INDEX.
A
Aak, [78]
Academy of Fine Arts, [226]
Acamapichtli, [90]
Acapulco, [225]
Acatl, [76]
Acolhuacan, [93]
Aculco, [246]
Aculhuas, [42]
Agave, [34]
Aguilar, Jérome de, [138]
Agustin I., see Yturbide
Ahuehuete, [22], [56]
Ahuitzotl, [105]
Aldama, [248]
Allende, Ignacio, joins Hidalgo, [241];
denounced, [244];
attacked by Calleja, [246];
forced to retreat, [247];
captured and shot, [248]
Alta California, [190]; see also California
Alvarado, [137], [160], [163], [173], [194]
Amaquemecan, [38], [42]
Amecameca, [99], [208]
Ampudia, General, [318], [319], [322]
Anahuac, [6], [8], [12], [17], [33]
Anaya, General, [334]
Angostura, [323]
Apan, [36]
Apodaca, Viceroy, [259], [262]
Arista, General, [311], [342]
Atlantis, [21]
Atzacualco, [83]
Atzcapotzalco, [42], [43], [51]
Audiencia, [184]
Austin, Moses, [304]
Axayacatl, [101], [158]
Ayaxzitl, [41]
Ayotzinco, [156]
Ayuntamiento, [184]
Azoteas, [127]
Aztecs, [43];
emigration of, [83];
wanderings of, [84];
settlement at Chapultepec, [86];
driven to the islands, [87];
found Tenochtitlan, [88];
their civilization, [89];
extent of the kingdom, [106];
religion of, [107];
hieroglyphics, [111];
paintings, [112];
religion, [114];
domestic life, [115];
laws, [115];
calendar, [116];
cycle, [118];
agriculture, [119];
character, [120];
priestesses, [121];
policy of the nation, [123]
Aztlan, [22]
B
Bajan, Las Norias de, [248]
Balam, [78]
Barradas, [277]
Basch, Dr., [375]
"Baths of Montezuma,", [57]
Baudelier, quoted, [30], [38], [170]
Bazaine, Marshal, [356], [360], [367], [371], [373]
Bocanegro, [277]
Bonaparte, Joseph, [235]
Bonpland, [224]
Boot, Adrian, [218]
Branciforte, Marquis of, [234], [235]
Bravo, General Don Nicholas, [262], [268], [274], [307], [321]
Buena Vista, [323]
Bustamente, [262], [277], [278], [285], [287], [288]
C
Cacamatzin, [130], [154], [156]
Calderon, battle of, [247]
Calderon, Conde de, see Calleja
Calderon, Madame, [290];
quoted, [227], [273], [282], [284], [293]
Calderon, Señor, [290]
California, [313], [316], [338]
Calleja, General, [246], [247], [252], [258]
Calzadas, [80]
Calzonzi, [67], [176], [189]
Campeche, [132]
Canoas, [92], [127]
Cargadores, [4], [405]
Carlotta, Empress of Mexico, [350];
her character, [358], [364];
goes to Europe, [367];
interview with Napoleon, [368];
her madness, [369]
Carratelas, [292]
Casa de Cortés, [28]
Casa Grande, [13]
Casa-Mata, [268]
Catholic Fathers, [9], [412]
Cazadero, [202]
Cempoallan, [143]
Cerro de Borrego, battle at, [355]
Cerro Gordo, [330]
Ceutla, ruins at, [17]
Chaak Mool, [78]
Chalcas, [66]
Chalchiuhtlatonac, [26], [38]
Chalco, Lake, [12], [333]
Chapparral, [5]
Chapultepec, [86], [127], [156], [291], [338], [362], [399]
Charles V., [10], [177], [214]
Charles II., [220]
Charles III., [226], [233]
Charles IV., [227], [233]
Chavero, quoted, [117]
Chiapas, [18], [71], [265]
Chichimecatl Tecuhtli, [41]
Chichen-Itza, [76]
Chichimecs, [26], [38]-44, [64], [87]
Chihuahua, [323]
Chilpantzingo, [252]
Chimalpopoca, [91], [94]
Chinampas, [228]
Cholollan, [28]
Cholula, pyramid of, [14], [100], [106], [206]
Cholultecas, massacre of, [154]
Churubusco, [333], [334]
Cinco de Mayo, [354]
Clerigos, [344]
Coahuila, [338]
Coatlicue, [121]
Coatzacoalco River, [106]
Colima, [62]
Colorado River, [24]
Columbus, [131]
Comonfort, General, [356]
Conquistadores, [8], [12], [89]
Contreras, Don Pedro Moya de, [216]
Copan, [17], [71]
Córdoba, [5]
Cordova, [132]
Cordova, treaty of, [264], [266]
Cortazar, General, [285]
Cortés, Fernando, alluded to, [2], [3];
birth of, [135];
character of, [136];
commissioned by Velasquez, [127];
his squadron, [138];
at the Tabasco River, [139];
worshipped as Quetzalcoatl, [141];
sends gifts to Montezuma, [141];
visits Cempoallan, [143];
destroys the ships, [144];
interview with Montezuma, [147];
conquers Tlaxcalla, [152];
at Cholula, [154];
arrives in Mexico, [156];
meeting with Montezuma, [157];
seizes Montezuma, [159];
expedition to Vera Cruz, [160];
abandons Mexico, [163];
retreat from the city, [164];
gathers a new army, [171];
campaign against Mexico, [173];
at Coyoacán, [175];
conquers Michoacan, [176];
expedition to Honduras, [177];
voyages to Spain, [178];
death of, [178];
burial in Mexico, [179]
Cortés, Martin, [180]
Cotton, [92], [406]
Council of Music, [53]
Coxcox, [22]
Coyoacán, [175]
Cozumel, [138]
Cuahtemoc, [167], [170], [174], [175], [178]
Cuauhnahuac, [92]
Cuautla, [252]
Cuba, [132]
Cuepopan, [88]
Cuernavaca, [28], [225]
Cuextecas, [106]
Cuicuicatzin, [155]
Cuitlahuac, [101]
Cuitlahuatzin, [161], [166]
Cuitzao, Lake, [62]
Culhuacan, [23]
Culhuas, [87]
D
Diaz, Bernal, [137];
quoted, [127], [148], [181]
Diaz, Porfirio, takes Oaxaca, [371];
takes Puebla, [376], [384];
a candidate for the presidency, [390];
at the head of the revolutionists again, [392];
his earlier life, [394];
in the war of the reform, [395];
campaign against Oaxaca, [395];
an escape from government troops, [396];
president, [398];
re-elected, [398];
his home, [399]
Doblado, [346]
Dolores, [240]
Dominicans, [324]
Dominiguez, Doña Josefa, [258]
"Drinking cup of the Eagle," [101]
E
Escobedo, General, [374], [375], [378]
Estrada, Gutierrez, [299], [349]
F
Farías, Valentine Gomez, [279], [282], [307], [321], [330]
Ferdinand VII., [234], [259]
Fischer, Father, [371]
Forey, Marshal, [356]
Franciscans, [324]
Fremont, Colonel, [316]
Frijoles, [26]
G
Galves, Viceroy, [226], [228]
Garces, Fray Julian, [204]
Garibay, Viceroy, [236]
Ghent, Fray Pedro de, [192]
Gonsalez, General Manuel, [398]
Good-Friday in Mexico, [294]
Gorostiza, [334]
Grant, Ulysses, quoted, [341]
Grenaditas, Alhóndiga de, [243], [248]
Grijalva, Juan de, [132]-134
Grito de Dolores, [242]
Guadalajara, [193], [246]
Guadalupe-Hidalgo, treaty of, [338]
Guanajuato, [19], [243], [409]
Guardias Rurales, [298]
Guatemala, [71], [265]
Guerrero, [259];
joins Yturbide, [261];
joins in the Casa-Mata, [268];
a candidate for the presidency, [275];
president, [277];
his government overthrown, [277];
captured and shot, [278]
Guillermo, [346]
Guzman, Nuño de, [184], [185]-194
H
Herrara, General, [262], [307], [342]
Hicuxaxé, [66]
Hidalgo, Manuel, birth and education, [238];
life at Dolores, [240];
declares independence, [241];
Grito de Dolores, [242];
takes Guanahuato, [243];
takes Valladolid, [245];
defeated at Aculco, [246];
defeated at Calderon, [247];
captured and shot, [248]
Hidalgo, state of, [41]
Historia Chichimeca, [60]
Holy Brotherhood, tribunal of, [203]
Houston, General, [305]
Huactlatohani, [41]
Huatusco, ruins at, [16]
Huehue-Tlapallan, [19], [24]
Huehuetoca, [218]
Huematzin, [24]
Huexotzinco, [106]
Huitzilihuitl, [91], [92], [94]
Huitzilopochtli, [29], [87], [88], [99], [105]
Human sacrifices, [102]
Humboldt, Alexander von, visits Mexico, [224]-232
I
"Iguala, Plan of," [261]
Indian, the name, [184]
Indios, [184]
Inquisition, [196], [216]
Iré-Titatacamé, [65]
Istaccíhuatl, [6]
Iturrigaray, Don José de, [224], [236]
Itzcoatl, [96], [97], [98]
Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de Alva, [23], [44], [60], [64]
Ixtlilxochitl, king of the Chichimecs, [44], [45], [94]
Ixtlilxochitl, of Texcuco, [130], [154], [155], [171]
Izamal, [81]
J
Jaramillo, Don Juan de, [183]
Jesuits, [324]
Jimenez, [247], [248]
Joinville, Prince de, [281]
Jorullo, [231]
Juarez, Benito, his descent, [344];
governor of Oaxaca, [345];
president, [346];
withdraws from the capital, [356];
advances to Zacatecas, [374];
enters the capital, [386];
president, [387];
character of, [389];
re-elected, [390];
death of, [390]
Juarez, Doña Catalina, [137], [181], [182]
Juntas, [235]
K
Kinich-Katmo, [78]
L
Lane, General, [340]
Leon, Diégo Velasquez de, [132], [135], [137]
Leon y Gama, quoted, [117]
Le Plongeon, Dr., quoted, [78]
Lerdo, Don Sebastian de Tejada, [391], [396]
Lerma, River, [219]
Le Teja, [372]
Liberales, [344]
Lopez, General, [377]
Lorencez, General, [354]
Loreto, Fort, [331]
Louis Philippe, [281]
M
Maguey, [35]
Malinche, mountain of, [46]
Malintzi, birth and early life, [145];
in slavery, [146];
given to Cortés, [146];
becomes interpreter, [147];
appearance of, [149];
escape of, [164];
life with Cortés, [180];
marriage of, [183];
death of, [183]
Marina, see Malintzi
Markets in Mexico, [228]
Márques, General, joins the clerigos, [346];
joins Maximilian, [372];
becomes quartermaster-general, [375];
sent to the capital, [375];
his escape, [384]
Martin de Valencia, Fray, [208], [211]
Martinez, Enrico, [218], [219]
Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, [350];
his character and aims, [352];
arrives in Mexico, [357];
his reception, [358];
life at court, [360];
policy of, [362];
appeals to Napoleon, [367];
prepares to leave Mexico, [369];
goes to Orizaba, [370];
influence of the clerical party, [371];
returns to Mexico, [372];
at Querétaro, [374];
his appearance described, [376];
a prisoner, [378];
death of, [380]
Maxixcatzin, [171]
Maxtla, [44], [48]-51, [92]-97
Mayapan, [71], [72]
Mayas, [18], [70]-82
Mayorga, Viceroy, [226]
Meconetzin, [36]
Meija, General, [373], [378], [380]
Mendez, [378]
Mendoza, Antonio de, character of, [191];
his administration, [192]-202
Merida, [80]
Mexcalla, [106]
Mexicans, [51]
Mexico, climate of, [5];
relief of, [6];
early races of, [9];
government of, [10];
natural resources of, [11], [402];
roads in, [80];
natives of, [185];
mines of, [229], [409];
society in, [290];
women of, [292];
soldiers, [308];
vegetation, [402];
flowers, [403];
market-place, [404];
schools of, [415];
literature of, [416];
railways in, [418]
Mexitli, [84]
Mexitzin, [90]
Mezcal, [36]
Michoacan, [19], [62]-69, [106], [176], [194]
Mines of Mexico, [229], [409]
Miramon, General, joins the clerigos, [346], [349];
joins Maximilian, [372];
advances to Zacatecas, [374];
raises troops for Maximilian, [375];
taken prisoner, [373];
shot, [380]
Mitla, [393]
Mixcoatl, [40]
Mixtecas, [19]
Molino del Rey, [334], [360]
Monasteries, suppression of, [412]
Montaño, [176]
Monte de la Cruces, [245]
Monteleone, Dukes of, [179]
Monterey, [317]
Monterey (in California), [314]
Montezuma I., [92], [98], [100]
Montezuma II., [101], [124];
coronation of, [125];
court of, [128];
interview with Cortés, [147], [157];
a prisoner, [159];
death of, [161]
Montezuma, Conde de, [220]
Montezuma's Cypress, [129]
Morales, General, [328]
Morelia, [194], [251]
Morelos, José Manuel, birth of, [250];
education of, [251];
joins the Independents, [251];
defends Cuautla, [252];
calls first Mexican congress, [252];
appointed captain-general, [253];
defeated at Valladolid, [254];
captured, [254];
shot, [254];
his character, [255]
Morelos, state of, [41]
Mound Builders, [20]
Moyotla, [88]
Mozarabic liturgy, [413]
N
Nachan, [71]
Nahuas, [19], [20]
Nahuatl, language, [19], [27];
legends, [22];
family, [70]
Napoleon I., [235]
Napoleon III., [349], [360], [366], [368]
Naranjan, Princess of, [65]
Nata and Nana, legend of, [23]
National Museum of Mexico, [33]
Nevada de Toluca, [29]
New Mexico, [313], [338]
New Spain, extent of, [190]
Nezahualcoyotl, [44]-61, [96], [98]
Nezahualpilli, [105], [125], [130]
Noche Triste, La, [163]
Nopal, [87]
Noriega, General, [384]
Northers, [1], [3]
Novella, Francisco, [263], [264]
Nueva Leon, [316]
O
Oaxaca, [275], [392]
Obregon, [229]
O'Donojú, Don Juan, [223], [263]-266
Oidores, [185]
Olid, Christobal de, [137], [173], [176], [177]
Olmedo, Father, [182]
Orizaba, [1]
Ortega, General, [346], [356]
Otomis, tribe of, [19], [152]
Otoncapolco, [164]
Otumba, battle of, [168], [170]
P
Païnala, [145], [183]
Palenque, ruins at, [17], [72]-76
Palo Alto, battle at, [311]
Paredes, Don Maria, [284], [285], [307], [319]
Parian, The, [275]
Paseo, [291]
Patzcuaro, [63], [68], [194], [230]
Payne and Zarate, quoted, [37]
Pedraza, Manuel Gomez, [275], [276], [278], [282]
Peones, [256]
Philip II., [9], [199], [214], [219]
Philip III., [219]
Philip IV., [219]
Philip V., [233]
Pillow, General, [336]
Pita, [35]
Popocatapetl, [6]
Popotla, [164]
Pottery of Mexico, [405]
Prieto, Guillermo, [346], [416]
Princess of Cloth, [92]
Puebla, [204], [206], [262], [330], [333], [354], [356]
Puebla, state of, [41]
Pulque, [23], [35]
Q
Quemadero, [216]
Querétaro, [19], [246], [262], [374], [375]
Quetzalcoatl, [29];
legends of, [30], [33], [131];
influence of, [32];
statue of, [34]
Quinames, [18]
Quinatzin, [42]
Quiroga, Vasco de, [197], [238]
R
Railways in Mexico, [418]
Rebozos, [296], [406]
Reclamacion de los Pasteles, [281]
Revillagigedo, Don Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco de Padilla, Conde de, [220]-222
Robbers, [297]
Royal University, founded, [203]
Rubio, Manuel Romero, [399]
S
Sabine River, [305]
Sacramento, [323]
Salanueva, Don Antonio, [345]
Salm-Salm, Prince of, [375];
Princess of, [378]
Saloméa, Pass of, [393]
Saltillo, [316]
San Christobal, Lake, [12]
San Diego, [252]
San Juan de Ulóa, [137], [236], [281], [330]
San Juan Teotihuacan, [168]
San Luis, [19]
San Nicholas, Colegio de, [230], [238], [251]
Sandoval, Gonzalo de, [173]
Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de, [267];
his connection with Yturbide, [273];
at Oaxaca, [275];
defeats a Spanish force, [277];
becomes president, [278];
in Texas, [279];
a prisoner, [280];
defeats a French squadron, [281];
his home at Manga la Clava, [282];
rivalry with Pedraza, [283];
with Meija, [284];
president again, [287];
at the head of the army, [308];
returns from Cuba, [320];
in the war with the United States, [330]-338;
retires to Jamaica, [340];
made Dictator, [344];
conspires against the government, [387];
banished, [388];
death of, [388], [398]
Schools of Mexico, [415]
Scott, Winfield, [323], [324], [328], [330], [337], [339]
Serape, [406]
Shining Serpent, see Quetzalcoatl
Sicuiracha, [65]
Small-pox among the Aztecs, [167]
Spanish, expelled from Mexico, [274]
St. Domingo, [135]
Sun, sacrifices to, [102]
T
Tabasco River, [133], [139]
Tamaulipas, [270]
Tangoxoan II., [67], [176]
Tarascans, [65];
customs of, [68]
Taylor, General, [312], [316], [337], [339]
Tecpancaltzin, [28], [36]
Tehuacan, [254]
"Temple of the Cross," [74]
Tenoch, [89], [90]
Tenochtitlan, [43], [88], [126], [175]
Teocallis, [9]
Teotihuacan, pyramid of, [18];
city of, [28];
visited by Humboldt, [229]
Tepanecas, tribe of, [43], [44], [87], [91].
Tequila, [36]
Texas, revolts against Mexico, [305];
annexed to the United States, [306];
in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, [338]
Texcuco, Lake, [12], [219]
Texcuco, kingdom of, [44];
golden age of, [53];
literature of, [54];
decline of, [60];
the kingdom divided, [130]
Tezcatlipoca, [23], [30]
Tezcotzinco, [56]
Tezozomoc, king of Azcapotzalco, [44], [94]
"Three Guaranties, The," 261
Tierra caliente, [402]
Tixiacurí, [66]
Tizoc, reign of, [101]
Tlacopan, kingdom of, [42]
Tlatelolca, [97], [167]
Tlaxcalla, subject to the Chichimecs, [41];
the name, [46], [47];
Cortés goes to, [144];
position of, [151];
resists the Spaniards, [152];
forced to make peace, [153];
head-quarters of Cortés, [172]
Tollan, see Tula
Tollanzinco, [24]
Toltecs, legend of their origin, [23];
traditions of, [24];
appearance of, [26];
customs of, [27];
duration of the kingdom, [37];
wars, [40];
defeated, [41]
Toluca, [28]
Tonacatecuhtli, [27]
Topiltzin-Meconetzin, [37]
Trujillo, [245]
Tula, [17], [24], [41], [71]
Tzintzuntzan, [66], [67], [198]
U
Ulmecas, tribe of, [18]
United States, result of the war with Mexico, [339];
action of, regarding the Mexican Empire, [365]
V
Valencia, Fray Martin de, [193]
Valencia, General, [284], [287]
Valenciana, Count of, see Obregon
Valenciana, mines of, [229]
Valladolid, [194], [196], [230], [245], [246], [253], [262]
"Valley Confederates," [98]
Velasco, Luis de, second viceroy, [203]
Velasquez de Léon, Diégo, governor of Cuba, [135];
sends Grijalva to Mexico, [136];
is jealous of Cortés, [137]
Venegas, Don Francisco, [237], [243], [248], [253]
Vera Cruz, [1], [4], [41], [142], [321], [328]
Viceroys, [9];
number of, [223]
Victoria, Don Felix Fernandez, [273], [274]
Vidaurri, General Santiago, [383], [384]
Viga Canal, [228], [292]
Votan, [80]
W
"Wanderings of the Aztecs," picture of, [112]
Worth, General, [323], [330], [331]
X
Xicalancas, tribe of, [18]
Xicotencatl, [152]
Xochicalco, pyramid of, [16], [28], [225]
Xochimilco, [12]
Xochiquetzal, [22]
Xochitl, [36], [41]
Xoconochco, [106]
Xolotl, chief of the Chichimecs, [40], [42]
Y
Yturbide, Agustin de, [260];
announces "Plan of Iguala," [261];
takes Valladolid, [262];
enters the capital, [264];
made president, [265];
proclaimed emperor, [266];
crowned, [267];
deposed, [268];
leaves the country, [268];
declared a traitor, [268];
returns and is executed, [270];
his character, [271]
Yucatan, [18], [70], [132]
Z
Zamna, [80]
Zapotecas, tribe of, [19], [393]
Zaragoza, General, [346], [354]
Zoquipan, [88]
Zovanga, [67]
Zumárraga, Fray Juan de, [207]
Zumpango, Lake, [12]
Zuñiga, Doña Juana de, [183]