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  Maxtla, Tepanec empire bequeathed to i., 91 his treatment and jealousy of Nezahualcoyotl i., 92 oppressions i., 93 conquered and sacrificed i., 93 Mechanical arts, Aztec i., 79 Mechoacan ii., 310 Mechoacan ii., 324 Mechoacan ii., 387 Medellin ii., 324 Medellin ii., 347 Medicinal plants in Mexico i., 365 Melancholy night ii., 105 Melancholy night ii., 116 Melancholy night ii., 226 Melchorejo interpreter i., 151 Melchorejo interpreter i., 160 Mendoza Codex i., 61 Mendoza Codex i., 72, 433 Mendoza, Don Antonio ii., 365, 366 Merchandise i., 82 Messiah, the words Mexico and ii., 389 Metals in Ithaca and Mexico i., 123 Mexico interest and importance of i., 9 ancient and modern extent of i., 9 climate and products of i., 10 primitive races of i., 14 primitive races of ii., 393 legislative power in i., 21 predictions and prodigies connected with the downfall of i., 113, 181,  207,  310 predictions and prodigies connected with the downfall of ii., 168, 169 on the colonisation of, by Israelites i., 73 apathy of, respecting antiquities i., 447 languages of ii., 391 Mexico, city, situation of i., 14 called Tenochtitlan i., 16 settlement of the Aztecs at i., 16 map of, referred to i., 29 map of, referred to i., 422 images spread throughout i., 80 Spanish route to i., 315 first view of, by the Spaniards i., 320 seen from Iztapalapan i., 330 entrance of the Spaniards into i., 331 environs of i., 334 streets in i., 340 population of i., 359 population of i., 340 population of i., 360 comparison of ancient and modern i., 357, 361,  476 description of i., 357, 376 view of, from the great temple i., 381 insurrection in ii., 45, 49,  40,  48,  49 massacre there by Alvarado ii., 41 assault Spanish quarters at ii., 66 fired ii., 71 storming of the great temple at ii., 83, 91,  101,  104 Cuitlahua's acts there after the evacuation ii., 137 Guatemozin's measures for defending ii., 156 second expedition to ii., 162 reconnoitred ii., 190, 202,  226 siege of ii., 225, 229 assaults on the causeways of ii., 234 famine in ii., 204, 247,  250,  268,  271,  272 general assault on ii., 251 measures for securing retreat there ii., 251, 257 destruction of buildings at ii., 267, 278 want of water in ii., 272 pestilence in ii., 279 murderous assault there ii., 282 last assault on ii., 283 tempest there ii., 292 purification of ii., 292 remarks on the conquest of ii., 296 rebuilding of ii., 213, 318,  322 population for ii., 323 disturbances in ii., 346 deserted to visit Cortés at Tezcuco ii., 362 Military institutions, Aztec i., 29 Milk ii., 399 Mines and Minerals i., 79 Mines and Minerals ii., 328, 363 Missionaries ii., 326 Missionaries ii., 346, 369,  388 Mitla, ruins of i., 480 Mitla, ruins of ii., 394 Mixtecapan ii., 146 Monastic institutions ii., 459 Money i. See Currency, 82 Montano, Francisco i., 318 Montejo, Francisco de i., 162 Montejo, Francisco de i., 188, 193,  196,  203 Montejo, Francisco de ii., 333 Montejo and Puertocarrero, mission of, to Spain i., 216 touch at Cuba i., 216 touch at Cuba ii., 15 prosecuted before the Royal India House ii., 15 treatment of, by Charles V ii., 16, 17 influence of Fonseca against ii., 16 Monteleone, dukes of i., 344 Monteleone, dukes of ii., 322, 373 Monterey i., 455 Monterey ii., 447 Montezuma II. i., 20 Montezuma II. i., 43 basrelief of, destroyed i., 81, 365 the orthography of i., 455 message to, by Cortés i., 173 accounts of i., 177, 235,  284 accounts of ii., 94 meaning of the word i., 455, 4 his coronation i., 178 benevolent and religious acts of i., 179 hatred of i., 179, 202,  315,  322,  373 principal cause of his calamities i., 180 resurrection and warning of his sister i., 456 dismayed at the landing of Spaniards i., 183 sends presents and forbids Cortés' approach i., 184 sends presents and forbids Cortés' approach i., 459 exactions of the Totonacs by his tax-gatherers i., 202 his efforts to subdue the Tlascalans i., 245 invites the Spaniards to Mexico i., 284 treacherous embassy from, to the Spaniards at Cholula i., 292 Spaniards, the historians of i., 313 tries to bribe the Spaniards to return i., 323 welcomes Cortés through Cacama i., 325 respect for, near the capital i., 328 his visit to Cortés i., 334 Aztec homage to i., 336, 337,  345,  366,  371 his personal appearance i., 337 his reception of Cortés at Axayacatl's palace i., 341 effect of his conduct on the Spaniards i., 343, 348,  408 effect of his conduct on the Spaniards ii., 4 conversation of, with Cortés i., 343 attempts to convert i., 345, 409 attempts to convert ii., 10, 94 visit to, by Cortés i., 344 his palace i., 344, 365 his palace ii., 322 submission of, to Charles V. i., 348 his domestic establishment i., 366 his wives i., 366 his wives ii., 98 his reception of Cortés at the great temple i., 381 history of his seizure i., 395 accompanies Cortés to headquarters i., 397 respect shown to i., 398, 407 his reception of Quauhpopoca i., 398 his life in the Spanish quarters i., 407 his munificence i., 408 plan for liberating, by Cacama i., 410 intercedes for Cacama i., 413 swears allegiance ii., 3 his gifts for the emperor ii., 6 parting of Cortés and ii., 27 sends a messenger to Cortés ii., 49 checks the Aztecs in an insurrection ii., 43 welcomes Cortés, and is coldly received ii., 44 Cuitlahua chosen successor of ii., 46, 123,  137 prevailed on to address the Aztecs ii., 79 wounded ii., 79 last days and death of ii., 82, 94 commends his children to Cortés ii., 94 fate of his children ii., 98, 104,  115,  156,  424,  425,  449 compassion for him ii., 98, 100 his character ii., 97 respect to his memory ii., 100 his successor ii., 137, 155 son of, goes to Spain ii., 352 Moon worshipped i., 447