Emeralds, Mexican use of, i. 155. One of the, sent to Spain, iv. 137. Genuineness of, disputed by Alaman, 137, _note_. Given by Cortés to his second wife, 223, and _note_. Emperor, i. 37, ii. 28, _note_. Encomiendas. See _Repartimientos_. Entertainments, style of Mexican, i. 167. Era, the Mexican, i. 129. Ercilla, cited, iii. 185, _note_, 199, _note_. Escalante, Juan de, ii. 83, 84. Forces intrusted to, 86, 339. Instructions to, from Cholula, 220. Treachery towards, 339. Mortally wounded, 339. Escobar, ii. 32, iii. 126. Escudero, Juan, i. 307. Executed, ii. 66. Estates, held by Aztec nobles, i. 39. Estrada, _juez de residencia_, iv. 207-211. Estrada, María de, a heroine, iii. 168. Estrella’s manuscript, cited, i. 288, _note_, 301, _note_, 303, _note_, 308, _note_, 309, _note_, 318, _note_. Account of it, 331, _note_. Etruscans, cycles of the, i. 128, _note_. Eucharist, rite analogous to the, i. 239. Euripides on purification, i. 241, _note_. Eve, Aztec coincidences as to, i. 236. Everett, Edward, i. 269, _note_. F Fairs, days for, i. 126, 161, ii. 317. Traffic at, i. 161. For the sale of slaves, 162. At Tlascala, ii. 167. See _Market_. Falsehood, a capital offence, i. 185. Famine, in Mexico, iv. 29, 35, 59, 66, 73, 74, 86. At Honduras, 195. Fans given by Montezuma, ii. 59, _note_. Farfan grapples with Narvaez, iii. 66. Feather-work, mantles of, for tribute, i. 52, and _note_. Worn by warriors, 58. Manufacture of, 160. Made by the royal household of Tezcuco, 195. Given to Cortés, 368, ii. 16, 50, 58, _note_, 159, 234. Worn by Tlascalans, 132. Beauty and warmth of, 311. Female snake, i. 34, _note_. Females. See _Women_. Ferdinand and Isabella, state of Spain at the close of the reign of, i. 277. Festivals, for deities, i. 69, 88. At the termination of the great cycle, 140. Festivities, style of, i. 167. Feudal system, in Anahuac, i. 40, _note_, ii. 106. Fever. See _Vómito_. Fiefs, origin of, in Anahuac, i. 39, _note_. Figurative writing, i. 107. See _Hieroglyphics_. Fire-arms, i. 351, ii. 140. All lost in the retreat from Mexico, iii. 181. Supply of, 238. Fires always burning, i. 87, ii. 186, 323, 328. First-fruits for the priests, i. 85. Fish, reservoirs of, ii. 244. Tanks of, 297. Fleet fitted out by Velasquez against Cortés, ii. 65, iii. 32. Narvaez commander of the, iii. 33. Its strength, 33. At San Juan de Ulua, 33. Dismantled, 77. See _Armada_, _Brigantines_, _Flotilla_, and _Ships_. Fleets for discovering a strait, iv. 133, 170. Ruined by the Royal Audience, 233. Flemings in Spain, i. 280, ii. 73. Floating gardens, or chinampas, ii. 240, 249, 283. See _Gardens_. Florida, i. 284, iv. 170. Flotilla, Indian, destroyed, iv. 5. Flowers, fondness for, ii. 37, 38, 191, 230, 316. In the Iztapalapan gardens, 243. Fohi, incarnation of the, i. 71, _note_.