Conquest of Mexico
Montezuma's confinement in i., 398
return of Cortés to ii., 50
Spaniards besieged there ii., 53
assaulted by Aztecs ii., 66
fired ii., 67
commanded by the temple of the war-god ii., 83
destroyed ii., 241
Ayllon, the licentiate ii., 19, 21, 219
Azcapozalco, a slave-market i., 83, 93
Azcapozalco, a slave-market ii., 434
Aztecs, or Mexicans, civilisation of the i., 9, 32, 113
extent of their country i., 9
extent of their country, vol ii., 297
time of their arrival at Anahuac i., 14, 241, 296
their migratory habits i., 15
their migratory habits ii., 389
settlement of, at Mexico i., 15
domestic feuds and secession among them i., 16
extent of their territory just before the arrival of the Spaniards i., 18
form of government among the i., 20
election and installation of sovereigns i., 20, 21
legislative and judicial system among them i., 23
great aim of their institutions i., 29
compared with Saxons of the time of Alfred i., 32
on calling them barbarians i., 426
comparison of modern Mexicans and i., 37
their mythology i., 36
cycles i., 39, 65, 435
cycles, vol ii., 386, 391
ideas of future life i., 39
their claims to civilisation i., 50
their claims to civilisation ii., 298
compared with Europeans of the sixteenth century i., 50
their manuscripts i., 59
the Teoamoxtli, or divine book of the i., 434
their literary culture i., 62
measurement of time i., 64
their cycle called "an old age," i., 435
Astrology i., 67, 69
their festival at the termination of the great cycle i., 70
their agriculture i., 76
acquaintance of, with plants i., 79
with minerals i., 79
with the mechanical arts i., 79
their domestic manners i., 81
differ from North American Indians i., 87
differ from North American Indians ii., 462
character of the, original and unique i., 87
Nezahualcoyotl unites his forces with the i., 93
beat and sacrifice Maxtla i., 93
transfer of power to, from the Tezcucans i., 113
the first communication with them i., 126, 127
orders to Cortés respecting the treatment of them i., 140
their condition, and disgust with Montezuma, at the time of Cortés' arrival i., 180
defeated by Tlascalans i., 244
aid in a Cholulan conspiracy i., 293
a number of, in the Mexican market i., 378
enraged at the profanation of their temples ii., 12
aid in building vessels at Vera Cruz ii., 13
insurrection by the ii., 53
their assaults on the Spanish quarters ii., 66, 72
sally against them ii., 69
addressed by Montezuma ii., 78
their spirit at the storming of the great temple ii., 85, 86
Cortés' address to ii., 86
their reply ii., 86
their combatant spirit ii., 88, 90
assault the retreating Spaniards ii., 105
measures for rallying ii., 135
Tlascalan alliance with, rejected ii., 140
Guatemozin, emperor of the ii., 156
proceeded against as rebels ii., 158
want of cohesion among them ii., 185
deride Cortés ii., 195
fights with, on the Sierra ii., 203
at Xochimilco ii., 211
defend the aqueduct of Chapoltepec ii., 229
at Iztapalapan ii., 231
defeat of their flotilla ii., 232
fight on the causeways ii., 235
their exasperation ii., 241
their hatred of white men ii., 249, 273
their bravery at the general assault ii., 253
attack Alvarado and Sandoval ii., 257
their spirit and sufferings ii., 267, 270, 273, 278, 282
sortie of ii., 269
do not bury their dead ii., 272, 279
assault on, at the market-place ii., 282
effect of Guatemozin's capture on ii., 285
evacuate the city ii., 292
remarks on the fall of their empire ii., 296
essay on the origin of the civilisation of the ii., 383
traditions respecting their origin ii., 392
Babel, a temple of Cholula ii., 387
Badajoz, Gutierre de ii., 274
Balboa, Nuñez de i., 122, 135, 434
Banana i., 77
the forbidden fruit i., 439
Baptism, Aztec and Pagan i., 40, 388, 389
Barante ii., 223
Barba, Don Pedro i., 148
Barrio de San Jago ii., 276
Barter, Grijalva's, at the river of Banners i., 126
at the river of Banners i., 168
object of Cortés' expedition i., 140
at Cozumel i., 151
with the Tabascans, see Traffic, 165
Bas-reliefs destroyed i., 81, 365
Battles, Aztecs avoided slaying their enemies in i., 50
of Tabasco i., 159, 160
of Ceutia i., 162
between Aztecs and Tlascalans i., 244, 245, 247, 251, 256, 259, 264
Escalante and Quauhpopoca i., 391
Cortés and Narvaez ii., 36
at the Aztec insurrection ii., 66, 69
at the great temple ii., 84
on leaving Mexico ii., 105, 108
of the Noche Triste ii., 116
of Otumba ii., 124
of Quauhquechollan ii., 144
of Iztapalapan ii., 178, 179, 231
near Cholco ii., 183
at Xaltocan ii., 190
at Tlacopan ii., 193
of Jacapichtla ii., 198
on the rocks of the Sierra ii., 203
at Cuernavaca ii., 206
at Xochimilco ii., 209, 211
at the aqueduct of Chapoltepec ii., 229
naval, with the Indian fiotilla ii., 231
on the Mexican causeways ii., 233
with Alderete's division ii., 253
with the Panuchese ii., 316
Bejar, duke de ii., 317, 355, 357
Belus, on the tower of ii., 463
Benavente, count of i., 449
Bermudez, Augustin ii., 40, 149
Bilious fever. See Vomito
Births, consultation at i., 69
Blumenbach on American skulls ii., 463
Bodies of the Tlascalans, painted, See Dead i., 257
Bodleian library, roll and codex in the i., 424, 433
Bodyguard of Montezuma i., 366
of Cortés See Quinones ii., 22
Booty ii., 161, 293, 310
Borunda, the Mexican Champollion i., 62
Botanical garden i. See Floating Gardens, 365
Boturini, Benaduci, Chevalier i., 88, 420, 422, 432, 433, 434
Boturini, Benaduci, Chevalier ii., 428, 457
Bradford's American antiquities ii., 382
Branding of slaves, ii., 143, 187
Brass substituted for iron i., 440
Brazil secured to Portugal i., 470
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