Triumphal return of, to Mexico, 202. Superseded by a _juez de residencia_, 204. Further faction against, in Spain, 204. Urged to assert his authority, 208. Ordered to leave Mexico, 208. Ordered to Spain, 210. Arrival of, in Spain, 213. Meets Pizarro, 213. At Guadaloupe, 216. His reception, 217. His interview with the emperor, 218. Marquis of Oaxaca, 220. Gift of land to, 220. Not reinstated in government, 221. Captain-General of New Spain, 222. Second marriage of, 223. Embarks for New Spain, 225. An investigation of his conduct by the Royal Audience, 226. Accused of murdering his first wife, 226. To keep ten leagues from Mexico, 229. Welcome to, at Tezcuco, 229. Retires to Cuernavaca, 230. Expeditions of, for discovery, 232, 235. His final return to Castile, 238. His attendance on the Council of the Indies, 238. Joins an expedition against Algiers, 239. Wrecked, 239. His applications to the emperor, 240. His last letter to him, 241, 337. Prepares to return to Mexico, 243. Sick, 243. His will, 243. Dies, 246. Obsequies of, 247, 342. His children and descendants, 249-250. His character, 251. Ascendency over his soldiers, 254. Compared to Hannibal, 255. As a conqueror, 256. Not cruel, 257. In private life, 258. His bigotry, 259. His dress and appearance, 261. His education, 262. See _Spaniards_. Cortés, Don Luis, iv. 250. Cortés, Don Martin, iii. 25. Exertions of, for his son, iv. 142. Death of, 212. Cortés, Don Martin, son of Cortés by his second marriage, iv. 238. Wrecked, 239. Provision for, 242. Present at his father’s death, 246. Persecuted, 249. Cortés, Don Martin, son of Marina, i. 362, iv. 192, 250. Cosmogony, Humboldt on, i. 75, _note_. Cotton dresses, i. 52, ii. 217, 261. Cotton mail, or escaupil, or jackets quilted with cotton, i. 58, 324, 351, ii. 134, 135. Cottons, given to Cortés, i. 368, ii. 17, 50. Council, of finance, i. 184. Of justice, 184. Of state, 184. Of war, 184. Of music, 185. Council of the Indies, i. 282. Ordinances by the, iii. 355, iv. 140. Reception of Cortés by the, iv. 238. Couriers, i. 55, _note_, 141. Courts, Aztec, i. 43-47. Merchants allowed to have, 164. At the Mexican market, ii. 318. Coxcox, survived the Deluge, i. 233. Cozumel, i. 292, 332-339. Cozumel Cross, i. 238, 239, _note_. Crimes, punishments for, i. 48. Cross, the, a common symbol of worship, i. 335, _note_. See _Crosses_. Crosses of stone, at Palenque, i. 239. Cozumel, 239, _note_. Frequency of, 239, ii. 90, and _note_. Antiquity and generality of, among pagans, 241. In Yucatan, 292. In Cozumel, 334. At Naulinco, ii. 90. On raising, at Tlatlanquitepec, or Cocotlan, 96. At Tlascala, 173, 174. Upon Quetzalcoatl’s temple at Cholula, 217. At Mexico, 328, iii. 16. Pulled down, iii. 132. Cruz del Marques, 336. Crowning of Aztec sovereigns, i. 37. Cruz del Marques, mountain, iii. 336.