Avila, Alonso de, joins Cortés, i. 322. Fights, 343, 346, 350. Aids to seize Montezuma, ii. 342; Narvaez, iii. 60. Before Cortés, in behalf of the soldiers, iii. 76. Tries to calm Cortés, 96. In the retreat from Mexico, 162, 175. At the battle of Otumba, 200. Despatched to St. Domingo, 243, _note_; to Spain, iv. 138. Captured by the French, 138. Axayacatl, Aztec sovereign, Tlascalans oppose, ii. 110. His treasure, 333, iii. 7-10. See _Treasure_. Axayacatl’s palace, ii. 257, 258, iii. 107. Spaniards quartered in, ii. 257, 258. Chapel in, 333. Montezuma’s confinement in, 347. Return of Cortés to, iii. 85. Spaniards besieged there, 92. Assaulted by Aztecs, 108. Fired, 111. Commanded by the temple of the war-god, 127. Destroyed, iv. 21. Ayllon, the licentiate, sent to stay Velasquez’s expedition, iii. 31. Joins the fleet, 31. Seized and sent back, 35. His report, 35. Released, 355. Azcapozalco, a slave-market, i. 162, 183, iii. 307, _note_. Aztecs, or Mexicans, civilization of the, i. 1, 62, 218, 225, ii. 316. Extent of their country, i. 4, iv. 112. Quarter from which they came, i. 20, _note_. Time of their arrival at Anahuac, 20, 22, _note_, iv. 112. Their migratory habits, i. 20, 242. Settlement of, at Mexico, 21. Domestic feuds and secession among them, 22. Extent of their territory just before the arrival of the Spaniards, 26. Form of government among the, 33. Election and installation of sovereigns, 35. Legislative and judicial system among them, 41. Great aim of their institutions, 56. On calling them barbarians, 62, _note_. Compared with Saxons of the time of Alfred, 62. Comparison of modern Mexicans and, 62. Their mythology, 70. Cycles, 74, 127, _note_, 129, 232, 246. Ideas of future life, 76. Their claims to civilization, 98, iv. 112. Compared with Europeans of the sixteenth century, i. 98. Their law of honor, 99, _note_. Their manuscripts, 114. The Teoamoxtli, or divine book of the, 122, _note_. Their literary culture, 123. Measurement of time, 125. Their cycle called an “old age,” 128, _note_. Astrology, 136. Astronomy, 137. Their festival at the termination of the great cycle, 140. Their agriculture, 148. Acquaintance of, with plants, 153; with minerals, 153; with the mechanical arts, 155, 159. Their domestic manners, 165. Differ from North American Indians, 172, 254, _note_. Character of the, original and unique, 173. Nezahualcoyotl unites his forces with the, 182. Beat and sacrifice Maxtla, 182. Transfer of power to, from the Tezcucans, 217. Essay on the origin of the civilization of the, 225. Traditions respecting their origin, 251. The first communication with them, 293-295. Orders to Cortés respecting the treatment of them, 315. Their condition, and disgust with Montezuma, at the time of Cortés’ arrival, ii. 8. Defeated by Tlascalans, 110.