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  Montezuma's confinement in i., 398 return of Cortés to ii., 50 Spaniards besieged there ii., 53 assaulted by Aztecs ii., 66 fired ii., 67 commanded by the temple of the war-god ii., 83 destroyed ii., 241 Ayllon, the licentiate ii., 19, 21, 219 Azcapozalco, a slave-market i., 83, 93 Azcapozalco, a slave-market ii., 434 Aztecs, or Mexicans, civilisation of the i., 9, 32, 113 extent of their country i., 9 extent of their country, vol ii., 297 time of their arrival at Anahuac i., 14, 241, 296 their migratory habits i., 15 their migratory habits ii., 389 settlement of, at Mexico i., 15 domestic feuds and secession among them i., 16 extent of their territory just before the arrival of the Spaniards i., 18 form of government among the i., 20 election and installation of sovereigns i., 20, 21 legislative and judicial system among them i., 23 great aim of their institutions i., 29 compared with Saxons of the time of Alfred i., 32 on calling them barbarians i., 426 comparison of modern Mexicans and i., 37 their mythology i., 36 cycles i., 39, 65, 435 cycles, vol ii., 386, 391 ideas of future life i., 39 their claims to civilisation i., 50 their claims to civilisation ii., 298 compared with Europeans of the sixteenth century i., 50 their manuscripts i., 59 the Teoamoxtli, or divine book of the i., 434 their literary culture i., 62 measurement of time i., 64 their cycle called "an old age," i., 435 Astrology i., 67, 69 their festival at the termination of the great cycle i., 70 their agriculture i., 76 acquaintance of, with plants i., 79 with minerals i., 79 with the mechanical arts i., 79 their domestic manners i., 81 differ from North American Indians i., 87 differ from North American Indians ii., 462 character of the, original and unique i., 87 Nezahualcoyotl unites his forces with the i., 93 beat and sacrifice Maxtla i., 93 transfer of power to, from the Tezcucans i., 113 the first communication with them i., 126, 127 orders to Cortés respecting the treatment of them i., 140 their condition, and disgust with Montezuma, at the time of Cortés' arrival i., 180 defeated by Tlascalans i., 244 aid in a Cholulan conspiracy i., 293 a number of, in the Mexican market i., 378 enraged at the profanation of their temples ii., 12 aid in building vessels at Vera Cruz ii., 13 insurrection by the ii., 53 their assaults on the Spanish quarters ii., 66, 72 sally against them ii., 69 addressed by Montezuma ii., 78 their spirit at the storming of the great temple ii., 85, 86 Cortés' address to ii., 86 their reply ii., 86 their combatant spirit ii., 88, 90 assault the retreating Spaniards ii., 105 measures for rallying ii., 135 Tlascalan alliance with, rejected ii., 140 Guatemozin, emperor of the ii., 156 proceeded against as rebels ii., 158 want of cohesion among them ii., 185 deride Cortés ii., 195 fights with, on the Sierra ii., 203 at Xochimilco ii., 211 defend the aqueduct of Chapoltepec ii., 229 at Iztapalapan ii., 231 defeat of their flotilla ii., 232 fight on the causeways ii., 235 their exasperation ii., 241 their hatred of white men ii., 249, 273 their bravery at the general assault ii., 253 attack Alvarado and Sandoval ii., 257 their spirit and sufferings ii., 267, 270, 273, 278, 282 sortie of ii., 269 do not bury their dead ii., 272, 279 assault on, at the market-place ii., 282 effect of Guatemozin's capture on ii., 285 evacuate the city ii., 292 remarks on the fall of their empire ii., 296 essay on the origin of the civilisation of the ii., 383 traditions respecting their origin ii., 392

Babel, a temple of Cholula ii., 387 Badajoz, Gutierre de ii., 274 Balboa, Nuñez de i., 122, 135, 434 Banana i., 77 the forbidden fruit i., 439 Baptism, Aztec and Pagan i., 40, 388, 389 Barante ii., 223 Barba, Don Pedro i., 148 Barrio de San Jago ii., 276 Barter, Grijalva's, at the river of Banners i., 126 at the river of Banners i., 168 object of Cortés' expedition i., 140 at Cozumel i., 151 with the Tabascans, see Traffic, 165 Bas-reliefs destroyed i., 81, 365 Battles, Aztecs avoided slaying their enemies in i., 50 of Tabasco i., 159, 160 of Ceutia i., 162 between Aztecs and Tlascalans i., 244, 245, 247, 251, 256, 259, 264 Escalante and Quauhpopoca i., 391 Cortés and Narvaez ii., 36 at the Aztec insurrection ii., 66, 69 at the great temple ii., 84 on leaving Mexico ii., 105, 108 of the Noche Triste ii., 116 of Otumba ii., 124 of Quauhquechollan ii., 144 of Iztapalapan ii., 178, 179, 231 near Cholco ii., 183 at Xaltocan ii., 190 at Tlacopan ii., 193 of Jacapichtla ii., 198 on the rocks of the Sierra ii., 203 at Cuernavaca ii., 206 at Xochimilco ii., 209, 211 at the aqueduct of Chapoltepec ii., 229 naval, with the Indian fiotilla ii., 231 on the Mexican causeways ii., 233 with Alderete's division ii., 253 with the Panuchese ii., 316 Bejar, duke de ii., 317, 355, 357 Belus, on the tower of ii., 463 Benavente, count of i., 449 Bermudez, Augustin ii., 40, 149 Bilious fever. See Vomito Births, consultation at i., 69 Blumenbach on American skulls ii., 463 Bodies of the Tlascalans, painted, See Dead i., 257 Bodleian library, roll and codex in the i., 424, 433 Bodyguard of Montezuma i., 366 of Cortés See Quinones ii., 22 Booty ii., 161, 293, 310 Borunda, the Mexican Champollion i., 62 Botanical garden i. See Floating Gardens, 365 Boturini, Benaduci, Chevalier i., 88, 420, 422, 432, 433, 434 Boturini, Benaduci, Chevalier ii., 428, 457 Bradford's American antiquities ii., 382 Branding of slaves, ii., 143, 187 Brass substituted for iron i., 440 Brazil secured to Portugal i., 470