Marriage, among the Aztecs, i. 49, 167. Among the Tezcucans, 200. Of Nezahualcoyotl, 202. Of Spaniards with Tlascalans, ii. 170, 174. Martin, Benito, chaplain, iii. 24. Martin of Valencia, iv. 164. Martyr, Peter, on maps and manuscripts, i. 115, _note_, 143, 157, _note_. On cacao as a circulating medium, 161. On a huge beam, 198, _note_. On Flemings in Spain, 280, _note_. On Tabasco, 346, _note_. On a fabric, ii. 17, _note_. On the gold and silver wheels, 18, _note_. Account of, 277. On the dwellings in Mexico, 286, 287, _note_. On the calendar-stone, 293, _note_. On Mexican trinkets, 314, _note_, iii. 7, _note_. On the pusillanimity of Montezuma, ii. 352, _note_. On the insurrection against Alvarado, iii. 92, _note_. On firing Mexico, 134, _note_. On cannibalism, iv. 33, _note_. On an emerald, 137, _note_. Martyrs, Mexican idea respecting, i. 56. Mahometan belief, 77, _note_. Masks, in the Aztec plays, i. 124. Massacre, at Cholula, ii. 201. By Alvarado, iii. 87. At Iztapalapan, 286. Matadero, fortress in the, iv. 153. Matanzas, i. 289, _note_. Maundeville, Sir John, i. 155, _note_. Maximilian, poverty of, iii. 11, _note_. Maxixcatzin, cacique of Tlascala, ii. 141, iii. 80. Welcomes Cortés from Mexico, 207. Cortés quartered in his palace, 209. Present to, 210. Averse to an alliance with Aztecs, 220. Dies of smallpox, 234. Olmedo with, 235. Spaniards in mourning for, 244. Son of, confirmed in the succession, 244. Son of, goes to Spain, iv. 212. Maxtla, Tepanec empire bequeathed to, i. 178. His treatment and jealousy of Nezahualcoyotl, 178. Oppressions by, 182. Conquered and sacrificed, 183. McCulloh, i. 73, _note_, 114, _note_, 133, _note_. Notice of his work, 245, _note_. Meals, i. 168. Montezuma’s, ii. 301. Mechanical arts, Aztec, i. 155, 156-160. Medellin, iv. 156, 201. Medicinal plants in Mexico, ii. 297. Melancholy night, iii. 169-182. Melchorejo, interpreter, i. 333, 347. Menagerie, at Mexico, ii. 295. Mendicity, not tolerated, i. 206. Mendoza Codex, i. 53, _note_. History of the, 117. With an interpretation, 119, _note_. Examined by the Marquis Spineto, 143. The arrangement of, 143. Mendoza, Don Antonio, viceroy of New Spain, iv. 235. Interferes with Cortés, 237. Merchandise, sale and transportation of, i. 162-164. Merchants, Aztec, i. 162. Merida, Cozumel Cross at, i. 239, _note_. Mesa, commander of artillery, i. 349. Messiah, the words Mexico and, i. 242. Metals, in Ithaca and Mexico, i. 168, _note_. Early exportations of, from the Spanish colonies, 285. See _Gold_, _Mines_, and _Silver_. Mexia charges Leon with purloining plate, iii. 12. Mexican Gulf, i. 285. Explored, ii. 372. Mexicans. See _Aztecs_.