Footnotes

[1] See Preface with reference to pronunciation of names.

[2] A word synonymous with "lord."

[3] Popocatepetl.

[4] The Mexican tiger-cat.

[5] Note.—The royal city of Azcapozalco was razed to the ground, and the wasted territory was henceforth reserved as the great slave-mart for the nations of Anahuac.—Prescott.

[6] Note.—Voluntary servitude obtained among the Anahuacans, and of this class were those who served with Tezcot, the hunter.

[7] Note.—An intoxicant, made from the juice of maguey, pronounced pull-kē—a drink much used by the Mexicans to this day.

[8] Note.—See Hale's Mexico.

[9] Note.—The Aztec god of war.