Anahuac, i. 11. Extent of, 13, _note_. Meaning of the word, 14, _note_. Forms of government in, 32. Number of human sacrifices in, 94, _note_, 95. See _Aztecs_ and _Mexico_. Andrada, Don Juan, iii. 155, _note_. Animals, artificial, i. 155, _note_, 193, _note_, ii. 16, 58, 217, 313. Animals, of the New World and the Old, different, i. 225. Origin of, in the New World, 227. No useful domesticated, among the Aztecs, 270. Collection of, ii. 295. See _Draught-cattle_. Antigua or Vera Cruz Vieja, ii. 48, _note_, iv. 156. Antiquities, i. 199, 264. Of Cozumel, 335, _note_. Aqueducts, conducting to Tezcotzinco, i. 197. At Iztapalapan, ii. 244. From Chapoltepec, 264, 284, _note_, 292. Destroyed, iii. 374. Arabic manuscripts destroyed, i. 115, 116. Architecture, refinement and, i. 196. Of the Tezcucans, 199, 207. Coincidences with Aztec, 256, 261. Of Palenque, 261. In Yucatan, 292. Of Cozumel, 334. At Cempoalla, ii. 38, 39. Of Tlascala, 166. Marine, at Ajotzinco, 236. At Cuitlahauc, 240. Of Iztapalapan, 243. On the Tezcucan lake, 248. At Mexico, 254. Encouragement of, by Montezuma, 292. After the Conquest, iv. 151. Archives at Tezcuco, i. 187, 192. Argensola, on the house of Cortés, i. 298, _note_. On the detention of Cortés in Spain, 300, _note_. Arithmetic among the Aztecs, i. 124. Ark, coincidences with the, i. 233. Armada, intrusted to Cortés, i. 311. The fitting out of the, 313, 314. Expense of it, 321, ii. 29. Sails, i. 320. Equipment of it, 320, 321, 322. Joined by volunteers, 321. Sails from Havana, 327. Its strength, 328. Chief pilot of the, 328. Sails, 330, 339, 342. Encounters a storm, 332. At Cozumel, 332, 339. At the Rio de Tabasco, 342. Wounded sent back to the, 349. Sails for Mexico, 358. At San Juan de Ulua, Villa Rica, and Vera Cruz, 360, 365, ii. 21. One vessel joins the, ii. 56. One vessel of the, despatched to Spain, 63, 64. Juan Diaz attempts to escape with one of the, 65. Sunk, 68, 69, 70, _note_. See _Brigantines_. Armies, account of Aztec, i. 59. Armor, tribute of, i. 51, 52, _note_. Arms of Montezuma, ii. 264. See _Arrows_. Arrows, defence against, i. 324, 351. Burnt, ii. 350. Discharge of, at the assault in Mexico, iii. 109. Art, few works of Aztec, found, i. 259. Artillery. See _Cannon_. Artisans, Montezuma’s, ii. 305. Astrology, i. 133, 136. Origin of, 136. Astronomy, Mexican, i. 137, 138. Studied, 208, 216. Atlantis of Plato, i. 226. Audience, giving of, by Montezuma, ii. 304. Auxiliaries. See _Indian allies_. Aviary, Aztec, ii. 244, 294, iv. 22, 151.