Sismondi, on blasphemy, iii. 255, _note_. Skins, use of human, iii. 265, _note_. Skulls, i. 95, ii. 93, 329. Coincidences with Mexican, i. 255. Morton’s work on, 256, _note_. Scarceness of Aztec, 256, _note_. Slavery, Aztec, i. 48, 54, iv. 244. Slaves, sacrificed, i. 78, 83, _note_. Traffic in, 162, 163. Eaten, 170. Expedition to the Bahama Islands for, 289, 291, _note_. Female, given to Cortés, 356, 361, ii. 52. Bring gifts to Montezuma, ii. 16. Sent to Spain, 63. Owned by Las Casas, 73. Wait on Spaniards at Mexico, 260. For sale in the Mexican market, 315. Branded, iii. 225. Given to Spaniards by the Mexicans, 226, _note_. Hung, 257. Scruples of Cortés as to, iv. 159, 244. Exemption of, 181. See _Negro slaves_ and _Repartimientos_. Smallpox, iii. 77, _note_, 234. Smoking, i. 168, 169, _note_. Snuff, taken, i. 169. Soldiers, i. 56. Nezahualcoyotl’s kindness to disabled, 206. Solís, Don Antonio de, i. 320, _note_, ii. 30, _note_. On Cortés, ii. 33, _note_, 46, _note_. On Montezuma’s oath of allegiance, iii. 5, _note_. On Cuitlahua, iii. 246. Account of, and his writings, iv. 119-125. Songs and hymns, i. 123. Sons, counsels to, i. 167, _note_, 168, _note_. Sotelo, catapult by, iv. 82. Sothic period, i. 133, _note_. Southey, i. 58, _note_, 141, _note_, ii. 131, _note_, 245, _note_, iv. 6, _note_. Sovereigns, Aztec, i. 33, 57. Influence of priests on, 97. Presents to, by merchants, 163. Reproved, 195. Power of, for ameliorating the condition of man, 219. The title, ii. 28, _note_. Spain, at the close of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, i. 278. Subsequently, 279. Gold despatched to, by Velasquez, 296. Titles applied to the royal family of, ii. 28, _note_. Despatches to, by Cortés, 57, 63, iii. 239. Chivalry in, iii. 340. Faction in, against Cortés, 354, iv. 139, 142, 204, 209. See _Charles V_.