Barca, Madame Calderon de la, on
Mexican love of flowers, i. 289,
n.; on Tacuba, iii. 82, n.; on
Cuernavaca, 274, n.
Barks at Ajotzinco, ii. 49. See
Canoes.
Barracks built at Mexico, iii. 107.
Barrio de San Jago, iii. 150.
Barter, Grijalva's, at the river of
Banners,, i. 193, 248; object of
Cortés' expedition, 212; at Co-
zumel, 227; with the Tabascans,
245. See Traffic.
Basque language, iii. 325, n.
Bas-reliefs destroyed, i. 120; ii. 104.
Baths of Montezuma, i. 155, 156;
ii. 105.
Battles, Aztecs avoided slaying
their enemies in, i. 68; of Ta-
basco, 236, 238; of Ceutla, 241;
between Aztecs and Tlascalans,
354, 355; Spaniards and Tlasca-
lans, 359, 360, 362, 364, 371,376,
383; Escalante and Quauhpo-
poca, ii. 138; Cortés and Narvaez,
219; at the Aztec insurrection,
258, 264; at the great temple,
276; on leaving Mexico, 308, 310;
of the Noche Triste, 322; of
Otumba, 335; of Quauhque-
chollan, 362; of Iztapalapan,
iii. 6, 7, 84; near Chalco,
11; at Xaltocan, 24; at Tlaco-
pan, 28; of Jacapichtla, 35;
on the rocks of the Sierra, 42,
43; at Cuernavaca, 45; at Xochi-
milco, 50, 54; at the aqueduct
of Chapoltepec, 82; naval, with
the Indian flotilla, 84; on the
Mexican causeways, 89; with
Alderete's division, 116; with
the Panuchese, 203.
Beetles, Cortés aided by, ii. 222.
Beggary not tolerated, i. 162.
Bejar, duke de, befriends Cortés,
iii. 204, 265; his reception of
him, 262.
Belus, on the tower of, iii. 330, n.
Benavente, count of, i. 184, n.
Bermudez, Augustin, ii. 224, 370.
Bernaldez on devils, i. 48, n.
Bilious fever. See Vómito.
Bird, Dr., on mantas, ii. 286, n.
Birds, artificial, i. 118, n., 151, 270,
307, n.; ii. 33, 117. See Aviary.
Births, consultation at, i. 102.
Bishop's Pass, i. 337.
Bison, domesticated, iii. 341, n.
Blanc, Mont, height of, ii. 39, n.
Blasphemy, prohibited, ii. 387.
Blumenbach on American skulls,
iii. 329, n.
Bodies of the Tlascalans, painted,
i. 372, 373. See Dead.
Bodleian library, roll and codex in
the, i. 33, n., 86, n.
Body-guard of Montezuma, ii. 106;
of Cortés, iii. 71. See Quinones.
Booty, law on appropriating, ii.
388; little found in Mexico, iii.
173, 174, 195. See Gold and
Treasure.
Borunda, the Mexican Champol-
lion, i. 89, n.
Botanical garden, ii. 56, n., 104.
See Floating Gardens.
Botello urges night retreat, ii. 303.
Boturini, Benaduci, Chevalier, his
writings and collection of ma-
nuscripts, i. 9, n.,15, n., 16, 17, n.,
83, n., 85, n., 89, n., 134, n.,
136, n., 147, n.; ii. 68, n., 331, n.;
iii. 311, n.
Bradford's American antiquities,
iii. 302.
Branding of slaves, ii. 361; iii. 18.
Brass substituted for iron, i. 118, n.
Brazil secured to Portugal, ii. 27, n.
Breaches in the causeways, made
and filled, iii. 91, 92, 93, 98,
102, 115, 116, 135, 146; ne-
glected by Alderete, 114, 115;
measures for filling, 135.
Bread and wine, consecrated,
iii. 314, n.
Bridges at Mexico, ii. 61, 67, 94,
96, 135; iii. 82; removed, ii.
238, 248; demolished, 282, 287,
289; restored, 289; leaped by
Cortés, 290; portable, 306,
308, 309, 310; at Cuernavaca,
iii. 46, 47; in the expedition
ing medium, 123; ii. 120.
Cæsar, Julius, order by, i. 243, n.
Calderon, Señor de, ii. 299, n. See
Barca.
Calendar, Aztec, i. 92, 93, 94, n.,
95; of the lunar reckoning,
98, 99; coincidences with the
Aztec, iii. 320, 321.
Calendar-stone, i. 103, 120, 121, n.;
ii. 99.
Calmecac school, i. 58.
Calpulli, or tribes, distribution into,
i. 32, n.
to Honduras, 231, 233, 244. Cacao, i. 114, 150, n.; a circulat-
See Breaches and Canals.
Brigantines built on Lake Tezcuco,
ii. 155; burnt, 232; built and
transported to Lake Tezcuco,
368, 378, 386, 394; iii. 4, 17, 18,
38, 40, 72, 76; attempts to de-
stroy, 38; launched, 64, 73;
canal for transporting, 72; re-
mains of, preserved, 72, n., 212;
co-operate with the army, 85,
86, 87, 88, 90, 112, 122, 165;
decoyed and destroyed, 105;
sail from Honduras to Truxillo,
245. See Fleet.
British atrocities, ii. 29.
Budh, incarnation of, i. 49, n.
Buffalo ranges, iii. 341.
Buffoons, Aztec, i, 132, n.
Jesters.
Bullock, W., on Tezcuco, i. 132, n.,
ii. 152, n.; on a basin at Tez-
cotzinco, i. 156, n.; on antiqui-
ties at Tezcotzinco, 157, n. ; on
Puebla de los Angeles, ii. 9, n.;
on the pyramids of Teotihuacan,
329, n., 331, n. ; on a banner
in the hospital of Jesus, iii. 120, n.
Bulls for the Conquerors, iii. 39,
258, n.
Burials, i, 53. See Dead.
Bustamente, editor of Sahagun's
Universal History, i. 73, 79, 80,
85, n.. 110; iii. 150, n.,180,n.,189.
CABOT, Sebastian, i. 186.
Cacama, king of Tezcuco, rival for
the crown, i. 263; ii. 161; fa-
vours a friendly reception of
Cortés, i. 268; ii. 164; counsels
Montezuma, 48, 165; mission of,
to Cortés, 49, 51; accompanies
Montezuma, 62; his plan for li-
berating Montezuma, 162; ne-
gotiations with, 162, 163; seizure
of, and of his confederates, 164,
165, 394; iii. 138; brought away
from Mexico, ii. 306, 395; fate
of, 395.
Camargo, Diego Muños, i. 407, n.;
account of, and of his writings,
ii, 252; cited, 293, n., 314, n.;
iii. 371.
Campeachy, Bay of, i. 234.
Canals for irrigation, i. 114, 241;
ii. 10, 52; instead of streets, 49;
in the gardens at Iztapalapar,
55; in Mexico, 92, 95; filled
up, 92, 287, 311; for transport-
ing brigantines, iii. 72. See
Breaches and Bridges.
Cannibalism, i. 65, 70, 131, 232;
during the siege, iii. 106, 132;
of the allies, 108, 109; of Spanish
captives, 126; coincidences as
to, 318.
Cannon landed from the ships, i.
240; command of, given to
Mesa, 240; effect of, at the bat-
tle of Ceutla, 241; mounted on
the Vera Cruz hillocks, 253;
effect of, on Aztec visitors, 257;
sent to the fleet, 285; at Cem-
poalla, 291; effect of, on the
Tlascalans, 365, 376, 377; at
Cholula, ii. 21; effect of, at
Mexico, 71, 259, 264; on board
Narvaez's fleet, 193; at Cem-
poalla, 218, 221; turned against
Narvaez, 222; effect of, at the
retreat, 313; all lost in the re-
treat, 321; for attacking Mexico,
383; in the fleet on Lake Tez-
cuco, iii. 74; effects of, at the
siege of Mexico, 92, 120, 122;
cast in Mexico, 213.
Cano, Don Thoan, ii. 242, n. ;
married Montezuma's daughter,
242, n.; 295, n., 299, n. ; cited,
295, n., 319, 320, n., 345, n. ;
iii. 377.
Canoes, ii. 49, 60, 97; iii. 82, 85, 88.
Captives. See Christians and Pri
Caribbee Islands, i. 185.
Carli, Count, cited, i. 23, n., 104,
n., 122, n., 123, n. ; iii. 304, n.,
316, n., 318, n., 342, n.
Carpets, cotton, at Vera Cruz,
i. 254.
Carreri, Gemelli, chart of, iii.326,n.
Casa de Contratacion, i. 184;
ii. 186.
Casa, Giovanni della, ii. 96, n.
Casa Grandes, ruins of, iii. 327, n.
Castes in Mexico, i. 124.
Catalina. See Xuarez.
Catalogue of Mexican historians,
i. 81, n.
Catapult built, iii. 151.
Cathedrals, i. 120; ii. 91, 122;
iii. 211, 212.
Catherwood's illustrations, iii. 302.
Catholics, protestants and, i. 246,
305; views of, as to infidels, ii.
26, 57.
Catoche, Cape, i. 191, 234.
Cattle, i. 207, n.; iii. 274.
Causeways, dividing Chalco from
Xochicalco, ii, 52, 59; the three
at Mexico, 94; present state of
the, iii. 214. See Cojohuacan,
Iztapalapan, Tepejacac, and Tla-
Cavaliers, i. 218, 229.
Cavallero, superintendent of ma-
rines, ii. 232.
Cavalry, i. 241, 242, 243; Indian
ideas respecting, 243; in Nar-
vaez's armada, ii. 193, 222;
effect of, at Mexico, 264, 312,
315, 321; loss of, 321; at the
battle of Otumba, 336, 337; for
attacking Mexico, 383; at Tla-
copan, iii. 28; ambuscade with,
32,60; at the siege and surrender
of Mexico, 98, 124. See Horses.
Cavo, on Cortés' bigotry, iii. 297, n.
Cempoalla, i. 278, 285, 289; recep-
tion of Cortés at, 290; cacique
of, at Chiahuitzlan, 293; Cortés'
second visit to, 296, 300; ca-
cique of, aided by Cortés, 331;
arrests there, 300; proceedings
there, 303; Narvaez at, ii. 200,
217; sick and wounded left
at, 233.
Cempoallan allies, i. 332, 333, n.;
perish from cold, 337, 338; dis-
trust Cholulans, 345; four sent
to the Tlascalans, 345, 360, 361;
fight Tlascalans, 363; enter Cho-
lula, ii. 11; detect a conspiracy,
13; withdraw, 34; at Mexico
with Cortés, 59, n., 246, n.
Centaurs, Spaniards thought to be,
i. 243.
Ceremonies, religious, i. 53.
Ceutla, battle of, i. 241, 243.
Chalcas, i. 153, n.
Chalchuites, resembling emeralds,
i. 274.
Chalco, iii. 10; Sandoval's expedi-
tions to, 32, 40; Cortés' expedi-
tion in favour of, 41; Indian
levies join Spaniards at, 75, 84.
Chalco, lake of, i. 120; ii. 49, 51, 126.
Challenges, iii. 141.
Champollion, i. 78, 80, n., 89, n.
Chapoltepec, carved stones at, de-
stroyed, i. 120, n.; residence of
Mexican monarchs, ii. 100, 104;
aqueduct from, 73, 94, n.; iii.
81, 82; account of, ii. 104; views
from, 104.
Charles V., Spain under, i. 182; dis-
covery by the beginning of his
reign, 186; title of, 280, n.;
Cortés' first letter to, 307; ii.
374; discussion before, on the
civilisation of Indians, i. 320;
Montezuma's gifts to, ii. 171,
172, 174, 175; his first visit to
Spain after his accession, 187;
his treatment of envoys from
Cortés, 188, 189; second letter
to, by Cortés, 373; absent, iii.
65, 201; grant by, to Cortés, for
capturing Guatemozin, 166, n.;
third letter to, from Cortés, and
one from the army, 199; in
Spain, 204; board by, respect-
ing Cortés, 205; powers given
by, to Cortés, 207; fifth letter
to, 230, n., 398; appoints a Juez
de Residencia, 252; writes to Cor-
tés, 253; orders him to return |
to Spain, 255; gives audience to
him, 262; confides in Cortés,
263; visits him, 263; honours
and rewards Cortés, 263, 264;
goes to Italy, 267; absence of,
280; applications to, by Cortés,
and the result, 281; last letter
to, by Cortés, 282.
Chase, Montezuma's fondness for
the, ii. 159, 160.
Chastity, injunctions as to, iii. 349.
Chess, i. 270.
Chiahuitzlan, visit to, i. 293.
Chiapa, resemblances to architec-
ture in, iii. 332, 333.
Chiapa, bishop of, i. 323. See Las
Casas.
Chichemecatl, a Tlascalan chief,
iii. 19, 75, 129.
Chichemecs, i. 10, 13, n.; iii. 326.
Children, baptising and naming
of, i. 53; iii. 315; education and
discipline of, i. 57, 127; sacri-
ficed, ii. 13; Cortés' treatment
of, 23; stew of, for Montezuma,
107, n.
Chimalpopoca sacrificed, i. 70, n.
China, i. 35, n., 49, n., 123, n. See
Chinese.
Chinantla, lances from, ii. 203, 209.
Chinantlan allies aid Cortés, ii.
203, 229.
Chinese, i. 111; their language and
the Othomi, iii. 324; iron among
the, 342, n. See China.
Chivalry, spirit of, in the troops,
iii. 53, 141.
Chocolate, i. 33, n., 115, 131;
ii. 108.
Cholula, traditions connected with
Quetzalcoatl at, i. 49, 264; ii. 5,
168, 170, 399; account of, 3, 8,
11; pilgrims to, 7; entered by
the Spaniards, 11; junction of
Cortés and Velasquez de Leon
at, 203, 206; Olid's countermarch
on, 363; coincidences of the
tower of Babel and the temple
of, iii. 311.
Cholulan allies, ii. 363, 385; iii.129.
Cholulans, i. 345; distrust of, 345;
summons to the, 411; embassy
from the, 411; their reception
of the Spaniards, ii. 12; conspi-
racy of the, 14; to aid Cortés,
16, 17; massacred, 20; efforts
to convert, 32.
Christianity, ideas, rites and usages,
not unlike to, among the Mexi-
icans, i. 47, 53, 56; ii. 133; iii.
312; measures for conversion
to, i. 187, 228, 230, 245, 304,
337, 342, 343, 405; ii. 32; iii.
240, 242; similarity of Quetzal-
coatl's teachings to, ii. 5, n.; on
conquest for conversion to, 27,
152; duty to convert to, 27, n.,
152; attempts to convert Mon-
tezuma to, 74, 77, 159, 178,
292; Maxixca, 370; his son, and
Xicotencatl, 377; after the Con-
quest, iii. 211, 220; rapid spread
of, 221. See Cortés.
Christians, in captivity, i. 212, 227,
232. See Christianity.
Chronology, i. 92, 95; ii. 80.
Churches, ii. 323, 331; iii. 147, 212.
Cihuaca, cacique, killed, ii. 339.
Cimatlan, phonetic sign for, i. 80.
Cioacoatl, Eve and, iii. 312.
Circulating medium, i. 123; ii. 120.
Cities, division of, i. 56. See Towns.
Civilisation, Mexican claim to, i.69;
of the Tezcucans over the rest of
Anahuac, 173; in Yucatan, 191,
192; in Cozumel, 227; at Ta-
basco, 237; of Tlascala, 263,
353; as shown in Indian manu-
scripts, 311, n.; of Indians, dis-
cussed, 320; at Iztapalapan, ii.
54, 56; in Mexico, 78; essay on
the origin of Mexican, iii. 303,
307; similarity and dissimilarity
of, in the two continents. 307 ;
two general conclusions respect-
ing it, 343. See Refinement.
Claudian, cited, ii. 38, n.
Clavigero, i. 2, n., 8, n.; on Botu-
rini's authorities, 9, n.; dates
from, 13, n.; notices of, and of
his Storia Antica del Messico,
17, 43; on the high priest, 56,
n.; on the number of human
sacrifices, 66, n.; catalogue of
Mexican historians by, 81, n.;
on Aztec fairs, 92, n.; on the
population of Tlascala, 363, n.;
on Mexican dialects, iii. 323, n.
Clemencin, on coins, i. 271, n.
Clement VII., pope, iii. 258, n.
Cloths, Mexican, i. 122; ii. 4.
See
Cotton, Feather-work, and Mantles.
Coanaco, made cacique of Tez-
cuco, ii. 395; joins the Aztecs,
395; puts Spaniards to death,
395; destroys his brother, 396;
escapes from Tezcuco, 398;
noticed, iii. 166, 234,236.
Coatepec, town of, ii. 394.
Coatzacualco, ii. 166, 202, 231; Conspiracy, i. 312; ii. 13; iii. 65.
Cochineal, i. 121, 335; ii. 117, n.
Cocotlan, i. 339, 341.
Code, military, ii. 386; iii. 389.
See Laws.
Codex Telleriano-Remensis, i, 67,
n., 88, n.
Cofre de Perote, a volcano, i. 338.
Cogolludo on ruins in America,
iii. 332, n.
Cojohuacan, iii, 58, 59, 76, 83, 169,
197; Cortés residence at, 254;
provisions respecting, in Cortés'
will, 284.
Cojohuacan causeway, iii. 59, 83,
87.
Colhuacan, hospital at, i. 262.
Colhuans, i. 12, n.
Coliman founded, iii. 214.
Colonial administration of Spain,
under Charles V., i. 184.
Colonisation, progress of, by the
beginning of the reign of
Charles V., i. 186; not attempted
Constant, Benjamin, i. 100, n.
Continency of Aguilar, i. 232.
Convent of St. Francis, i. 336, n.;
iii. 251; Cortés and Columbus at
La Rabida in Spain, 258.
Conversion, Las Casas on forced,
i. 231, n.; iii. 364; object of the
Spaniards, ii. 386. See Chris-
tianity.
Cook, James, captain, iii. 306, n.
Copal, tribute of, i. 33, n.
Copan, city of, iii. 244.
Copper, weapons headed with,
i. 375; tools of, iii. 333.
Cora language, iii. 327, n.
Cordillera mountains, i. 5, 115.
Cordova, Gonsalvo de, iii. 290.
Cordova, Hernandez de, i. 190, 222.
Corn. See Indian Corn.
Coronation of Montezuma, i. 261.
Corral, ensign, iii. 42, 120.
Cortés, Hernando, i. 67; Velasquez
selects him for an expedition,
196, 209-212; birth and gene-
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