Mexico, interest and importance of, i. 3. Ancient and modern extent of, 4. Climate and products of, 5. Primitive races of, 12-19, 253. Legislative power in, 41. Predictions and prodigies connected with the downfall of, 73, 217, ii. 10-12, 157, 159, 215, and _note_, iii. 3, 6, 269. On the colonization of, by the Israelites, i. 144. Apathy of, respecting antiquities, 199, _note_. Languages of, 249. Hostility to Montezuma in, ii. 7. Mexico, Tezcuco, and Tlacopan, league of, i. 23, 183. Extend their territory, 24, 25. Mexico, city, situation of, i. 11. Called Tenochtitlan, 21. Settlement of the Aztecs at, 21, _note_. Derivation of the name, 21. Map of, referred to, 25. Images spread throughout, 156. Terror there, at the landing of Cortés, ii. 13. The cacique of Cocotlan’s account of, 94. Spanish route to, 228. First view of, by the Spaniards, 230. Seen from Iztapalapan, 245. Entrance of the Spaniards into, 247. Environs of, 248. Streets in, 255. Population of, 255, 288, _note_. Comparison of ancient and modern, 281. Description of, 284, 312. View of, from the great temple, 324. Alvarado takes command of, iii. 44. Insurrection in, 78, 92, 98, 108. Cortés re-enters, 79. Massacre there, by Alvarado, 87. Assault on the Spanish quarters at, 92. Sally of the Spaniards, 115. Fired, 117, 134. Storming of the great temple at, 127-133. Evacuation of, by the Spaniards, 158. Cuitlahua’s acts there after the evacuation, 218. Guatemozin’s measures for defending, 249. Second expedition to, 251. Reconnoitred, 304, 352. Siege of, 366, 376. Assaults on the causeways of, iv. 10. Famine in, 29, 35, 59, 66, 73, 74, 86. General assault on, 38. Measures for securing retreat there, 39, 63. Destruction of buildings at, 63, 72. Want of water in, 73. Seven-eighths of, in ruins, 81. Pestilence in, 87. Murderous assault there, 93. Last assault on, 97. Tempest there, 106. Evacuation of, permitted, 107. Purification of, 107. Loss during the siege of, 108. Remarks on the conquest of, 112. Rebuilding of, 135, 145, 151. Population for, 154. Disturbances in, 199. Cortés’ triumphal return to, 202. Cortés ordered to leave, 208; to keep ten leagues from, 229. Deserted to visit Cortés at Tezcuco, 229. Michoacán, tradition there, connected with the Deluge, i. 233. iii. 296, _note_. Embassy from, iv. 132. Visited, 133. Coliman in, founded, 155. Midwives, baptism by, i. 240, _note_. Mier, Dr., i. 73, _note_, ii. 83, _note_. Military institutions, Aztec, i. 56. Milk, on the use of, i. 270, 271. Milman, on Budh, i. 71, _note_. Mines, and minerals, i. 153. Wrought, iv. 167, 232. Minstrels entertained, i. 171, _note_. Mirrors, Aztec, ii. 314.