Valley of Mexico, i. 11, ii. 187, 229, iii. 347. Vanilla, cultivated, i. 150. Vater, i. 234, _note_, 249, _note_, 254, _note_, 256, _note_. Vega, Manuel de la, collection of manuscripts by, iv. 272. Velasquez, Don Diego, i. 288. Conqueror and governor of Cuba, 288. Sends Cordova on an expedition, 289. Despatches Juan de Grijalva to Yucatan, 291. Censures Grijalva, 294. Despatches Olid in search of Grijalva, 295. Armament of, under Cortés, 296, 311, 313. Difficulties of, with Cortés, 304-308. His instructions to Cortés, 315, iv. 284. Jealous and dissatisfied, i. 317. Orders the seizure of Cortés, 323, 326. Partisans of, oppose Cortés, ii. 27, 32, 150. Tries to intercept despatches, 64. Gets no redress, 64. Fits out a fleet against Cortés, 65, iii. 29. Chaplain of, in Spain, complains against Cortes’ envoys, iii. 25. Sends to Spain an account of Cortés’ doings, 28, _note_. His vexation with Cortés, 29. Made adelantado, 29. Intrusts his fleet to Narvaez, 30. Interference with, of the Royal Audience of St. Domingo, 31. Sustained by Duero, in Spain, 236. Capture of forces sent to Vera Cruz by, 237. Ignorant of the fate of his armament, 242. State of things in Spain, in relation to him and Cortés, iii. 355, iv. 139, 144, 149. Fate of, 149. His character, 149. See _Narvaez_. Venezuela, ii. 241, _note_. Venice, Mexico and, ii. 287. Vera Cruz, New, i. 365, ii. 48, _note_. Natives flock to, i. 365. Built at San Juan de Ulua, iii. 33. Narvaez at, 33. Narvaez’s plans for a colony there, 34, 40. The removal to, iv. 156. Vera Cruz Vieja, or Antigua, ii. 48, _note_, iv. 156. See _Villa Rica_. Verdugo, i. 323, iii. 357. Vessels, Aztecs aid in building, iii. 21. See _Armada_. Vestal fires. See _Fires_. Veytia, i. 14, _note_, 26, _note_, 130, _note_, 186, _note_, ii. 180, _note_, 189, _note_. Villafaña, conspiracy of, iii. 356. Villa Rica de Vera Cruz, colonization of, ii. 30, 48, iv. 296. Remarks on, ii. 48, _note_. Arrival of a Spanish vessel at, 56. Despatches to Spain from, 57, 62. Garrisoned, 86. Grado succeeds Escalante at, 358. Sandoval commander at, 359. Rangre commander at, iii. 79. Reinforcements from, cut off, 210. Messenger to, 211. Troops ordered from, 212. Desire to return to, 213. Departure from, for Cuba, 236. Capture of troops sent to, by Velasquez, 237. Ships at, 237, 238, 323, iv. 62. Harbor of, iv. 156. See _Sandoval_ and _Vera Cruz_. Virgin Mary, i. 71, _note_. Appears in battle, ii. 340, iii. 145, 203, _note_. Image of, iii. 16, 132, _note_, 184. Interposition of, in 1833, 184, _note_. Volante, escape of, iii. 311. Volcanoes, remains of, i. 7. The Orizaba, ii. 34, 89, 187. The Cofre de Perote, ii. 91. Popocatepetl, 187, 223, 224. Use of the word, 224, _note_. Region of, iii. 332. Voltaire, i. 99, _note_, iii. 147, _note_. Anecdote by, of Charles V. and Cortés, iv. 240, _note_.