Prisoners, usually sacrificed, i. 49. Zeal to make, 60, 95, ii. 125, iii. 344. Treatment of, at Cozumel, i. 333. Tabascan, taken by Cortés and sent to their countrymen, 355. Aztec plan in regard to Spanish, ii. 194. At the Cholulan massacre, 205. Released by Tlascalans, 206. Spaniards made, and sacrificed, iii. 344, 349, iv. 45, 49, 52, 57. See _Human sacrifices_. Prizes, distribution of, i. 186. Proclamation at Tabasco, i. 344. Prodigies. See _Predictions_. Property of infidels and pirates, ii. 209, _note_. Protestants, Catholics and, i. 358, ii. 56. Their rights to discoveries, ii. 210, _note_. Provisions, in the Mexican market, ii. 315. Distress for, on the retreat, iii. 186. Camp supplied with, iv. 32. See _Famine_. Puebla de los Angeles, ii. 188, _note_. Puertocarrero, Alonzo Hernandez de, i. 322, 349, 359. Deposition of, ii. 28, iv. 291. Alcalde of, Villa Rica, ii. 30. See _Montejo_ and _Puertocarrero_. Pulque, i. 48, 152, 171. Punishments, i. 47. Absolution substituted for, 83. Object of 184. For falsehood, 184. Pyramids, at Cholula, ii. 183, 187, 204. At Teotihuacan, iii. 189. Q Qua, changed into Gua, iii. 249, _note_. Quails, sacrificed, i. 88, _note_. Quauhnahuac. See _Cuernavaca_. Quauhpopoca, an Aztec chief, deceives Escalante, ii. 339. Sent for by Montezuma, 343, 349. Burnt, 350. Quauhquechollan, or Huacachula, iii. 227-229. Quauhtitlan, iii. 185, 307, _note_. Quetzalcoatl, the god of the air, account of, i. 71, 358, ii. 182. Temple to, at Cholula, i. 73, ii. 183. Fate of, i. 73. Tradition respecting, favorable to the future success of the Spaniards, 73, ii. 8, iii. 3, 6. Meaning of the word, i. 73, _note_. Identified with the apostle Thomas, 73, _note_, 237, ii. 183, _note_, with Noah, i. 73, _note_. Mythological character, 73, _note_. Analogies with Scripture suggested by, 236. Helmet worn by, 368. Mound to, ii. 183. Does not aid the Cholulans at the massacre, 203. Firing of the temple of, 203; cross put upon its ruins, 217. Temple of, at Mexico, 329. Quiñones, Antonio de, captain of Cortés’ body-guard, iii. 362. Aids in saving Cortés’ life, iv. 44. Killed at the Azores, 138. Quintana’s Life of Las Casas, ii. 80. Quintero, Alonso, i. 300. Quippus, recording events by the, i. 114, _note_. R Racine, cited, i. 190, _note_, iii. 250, _note_. Raffles, Sir Stamford, i. 126, _note_. Ramirez, José F., his views of human sacrifices and cannibalism, i. 97, _note_; of the destruction of the fleet by Cortés, ii. 72, _note_. Cited, i. 100, _note_, 154, _note_, 221, _note_, 371, _note_, ii. 257, _note_, 263, _note_, 318, _note_, 349, _note_, iii. 88, _note_, 166, _note_. Rangre, Rodrigo, commander at Villa Rica, iii. 79. Mission to, 211. Takes troops sent by Velasquez, 237. Purchases a ship with military stores, 238. Ranking’s Historical Researches, i. 208, _note_, 244, _note_.