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Conquest of Mexico
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| 99-100. | 7, 8, 9, 10. Spider Monkeys (Ateles ater). Codices Vaticanus B,p.32; Zouch, pp.1,7, and Selden, p.18. All of them wear ear-rings and one, the least dignified, a necklace. See p. 362. |
| 11. Racoon (Procyon later). See p.363 and the Codex Zouche, p.55. | |
| 12. Peccary. (Dicotyles). See p. 363 and the Codex Zouche, p. 73. | |
| 13. Wolf (Canis latrans) or Coyote, properly spelled Coyotl. Codex Zouche, p. 26. | |
| 19, 20, 21. Quetzals (Pharomacrus mocinno). See pp. 183, 363, and notes to pp. 39, 326, and the Codices Zouche, pp. 70, 71, and Borgia 53. | |
| 22, 23. Red and blue macaws (Ara macao). See p. 362, and the Codex Selden, p. 7. | |
| 24. Heron. See p. 329; and the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, p. 32. | |
| 25. Roseate spoonbill. (Ajaja ajaja). Codex Laud, p. 12. | |
| 26. Raven(?). See Vol. II. p.4. Codex Mendoza, p.35 (Kingsborough). | |
| 27,29. Eagles. See p. 319, and the Codices Borgia, p.20, and Zouche, p.69. | |
| 28. Vulture. Codex Borgia, p. 68. | |
| 103. | Trees. Codices Borgia, p.49; Bologna, p.9; and Vaticanus B,p.17. |
| 104. | Stag. See p. 362, and the Codex Vienna, p. 8. |
| 131. | Cortés was nineteen when he bade adieu to his native shores in 1504. |
| 133. | "But I came to get cold," said Cortés. |
| 147. | Cortés at thirty-three. There are no authentic portraits of the Spaniards as they were at the time of the Conquest, though a few of them, including Cortés, were painted afterwards when they were old. |
| 151. | Great northern divers (Gavia immer). |
| 152. | The Spanish soldiers established a friendly intercourse. Private Bernal Diaz (Maudslay, Vol. I. p. 223; Vol. II. pp. 60, 151; Vol. IV. p. 94)—eventually promoted to the rank of captain—mentions in his memoirs the nondescript outfit of his fellow-adventurers. Very few of them had complete suits of armour, and indeed quite early in the campaign, at Tabasco, the General himself, be it observed, lost one of his sandals. Later on it was definitely laid down in routine orders that each man must be equipped with such unorthodox gear as quilted cap, doublet, leggings, sandals, and so forth. As to the Cozumel natives, it may be noted that their foreheads, unlike those of the Aztec and other Mexicans, are artificially flattened according to the old Maya custom. |
| 154. | Cozumel doves (Leptoptila gaumeri). |
| 164. | The first cavalry charge at Tabasco. |
| 170. | Malinal of Painalla, called by the Spaniards Marina. She is holding Cortés' helmet and gloves as they are shown in the Hospital de Jesus portrait. There are no contemporary portraits of her or of any of her compatriots. |
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