Las Casas, Bartolomé de, on human sacrifices in Anahuac, i. 94, _note_. On ruins in Yucatan, 266. Procures a commission to redress Indian grievances, 286, ii. 73. Protects the natives of Cuba, i. 288. On the censure of Grijalva, 295, _note_. On the father of Cortés, 298, _note_. On Cortés and Velasquez, 309, _note_, 320, 326. On property acquired by Cortés, 310. On the etymology of _adelantado_, 316, _note_. On forced conversions, 338, _note_, iv. 290. On the proclamation at Tabasco, i. 344, _note_. On Tabasco, 346. On the loss at the battle of Ceutla, 355, _note_. On Indian gestures, 361, _note_. On traditions and Montezuma, ii. 10, _note_. Account of, and of his writings, 72-80. His connection with negro slavery, 73. His charity and friendship for the Indians, 73. Bishop of Chiapa, 77. His death and character, 78. Biographies of, 80. On the population of Cholula, 180, _note_. On the massacre at Cholula, 207, _note_. Herrera borrows from, 273. His portrait of Velasquez, iv. 149. Extract from, 290. Las Tres Cruzes, village of, iv. 180. Latrobe, his descriptions, i. 7, _note_. On the calendar-stone, 158, _note_. Describes two baths, 198, _note_. On Indian antiquities, 200, _note_. On Tacuba, iii. 176, _note_. On the interposition of the Virgin, 184, _note_. Describes a cavity in a pyramid, 191, _note_. Law of honor, the Aztec, i. 99, _note_. Lawrence, on animals in the New World, i. 225, _note_. Laws, Aztec, i. 47. Military codes, 60, iii. 254, iv. 324. Nezahualcoyotl’s code of, i. 184. Lead, from Tasco, i. 153. League. See _Mexico_. Legerdemain, i. 171, _note_, ii. 304. Legislative power, i. 41. Le Noir, M., i. 119, _note_, 264, _note_. Leon, Juan Velasquez de, joins Cortés, i. 322. At Tabasco, 349. In irons, ii. 32. At Tlascala, 172. Aids in seizing Montezuma, 342, 344. Guards him, 348. Montezuma’s pleasure in his company, 363. To plant a colony at Coatzacualco, 373. Charged with purloining plate, iii. 12. Narvaez’s letter to, 44. Joins Cortés at Cholula, 48. Fidelity of, 59, 72, _note_, 77. To secure Panuco, 77. Joins Cortés at Tlascala, 79. Tries to calm his anger, 96. Chivalrous, 119. At the evacuation of Mexico, 162. Killed, 181. Fate of gold collected by, 210. Leon, Luis Ponce de, _juez de residencia_, iv. 206. Le Plongeon, Augustus, i. 258 _note_. Lerma, defends Cortés, iv. 43. Lice as tribute, i. 52, _note_. Lieber, Francis, on punishment, i. 184, _note_. Lime, i. 52, _note_, 290, 334, ii. 39. Litters, ii. 44, 238, 251, 346, iii. 46, 200. Livy, cited, iv. 255, _note_. Llorente’s Life of Las Casas, ii. 80. Lopez, Gerónimo, condemns the education given by the missionaries, iv. 165, _note_. Lopez, Martin, ship-builder, ii. 359, iii. 175, 233, 245, 299. Lord’s Supper, rite like the, i. 239, 241.