History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 4/4Prescott, William Hickling
History
History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 4/4
Prescott, William Hickling
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
Bridges, arched, at Tlascala, ii. 163.
At Mexico, ii. 250, 256, 284, 286, 336.
Removed, iii. 85, 98.
Demolished, 136, 141.
Restored, 143.
Leaped by Cortés, 145.
Portable, 163, 164, 166.
At Cuernavaca, iii. 334.
In the expedition to Honduras, iv. 179, 181, 194.
See _Breaches_ and _Canals_.
Brigantines, built on Lake Tezcuco, ii. 359.
Burnt, iii. 78.
Built and transported to Lake Tezcuco, 234,
245, 282, 297, 299, 322, 325, 362, 364.
Attempts to destroy, 325.
Canal for transporting, 362.
Launched, 363.
Remains of, preserved, 363, _note_, iv. 153.
Co-operate with the army, iv. 4-11, 37, 48, 99.
Decoyed and destroyed, 28.
Sail from Honduras to Truxillo, 196.
See _Fleet_.
Brinton, Dr. Daniel G., explanations of Mexican mythology
by, i. 14, _note_, 17, _note_, 72, _note_, 73, _note_,
122 _note_, 238, _note_, 243, _note_, 335, _note_, 339, _note_.
Budh, incarnation of, i. 71, _note_.
Buffalo ranges, i. 270.
Buffoons, Aztec, i. 171, _note_.
See _Jesters_.
Bullock, W., on Tezcuco, i. 194, _note_, ii. 367, _note_.
On a basin at Tezcotzinco, i. 198, _note_.
On antiquities at Tezcotzinco, 200, _note_.
On Puebla de los Angeles, ii. 188, _note_
On the pyramids of Teotihuacan, iii. 190, _note_, 192, _note_.
On a banner in the Hospital of Jesus, iv. 46, _note_.
Bulls for the Conquerors, iii. 324, iv. 213, _note_.
Burials, i. 78, _note_.
See _Dead_.
Bustamante, editor of Sahagun’s Universal History, i. 103, 110,
121, _note_, 145, iv. 81, _note_, 117, _note_, 125.
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Cabot, Sebastian, i. 284.
Cacama, king of Tezcuco, rival for the crown, ii. 8, 367, iii. 272.
Favors a friendly reception of Cortés, ii. 14, 366.
Counsels Montezuma, 236, 366.
Mission of, to Cortés, 236, 238.
Accompanies Montezuma, 251.
His plan for liberating Montezuma, 368.
Negotiations with, 369, 370.
Seizure of, and of his confederates, 370.
Brought away from Mexico, iii. 162.
Fate of, 264.
Cacao, i. 150, 161, _note_.
A circulating medium, 191, ii. 318.
Cæsar, Julius, order by, i. 354, _note_.
Calderon, Señor de, iii. 155, _note_.
See _Barca_.
Calendar, Aztec, i. 127, 128, and _note_, 129.
Of the lunar reckoning, 132, 133.
Coincidences with the Asiatic, 247.
Calendar-stone, i. 137, 157, 158, _note_, ii. 292.
Calmecac school, i. 84.
Calpixqui, i. 35, _note_, 54, _note_.
Calpullac, i. 33, _note_, 34, _note_.
Calpulli, or tribes, distribution into, i. 52, _note_.
Camargo, Diego Muñoz, ii. 172, _note_.
Account of, and of his writings, iii. 102.
Cited, 148, _note_, 172, _note_, iv. 299.
Campeachy, Bay of, i. 342.
Canals, for irrigation, i. 150, 350, ii. 189, 240.
Instead of streets, 237.
In the gardens at Iztapalapan, 244.
In Mexico, 282, 286.
Filled up, 169, 282.
For transporting brigantines, iii. 362.
See _Breaches_ and _Bridges_.
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