AAak,78Academy of Fine Arts,226Acamapichtli,90Acapulco,225Acatl,76Acolhuacan,93Aculco,246Aculhuas,42Agave,34Aguilar, Jérome de,138Agustin I.,seeYturbideAhuehuete,22,56Ahuitzotl,105Aldama,248Allende, Ignacio, joins Hidalgo,241;denounced,244;attacked by Calleja,246;forced to retreat,247;captured and shot,248Alta California,190;seealso CaliforniaAlvarado,137,160,163,173,194Amaquemecan,38,42Amecameca,99,208Ampudia, General,318,319,322Anahuac,6,8,12,17,33Anaya, General,334Angostura,323Apan,36Apodaca, Viceroy,259,262Arista, General,311,342Atlantis,21Atzacualco,83Atzcapotzalco,42,43,51Audiencia,184Austin, Moses,304Axayacatl,101,158Ayaxzitl,41Ayotzinco,156Ayuntamiento,184Azoteas,127Aztecs,43;emigration of,83;wanderings of,84;settlement at Chapultepec,86;driven to the islands,87;found Tenochtitlan,88;their civilization,89;extent of the kingdom,106;religion of,107;hieroglyphics,111;paintings,112;religion,114;domestic life,115;laws,115;calendar,116;cycle,118;agriculture,119;character,120;priestesses,121;policy of the nation,123Aztlan,22BBajan, Las Norias de,248Balam,78Barradas,277Basch, Dr.,375"Baths of Montezuma,",57Baudelier, quoted,30,38,170Bazaine, Marshal,356,360,367,371,373Bocanegro,277Bonaparte, Joseph,235Bonpland,224Boot, Adrian,218Branciforte, Marquis of,234,235Bravo, General Don Nicholas,262,268,274,307,321Buena Vista,323Bustamente,262,277,278,285,287,288CCacamatzin,130,154,156Calderon, battle of,247Calderon, Conde de,seeCallejaCalderon, Madame,290;quoted,227,273,282,284,293Calderon, Señor,290California,313,316,338Calleja, General,246,247,252,258Calzadas,80Calzonzi,67,176,189Campeche,132Canoas,92,127Cargadores,4,405Carlotta, Empress of Mexico,350;her character,358,364;goes to Europe,367;interview with Napoleon,368;her madness,369Carratelas,292Casa de Cortés,28Casa Grande,13Casa-Mata,268Catholic Fathers,9,412Cazadero,202Cempoallan,143Cerro de Borrego, battle at,355Cerro Gordo,330Ceutla, ruins at,17Chaak Mool,78Chalcas,66Chalchiuhtlatonac,26,38Chalco, Lake,12,333Chapparral,5Chapultepec,86,127,156,291,338,362,399Charles V.,10,177,214Charles II.,220Charles III.,226,233Charles IV.,227,233Chavero, quoted,117Chiapas,18,71,265Chichimecatl Tecuhtli,41Chichen-Itza,76Chichimecs,26,38-44,64,87Chihuahua,323Chilpantzingo,252Chimalpopoca,91,94Chinampas,228Cholollan,28Cholula, pyramid of,14,100,106,206Cholultecas, massacre of,154Churubusco,333,334Cinco de Mayo,354Clerigos,344Coahuila,338Coatlicue,121Coatzacoalco River,106Colima,62Colorado River,24Columbus,131Comonfort, General,356Conquistadores,8,12,89Contreras, Don Pedro Moya de,216Copan,17,71Córdoba,5Cordova,132Cordova, treaty of,264,266Cortazar, General,285Cortés, Fernando, alluded to,2,3;birth of,135;character of,136;commissioned by Velasquez,127;his squadron,138;at the Tabasco River,139;worshipped as Quetzalcoatl,141;sends gifts to Montezuma,141;visits Cempoallan,143;destroys the ships,144;interview with Montezuma,147;conquers Tlaxcalla,152;at Cholula,154;arrives in Mexico,156;meeting with Montezuma,157;seizes Montezuma,159;expedition to Vera Cruz,160;abandons Mexico,163;retreat from the city,164;gathers a new army,171;campaign against Mexico,173;at Coyoacán,175;conquers Michoacan,176;expedition to Honduras,177;voyages to Spain,178;death of,178;burial in Mexico,179Cortés, Martin,180Cotton,92,406Council of Music,53Coxcox,22Coyoacán,175Cozumel,138Cuahtemoc,167,170,174,175,178Cuauhnahuac,92Cuautla,252Cuba,132Cuepopan,88Cuernavaca,28,225Cuextecas,106Cuicuicatzin,155Cuitlahuac,101Cuitlahuatzin,161,166Cuitzao, Lake,62Culhuacan,23Culhuas,87DDiaz, Bernal,137;quoted,127,148,181Diaz, Porfirio, takes Oaxaca,371;takes Puebla,376,384;a candidate for the presidency,390;at the head of the revolutionists again,392;his earlier life,394;in the war of the reform,395;campaign against Oaxaca,395;an escape from government troops,396;president,398;re-elected,398;his home,399Doblado,346Dolores,240Dominicans,324Dominiguez, Doña Josefa,258"Drinking cup of the Eagle,"101EEscobedo, General,374,375,378Estrada, Gutierrez,299,349FFarías, Valentine Gomez,279,282,307,321,330Ferdinand VII.,234,259Fischer, Father,371Forey, Marshal,356Franciscans,324Fremont, Colonel,316Frijoles,26GGalves, Viceroy,226,228Garces, Fray Julian,204Garibay, Viceroy,236Ghent, Fray Pedro de,192Gonsalez, General Manuel,398Good-Friday in Mexico,294Gorostiza,334Grant, Ulysses, quoted,341Grenaditas, Alhóndiga de,243,248Grijalva, Juan de,132-134Grito de Dolores,242Guadalajara,193,246Guadalupe-Hidalgo, treaty of,338Guanajuato,19,243,409Guardias Rurales,298Guatemala,71,265Guerrero,259;joins Yturbide,261;joins in the Casa-Mata,268;a candidate for the presidency,275;president,277;his government overthrown,277;captured and shot,278Guillermo,346Guzman, Nuño de,184,185-194HHerrara, General,262,307,342Hicuxaxé,66Hidalgo, Manuel, birth and education,238;life at Dolores,240;declares independence,241;Grito de Dolores,242;takes Guanahuato,243;takes Valladolid,245;defeated at Aculco,246;defeated at Calderon,247;captured and shot,248Hidalgo, state of,41Historia Chichimeca,60Holy Brotherhood, tribunal of,203Houston, General,305Huactlatohani,41Huatusco, ruins at,16Huehue-Tlapallan,19,24Huehuetoca,218Huematzin,24Huexotzinco,106Huitzilihuitl,91,92,94Huitzilopochtli,29,87,88,99,105Human sacrifices,102Humboldt, Alexander von, visits Mexico,224-232I"Iguala, Plan of,"261Indian, the name,184Indios,184Inquisition,196,216Iré-Titatacamé,65Istaccíhuatl,6Iturrigaray, Don José de,224,236Itzcoatl,96,97,98Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de Alva,23,44,60,64Ixtlilxochitl, king of the Chichimecs,44,45,94Ixtlilxochitl, of Texcuco,130,154,155,171Izamal,81JJaramillo, Don Juan de,183Jesuits,324Jimenez,247,248Joinville, Prince de,281Jorullo,231Juarez, Benito, his descent,344;governor of Oaxaca,345;president,346;withdraws from the capital,356;advances to Zacatecas,374;enters the capital,386;president,387;character of,389;re-elected,390;death of,390Juarez, Doña Catalina,137,181,182Juntas,235KKinich-Katmo,78LLane, General,340Leon, Diégo Velasquez de,132,135,137Leon y Gama, quoted,117Le Plongeon, Dr., quoted,78Lerdo, Don Sebastian de Tejada,391,396Lerma, River,219Le Teja,372Liberales,344Lopez, General,377Lorencez, General,354Loreto, Fort,331Louis Philippe,281MMaguey,35Malinche, mountain of,46Malintzi, birth and early life,145;in slavery,146;given to Cortés,146;becomes interpreter,147;appearance of,149;escape of,164;