Márques, General, joins the _clerigos_, 346; joins Maximilian, 372; becomes quartermaster-general, 375; sent to the capital, 375; his escape, 384 Martin de Valencia, Fray, 208, 211 Martinez, Enrico, 218, 219 Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, 350; his character and aims, 352; arrives in Mexico, 357; his reception, 358; life at court, 360; policy of, 362; appeals to Napoleon, 367; prepares to leave Mexico, 369; goes to Orizaba, 370; influence of the clerical party, 371; returns to Mexico, 372; at Querétaro, 374; his appearance described, 376; a prisoner, 378; death of, 380 Maxixcatzin, 171 Maxtla, 44, 48-51, 92-97 Mayapan, 71, 72 Mayas, 18, 70-82 Mayorga, Viceroy, 226 Meconetzin, 36 Meija, General, 373, 378, 380 Mendez, 378 Mendoza, Antonio de, character of, 191; his administration, 192-202 Merida, 80 Mexcalla, 106 Mexicans, 51 Mexico, climate of, 5; relief of, 6; early races of, 9; government of, 10; natural resources of, 11, 402; roads in, 80; natives of, 185; mines of, 229, 409; society in, 290; women of, 292; soldiers, 308; vegetation, 402; flowers, 403; market-place, 404; schools of, 415; literature of, 416; railways in, 418 Mexitli, 84 Mexitzin, 90 _Mezcal_, 36 Michoacan, 19, 62-69, 106, 176, 194 Mines of Mexico, 229, 409 Miramon, General, joins the _clerigos_, 346, 349; joins Maximilian, 372; advances to Zacatecas, 374; raises troops for Maximilian, 375; taken prisoner, 373; shot, 380 Mitla, 393 Mixcoatl, 40 Mixtecas, 19 Molino del Rey, 334, 360 Monasteries, suppression of, 412 Montaño, 176 Monte de la Cruces, 245 Monteleone, Dukes of, 179 Monterey, 317 Monterey (in California), 314 Montezuma I., 92, 98, 100 Montezuma II., 101, 124; coronation of, 125; court of, 128; interview with Cortés, 147, 157; a prisoner, 159; death of, 161 Montezuma, Conde de, 220 Montezuma's Cypress, 129 Morales, General, 328 Morelia, 194, 251 Morelos, José Manuel, birth of, 250; education of, 251; joins the Independents, 251; defends Cuautla, 252; calls first Mexican congress, 252; appointed captain-general, 253; defeated at Valladolid, 254; captured, 254; shot, 254; his character, 255 Morelos, state of, 41 Mound Builders, 20 Moyotla, 88 Mozarabic liturgy, 413 N Nachan, 71 Nahuas, 19, 20 Nahuatl, language, 19, 27; legends, 22; family, 70 Napoleon I., 235 Napoleon III., 349, 360, 366, 368 Naranjan, Princess of, 65 Nata and Nana, legend of, 23 National Museum of Mexico, 33 Nevada de Toluca, 29 New Mexico, 313, 338 New Spain, extent of, 190 Nezahualcoyotl, 44-61, 96, 98 Nezahualpilli, 105, 125, 130 _Noche Triste_, La, 163 _Nopal_, 87 Noriega, General, 384 Northers, 1, 3 Novella, Francisco, 263, 264 Nueva Leon, 316 O Oaxaca, 275, 392 Obregon, 229 O'Donojú, Don Juan, 223, 263-266 _Oidores_, 185 Olid, Christobal de, 137, 173, 176, 177 Olmedo, Father, 182 Orizaba, 1