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life with Cortés,180;marriage of,183;death of,183Marina,seeMalintziMarkets in Mexico,228Márques, General, joins theclerigos,346;joins Maximilian,372;becomes quartermaster-general,375;sent to the capital,375;his escape,384Martin de Valencia, Fray,208,211Martinez, Enrico,218,219Maximilian, 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,380Maxixcatzin,171Maxtla,44,48-51,92-97Mayapan,71,72Mayas,18,70-82Mayorga, Viceroy,226Meconetzin,36Meija, General,373,378,380Mendez,378Mendoza, Antonio de, character of,191;his administration,192-202Merida,80Mexcalla,106Mexicans,51Mexico, 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,418Mexitli,84Mexitzin,90Mezcal,36Michoacan,19,62-69,106,176,194Mines of Mexico,229,409Miramon, General, joins theclerigos,346,349;joins Maximilian,372;advances to Zacatecas,374;raises troops for Maximilian,375;taken prisoner,373;shot,380Mitla,393Mixcoatl,40Mixtecas,19Molino del Rey,334,360Monasteries, suppression of,412Montaño,176Monte de la Cruces,245Monteleone, Dukes of,179Monterey,317Monterey (in California),314Montezuma I.,92,98,100Montezuma II.,101,124;coronation of,125;court of,128;interview with Cortés,147,157;a prisoner,159;death of,161Montezuma, Conde de,220Montezuma's Cypress,129Morales, General,328Morelia,194,251Morelos, 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,255Morelos, state of,41Mound Builders,20Moyotla,88Mozarabic liturgy,413NNachan,71Nahuas,19,20Nahuatl, language,19,27;legends,22;family,70Napoleon I.,235Napoleon III.,349,360,366,368Naranjan, Princess of,65Nata and Nana, legend of,23National Museum of Mexico,33Nevada de Toluca,29New Mexico,313,338New Spain, extent of,190Nezahualcoyotl,44-61,96,98Nezahualpilli,105,125,130Noche Triste, La,163Nopal,87Noriega, General,384Northers,1,3Novella, Francisco,263,264Nueva Leon,316OOaxaca,275,392Obregon,229O'Donojú, Don Juan,223,263-266Oidores,185Olid, Christobal de,137,173,176,177Olmedo, Father,182Orizaba,1Ortega, General,346,356Otomis, tribe of,19,152Otoncapolco,164Otumba, battle of,168,170PPaïnala,145,183Palenque, ruins at,17,72-76Palo Alto, battle at,311Paredes, Don Maria,284,285,307,319Parian, The,275Paseo,291Patzcuaro,63,68,194,230Payne and Zarate, quoted,37Pedraza, Manuel Gomez,275,276,278,282Peones,256Philip II.,9,199,214,219Philip III.,219Philip IV.,219Philip V.,233Pillow, General,336Pita,35Popocatapetl,6Popotla,164Pottery of Mexico,405Prieto, Guillermo,346,416Princess of Cloth,92Puebla,204,206,262,330,333,354,356Puebla, state of,41Pulque,23,35QQuemadero,216Querétaro,19,246,262,374,375Quetzalcoatl,29;legends of,30,33,131;influence of,32;statue of,34Quinames,18Quinatzin,42Quiroga, Vasco de,197,238RRailways in Mexico,418Rebozos,296,406Reclamacion de los Pasteles,281Revillagigedo, Don Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco de Padilla, Conde de,220-222Robbers,297Royal University, founded,203Rubio, Manuel Romero,399SSabine River,305Sacramento,323Salanueva, Don Antonio,345Salm-Salm, Prince of,375;Princess of,378Saloméa, Pass of,393Saltillo,316San Christobal, Lake,12San Diego,252San Juan de Ulóa,137,236,281,330San Juan Teotihuacan,168San Luis,19San Nicholas, Colegio de,230,238,251Sandoval, Gonzalo de,173Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de,267;his connection with Yturbide,273;at Oaxaca,275;defeats a Spanish force,277;becomes president,278;in Texas,279;a prisoner,280;defeats a French squadron,281;his home at Manga la Clava,282;rivalry with Pedraza,283;with Meija,284;president again,287;at the head of the army,308;returns from Cuba,320;in the war with the United States,330-338;retires to Jamaica,340;made Dictator,344;conspires against the government,387;banished,388;death of,388,398Schools of Mexico,415Scott, Winfield,323,324,328,330,337,339Serape,406Shining Serpent,seeQuetzalcoatlSicuiracha,65Small-pox among the Aztecs,167Spanish, expelled from Mexico,274St. Domingo,135Sun, sacrifices to,102TTabasco River,133,139Tamaulipas,270Tangoxoan II.,67,176Tarascans,65;customs of,68Taylor, General,312,316,337,339Tecpancaltzin,28,36Tehuacan,254"Temple of the Cross,"74Tenoch,89,90Tenochtitlan,43,88,126,175Teocallis,9Teotihuacan, pyramid of,18;city of,28;visited by Humboldt,229Tepanecas, tribe of,43,44,87,91.Tequila,36Texas, revolts against Mexico,305;annexed to the United States,306;in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo,338Texcuco, Lake,12,219Texcuco, kingdom of,44;golden age of,53;literature of,54;decline of,60;the kingdom divided,130Tezcatlipoca,23,30Tezcotzinco,56Tezozomoc, king of Azcapotzalco,44,94"Three Guaranties, The," 261Tierra caliente,402Tixiacurí,66Tizoc, reign of,101Tlacopan, kingdom of,42Tlatelolca,97,167Tlaxcalla, subject to the Chichimecs,41;the name,46,47;Cortés goes to,144;position of,151;resists the Spaniards,152;forced to make peace,153;head-quarters of Cortés,172Tollan,seeTulaTollanzinco,24Toltecs, legend of their origin,23;traditions of,24;appearance of,26;customs of,27;duration of the kingdom,37;wars,40;defeated,41Toluca,28Tonacatecuhtli,27Topiltzin-Meconetzin,37Trujillo,245Tula,17,24,41,71Tzintzuntzan,66,67,198UUlmecas, tribe of,18United States, result of the war with Mexico,339;action of, regarding the Mexican Empire,365VValencia, Fray Martin de,193Valencia, General,284,287Valenciana, Count of,seeObregonValenciana, mines of,229Valladolid,194,196,230,245,246,253,262"Valley Confederates,"98Velasco, Luis de, second viceroy,203Velasquez de Léon, Diégo, governor of Cuba,135;sends Grijalva to Mexico,136;is jealous of Cortés,137Venegas, Don Francisco,237,243,248,253Vera Cruz,1,4,41,142,321,328Viceroys,9;number of,223Victoria, Don Felix Fernandez,273,274Vidaurri, General Santiago,383,384Viga Canal,228,292Votan,80W"Wanderings of the Aztecs," picture of,112Worth, General,323,330,331XXicalancas, tribe of,18Xicotencatl,152Xochicalco, pyramid of,16,28,225Xochimilco,12Xochiquetzal,22Xochitl,36,41Xoconochco,106Xolotl, chief of the Chichimecs,40,42YYturbide, Agustin de,260;announces "Plan of Iguala,"261;takes Valladolid,262;enters the capital,264;made president,265;proclaimed emperor,266;crowned,267;deposed,268;leaves the country,268;declared a traitor,268;


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