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Cortes, Fernando (Continued) | ||
overthrows the idols, | 260 | |
letter to Narvaez, | 270, 271 | |
leaves the city, | 277 | |
negotiations with Narvaez, | 280ff | |
defeats Narvaez, | 282 | |
return march to Mexico, | 285 | |
captures Teocalli, | 291 | |
narrow escape of, | 295 | |
retreats from Mexico, | 296ff | |
arrives at Tlascala, | 302 | |
at Guacachula, | 311 | |
builds brigantines, | 320 | |
proposes name for Mexico, | 322 | |
reviews forces at Tlascala, II, | 8 | |
speech to Tlascalans, | 9 | |
march to Mexico, | 10 | |
at Texcoco, | 15 | |
destroys Iztapalapan, | 18 | |
receives brigantines, | 32 | |
at Tacuba, | 34ff | |
messages to Quauhtemotzin | 40, 41 | |
begins hostilities, | 42ff | |
captures Cuernavaca, | 46 | |
narrow escape at Xochimilco, | 50 | |
begins the siege, | 60 | |
commands brigantines, | 66 | |
second narrow escape of, | 95 | |
wounded, | 97 | |
inspects market-place, | 116 | |
reports on the treasure, | 130 | |
builds ships on the Pacific, | 144 | |
plot to murder, | 144, 145 | |
campaigning in Panuco, | 171ff | |
appointed Captain-General, | 180 | |
dealings with Garay, | 188ff | |
reports ship-building, | 199, 200 | |
on rebuilding Mexico, | 200ff | |
gun casting, | 204 | |
manufactures ammunition, | 205 | |
casts silver culverin, | 211 | |
complains of Velasquez, | 213 | |
converting Indians, | 213, 214 | |
opinions of bishops, lawyers, and doctors, | 214 | |
ordinances of, | 218 | |
expedition to Yucatan and Honduras, | 230 | |
bridge building, | 235, 239, 253ff | |
reports execution of Quauhtemotzin at Peten-Itza, | 274 | |
receives tidings from Nito, | 283 | |
arrives at Nito, | 286 | |
dangerous journey on rafts, | 299ff | |
reception in Honduras, | 308 | |
report of his death, note on, | 321 | |
receives disquieting news from Mexico, | 321ff | |
embarks for Vera Cruz, | 323 | |
reports on slave trade, | 333 | |
sails for Vera Cruz, | 334 | |
in Havana, | 34ff | |
arrival at reception at Vera Cruz, | 335 | |
arrival in City of Mexico, | 336ff | |
accusations against, | 341ff | |
renders an account, | 344 | |
proposes to return to Spain, | 346 | |
petitions a pension, | 347ff | |
reports on South Sea expeditions, | 350 | |
on province of Zapoteca, | 351 | |
his treatment of Nuño de Guzman, | 352 | |
expedition against the Chichimecas, | 353 | |
Coscatlan, note on, II, | 171 | |
Cozumel, discovery of, I, | 16 | |
note on, | 123 | |
Cortes at, | 139 | |
crosses at, | 175 | |
Cronberger, Juan, editions of Cortes 's letters, I, | 103 | |
Cruelty, wholesale executions in Panuco, II, | 193 | |
Cruzada, Bula de la, II, | 138 | |
Cuauhtitlan, II, | 34 | |
Cuba, conquest of, I, | 7 | |
note on, | 123 | |
Cuernavaca, capture of, and note on, II, | 46ff | |
Cuicuitcatzin, I, | 250 | |
Cuitlahuac, description of town, I, | 229 | |
II, | 54 | |
Cuitlahuaczin, note on, I, | 318 | |
measures for defence, | 321 | |
Cuzula, report on, I, | 242 | |
D | ||
Darien, note on, II, | 179 | |
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal, describes sailing of expedition under Cortes, I, | 20, 21 | |
life and writings, | 109 | |
Dircio, Pedro, II, | 43 | |
Duero, Andres de, I, | 281 | |
E | ||
Empire, extent of Aztec, I, | 264 | |
taxes in, | 265 | |
Encomienda, note explaining, II, | 223ff | |
Escudero, Juan, takes Cortes prisoner, I, | 11 | |
hanged, | 167 | |
Espiritu Santo, foundation of, II, | 161 | |
Estrada, Alonso de, note on, II, | 230 | |
Bishop Zumarraga's account of his conduct, | 361ff | |
F | ||
Famine, during the siege, II, | 112, 126 | |
Fernandina, see Cuba |