Huitzilopochtli, the Mexican Mars, account of, and of his image, i. 70, ii. 326. Symbolical character, i. 70, _note_. Incensing of, iii. 86. Image of, thrown down, 133. New image of, iv. 15. View of Spaniards sacrificed to, 52. Prediction respecting, 55, 60. Huitzilopochtli’s temple, human sacrifices at the dedication of it, i. 94. Ashes of Nezahualpilli in the, 218, _note_. Spaniards there, ii. 257. Cathedral on its site, 257, 281, 319, iv. 151. Visited by Cortés, ii. 319. Described, 319, 323. Christian chapel in, iii. 16, 86. Mexicans quartered in, 127. View from it, 127. Stormed, 127. Funeral pyre of, 133. Human monsters at Mexico, ii. 296. Human sacrifices, at the installation of monarchs, i. 37, 94, ii. 4. Of prisoners, i. 49, 56, 94. To Huitzilopochtli, 70, iv. 52. At the funerals of the rich, i. 78. At confession and absolution, 83, _note_. Origin of, in Anahuac, 88. For the god Tezcatlipoca, 89. Of women, 92. Gladiatorial, 92, _note_. Extent of, 94, ii. 53, _note_. At the dedication of the temple of Huitzilopochtli, 94. Measures for procuring victims for, 95, 96, _note_. Influence of, on the Aztecs, 96, 101, _note_, iv. 113. Compared with the Inquisition, i. 98. Voluntary, 98. Practised to some extent by the Toltecs, 100, _note_. At the kindling of the new fire, 141. Of Maxtla, 183. By Nezahualcoyotl, 206. Nezahualcoyotl’s ideas respecting, 206, 214. At the obsequies of Nezahualpilli, 218, _note_. Among the Mongols, 244. At the Isla de los Sacrificios, 294. Not offered at Cozumel, 337. Of Christians wrecked at Yucatan, 340. At the coronation of Montezuma, ii. 5; during his administration, 9. Remains of, near Vera Cruz, 35. Victims for, demanded of the Totonacs, 45. Among Tlascalans, 109. Of captives in the Aztec and Tlascalan wars, 110. Cempoallan envoys seized for, 119. Victims for, released, 173. Fruits and flowers instead of, 182. Number of, at Cholula, 186. Of children, 193. Condemned in Montezuma’s presence, 266. Stench of, in the great temple, 327. Promise from Montezuma respecting, 364. Of Spaniards, iii. 133, 168, 250, 265, 344, iv. 52, 57, 78. See _Cannibalism_ and _Prisoners_.