The Story of Mexico/Index

by Susan Hale

INDEX.

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A			Axayacatl, 101, 158
			Ayaxzitl, 41
Aak, 78			Ayotzinco, 156
Academy of Fine Arts, 226			Ayuntamiento, 184
Acamapichtli, 90			Azoteas, 127
Acapulco, 225			Aztecs, 43;emigration of, 83;
Acatl, 76			wanderings of, 84; settlement
Acolhuacan, 98			at Chapultepec, 86; driven to
Aculco, 246			the islands, 87; found Tenoch-
Aculhuas, 42			titlan, 88; their civilization,
Agave, 34			89; extent of the kingdom,
Aguilar, Jerome de, 138			106; religion of, 107; hiero-
Agustin I., see Yturbide			glyphics, 111; paintings, 112;
Ahuehuete, 22, 56			religion, 114; domestic life,
Ahuitzotl, 105			115; laws, 115; calendar,
Aldama, 248			116; cycle, 118; agriculture,
Allende, Ignacio, joins Hidalgo,			119; character, 120; priest-
241; denounced, 244; attacked			esses, 121; policy of the na-
by Calleja, 246; forced to re-			tion, 123
treat, 247; captured and shot,			Aztlan, 22
248
Alta California, 190; see also			B
California
Alvarado, 137, 160, 163, 173, 194			Bajan, Las Norias de, 248
Amaquemecan, 38, 42			Balam, 78
Amecameca, 99, 208			Barradas, 277
Ampudia, General, 318, 319, 322			Basch, Dr., 375
Anahuac, 6, 8, 12, 17, 33			"Baths of Montezuma," 57
Anaya, General, 334			Baudelier, quoted, 30, 38, 170
Angostura, 323			Bazaine, Marshal, 356, 360, 367,
Apan, 36			371, 373
Apodaca, Viceroy, 259, 262			Bocanegro, 277
Arista, General, 311, 342			Bonaparte, Joseph, 235
Atlantis, 21			Bonpland, 224
Atzacualco, 88			Boot, Adrian, 218
Atzcapotzalco, 42, 43, 51			Branciforte, Marquis of, 234, 235
Audiencia, 184			Bravo, General Don Nicholas,
Austin, Moses, 304			262, 268, 274, 307, 321
Buena Vista, 323			Chichimecs, 26, 38-44, 64, 87
Bustamente, 262, 277, 278, 285,			Chihuahua, 323
287, 288			Chilpantzingo, 252
			Chimalpopoca, 91, 94
C			Chinampas, 228
			Cholollan, 28
Cacamatzin, 130, 154, 156			Cholula, pyramid of, 14, 100,
Calderon, battle of, 247			106, 206
Calderon, Conde de, see Calleja			Cholultecas, massacre of, 154
Calderon, Madame, 290; quoted,			Churubusco, 333, 334
227, 273, 282, 284, 293			Cinco de Mayo, 354
Calderon, Señor, 290			Clerigos, 344
California, 313, 316, 338			Coahuila, 338
Calleja, General, 246, 247, 252,			Coatlicue, 121
258			Coatzacoalco River, 106
Calzadas, 80			Colima, 62
Calzonzi, 67, 176, 189			Colorado River, 24
Campeche, 132			Columbus, 131
Canoas, 92, 127			Comonfort, General, 356
Cargadores, 4, 405			Conquistadores, 8, 12, 89
Carlotta, Empress of Mexico,			Contreras, Don Pedro Moya de,
350; her character, 358, 364;			216
goes to Europe, 367; inter-			Copan, 17, 71
view with Napoleon, 368;			Cordoba, 5
her madness, 369			Cordova, 132
Carratelas, 292			Cordova, treaty of, 264, 266
Casa de Cortés, 28	Cortazar, General, 285
Casa Grande, 13	Cortés, Fernando, alluded to,
Casa-Mata, 268	2, 3; birth of, 135; character
Catholic Fathers, 9, 412	of, 136; commissioned by
Cazadero, 202	Velasquez, 127; his squadron,
Cempoallan, 143	138; at the Tabasco River,
Cerro de Borrego, battle at, 355	139; worshipped as Quetzal-
Cerro Gordo, 330	coatl, 141; sends gifts to
Ceutla, ruins at, 17	Montezuma, 141; visits Cem
Chaak Mool, 78	poallan, 143; destroys the
Chalcas, 66	ships, 144; interview with
Chalchiuhtlatonac, 26, 38	Montezuma, 147; conquers
Chalco, Lake, 12, 333	Tlaxcalla, 152; at Cholula,
Chapparral, 5	154; arrives in Mexico, 156;
Chapultepec, 86, 127, 156, 291,	meeting with Montezuma,
338, 362, 399	157; seizes Montezuma, 159;
Charles V., 10, 177, 214	expedition to Vera Cruz, 160;
Charles II., 220	abandons Mexico, 163; re-
Charles III., 226, 233	treat from the city, 164;
Charles IV., 227, 233	gathers a new army, 171;
Chavero, quoted, 117	campaign against Mexico, 173;
Chiapas, 18, 71, 265	at Coyoacán, 175; conquers
Chichimecatl Tecuhtli, 41	Michoacan, 176; expedition
Chichen-Itza, 76	to Honduras, 177; voyages to
Spain, 178; death of, 178;	F
burial in Mexico, 179
Cortes, Martin, 180	Farias, Valentine Gomez, 279,
Cotton, 92, 406	282, 307, 321, 330
Council of Music, 53	Ferdinand VII., 234, 259
Coxcox, 22	Fischer, Father, 371
Coyoacán, 175	Forey, Marshal, 356
Cozumel, 138	Franciscans, 324
Cuahtemoc, 167, 170, 174, 175,	Fremont, Colonel, 316
178	Frijoles, 26
Cuauhnahuac, 92
Cuautla, 252	G
Cuba, 132
Cuepopan, 88	Galves, Viceroy, 226, 228
Cuernavaca, 28, 225	Garces, Fray Julian, 204
Cuextecas, 106	Garibay, Viceroy, 236
Cuicuicatzin, 155	Ghent, Fray Pedro de, 192
Cuitlahuac, 101	Gonsalez, General Manuel, 398
Cuitlahuatzin, 161, 166	Good-Friday in Mexico, 294
Cuitzao, Lake, 62	Gorostiza, 334
Culhuacan, 23	Grant, Ulysses, quoted, 341
Culhuas, 87	Grenaditas, Alhóndiga de, 243,
	248
D	Grijalva, Juan de, 132-134
	Grito de Dolores, 242
Diaz, Bernal, 137; quoted, 127,	Guadalajara, 193, 246
148, 181	Guadalupe-Hidalgo, treaty of,
Diaz, Porfirio, takes Oaxaca, 371;	338
takes Puebla, 376, 384; a can-	Guanajuato, 19, 243, 409
didate for the presidency, 390;	Guardias Rurales, 298
at the head of the revolution-	Guatemala, 71, 265
ists again, 392; his earlier	Guerrero, 259; joins Yturbide,
life, 394; in the war of the	261; joins in the Casa-Mata,
reform, 395; campaign against	268; a candidate for the presi-
Oaxaca, 395; an escape from	dency, 275; president, 277;
government troops, 396; presi-	his government overthrown,
dent, 398; re-elected, 398;	277; captured and shot, 278
his home, 399	Guillermo, 346
Doblado, 346	Guzman, Nuño de, 184, 185-194
Dolores, 240
Dominicans, 324	H
Dominiguez, Doña Josefa, 258	Herrara, General, 262, 307, 342
"Drinking cup of the Eagle,"	Hicuxaxe, 66
101	Hidalgo, Manuel, birth and edu-
E	cation, 238; life at Dolores,
	240; declares independence,
Escobedo, General, 374, 375,	241; Grito de Dolores, 242;
378	takes Guanahuato, 243; takes
Estrada, Gutierrez, 299, 349	Valladolid, 245; defeated at
Aculco, 246; defeated at Cal-	vances to Zacatecas, 374;
deron, 247; captured and shot,	enters the capital, 386; presi-
248	dent, 387; character of, 389;
Hidalgo, state of, 41	re-elected, 390; death of, 390
Historia Chichimeca, 66	Juarez, Doña Catalina, 137, 181,
Holy Brotherhood, tribunal of, 203	182
203	Juntas, 235
Houston, General, 305
Huactlatohani, 41	K
Huatusco, ruins at, 16
Huehue-Tlapallan, 19, 24	Kinich-Katmo, 78
Huehuetoca, 218
Huematzin, 24	L
Huexotzinco, 106
Huitzilihuitl, 91, 92, 94	Lane, General, 340
Huitzilopochtli, 29, 87, 88, 99,	Leon, Diégo Velasquez de, 132,
105	135, 137
Human sacrifices, 102	Leon y Gama, quoted, 117
Humboldt, Alexander von, visits	Le Plongeon, Dr., quoted, 78
Mexico, 224-232	Lerdo, Don Sebastian de Tejada,
	391, 396
I	Lerma, River, 219
"Iguala, Plan of," 261	Le Teja, 372
Indian, the name, 184	Liberales, 344
Indios, 184	Lopez, General, 377
Inquisition, 196, 216	Lorencez, General, 354
Iré-Titatacamé, 65	Loreto, Fort, 331
Istaccihuatl, 6	Louis Philippe, 281
Iturrigaray, Don José de, 224,
236	M
Itzcoatl, 96, 97, 98
Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de Alva,	Maguey, 35
23, 44, 60, 64	Malinche, mountain of, 46
Ixtlilxochitl, king of the Chichi-	Malintzi, birth and early life,
mecs, 44, 45, 94	145; in slavery, 146; given to
Ixtlilxochitl, of Texcuco, 130,	Cortés, 146; becomes inter-
154, 155, 171	preter, 147; appearance of,
Izamal, 81	149; escape of, 164; life with
	Cortés, 180; marriage of, 183;
J	death of, 183
	Marina, see Malintzi,
Jaramillo, Don Juan de, 183	Markets in Mexico, 228
Jesuits, 324	Márques, General, joins the cler
Jimenez, 247, 248	igos, 346; joins Maximilian,
Joinville, Prince de, 281	372; becomes quartermaster-
Jorullo, 231	general, 375; sent to the capi-
Juarez, Benito, his descent, 344;	tal, 375; his escape, 384
governor of Oaxaca, 345;	Martin de Valencia, Fray, 208,
president, 346; withdraws	211
from the capital, 356; ad-	Martinez, Enrico, 213, 219
Maximilian, emperor of Mexico,	Mitla, 393
350; his character and aims,	Mixcoatl, 40
352; arrives in Mexico, 357;	Mixtecas, 19
his reception, 358; life at	Molino del Rey, 334, 360
court, 360; policy of, 362;	Monasteries, suppression of, 412
appeals to Napoleon, 367;	Montaño, 176
prepares to leave Mexico, 369;	Monte de la Cruces, 245
goes to Orizaba, 370; influence	Monteleone, Dukes of, 179
of the clerical party, 371; re-	Monterey, 317
turns to Mexico, 372; at	Monterey (in California), 314
Queretaro, 374; his appear-	Montezuma I., 92, 98, 100
ance described, 376; a prison-	Montezuma II., 101, 124; coro-
er, 378; death of, 350	nation of, 125; court of, 128;
Maxixcatzin, 171	interview with Cortes, 147,
Maxtla, 44, 48-51, 92-97	157; a prisoner, 159; death
Mayapan, 71, 72	of, 161
Mayas, 18, 70-82	Montezuma, Coude de, 220
Mayorga, Viceroy, 226	Montezuma's Cypress, 129
Meconetzin, 36	Morales, General, 328
Meija, General, 373, 378, 380	Morelia, 194, 251
Mendez, 378	Morelos, Jose Manuel, birth of,
Mendoza, Antonio de, character	250; education of, 251; joins
of, 191; his administration,	the Independents, 251; de-
192-202	fends Cuautla, 252; calls first
Merida, 80	Mexican congress, 252; ap-
Mexcalla, 106	pointed captain-general, 253;
Mexicans, 51	defeated at Valladolid, 254;
Mexico, climate of, 5; relief of,	captured, 254; shot, 254; his
6; early races of, 9; govern-	character, 255
ment of, 10; natural resources	Morelos, state of, 41
of, 11, 402; roads in, 80; na-	Mound Builders, 20
tives of, 185; mines of, 229,	Moyotla, 88
409; society in, 290; women	Mozarabic liturgy, 413
of, 292; soldiers, 308; vege-
tation, 402; flowers, 403;	N
market-place, 404; schools of,
415; literature of, 416; rail-	Nachan, 71
ways in, 418	Nahuas, 19, 20
Mexitli, 84	Nahuatl, language, 19, 27; le-
Mexitzin, 90	gends, 22; family, 70
Mezcal, 36	Napoleon I., 235
Michoacan, 19, 62-69, 106, 176,	Napoleon III., 349, 360, 366,
194	368
Mines of Mexico, 229, 409	Naranjan, Princess of, 65
Miramon, General, joins the	Nata and Nana, legend of, 23
clerigos, 346, 349; joins Maxi-	National Museum of Mexico, 33
milian, 372; advances to Za-	Nevada de Toluca, 29
catecas, 374; raises troops for	New Mexico, 313, 338
Maximilian, 375; taken pris-	New Spain, extent of, 190
oner, 378; shot, 380	Nezahualcoyotl,. 44-61, 96, 98
Nezahualpilli, 105, 125, 130	Puebla, state of, 41
Noche Triste, La, 163	Pulque, 23, 35
Nopal, 87
Noriega, General, 384	Q
Northers, i, 3
Novella, Francisco, 263, 264	Quemadero, 216
Nueva Leon, 316	Queretáro, 19, 246, 262, 374, 375
	Quetzalcoatl, 29; legends of,
O	30, 33, 131; influence of, 32;
Oaxaca, 275, 392	statue of, 34
Obregon, 229	Quinames, 18
O'Donojú, Don Juan, 223, 263-	Quinatzin, 42
266	Quiroga, Vasco de, 197, 238
Oidores, 185	R
Olid, Christobal de, 137, 173,
176, 177	Railways in Mexico, 418
Olmedo, Father, 182	Rebozos, 296, 406
Orizaba, i	Reclamacion de los Pasteles, 281
Ortega, General, 346, 356	Revillagigedo, Don Juan Vicente
Otomis, tribe of, 19, 152	de Güemes Pacheco de Pa-
Otoncapolco, 164	dilla, Conde de, 220-222
Otumba, battle of, 168, 170	Robbers, 297
	Royal University, founded, 203
P	Rubio, Manuel Romero, 399
Painala, 145, 183
Palenque, ruins at, 17, 72-76	S
Palo Alto, battle at, 311
Paredes, Don Maria, 284, 285,	Sabine River, 305
307, 319	Sacramento, 323
Parian, The, 275	Salanueva, Don Antonio, 345
Paseo, 291	Salm-Salm, Prince of, 375; Prin-
Patzcuaro, 63, 68, 194, 230	cess of, 378
Payne and Zarate, quoted, 37	Salomea, Pass of, 393
Pedraza, Manuel Gomez, 275,	Saltillo, 316
276, 278, 282	San Christobal, Lake, 12
Peones, 256	San Diego, 252
Philip II., 9, 199, 214, 219	San Juan de Uloa, 137, 236,
Philip III., 219	281, 330
Philip IV., 219	San Juan Teotihuacan, 168
Philip V., 233	San Luis, 19
Pillow, General, 336	San Nicholas, Colegio de, 230,
Pita, 35	238, 251
Popocatapetl, 6	Sandoval, Gonzalo de, 173
Popotla, 164	Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de,
Pottery of Mexico, 405	267; his connection with
Prieto, Guillermo, 346, 416	Yturbide, 273; at Oaxaca,
Princess of Cloth, 92	275; defeats a Spanish force,
Puebla, 204, 206, 262, 330, 333,	277; becomes president, 278;
354, 356	in Texas, 279; a prisoner.
280; defeats a French squad-	Texcuco, Lake, 12, 219
ron, 281; his home at Manga	Texcuco, kingdom of, 44; gold-
la Clava, 282; rivalry with	en age of, 53; literature of,
Pedraza, 283; with Meija,	54; decline of, 60; the king-
284; president again, 287; at	dom divided, 130
the head of the army, 308;	Tezcatlipoca, 23, 30
returns from Cuba, 320; in	Tezcotzinco, 56
the war with the United	Tezozomoc, king of Azcapot-
States, 330-338; retires to	zalco, 44, 94
Jamaica, 340; made Dictator,	"Three Guaranties, The," 261
344; conspires against the	Tierra caliente, 402
government, 387; banished,	Tixiacuri, 66
388; death of, 388, 398	Tizoc, reign of, 101
Schools of Mexico, 415	Tlacopan, kingdom of, 42
Scott, Winfield, 323, 324, 328,	Tlatelolca, 97, 167
330, 337. 339	Tlaxcalla, subject to the Chi-
Serape, 406	chimecs, 41; the name, 46,
Shining Serpent, see Quetzal-	47; Cortés goes to, 144; posi-
coatl	tion of, 151; resists the Span-
Sicuiracha, 65	iards, 152; forced to make
Small-pox among the Aztecs,	peace, 153; head-quarters of
167	Cortés, 172
Spanish, expelled from Mexico,	Tollan, see Tula
274	Tollanzinco, 24
St. Domingo, 135	Toltecs, legend of their origin,
Sun, sacrifices to, 102	23; traditions of, 24; appear-
	ance of, 26; customs of, 27;
T	duration of the kingdom, 37;
Tabasco River, 133, 139	wars, 40; defeated, 41
Tamaulipas, 270	Toluca, 28
Tangoxoan II., 67, 176	Tonacatecuhtli, 27
Tarascans, 65; customs of, 68	Topiltzin-Meconetzin, 37
Taylor, General, 312, 316, 337,	Trujillo, 245
339	Tula, 17, 24, 41, 71
Tecpancaltzin, 28, 36	Tzintzuntzan, 66, 67, 198
Tehuacan, 254
"Temple of the Cross," 74	U
Tenoch, 89, 90
Tenochtitlan, 43, 88, 126, 175	Ulmecas, tribe of, 18
Teocallis, 9	United States, result of the war
Teotihuacan, pyramid of, 18;	with Mexico, 339; action of,
city of, 28; visited by Hum-	regarding the Mexican Em-
boldt, 229	pire, 365
Tepanecas, tribe of, 43, 44, 87,
91	V
Tequila, 36
Texas, revolts against Mexico,	Valencia, Fray Martin de, 193
305; annexed to the United	Valencia, General, 284, 287
States, 306; in the treaty of	Valenciana, Count of, see Obre-
Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 338	gon
Valenciana, mines of, 229	Xochimilco, 12
Valladolid, 194, 196, 230, 245,	Xochiquetzal, 22
246, 253, 262	Xochitl, 36, 41
"Valley Confederates," 98	Xoconochco, 106
Velasco, Luis de, second viceroy,	Xolotl, chief of the Chichimecs,
203	40, 42
Velasquez de Léon, Diégo, gov-
ernor of Cuba, 135; sends	Y
Grijalva to Mexico, 136; is
jealous of Cortes, 137	Yturbide, Agustin de, 260; an-
Venegas, Don Francisco, 237,	nounces "Plan of Iguala,"
243, 248, 253	261; takes Valladolid, 262;
Vera Cruz, 1, 4, 41, 142, 321,	enters the capital, 264; made
328	president, 265; proclaimed
Viceroys, 9; number of, 223	emperor, 266; crowned, 267;
Victoria, Don Felix Fernandez,	deposed, 268; leaves the
273, 274	country, 268; declared a
Vidaurri, General Santiago, 383,	traitor, 268; returns and is
384	executed, 270; his character,
Viga Canal, 228, 292	271
Votan, 80	Yucatan, 18, 70, 132
W
	Z
"Wanderings of the Aztecs,"
picture of, 112
Worth, General, 323, 330, 331	Zamna, 80
	Zapotecas, tribe of, 19, 393
X	Zaragoza, General, 346, 354
	Zoquipan, 88
Xicalancas, tribe of, 18	Zovanga, 67
Xicotencatl, 152	Zumarraga, Fray Juan de, 207
Xochicalco, pryamid of, 16, 28,	Zumpango, Lake, 12
225	Zuniga, Dona Juana de, 183