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.
Tribute, kinds of, i. 31, 113, 117; items of, furnished by different cities, 32, n.; roll respecting, 33, n.; maps for the, 34; bur- densome exactions of, prepare the way for the Spaniards, 34; Montezuma's exaction of, 362, 295; Tlascalans refuse, 354; collected for the Castilian sove- reign, ii. 171.
Trinidad de Cuba, i. 218. Truth, punishment for violating, i. 145.
Truxillo, Cortés at, iii. 245. Tudor, William, i. 336, n.; ii.
Tula, capital of the Toltecs, i. 9; arrival of the Aztecs at, 13, n. Tula, the Lady of, i. 170. Turkeys, i. 130, 150, n., 286. Tzin, the termination, ii. 381, n. Tzompach, hill of, i. 366, 398. Tzompanco or Zumpango, ii. 325.
ULLOA, discoveries by, iii. 277. Uxmal, iii. 332, 338.
seizure of Cortés, 219, 221; par- tisans of, oppose Cortés, 279, 283, 388; tries to intercept des- patches, 311; gets no redress, 312; fits out a fleet against Cor- tés, 312; ii. 191; chaplain of, in Spain, complains against Cortés,' envoys, 186; sends to Spain an account of Cortés' doings, 189, n; his vexation with Cortés, 190; made adelantado, 190; intrusts his fleet to Narvaez, 191; inter- ference with, of the Royal Audi- ence of St. Domingo, 192; sus- tained by Duero in Spain, 370; capture of forces sent to Vera Cruz by, 371; ignorant of the fate of his armament, 375; state of things in Spain, in relation to him and Cortés, iii. 65, 201, 206, 207; fate of, 208; his cha- racter, 209. See Narvaez. Venezuela, ii. 53, n. Venice, Mexico and, ii. 96. Vera Cruz, New, i. 253, 297, n.
natives flock to, 254; built at San Juan de Ulua, ii. 194; Nar- vaez at, 194; Narvaez's plans for a colony there, 195, 200; the removal to, iii. 214. Vera Cruz Vieja, or Antigua, i. 297, n.; iii. 214. See Villa Rica.
VALLEY of Mexico, i. 7; ii. 8, 43; Verdugo, i. 219; iii. 67. iii. 59.
Vanilla cultivated, i. 115. Vater, iii. 310, 327, n., 330, n. Vega, Manuel de la, collection of manuscripts by, iii. 351. Velasquez, Don Diego, i. 188; conqueror and governor of Cuba, 189; sends Cordova on an ex- pedition, 190; despatches Juan de Grijalva to Yucatan, 192; censures Grijalva, 194, 195; despatches Olid in search of Grijalva, 195; armament of, under Cortés, 195, 209, 210, 213; difficulties of, with Cortés, 201, 202, 205; his instructions to Cortés, 212; ii. 360; jealous and dissatisfied, i. 214; orders the
Vessels, Aztecs aid in building,
ii. 183, 197. See Armada. Vestal fires. See Fires. Veytia, i. 8, 17, n., 96, n., 144, n.; ii. 4, 329, n.
Villafaña, conspiracy of, iii. 66. Villa Rica de Vera Cruz, colonisa-
tion of, i. 282, 283, 297; iii. 369; remarks on, i. 297, n.; arrival of a Spanish vessel at, 305; des- patches to Spain from, 306, 309; ii. 405; garrisoned, i. 383; Grado succeeds Escalante at, ii. 154; Sandoval, commander at, 154, 195; Rangre, commander at, 283; reinforcements from, cut off, 348; messenger to, 348; troops ordered from, 349; desire
to return to, 349; departure White, Blanco, ii. 75, n. from, for Cuba, 370; capture of troops sent to, by Velasquez, 371; ships at, 371, 372; iii. 38, 134; harbour of, 230. See San- doval and Vera Cruz. Virgin Mary, i. 49, n.; appears in battle, ii. 139, 291, 340, n. ; image of, 179, 217, 280, n., 323; inter- position of, in 1833, 324, n. Volante, escape of, iii. 29. Volcanos, remains of, i. 4, 5; the
Wild turkeys, i. 130, 150, n., 286. Wilkinson, J. G., i. 59, n., iii. 342, n.
Orizaba, 286, 336; ii. 8; the Cofre de Perote, i. 338; Popo- catepetl, ii. 8, 38, 39; use of the word, 38, 42, n.; region of, iii. 45.
Voltaire, i. 70, n.; ii. 292, n.; anec-
dote by, of Charles V. and Cortés, iii. 282, n.
Vómito, or bilious fever, i. 4, 254, n., 297, n., 335.
WALDECK, i. 190, n.; iii. 302, 332, n., 337, n.
Wall of Serpents, ii. 122, 240; iii. 93.
War, Aztec ideas respecting, i. 36; mode of declaring and conduct- ing, 37; great object of, 68; Tlascalan love of, 352; Cholu- lans disqualified for, ii. 34; evils of, 30.
Warburton, William, i. 76, n., 80, n. War-god. See Huitzilopotchli. Warren, John C., iii. 328, n. Water, ablution with, at table, i. 129; ii. 108; basins of, at Tezcot- zinco, 155, 156; want of, iii. 49; use of, for religious purification, 315, n. See Aqueduct and Tez-
cuco lake. Water-fowl, ii. 104. Watts, Isaac, i. 53, n. Weeks, division by, i. 93. Weights, no Mexican, ii. 121, 173. Wheat, yield of, ii. 10, n. Wheels, chronological, i. 98, n.;
gold and silver, i. 271, 307, n.
Wives of Montezuma, ii. 105, 294; iii. 373. Women, employment and treat- ment of, in Mexico, i. 113, 128, 129, 133; ii. 116; Torquemada no, i. 113, n; Sophocles on Egyp- tian men and, 113, n.; their appearance, 128; Asiatic, 133; sacrificed, 173, n.; Totonac, 289; protected at the Cholulan mas- sacre, ii. 23, 29; dress of, 115; accompany the Christian camp, 310; heroism of, iii. 130; hero- ism of the Mexican, 145, 160; efforts to spare, 161, 164; to bring into New Spain, 215. See Daughters.
Woodenware, Mexican, i. 121. World, tradition of the destruction of the, i. 51, 105.
Wounds, want of medicament for, iii. 108.
XALACINGO, i. 344, n. Xalapa, Spaniards at, i. 335. Xaltocan, assault on, iii. 24. Xamarillo, Don Juan, iii. 241. Xicotencatl, the elder, i. 358, 400; ii. 356, 357; converted, 407;
ominous words of, cited, iii. 128. Xicotencatl, the younger, a Tlas- calan commander, i. 358, 363, 366, 370; his standard, 373; facts respecting, 378, 380, 384, 393; welcomes Spaniards from Mexico, ii. 045; countenances jealousies, 353; favours an em- bassy from Mexico, 302, 303; leads against Tepeacans, 360; imitates Spaniards, 385; joins Cortés, iii. 75; leaves the army, 78; hung, 79; remarks on, 80. Ximénes, cardinal, destruction of manuscripts by, i. 84; his admi- nistration, 182; iii. 65; com-
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