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
Guatemozin, Montezuma’s nephew, iii. 124, _note_.
Tecuichpo, wife of, 155, _note_, 249, iv. 186, _note_.
Elected emperor, 104.
Rallies for defence of his capital, 249.
Missions to, iii. 283, 295.
His animosity to the Spaniards, 296.
His application to Tangapan, 296, _note_.
Cortés’ desire of an interview with, 312.
Attempts the recovery of Chalco, 320, to relieve Xochimilco, 342.
His policy, 345, iv. 27.
Decoys brigantines, 28.
Proffers to, 34, 66, 89, _note_, 97.
Distributes heads of Spaniards and of horses, 54.
Effect of his machinations, 61.
Council called by, 67.
Will not surrender, 68, 97.
His palace, 71.
Declines meeting Cortés, 89, 97.
Efforts of, to escape, 97.
Captured, 100.
Intercedes for his wife and followers, 100.
His interview with Cortés, 103.
On a monument to, 117, _note_.
Torture of, 130, 142, 144.
Regarded as a rebel, 142.
Suspected, 183.
Executed, 185.
Remarks on, 185.
Guevara, Narvaez’s envoy to Sandoval, iii. 36.
Cortés’ reception of, 39.
His return, 40.
Envoy to Cortés, 53, 56.
Gulf of California, iv. 134, 233.
Penetrated by Ulloa, 235.
Called Sea of Cortés, 237.
Gulf of Mexico, i. 285, ii. 372.
Gunpowder, manufactured, iii. 245, iv. 154.
Guns. See _Cannon_ and _Fire-arms_.
Guzman, captured, iv. 44.
Sacrificed, 57.
Guzman, Nuñez de, at the head of the Royal Audience
of New Spain, iv. 225, 229.
Cortés’ expedition against, 233.
H
Hanging gardens of Nezahualcoyotl, i. 196.
See _Floating gardens_.
Hannibal, ii. 232, _note_, iv. 255.
Hardy, Lieutenant, on Casas Grandes, i. 253, _note_.
Harems, royal, i. 192, ii. 233, 299.
Harvard University Library, maps in, iv. 179, _note_.
Hatuey, on Spaniards and heaven, i. 288.
Havana, i. 289, _note_.
The armada at, 323, _note_.
Orders respecting Cortés at, 326.
See _Cuba_.
Head of a Spaniard sent to Montezuma, ii. 340.
Heaven, the Aztec, i. 76, _note_.
Hatuey’s remark on, 288.
Heckewelder, John, i. 70, _note_.
Heeren, A. H. L., i. 67, _note_, 106, _note_, 111, _note_.
Helmet, the Aztec, i. 59.
Filled with gold dust, ii. 17.
Henry IV. of France, treasury of, iii. 11, _note_.
Hernandez, Francisco, on maize, i. 151, _note_.
On the species of the maguey, 152, _note_.
Panegyrizes tobacco, 169, _note_.
Takes models, 193.
His work on natural history, 193, _note_.
On the gardens of Huaxtepec, iii. 319, _note_.
Herodotus, i. 60, _note_, 67.
Heron, an heraldic emblem, ii. 132.
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