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