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.