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
Cholula, traditions connected with Quetzalcoatl at, i. 72,
ii. 10, 182, iii. 6.
Coincidences of the tower of Babel and the temple of, i. 235.
Account of, ii. 3, 180, 182, 185.
Pilgrims to, 187.
Entered by the Spaniards, 190.
Massacre, 213, _note_.
Junction of Cortés and Velasquez de Leon at, iii. 44, 49.
Olid’s countermarch on, 228.
Cholulan allies, iii. 228, iv. 56.
Cholulans, ii. 100.
Distrust of, 100, 176, 178.
Summons to the, 177, 178.
Embassy from the, 178.
Their reception of the Spaniards, ii. 190.
Conspiracy of the, 194.
To aid Cortés, 197.
Massacred, 201.
Efforts to convert, 216.
Christianity, ideas, rites, and usages not unlike to, among
the Mexicans, i. 69, 78, 82, ii. 333.
Measures for conversion to, i. 286, 356, 357, ii. 55, 90,
96, 97, 170, iv. 190, 192.
Similarity of Quetzalcoatl’s teachings to, ii. 182, _note_.
On conquest for conversion to, 209.
Duty to convert to, 209.
Attempts to convert Montezuma to, 261, 265, 364, iii. 14.
Maxixca, 235;
his son, and Xicotencatl, 244.
After the Conquest, iv. 152, 165.
Rapid spread of, 166.
See _Cortés_.
Christians, in captivity, i. 315, 333, 339.
See _Christianity_.
Chronology, i. 126, 129.
Churches, iii. 184, iv. 78, 152.
Cihuaca, cacique, killed, iii. 200.
Cihuacoatl, title of Mexican magistrate, i. 42, _note_.
See _Cioacoatl_.
Cimatlan, phonetic sign for, i. 111.
Cioacoatl, Eve and, i. 236.
Circulating medium, i. 161, ii. 318.
Cities, division of, i. 82.
See _Towns_.
Civilization, Mexican claim to, i. 97.
Of the Tezcucans over the rest of Anahuac, 219.
Essay on the origin of Mexican, 225;
similarity and dissimilarity of, in the two continents, 232;
two general conclusions respecting it, 272.
In Yucatan, 290, 292.
In Cozumel, 334.
At Tabasco, 350.
Of Tlascala, ii. 107, 109.
As shown in Indian manuscripts, 63, _note_.
Of Indians, discussed, 74.
At Iztapalapan, 242-245.
In Mexico, 271.
See _Refinement_.
Clavigero, i. 4, _note_, 14, _note_.
On Boturini’s authorities, 14, _note_.
Dates from, 22, _note_.
Notices of, and of his Storia antica del Messico, 26, 64.
On the high-priest, 81, _note_.
On the number of human sacrifices, 94, _note_.
Catalogue of Mexican historians by, 112, _note_.
On Aztec fairs, 126, _note_.
On Mexican dialects, 249, _note_.
On the population of Tlascala, ii. 121, _note_.
Clemencin, on coins, ii. 18, _note_.
Clement VII., pope, iv. 213, _note_.
Cloths, Mexican, i. 58, 159, ii. 181.
See _Cotton_, _Feather-work_, and _Mantles_.
Coanaco, made cacique of Tezcuco, iii. 264.
Joins the Aztecs, 264.
Puts Spaniards to death, 264.
Destroys his brother, 265.
Escapes from Tezcuco, 268.
Captured, iv. 100.
Coatepec, town of, iii. 263.
Coatzacualco, ii. 372, iii. 77, iv. 177.
Cochineal, i. 159, ii. 87, 314, _note_.
Cocotlan, ii. 93.
Code, military, iii. 254, iv. 324.
See _Laws_.
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