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Index
| C | ||
| Cacamatzin, king of Texcoco, I, | 249 | |
| note on, | 249 | |
| Cacao, I, | 244 | |
| Cagoatan, character of country, II. | 239 | |
| Caltanmic, I, | 196 | |
| Canal, built at Texcoco, II, | 58 | |
| Canec, lord of Taiza, II, | 271 | |
| conversion of, | 272 | |
| Cannibalism, provisions for Indian troops, II, | 104 | |
| feasting of the Allies, | 111 | |
| Cortes punishes, | 244 | |
| Canno, Sebastian del, death of, II, | 349 | |
| Cannon, the silver, II, | 211, 212 | |
| Catapult, failure of the, II, | 117, 118 | |
| Catoche, note on, I, | 127 | |
| battle at, | 134 | |
| crosses at, | 175 | |
| Catzolcin, note on, II, | 161 | |
| Causeway, approaching Mexico, I, | 233 | |
| camp on the, II, | 70 | |
| Cempoal, I, | 190 | |
| Chalchuihcuecan, I, | 247 | |
| II, | 334 | |
| Chalco, I, | 226 | |
| II, | 22ff | |
| Chapagua, town of, II, | 317 | |
| Cherubusco, II, | 54 | |
| Chichemecatl, exploits during siege, II, | 31, 98, 102 | |
| Chichimecas, expedition against, and note on, II, | 353 | |
| Chihuacoatl, II, | 125 | |
| Chila, town and lake, II, | 171 | |
| Chilapan, town of, II, | 240 | |
| Chinantla, events in, and note on, II, | 56, 57 | |
| Chirino, Pero Armildez, note on, II, | 230 | |
| Bishop Zumarraga's account of his conduct, | 362ff | |
| Cholula, note on, I, | 212 | |
| embassy from, | 215 | |
| arrival of Cortes at, | 216 | |
| massacre at, | 217ff | |
| feud with Tlascala, | 220 | |
| description of city, | 220 | |
| Citlatepetl, II, | 146 | |
| Citlatlepoc, II, | 56 | |
| Civilisation, origins of Mexican, I, | 336ff | |
| Coanacochtzin, note on, II, | 13 | |
| Coatelicamat, description of his country, I, | 243 | |
| Coatlinchan, II, | 14 | |
| Coatzacoalco, river of, I, | 245 | |
| Coins, values of, I, | 136 | |
| Colhua, I, | 225 | |
| Columbus, Diego, congress Cuba, I, | 6 | |
| note on, | 123 | |
| his expedition to Panuco, II, | 170 | |
| Communidades, note on, II, | 168 | |
| Conspiracy at Vera Cruz, I, 167, | 189 | |
| Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez de, expedition, I, | 15, 125 | |
| death, | 16 | |
| Corral, Cristobal, II, | 43 | |
| Cortes, Fernando, birth and family, I, | 3 | |
| education and early life, | 4ff | |
| quarrel with Velasquez, | 10 | |
| appointed commander by Velasquez, | 19, 138 | |
| sails for Cozumel, | 25 | |
| policy towards Indians, | 25 | |
| character of his men, | 26 | |
| compared with Cæsar, | 27 | |
| dealings with Tapia, 29, | 138ff | |
| diplomacy of, | 30ff | |
| influences governing his conduct, | 35 | |
| Prescott's opinion, | 36, 37 | |
| his Christianity, | 38 | |
| dialogue with Penn, | 39 | |
| justifying motives, | 42 | |
| relations with women, | 42ff | |
| second marriage, | 44, 55 | |
| expedition to Yucatan, | 44 | |
| Charnay's estimation of, | 45 | |
| friendship for Indians, | 47 | |
| later difficulties of, | 49 | |
| accusations against, | 50 | |
| returns to Spain, | 51 | |
| honours conferred on, | 54 | |
| his emeralds, | 55 | |
| arrival in Mexico, | 57ff | |
| expeditions in Pacific Ocean, | 59ff | |
| Voltaire's anecdote on, | 61 | |
| last letter to Charles V. | 62ff | |
| death of, | 66 | |
| funeral in Mexico, | 69 | |
| mystery of burial place | 69ff | |
| last will, | 77ff | |
| negotiations at Cozumel, | 139ff | |
| rescues Spaniards in Yucatan, | 141 | |
| at Tabasco, | 146ff | |
| founds Vera Cruz, | 157 | |
| first description of Mexico, | 160ff | |
| destroys his ships, | 189 | |
| at Cempoal, | 190 | |
| at Xochimilco, | 194 | |
| first news of Tlascala, | 197 | |
| his standard, | 203 | |
| murmurings against, | 206 | |
| alliance with Tlascala, | 207 | |
| ideas of justice, | 215 | |
| enters Cholula, | 216 | |
| massacre and results in Cholula, | 217ff | |
| arrives at Chalco, | 226 | |
| enters Mexico, | 232 | |
| first meeting with Montezuma, | 234 | |
| plans to take Montezuma prisoner, | 238 | |
| reports on mines and agriculture, | 242-4 | |
| searches for harbour, | 245ff | |
| describes Mexico, | 256ff | |