Aid in a Cholulan conspiracy, 194, 197. Number of, in the Mexican market, 317. Enraged at the profanation of their temples, iii. 20. Aid in building vessels at Vera Cruz, 21. Insurrection by the, 92. Their assaults on the Spanish quarters, 108, 119. Sally against them, 115. Addressed by Montezuma, 123. Insult Montezuma, 124. Their spirit at the storming of the great temple, 130. Cortés’ address to, 134. Their reply, 135. Their combatant spirit, 141. Assault the retreating Spaniards, 168. Measures for rallying, 218. Tlascalan alliance with, rejected, 221. Guatemozin emperor of the, 249. Proceeded against as rebels, 251. Want of cohesion among them, 294. Deride Cortés, 313. Fights with, on the Sierra, 328. At Xochimilco, 344. Defend the aqueduct of Chapoltepec, 374. At Iztapalapan, iv. 3. Defeat of their flotilla, 5. Fight on the causeways, 11. Their exasperation, 23. Their hatred of white men, 34, 74. Their bravery at the general assault, 42. Attack Alvarado and Sandoval, 47. Their spirit and sufferings, 64, 70, 75, 85, 95. Sortie of, 69. Do not bury their dead, 73, 87. Assault on, at the market-place, 93. Effect of Guatemozin’s capture on, 101. Evacuate the city, 107. Remarks on the fall of their empire, 112. See _Guatemozin_ and _Montezuma_. B Babel, coincidences of the tower of, and the temple of Cholula, i. 235. Bachelors subject to penalties, iv. 157. Badajoz, Gutierre de, storms the great _teocalli_, iv. 77. Bahama Islands, i. 284. Expedition to, for slaves, 289. Balboa, Nuñez de, i. 284, 306. Transports brigantines, iii. 302, _note_. Banana, i. 150. The forbidden fruit, 150, _note_. Bancroft, H. H., cited, i. 53, _note_, 72, _note_, 192, _note_, 238, _note_, 289, _note_, 323, _note_, ii. 301, _note_, 306, _note_, iii. 373, _note_, iv. 152, _note_. Bandelier, A., cited, i. 17, _note_, 32, _note_, 36, _note_, 72, _note_, 176, _note_, 238, _note_, 259, _note_, ii. 181, _note_, 183, _note_, 186, _note_, 187, _note_, 191, _note_, 231, _note_. Banner of Cortés, i. 324, ii. 148, _note_. Lost and recovered, iv. 46. See _Standard_. Banners, River of, i. 293, 359. Baptism, Aztec and pagan, i. 78, 240, 241. Barante, on a disclosure in the reign of Louis the Eleventh, iii. 361. Barba, Don Pedro, governor of Havana, ordered to seize Cortés, i. 326. Barba, Pedro, killed, iv. 29. Barbers, Aztec, ii. 167, 314. Barca, Madame Calderon de la, on Mexican love of flowers, ii. 38, _note_. On Tacuba, iii. 374, _note_. On Cuernavaca, iv. 231, _note_. Barks at Ajotzinco, ii. 237. See _Canoes_. Barracks built at Mexico, iv. 31. Barrio de San Jago, iv. 81. Barter, Grijalva’s, at the River of Banners, i. 293, 359. Object of Cortés’ expedition, 315. At Cozumel, 333. With the Tabascans, 356. See _Traffic_. Basque language, i. 251, _note_. Bas-reliefs destroyed, ii. 298.