Tlascala, victims from, for sacrifices, i. 96. Meaning of the word, 111, ii. 188, _note_. Inimical to Montezuma and the Mexicans, i. 307, ii. 110, 113. Cortés’ embassy to, ii. 100, 113; his march towards, 101, 115. Fortification at the limits of, 102, 111, iii. 205. First settlement of, ii. 105. Extent of, 111, _note_. Its population, 121, _note_, 164, _note_. Spaniards enter, 164. Described, 165. Spaniards go from, 179, 188. Cortés’ returnto, from Cempoalla, iii. 80; from Mexico, 207. Fate of gold and invalids left there, 210. Refuse an alliance with Aztecs, 222. Brigantines built there and transported, 233, 245, 254, iii. 283, 297, 299. Triumphal return to, iii. 244. Departure from, against Mexico, 259. Tlascalan allies, ii. 188, 193, 203, 205. Release captives, 206. Enter Mexico, 247. Aztec hatred of, 256, 335. Join Cortés against Narvaez, iii. 50; on his return, 80. Connection of, with the massacre by Alvarado, 90, _note_, 93. Under Alvarado, 95, _note_. Quarters of, 108. In the retreat, 111, 162. Guide Cortés, 185. Their fidelity, 188. In the battle of Otumba, 202. Return to Tlascala, 208. Co-operate, 224-229, 253, 302. Imitate Spaniards, 252. Burn records, 267. At the sack of Iztapalapan, 285. Convey brigantines, 299. Their hostility to Aztecs, 300. Booty demanded by, 315. Noticed, 326, 335, 366. Efficiency of, at Mexico, iv. 23, 39. Desertion of, 56. Their return to, 60. See _Maxixca_. Tlascalans, their early history, ii. 104. Their institutions, 105. Refuse tribute, and fight, 110. Their battles with Montezuma, 111. Battles with the, 116-125, 135-138. Their treatment of the Cempoallan envoys, 117. Effect of cannon and fire-arms on the, 124, 136. Embassies to the camp of, 127, 141, 144. Treason among the, 138. Night attack by them, 143, 144. Embassy from, stopped by Xicotencatl, 145, 146. Spies from the, 154. Reception of Spaniards by, 165. Their character, 168, 169. Their representations of Montezuma, 176. Exempted from slavery, iv. 161. Tlatelolco, i. 116, 157, _note_. Movements for possessing the market-place of, iv. 35, 37, 40, 46. Occupied by the besieged, 73, 79. Distress there, 73. Entered by Cortés, 79. Modern name of, 81. Murderous assault there, 93. Purification of, 107. Rebuilt, 152. See _Market_. Tlaxcallan, i. 111. See _Tlascala_. Tobacco, i. 168, 169, _note_, ii. 304. Tobillos, lances and, iii. 51. Toledo in Spain, Cortés at, iv. 218. Tollan, or Tula, supposed original seat of the Toltecs, i. 12, _note_. Etymology of the name, 13, _note_. Toltecs, account of the, i. 12, 100. Doubtful accounts of their migrations, 20, 253, 267. Tonatiuh, iii. 172. See _Alvarado_. Tools, i. 155, 260.