Outline of the Period -- Revolt of Coyuhuacan -- Nezahualcoyotl on the Throne of Tezcuco -- Conquest of Quauhtitlan, Tultitlan, Xochimilco, and Cuitlahuac -- Conquest of Quauhtitlan -- Destruction of the Records -- Death of Itzcoatl and Accession of Montezuma I. New Temples at Mexico -- Defeat of the Chalcas -- Troubles with Tlatelulco -- Conquest of Cohuixco and Mazatlan -- Flood and Six Years' Famine -- Conquest of Miztecapan -- The Aztecs conquer the Province of Cuetlachtlan and reach the Gulf Coast -- Final Defeat of the Chalcas -- Campaign in Cuextlan -- Birth of Nezahualpilli -- Improvements in Tenochtitlan -- Embassy to Chicomoztoc -- Death of Montezuma I. and Accession of Axayacatl -- Raid in Tehuantepec -- Chimalpopoca succeeds Totoquihuatzin on the Throne of Tlacopan -- Nezahualpilli succeeds Nezahualcoyotl at Tezcuco -- Revolt of Tlatelulco -- Conquest of Matlaltzinco -- Defeat by the Tarascos -- Death of Axayacatl 400 CHAPTER IX. THE AZTEC PERIOD -- CONCLUDED. Reign of Tizoc -- Nezahualpilli defeats the Huexotzincas -- Ahuitzotl, King of Mexico -- Campaigns for Captives -- Dedication of Huitzilopochtli's Temple -- Seventy Thousand Victims -- Totoquihuatzin II., King of Tlacopan -- Mexican Conquests -- Conquest of Totonacapan -- Aztec Reverses -- Successful Revolt of Tehuantepec and Zapotecapan -- Conquest of Zacatollan -- Anecdotes of Nezahualpilli--New Aqueduct, and Inundation of Mexico -- Montezuma II. on the Throne -- Condition of the Empire -- Montezuma's Policy -- Unsuccessful Invasion of Tlascala -- Famine -- Conquest of Miztecapan -- Tying-up of the Cycle in 1507 -- Omens of coming Disaster -- The Spaniards on the Coast of Central America -- Trouble between Mexico and Tezcuco -- Retirement and Death of Nezahualpilli -- Cacama, King of Acolhuacan -- Revolt of Ixtlilxochitl -- Final Campaigns of the Aztecs -- The Spaniards on the Gulf Coast -- Arrival of Hernan Cortés 436 CHAPTER X. HISTORY OF THE EASTERN PLATEAU, MICHOACAN, AND OAJACA.