Teuhtlile, a provincial governor, under Montezuma, i. 364. Orders supplies and favors, 370, ii. 16. Teules, iii. 185. Tezcatlipoca, the god, sacrifices to, i. 89, ii. 327. Tezcotzinco, palaces and ruins there, i. 196, 199, 217, 257. Tezcucans, or Acolhuans, arrival of the, in Anahuac i. 17, 177. Their character, 18, 100. Assaulted and beaten, 19, 23, 177. Their institutions, 32-37. In advance of the Mexicans, 100, 219. The divine book of the, 122, _note_. Their dialect, 123, 187. Their fidelity to Young Nezahualcoyotl, 182. Transfer of their power to the Aztecs, 218. Their civilization, 219, 220. Cause of their superiority, 219. Oppose Cortés, iii. 195. In Cortés’ second reconnoitring expedition, 326. Efficiency of, at the siege of Mexico, iv. 19. Desertion of, 56. See _Nezahualcoyotl_ and _Nezahualpilli_. Tezcuco, its situation, i. 10, 11, 17, 177, iii. 281. Meaning of the word, i. 18, _note_, iii. 266, _note_. Requirements of the chiefs of, i. 40. Halls of justice, and pronouncing of sentences in, 46. Golden age of, 176. Historians, orators, and poets of, 188. Contents of its archives, 187. Pile of royal buildings at, 191. Royal harem in, 192. Architecture of, 199. Territory of, clipped by Montezuma, 217, 366. Description of, at the time of the Conquest, 367, _note_. Reception of Cortés at, on his return to Mexico, iii. 83. State of affairs there, 266, 269. Brigantines brought to, 301. Mustering of forces at, 366. Respect to Cortés there, on his return from Spain, iv. 229. See _Cacama_, _Nezahualcoyotl_, and _Nezahualpilli_. Tezcuco lake, its height, ii. 230, _note_, 282. Conjectural limits of, 242, _note_. Dike across, 247. Towns on the, 248, and _note_. Canoes there, 249, 257, iii. 305. Ancient state of, ii. 282, iv. 155. Tides in, ii. 282, _note_. Two brigantines built there, 359. Opened upon the Spaniards, iii. 287. Forded, 306. Brigantines launched on, 363. Indian flotilla defeated there, iv. 5. Thatch, i. 114, _note_, 152. Theatrical exhibitions, i. 124. Theogony of the Greeks, i. 67. Thomas, the Apostle, identified with Quetzalcoatl, i. 73, _note_, 237, ii. 183, _note_. Thread, Mexican, i. 152, ii. 311. Tierra caliente, i. 5, 366, iii. 57. Tierra fria, i. 8. Tierra templada, i. 7. Time, computation of, i. 15, 125. Tin, i. 153. A circulating medium, 161, ii. 318. Titcala, ensign of the house of, ii. 121. Tlacopan, or Tacuba, i. 23, 190, _note_, iii. 175. Head-quarters at, iii. 310. Cortés at, 350. Command at, assigned to Alvarado, 367. Evacuated by the inhabitants, 374. Present state of, 374, _note_. Tlacopan, or Tacuba, causeway, ii. 284. Retreat by the way of it, iii. 158, 164. Carnage there, 167, 311. Tlaloc, a Toltec and Aztec deity, i. 100, _note_.