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on profaning Mexican temples ii., 10
learns Narvaez's arrival ii., 21
his treatment of envoy prisoners ii., 23
his letter to Narvaez ii., 23
marches against him ii., 26, 27
his parting with Montezuma ii., 27
met by Guevara and Duero as envoys ii., 31
summons Narvaez ii., 32
assaults and defeats him ii., 37
his treatment of him ii., 40
of the captives and his own troops ii., 42
his return to Mexico ii., 45
his forces ii., 47, 44
releases Cuitlahua ii., 46
rehorses Duero ii., 73
wounded ii., 74, 83, 93, 119, 125, 131, 210, 255
leads in storming the great temple ii., 84
addresses the Aztecs through Marina ii., 86
builds a manta ii., 90
deceived, and releases priests ii., 92
exposures and hardihood of ii., 93
Montezuma's last conversation with ii., 96
his respect for Montezuma's memory ii., 100
his retreat from Mexico ii., 104
at Popotla ii., 112
loss of his diary ii., 115
kills Cihuaca at the battle of Otumba ii., 126
at Tlascala ii., 129
remonstrance with, by the troops ii., 133
his expedition against Tepeacans ii., 142
against Quauhquechollan ii., 144
at Itzocan ii., 146
increase of his authority ii., 147
his plans for recovering Mexico ii., 147, 158, 159, 162, 225, 151
his despatches to St. Domingo ii., 152
triumphal return of, to Tlascala ii., 153
his forces ii., 158
enters Tezcuco ii., 166
his mission to Guatemozin ii., 178
reconciles Indian allies ii., 185
his reception of brigantines from Tlascala ii., 187
reconnoitres the capital ii., 1, 90, 195, 196
at Xochimilco ii., 211
at Cojohuacan ii., 214
proceedings in Spain in regard to ii., 218
conspiracy against, in the camp ii., 219
his bodyguard ii., 224
his forces ii., 225
makes three divisions ii., 226, 437
with his fleet at Iztapalapan ii., 231
takes post at Xoloc ii., 233
his movements on the causeway ii., 235
levels buildings ii., 236, 240, 270, 275
his proffers to Guatemozin ii., 249, 268, 280
assaults the city ii., 250
reconnoitres Alderete's route ii., 253
anxiety respecting ii., 258
gives the command to Sandoval ii., 266
his entries into the tianguez ii., 276
murderous assault by ii., 282
his last assault ii., 284
his reception of Guatcmozin ii., 289
permits him to be tortured ii., 310
sends detachments to the Pacific Ocean ii., 312
rebuilding of Mexico by ii., 313
rebuilding of Mexico by ii., 318
his third letter, and one from the army ii., 314
complaints against, in Spain ii., 315
board appointed respecting ii., 317
the charges against, and the replies ii., 317, 348, 360
commission and powers given to ii., 319
founds settlements ii., 324
joined by his wife ii., 325
the ordinances made by ii., 447
his scruples about slavery ii., 326
his desire of religious teachers ii., 326
his regulations respecting agriculture ii., 328
voyages and expeditions of ii., 329
his instructions for expeditions ii., 330
looks into the resources of the country ii., 331, 332, 344
his expedition to Honduras ii., 333
his expedition to Honduras ii., 450
his fifth letter ii., 351, 408, 449
at Truxillo ii., 344
further plans of conquest by ii., 344
embarks and returns ii., 347
sick and despondent ii., 347
driven to Cuba ii., 347
at St. Juan de Ulua and Medellin ii., 347
triumphal return of, to Mexico ii., 348
superseded by a juez de residencia ii., 348
further faction against in Spain ii., 348, 350, 356
urged to assert his authority ii., 350
ordered to leave Mexico ii., 350
ordered to Spain ii., 351
arrival of, in Spain ii., 352
meets Pizarro ii., 353
at Guadaloupe ii., 354
his reception ii., 355
his interview with the emperor ii., 355
marquis of Oaxaca ii., 356
gift of land to ii., 356
not reinstated in government ii., 357
captain-general of New Spain ii., 357
second marriage of ii., 358
embarks for New Spain ii., 358
an investigation of his conduct by the Royal Audience ii., 360
accused of murdering his first wife ii., 361
to keep ten leagues from Mexico ii., 362
welcome to, at Tezcuco ii., 362
retires to Cuernavaca ii., 362
expeditions of, for discovery ii., 363, 365
his final return to Castile ii., 366
his attendance on the Council of the Indies ii., 366
joins an expedition against Algien ii., 367
wrecked ii., 367
his applications to the emperor ii., 367
his last letter to him ii., 368
prepares to return to Mexico ii., 369
sick ii., 369
his will ii., 369
dies ii., 371
orders of, respecting his bones ii., 371
obsequies of ii., 372
his children and descendants ii., 373
his character ii., 373
ascendancy over his soldiers ii., 375
compared to Hannibal ii., 375
as a conqueror ii., 376
not cruel ii., 377
in private life ii., 377
his bigotry ii., 378
his dress and appearance ii., 379
his education See Spaniards ii., 379
Cortés, Don Luis ii., 366, 373
Cortés, Don Martin ii., 16, 317
Cortés, Don Martin, son of Marina i., 170
Cortés, Don Martin, son of Marina ii., 341, 373
Cortés, Don Martin, son of Cortés by his second marriage ii., 366
wrecked ii., 367
provision for ii., 369
present at his father's death ii., 371
persecuted ii., 373
Cosmogony, Humboldt on, i, 427
Cottons, given to Cortés i., 173, 186, 208
Cotton mail i., 31, 145, 163, 258
Council of finance i., 94
of justice i., 94
of music i., 95
of state i., 95
of war i., 94
Council of the Indies i., 121
Council of the Indies ii., 218, 315, 367
Courts, Aztec i., 23, 83, 379
Cozumel i., 126, 151, 156
Cozumel Cross ii., 457
Crimes, punishment for i., 24
Crosses of stone, in Yucatan i., 126
in Cozumel i., 154
at Tabasca i., 167
at Cempoalla i., 189
at Naulinco i., 233
frequency of i., 462
frequency of ii., 388
on raising, at Tlatlauquitepec, or Cocotlan i., 237
at Tlascala i., 282
upon Quetzalcoatl's temple, at Cholula i., 312
at Mexico i., 383
pulled down ii., 11, 85
Cruz del Marques ii., 86, 208, 237
at Palenque ii., 388
Cozumel ii., 457
antiquity and generality of, among Pagans ii., 389
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