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]

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