O'Donojú, Don Juan, 223, 263-266
_Oidores_, 185
Olid, Christobal de, 137, 173, 176, 177
Olmedo, Father, 182
Orizaba, 1
Ortega, General, 346, 356
Otomis, tribe of, 19, 152
Otoncapolco, 164
Otumba, battle of, 168, 170
P
Païnala, 145, 183
Palenque, ruins at, 17, 72-76
Palo Alto, battle at, 311
Paredes, Don Maria, 284, 285, 307, 319
Parian, The, 275
Paseo, 291
Patzcuaro, 63, 68, 194, 230
Payne and Zarate, quoted, 37
Pedraza, Manuel Gomez, 275, 276, 278, 282
_Peones_, 256
Philip II., 9, 199, 214, 219
Philip III., 219
Philip IV., 219
Philip V., 233
Pillow, General, 336
_Pita_, 35
Popocatapetl, 6
Popotla, 164
Pottery of Mexico, 405
Prieto, Guillermo, 346, 416
Princess of Cloth, 92
Puebla, 204, 206, 262, 330, 333, 354, 356
Puebla, state of, 41
_Pulque_, 23, 35
Q
_Quemadero_, 216
Querétaro, 19, 246, 262, 374, 375
Quetzalcoatl, 29;
legends of, 30, 33, 131;
influence of, 32;
statue of, 34
Quinames, 18
Quinatzin, 42
Quiroga, Vasco de, 197, 238
R
Railways in Mexico, 418
_Rebozos_, 296, 406
_Reclamacion de los Pasteles_, 281
Revillagigedo, Don Juan Vicente de Güemes Pacheco de Padilla,
Conde de, 220-222
Robbers, 297
Royal University, founded, 203
Rubio, Manuel Romero, 399
S
Sabine River, 305
Sacramento, 323
Salanueva, Don Antonio, 345
Salm-Salm, Prince of, 375;
Princess of, 378
Saloméa, Pass of, 393
Saltillo, 316
San Christobal, Lake, 12
San Diego, 252
San Juan de Ulóa, 137, 236, 281, 330
San Juan Teotihuacan, 168
San Luis, 19
San Nicholas, Colegio de, 230, 238, 251
Sandoval, Gonzalo de, 173
Santa 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, 398
Schools of Mexico, 415
Scott, Winfield, 323, 324, 328, 330, 337, 339
_Serape_, 406
Shining Serpent, _see_ Quetzalcoatl
Sicuiracha, 65
Small-pox among the Aztecs, 167
Spanish, expelled from Mexico, 274
St. Domingo, 135
Sun, sacrifices to, 102
T
Tabasco River, 133, 139
Tamaulipas, 270
Tangoxoan II., 67, 176
Tarascans, 65;
customs of, 68
Taylor, General, 312, 316, 337, 339
Tecpancaltzin, 28, 36
Tehuacan, 254
"Temple of the Cross," 74
Tenoch, 89, 90
Tenochtitlan, 43, 88, 126, 175
_Teocallis_, 9
Teotihuacan, pyramid of, 18;
city of, 28;
visited by Humboldt, 229
Tepanecas, tribe of, 43, 44, 87, 91.
_Tequila_, 36
Texas, revolts against Mexico, 305;
annexed to the United States, 306;
in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 338
Texcuco, Lake, 12, 219
Texcuco, kingdom of, 44;
golden age of, 53;
literature of, 54;
decline of, 60;
the kingdom divided, 130
Tezcatlipoca, 23, 30
Tezcotzinco, 56
Tezozomoc, king of Azcapotzalco, 44, 94
"Three Guaranties, The," 261
_Tierra caliente_, 402
Tixiacurí, 66
Tizoc, reign of, 101
Tlacopan, kingdom of, 42
Tlatelolca, 97, 167
Tlaxcalla, 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, 172
Tollan, _see_ Tula
Tollanzinco, 24
Toltecs, legend of their origin, 23;
traditions of, 24;
appearance of, 26;
customs of, 27;
duration of the kingdom, 37;
wars, 40;
defeated, 41
Toluca, 28
Tonacatecuhtli, 27
Topiltzin-Meconetzin, 37
Trujillo, 245
Tula, 17, 24, 41, 71
Tzintzuntzan, 66, 67, 198
U
Ulmecas, tribe of, 18
United States, result of the war with Mexico, 339;
action of, regarding the Mexican Empire, 365
V
Valencia, Fray Martin de, 193
Valencia, General, 284, 287
Valenciana, Count of, _see_ Obregon
Valenciana, mines of, 229
Valladolid, 194, 196, 230, 245, 246, 253, 262
"Valley Confederates," 98
Velasco, Luis de, second viceroy, 203
Velasquez de Léon, Diégo, governor of Cuba, 135;
sends Grijalva to Mexico, 136;
is jealous of Cortés, 137
Venegas, Don Francisco, 237, 243, 248, 253
Vera Cruz, 1, 4, 41, 142, 321, 328
Viceroys, 9;
number of, 223
Victoria, Don Felix Fernandez, 273, 274
Vidaurri, General Santiago, 383, 384
Viga Canal, 228, 292
Votan, 80
W
"Wanderings of the Aztecs," picture of, 112
Worth, General, 323, 330, 331
X
Xicalancas, tribe of, 18
Xicotencatl, 152
Xochicalco, pyramid of, 16, 28, 225
Xochimilco, 12
Xochiquetzal, 22
Xochitl, 36, 41
Xoconochco, 106
Xolotl, chief of the Chichimecs, 40, 42
Y
Yturbide, 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;
returns and is executed, 270;
his character, 271
Yucatan, 18, 70, 132
Z
Zamna, 80
Zapotecas, tribe of, 19, 393
Zaragoza, General, 346, 354
Zoquipan, 88
Zovanga, 67
Zumárraga, Fray Juan de, 207
Zumpango, Lake, 12
Zuñiga, Doña Juana de, 183
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