 3, 180, 182, 185.
Pilgrims to, 187.
Entered by the Spaniards, 190.
Massacre, 213, note.
Junction of Cortés and Velasquez de Leon at, iii. 44, 49.
Olid’s countermarch on, 228.
Cholulan allies, iii. 228, iv. 56.
Cholulans, ii. 100.
Distrust of, 100, 176, 178.
Summons to the, 177, 178.
Embassy from the, 178.
Their reception of the Spaniards, ii. 190.
Conspiracy of the, 194.
To aid Cortés, 197.
Massacred, 201.
Efforts to convert, 216.
Christianity, ideas, rites, and usages not unlike to, among the Mexicans, i. 69, 78, 82, ii. 333.
Measures for conversion to, i. 286, 356, 357, ii. 55, 90, 96, 97, 170, iv. 190, 192.
Similarity of Quetzalcoatl’s teachings to, ii. 182, note.
On conquest for conversion to, 209.
Duty to convert to, 209.
Attempts to convert Montezuma to, 261, 265, 364, iii. 14.
Maxixca, 235;
his son, and Xicotencatl, 244.
After the Conquest, iv. 152, 165.
Rapid spread of, 166.
See Cortés.
Christians, in captivity, i. 315, 333, 339.
See Christianity.
Chronology, i. 126, 129.
Churches, iii. 184, iv. 78, 152.
Cihuaca, cacique, killed, iii. 200.
Cihuacoatl, title of Mexican magistrate, i. 42, note.
See Cioacoatl.
Cimatlan, phonetic sign for, i. 111.
Cioacoatl, Eve and, i. 236.
Circulating medium, i. 161, ii. 318.
Cities, division of, i. 82.
See Towns.
Civilization, Mexican claim to, i. 97.
Of the Tezcucans over the rest of Anahuac, 219.
Essay on the origin of Mexican, 225;
similarity and dissimilarity of, in the two continents, 232;
two general conclusions respecting it, 272.
In Yucatan, 290, 292.
In Cozumel, 334.
At Tabasco, 350.
Of Tlascala, ii. 107, 109.
As shown in Indian manuscripts, 63, note.
Of Indians, discussed, 74.
At Iztapalapan, 242-245.
In Mexico, 271.
See Refinement.
Clavigero, i. 4, note, 14, note.
On Boturini’s authorities, 14, note.
Dates from, 22, note.
Notices of, and of his Storia antica del Messico, 26, 64.
On the high-priest, 81, note.
On the number of human sacrifices, 94, note.