History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 4/4Prescott, William Hickling
History
History of the Conquest of Mexico; vol. 4/4
Prescott, William Hickling
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
Toribio de Benavente, i. 132, _note_, ii. 248, _note_, 251,
_note_, 265, _note_.
Account of, and of his writings and labors, 274-276.
Cited, 297, _note_, 321, _note_, 322, _note_, 367, _note_, iii. 234.
Torquemada, i. 11, _note_, 15, _note_.
Notice of, and of his writings, 64, _note_.
Cited, 76, _note_, 81, _note_, 82, _note_, 84, _note_, 86,
_note_, 91, _note_, 93, _note_, 94, _note_, 95, _note_.
Avails himself of a manuscript copy of Sahagun’s Universal
History, 103.
On Mexican intercalation, 129, _note_.
On women, 149, _note_.
Cited, 156, 172, 191, _note_, 194, _note_.
On the Mexican Eve, 236, _note_.
His Aztec and Israelitish analogies, 242, _note_.
On pilgrims to Cholula, ii. 185, _note_.
On the baptism of Montezuma, iii. 148, _note_.
Torres, Juan de, teacher of Totonac converts, ii. 56.
Tortillas, iv. 32, and _note_.
Tortures, i. 91, iii. 345, _note_.
See _Guatemozin_.
Totonacs, ii. 25.
Their fondness for flowers, 37.
Their feelings towards Montezuma, 42.
Exactions of, by Aztec tax-gatherers, 44.
Cortes’ policy as to, 45.
Join Cortés, 46.
Effect on, of Cortés’ interview with Montezuma’s embassy, 51.
Defend their idols, 54.
Their conversion, 55.
Join Cortés’ expedition, 85, 86, _note_.
Trade, i. 164, ii. 312.
See _Traffic_.
Trades, Aztec, i. 161.
Traditions, instances of similar, in the two continents, i. 233.
Argument from, for the Asiatic origin of Aztec civilization, 251.
As authorities, 268.
See _Oral traditions_ and _Predictions_.
Traffic, i. 161, ii. 108.
See _Barter_.
Transportation of vessels, iii. 302, _note_.
See _Brigantines_.
Transubstantiation, ii. 267, _note_.
Travelling, i. 110.
See _Couriers_.
Treasure, Axayacatl’s, discovered,
ii. 333;
disposition of it, iii. 7, 11, 160.
Found after the siege, iv. 109.
See _Gold_.
Trees, size and duration of, in Mexico and Central America, i. 265.
See _Forests_.
Trials, among the Aztecs, i. 45.
Tribes, i. 52, _note_.
Tribute, kinds of, i. 52, 149.
Items of, furnished by different cities, 52, _note_.
Roll respecting, 53, _note_.
Maps for the, 54.
Burdensome exactions of, prepare the way for the Spaniards, 54.
Montezuma’s exaction of, ii. 7, 44.
Tlascalans, refuse, 110.
Collected for the Castilian sovereign, iii. 6.
Trinidad de Cuba, i. 321.
Truth, punishment for violating, i. 186.
Truxillo, Cortés at, iv. 196.
Tudor, William, ii. 89, _note_, 90, _note_, iii. 190, _note_, 259, _note_.
Tula, capital of the Toltecs, i. 15.
Arrival of the Aztecs at, 20.
See _Tollan_.
Tula, the Lady of, i. 215.
Turkeys, i. 169, 191, _note_, ii. 35.
Tylor, Edward B., his account of Mexican remains, ii. 290, _note_.
Cited, i. 14, _note_, 16, _note_, 70, _note_, 77, _note_, ii. 228, _note_.
Tzin, the termination, iii. 249, _note_.
Tzompach, Hill of, ii. 125, 162.
Tzompanco, or Zumpango, iii. 185.
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Ulloa, discoveries by, iv. 235.
Uxmal, i. 258-266.
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