History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 4/4Prescott, William Hickling
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History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 4/4
Prescott, William Hickling
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
Iztapalapan causeway, first crossed by Spaniards, ii. 247.
Described, 248, 284.
Advance on the, iii. 348.
At the junction of the Cojohuacan, iv. 6.
Cannon placed upon the, 7.
Fighting there, 16, 20.
Alderete on the, 39.
Iztapan, 180.
J
Jacapichtla, expedition against, iii. 319.
Jackets. See _Cotton_.
Jalap, ii. 88, _note_.
Jauhtepec, iii. 331.
Java, market-days and weeks in, i. 126, _note_.
Javelin, the Tlascalan, ii. 134.
Jesters, i. 317, ii. 304.
Jewels, i. 218, _note_, 293, iv. 137, 212.
Jews. See _Israelites_.
Jomard on the _new fire_, i. 140, _note_.
Judges, Aztec, i. 42.
In Tezcuco, 43.
Collusions of, punishable with death, 45.
Details respecting, 45.
Montezuma tries the
integrity of, ii. 6.
Twelve, at the Mexican market, 318.
Jugglers, i. 171, _note_, ii. 304, iv. 212.
Julian, fleet burned by, ii. 71, _note_.
Julian year, i. 129, _note_.
Juste, Juan, inscriptions by, iii. 211, _note_, 298.
K
Kings, Egyptian, i. 36, _note_.
Use of the word among the Aztecs, 37.
See _Sovereigns_.
Kingsborough, Lord, publishes Sahagun’s Universal History, i. 103.
Manuscripts in his work, 117, 118, _note_.
Identifies the Teoamoxtli and the Pentateuch, 122, _note_.
On the scientific instruments of the Mexicans, 137, _note_.
Account of his publication of the remains of the Aztec civilization, 143.
On the Aztec knowledge of the Scriptures, 236, _note_.
His Aztec and Israelitish parallelisms, 242, _note_.
On the words Mexico and Messiah, 242, _note_.
Knight-errantry of Cortés, iv. 257.
Knighthood, i. 57, ii. 107, iii. 244, iv. 299.
Knotted strings, i. 114, _note_.
L
Lances, instructions by Cortés respecting, i. 353, ii. 119, 130, iii. 196.
For the Spaniards, iii. 44, 51.
Lands, revenues from, i. 51.
Heldin common, 52, _note_.
For the maintenance of priests, 85.
Cholulan cultivation of, ii. 189.
See _Agriculture_.
Languages, in Anahuac, i. 123, 187.
Tlascalans, ii. 109.
On coincidences as to, in the Old and the New World, i. 248.
Remarks on the Indian, 249;
on the Othomi, 250;
on the Cora, 253, _note_.
Lares, Amador de, i. 311, 318.
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