Conquest of Mexico
Crowning of Aztec sovereign., 20
Cuba., 124
expeditions from, to Yucatan., 125
Cortés in., 134, 137
propositions in the army to return to., 188, 193, 194, 268
Cortés' emissaries land at., 216
Las Casas' labours in., 220
Cortés' apprehensions from., 313
sailing of Narvaez's fleet from i., 20
desire of troops to return to i., 133, 220
return of some to i., 149
Cortés driven to, See St. Jago de Cuba and Velasquez i., 347
Cuernavaca, or Quauhnahuac i., 206, 266, 362
Cuicuitzca., 415, 48, 165
Cuitlahua, lord of Iztapalapan., 324
interview of, with Cortés., 328
interview of, with Cortés i., 178
accompanies Montezuma., 336
released i., 46, 158
supplies Montezuma's place i., 46, 421
arouses the Aztecs for the battle of Otumba i., 123, 137
notice of i., 137
dies of small-pox i., 148, 155
succeeded by Guatemozin i., 156
Cuitlahuac, Spaniards at., 328
Culinary science, Aztec., 366
Currency, Mexican., 82
Currency, Mexican., 379
Cycles, Aztec., 39, 65, 435
Persian., 435
Etruscan., 436
wheels of., 436
of the lunar reckoning by the priests., 436
analogies respecting, in the Old and the New World i., 386
Dancing, Mexican, i., 87
Dante., 37, 428, 430, 470
Darien, Isthmus of., 122, 123, 157
Darien, Isthmus of i., 48
Dates, on Mexican., 65
Daughters, counsels to., 85
Daughters, counsels to i., 401
Days, Aztec arrangement of., 64
hieroglyphica for., 64
division of civil., 438
coincidences as to the signs of i., 398
Dead, burnt., 40, 448
buried., 428
carried off in battle., 253
Spanish, buried., 261
unburied during the siege i., 272, 279, 292
buried i., 293
coincidences as to the obsequies of the ii. See Funeral Ceremonies., 390
Death, a penalty., 23
judges punished with., 24
for crimes., 26
inflicted on soldiers., 27
two sons put to, by a Tczcucan prince., 32
Defaulters liable to slavery., 29
Deities, Mexican i. See Huitzilopotchli, Idols, Quetzalcoatl, and Tezcatlipoca., 37
Deities, Mexican., 45, 46, 70, 77, 80, 384, 426
Delafield's Antiquities, map in i., 461
Deluge, coincidences as to the, in the Old and New World i., 386
Denon., 431
Devil, Mexican., 426, 430, 457
Devil, Mexican i., 389., 459
Diary of Cortés, lost i., 115
Diaz, Bernal., 467, 170, 343, 375, 416, 419, 431, 436, 449
Diaz, Juan, the licentiate., 166, 217, 387, 409, 11
Dikes ii. See Causeways and Breaches., 181
Diodorus., 446
Discovery., 75, 121
progress of, by the beginning of the reign of Charles V., 122
catholic and protestant views as to., 307
progress of, under Cortés i., 312, 324, 329, 363
Dishes of Montezuma., 366
Divine book., 434
Domestic manners of the Aztecs., 84
Dominican friars., 123, 221
Dove on the topmast., 132
coincidences with Noah's i., 386
Drain of Huehuetoca., 358
Drawbridges, Mexican., 336, 359
Drawbridges, Mexican i., 48
Dresden Codex., 62
Drawbridges, Mexican i., 388
Dresses of Aztec warriors., 31
owls embroidered on., 426
of Cholulans., 292
of Aztec chiefs., 334
of Montezuma., 336
of Montezuma., 366
of Montezuma i., 78
of Mexicans., 375
of Mexicans i., 69, 107
of Indian allies i., 159
Drought at Tezcuco., 352
Drum, the Tlascalan., 250
the huge Mexican., 381
the huge Mexican i., 105
of the war-god, sounded for the sacrifice of Spaniards i., 263
Ducat., 456
Duero, Andres de., 138, 143, 24, 31, 32, 40, 72, 134, 149
Dupaix., 438, 382, 463
on Mexican tools i., 464
on antediluvian buildings i., 465
Duponceau, P. S. i., 460, 461
Dyes, and dye-woods, Mexican., 81, 123
Earthenware, Aztec., 81
Earthquake, Aztec symbol for., 48
Eclipses, Aztec knowledge as to., 69
Education, Aztec., 41, 85, 385
for the profession of hierogly phical painting., 49
the council of music virtually a board of., 95
of the Tezcucan royal household., 101
Egyptians, temples of., 431
hieroglyphics of., 46
Sothic period of., 437
Sophocles on the., 439
addresses to their kings by priests., 101
their representations of the human frame i., 395
Emeralds, Mexican, use of., 80
one of the, sent to Spain i., 314
given by Cortés to his second wife i., 451
Emperor., 21
Emperor., 457
Era, the Mexican., 65
Escalante, Juan de., 229, 231, 313, 391, 392
Escobar., 197
Escobar i., 83
Escudero, Juan., 136, 218
Estates held by Aztec nobles., 22
Estrada i., 348
Estrada, Maria de i., 107
Estrella., 449, 451, 453
Etruscans, cycles of the., 436
Eucharist, rite analagous to the i., 388
Euripides i., 458
Eve, Aztec coincidences as to i., 387
Everett, Edward i., 466
Fairs i. See Market., 64
Fairs., 82, 83, 280, 378
Falsehood, a capital offence., 95
Famine in Mexico i., 247, 248, 264, 268, 271
at Honduras i., 343
Fans, given by Montezuma., 459
Farfan i., 38
Feather-work, mantles of, for tribute., 28, 424
worn by warriors., 31
manufacture of., 82
made by the royal household of Tezcuco., 101
given to Cortés., 101, 186, 208, 275, 323, 459
worn by Tlascalans i., 159
Ferdinand and Isabella., 119
Festivals for deities., 38, 45, 70
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