Tapia, Andres de, iii. 48, 113, 121,
122, 133.

Tapia, Christoval de, commissioner
to Vera Cruz, iii. 66, 202; bought
offin Castile, 204; brings charges
against Cortés, 205.
Taragona, atrocities at, ii. 29.
Tarentum, vessels at, iii. 21, n.
Tasco, mines of, i. 117; iii. 213.
Tatius, Achilles, iii. 322, n.
Taxes. See Revenues and Tribute.
Tax-gatherers, i. 34, 291; collect
tribute for the Spanish sovereign,
ii. 171.
Tecocol, cacique of Tezcuco,
ii. 398, 398, n.
Tectecan, of, i. 190.
Tecuichpo, daughter of Montezuma
and wife of Guatemozin, ii. 299,
n., 382; iii. 169, 237, n.; her
several husbands, ii. 299, n.;
iii. 237, n.; Cortés' reception of,
iii. 169; grant to, 385.
Teeth, Aztec custom as to, i. 129, n.
Tehuantepec, iii. 274, 276.
Telleriano-Remensis Codex, i.67,n.,
88, n.

Tellier, archbishop, i. 89, n.
Tempest after the surrender,
iii. 170.

Temples, or teocallis, to Huitzi-
lopotchli, the Mexican Mars,
i. 48; account of, 56, 59, 61, n.;
on the teachings of Egyptian,
76, n.; built by Nezahualcoyotl,
to the Unknown God, 164;
Toltec, dedicated to the Sun,
164, n.; at Cozumel, 230, 231;
rifled by Alvarado, 220; turret
of one in Mexico burned, 265;
at Tlatlauqnitepec, 339; on the
hill of Tzompach, 366, 398; to
Quetzalcoatl, ii. 6, 22, 122; va-
rious, at Cholula, 7,322; iii. 311;
modern, on the site of Quetzal-
coatl's, ii. 32; in Mexico, 122,
130, 277; occupied at Cempo-
alla, 218, 222; at Popotla, 315;
on the hill of Otoncalpolco, 317;

on a pyramid of Teotihuacan,
331; at Xochimilco, iii. 54, 55;
at Tacuba, 61; burnt by Alva-
rado, 145, 146; all destroyed,
220, 330, n.; resemblances to,
in the East, 330, 333; at Xochi-
calco, 331, 334, n. See Huitzilo-
potchli, Idols, and Quetzalcoatl.
Tenejoccan, town of, iii. 25, n.
Tenochtitlan, i. 12; called Mexico,
12; the word, 12, n.; ii. 67, n.;
prosperity and enlargement of,
i. 15. See Mexico.
Teoamoxtli, or divine book, i. 89, n.
Teotihuacan, pyramids of, ii. 329.
Tepanecs, i. 11, 13, 138, 142.
Tepeaca, colony at, ii. 373.
Tepeacan allies, ii. 385; iii. 129.
Tepeacans, ii. 348, 359, 360.
Tepechpan exposed to death, i. 158.
Tepejajac causeway, ii. 94; iii. 89.
Tetzmellocan, village of, ü. 391.
Teuhtlile, a provincial governor
under Montezuma, i. 255; orders
supplies and favours, 258, 269.
Teules, ii. 325.

Tezcatlepoca, the god, sacrifices to,
i. 62; ii. 128.

Tezcotzinco, palaces and ruins
there, i. 154, 157, 163; iii. 331,
356.

Tezcucans, or Acolhuans, arrival of
the, in Anahuac, i. 10, 13, n.,
137; their character, 10, 71;
assaulted and beaten, 11, 14,
138; their institutions, 19, 23;
in advance of the Mexicans, 71,
174;
the divine book of the,
89, n.; their dialect, 90, 146,
173; their fidelity to young
Nezahualcoyotl, 141; transfer of
their power to the Aztecs, 172,
174; their civilisation, 173, 174;
cause of their superiority, 174;
oppose Cortés, ii. 333; in Cortés'
second reconnoitring expedi-
tion, iii. 40; efficiency of, at the
siege of Mexico, 97; desertion
of, 129. See Nezahualcoyotl and
Nezahualpilli.

Tezcuco, its situation, i. 7, 10, 137;

iii. 3, 5; meaning of the word,
i. 10, n.; ii. 397, n.; require-
ments of the chiefs of, i. 21;
halls of justice, and pronouncing
of sentences in, 28; golden age
of, 137; historians, orators,
and poets of, 146; contents of
its archives, 146; account of,
150; pile of royal buildings, at,
150, 153; royal harem in, 151;
architecture of, 157; territory
of, clipped by Montezuma, 172;
ii. 162, 297; description of, at
the time of the Conquest, 162, n.;
reception of Cortés at, on his
return to Mexico, 236; state of
affairs there, 396; Tecocol put
over, 398; brigantines brought
to, iii. 17, 38; mustering of forces
at, 75; respect to Cortés there,
on his return to, from Spain,
273. See Cacama, Nezahual-
coyotl, and Nezahualpilli.
Tezcuco lake, its height, ii. 43, n.,
92; conjectural limits of, 54, n.;
dike across, 49; towns on the,
59, n.; canoes there, 67; iii. 24 ;
ancient state of, ii. 92; iii. 214;
tides in, ii. 92, n.; two brigan-
tines built there, 155; agitation
of, 267; opened upon the Spa-
niards, iii. 8; forded, 25; recon-
noitred, 25; brigantines launched
on, 72; Indian flotilla defeated
there, 86.

Thatch, i. 83, n., 116.

Theatrical exhibitions, i. 91.
Theogony of the Greeks, i. 46.
Thomas the Apostle, identified
with Quetzalcoatl, i. 50, n.; ii.
5, n.; iii. 313.

Thomson cited,i. 224, n.
Thread, Mexican, i. 116; ii. 115.
Tierra caliente, i. 3, 254; ii. 214.
Tierra fria, i. 5.

Time, computation of, i. 92.
Tin, i. 117; iii. 213; a circulating
medium, i. 123; ii. 120.
Titcala, ensign of the House of,
i. 363.

Tlacopan, or Tacuba, i. 14, 149, n.; |

ii. 316; head-quarters at, iii. 28;
Cortés at, 60, 61, 63; command
at, assigned to Alvarado, 76; eva-
cuated by the inhabitants, 81;
present state of, 82, n.
Tlacopan, or Tacuba, causeway,
ii. 91; retreat by the way of it,
302, 303, 355; iii. 26; carnage

there, ii. 309; iii. 28.
Tlascala, victims from, for sacri-
fices, i. 68; inimical to Monte-
zuma and the Mexicans, 263,
354, 357; Cortès' embassy to,
354, 346, 358; his march to-
wards, 348, 361; fortification at
the limits of, 347, 358; ii. 343;
first settlement of, i. 349; mean-
ing of the word, 352; ii. 327, n.;
extent of, i. 855, n.; its popula-
tion, 363, n., 401, 402, n.; Spa-
niards enter, 400; described,
401; Spaniards go from, 413;
ii. 9; Cortés' return to, from
Cempoalla, 233, 238; from
Mexico, 302, 318, 344; fate of
gold and invalids left there,
348; refuse an alliance with
Aztecs, 255, 357; brigantines
built there and transported,
268, 378, 390, 394; iii. 4, 17,
18, 19; triumphal return to, ii.
377; departure from, against
Mexico, 390.

Tlascalan allies, ii. 10, 13, 21,
23; release captives, 24; enter
Mexico, 67, 207; Aztec hatred
of, 67, 135; join Cortés against
Narvaez, 207; on his return,
236; connection of, with the
massacre by Alvarado, 241, n.,
236; under Alvarado, 246, n.;
quarters of, 258, 261; in the re-
treat, 306, 308; guide Cortés,
325; their fidelity, 328; in the
battle of Otumba, 336; return
to Tlascala, 345; co-operate,
360, 363, 364, 367, 384; iii. 19,
26; imitate Spaniards, ii. 385;
burn records, 397; at the sack
of Iztapalapan, iii. 7, 8; convey
brigantines, 20; their hostility

to Aztecs, 30; booty demanded
by, 32; noticed, 40, 48, 74, 75;
efficiency of, at Mexico, 100,
114; desertion of, 129; their
return, 132. See Maxixca.
Tlascalans, their early history,

i. 349; their institutions, 350;
refuse tribute, and fight, 354;
their battles with Montezuma,
355; battles with the, 359, 360,
362, 364, 365, 371, 377; their
treatment of the Cempoallan
envoys, 370; effect of cannon
and fire-arms on the, 365, 377,
378; embassies to the camp of,
370, 381, 383, 384; treason
among the, 378; night attack
by them, 382; embassy from,
stopped by Xicotencatl, 385,
393; spies from the, 392; re-
ception of Spaniards by, 400;
their character, 404; their re-
presentations of Montezuma,
410; exempted from slavery,
iii. 218.

Tlatelolco, i. 84, 120, n.; movements

for possessing the market-place
of, iii. 111, 113, 116, 121; occu-
pied by the besieged, 143, 149;
distress there, 143, 144; entered
by Cortés, 145; modern name
of, 150; murderous assault there,
163; purification of, 172; re-
built, 211. See Market.
Tlaxcallan, i. 80. See Tlascala.
Tobacco, i. 130, n.; ii. 109.
Tobillos, lances and, ii. 209.
Toledo in Spain, Cortés at, iii. 262.
Toltecs, account of the, i. 10, 70;
iii. 326, 339.

Tonatiuh, ii. 314; iii. 260, See
Alvarado.

Tools, i. 119; iii. 333.
Toribio de Benavente, i. 98, n.;
ii. 60, n., 62, n., 73, n.; account
of, and of his writings and la-
bours, 82; cited, 103, n., 119, n.,
121, n., 162, n., 369, n.
Torquemada, i. 8, n., 10, n.; notice
of, and of his writings, 43, n.;
cited, 48, n., 53, n., 56, n., 58, n.,

59, n., 64, n., 67, n.; avails him-
self of a manuscript copy of
Sahagun's Universal History,
74; on Mexican intercalation,
95, n.; on women, 113, n.;
cited, 119, 132, 150, n., 152, n. ;
on pilgrims to Cholula, ii. 7, n.;
on the baptism of Montezuma,
293, n.; on the Mexican Eve,
iii. 312, n.; his Aztec and Israel-
itish analogies, 317, n.
Torres, Juan de, teacher of Totonac
converts, i. 305.
Tortillas, iii. 108, 108, n.
Tortures, i. 63; iii. 56, n. See
Guatemozin.

Totonacs, i. 278; their fondness
for flowers, 288; their feelings
towards Montezuma, 292; ex-
actions of, by Aztec tax-gatherers,
295; Cortés policy as to, 295;
join Cortés, 296; effect on, of
Cortés' interview with Monte-
zuma's embassy, 300; defend
their idols, 303; their conver-
sion, 305; join Cortés' expedi-
tion, 333, 334, n.

Towns on cliffs and eminences,
iii. 41. See Cities.

Trade, i. 126; ii. 116. See Traffic.
Trades, Aztec, i. 124.
Traditions, instances of similar, in
the two continents, iii. 309;
argument from, for the Asiatic
origin of Aztec civilisation, 324;
as authorities, 340. See Oral
Traditions and Predictions.
Traffic, i. 123, 353. See Barter.
Transportation of vessels, iii. 20,
21, n. See Brigantines.
Transubstantiation, ii. 75, n.
Travelling, i. 79. See Couriers.
Treasure, Axayacatl's, discovered,
ii. 133; disposition of it, 110,
177, 304; found after the siege,
iii. 173, 174. See Gold.
Trees, size and duration of, in
Mexico, and Central America,
iii. 337. See Forests.
Trials, among the Aztecs, i. 24.
Tribes, i. 32, n.