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
Humboldt, on the extent of the Aztec empire, 5, _note_.
On the extent of Anahuac, 13, _note_.
On the Aztec cosmogony and that of Eastern Asia, 75, _note_.
On the Aztec annals, 113, _note_.
On the Dresden Codex, 119, _note_.
On the publication of Aztec remains, 142, _note_.
His obligations to Gama, 145.
On Indian corn, 148, _note_.
On the _musa_, 150, _note_.
On the American agave, 152, _note_.
On silk among the Aztecs, 160, _note_.
On the peopling of a continent, 231, _note_.
On scientific analogies, 247, _note_.
His definition of _ocelotl_, 247, _note_.
On Mexican languages, 249, _note_.
On Mexican beards and moustaches, 254, _note_.
On the color of the aborigines, 255, _note_.
On diseases in Mexico, 366, _note_.
On the volcano Orizaba, ii. 35, _note_.
On the Cofre de Perote, 91, _note_.
On the mound to Quetzalcoatl, 184, _note_.
On the word _volcan_, 224, _note_.
On Montaño’s ascent, 228, _note_.
Identifies localities, 263, _note_.
On the drain of Huehuetoca, 283, _note_.
On the comparative quantities of silver and gold, iii. 10, _note_.
On the pyramids of Teotihuacan, 191, _note_.
On the avenue to Iztapalapan, 348, _note_.
Humming-birds, i. 234, ii. 294, and _note_.
Husbands, on duties to, iv. 270.
Hymns. See _Songs_.
I
Iceland, early colonization of, i. 228.
Idols, treatment of, at Cozumel, i. 337;
at Cempoalla, ii. 55.
Of the war-god, thrown down, iii. 133.
Destroyed at Peten, iv. 192.
See _Cathedrals_.
Immortality. See _Future Life_.
Impressments for manning the fleet, iii. 365.
Incense, compliments of, ii. 44, 156.
In Montezuma’s palace, 265.
Incensing of Huitzilopochtli, iii. 86.
India, epic poets of, i. 67, _note_.
India House, i. 282, iii. 25.
Indian allies, ii. 118.
Value of the, 123.
On the march against Mexico, iii. 252, 258.
Reconciled by Cortés, 293.
Join Spaniards at Mexico, iv. 30.
Desert, 56.
Return, 60.
In the expedition to Honduras, 177.
See _Cempoallan_, _Chinantlan_, _Cholulan_, _Tepeacan_,
_Tezcucans_, _Tlascalan_, and _Totonacs_.
Indian corn, i. 148, 151, _note_.
See _Maize_.
Indians, Aztecs and, differ, in domestic manners, i. 172.
Repartimientos in regard to, 285, ii. 73.
Commission respecting, i. 286, iv. 206, _note_.
Held in slavery that they may be Christianized, i. 286.
Las Casas insists upon the entire freedom of the, 286.
Treatment of, at Cozumel, 333.
Fight the Spaniards, at Tabasco, 344;
at Ceutla, 351.
Interview with, at San Juan de Ulua, 360.
Aid the Spaniards, 365.
On the civilization of, ii. 74.
Taken by Spaniards, 128.
Find Spanish new-comers to be enemies of the old, iii. 34.
Protected by the Spanish government, iv. 208, _note_.
See _Aborigines_, _Christianity_, _Indian allies_, and _Repartimientos_.
Indians evade Census, iv. 230, _note_.
Indies. See _Council of the Indies_.
Indulgences, papal, for the troops, iii. 324, iv. 213, _note_.
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