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Conquest of Mexico
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| 95. | Death of the Emperor Montezuma. |
| 99. | Funeral of the Emperor Montezuma. See the Codices Féjerváry-Mayer, p. 40, and Magliabecchiano, p. 62. |
| 102. | Cortes called a council of his officers. |
| 110. | The "Noche Triste." |
| 130. | Maxixca. See Ixtlilxochitl, p. 207, who speaks of Maxixca as a young, not an old man. In the Lienzo di Tlaxcala (p. 28) he has none of the wrinkles with which in post-conquest drawings old people are usually marked. |
| 136. | They pledged themselves to stand by Cortes. |
| 138. | On Montezuma's death his brother Cuitlahua succeeded him. See the figure with outstretched arms on the large pottery incense brazier in the British Museum. |
| 157. | The Prince Guatemozin crowned Emperor on the death of his Uncle, Cuitlahua. On his left arm is a new maconcatl (see the Codex Duran, p. 18, and Mexican Archaeology, Joyce, p. 1 1 3). At the time of his coronation, Guatemozin was, according to Ixtlilxochitl (p. 262), eighteen years old; Diaz (Maudslay, Vol. IV. p. 184) says twenty-one. His name (more properly, Quauhtemotzin), means Swooping Eagle. "Tzin" at the end of a name indicates "Lord," as Maxixcatzin, Cuitlahuatzin, Cacamatzin. |
| 168. | The Prince Ixtlilxochitl. The name means Black Flower. |
| 180. | They fought up to their girdles in water. |
| 222. | Cortes tore the scroll in pieces. |
| 244. | The Emperor Guatemozin frequently selected the hours of darkness. For Guatemozin's eagle uniform see the Codices Zouche, p. 12; and Vienna, p. 4 (Kingsborough); and Mexican Archaeology, Joyce, p. 123. |
| 254. | Suddenly the horn of the Emperor Guatemozin, the sacred symbol, heard only in seasons of extraordinary peril, sent forth a long and piercing note. |
| 261. | Prisoners for sacrifice had their faces painted, their heads crowned with plumes, and their bodies decorated with tufts of down. |
| 286. | This work of butchery. |
| 290. | Surrender of the Emperor Guatemozin. He is handing over the Imperial standard of Tenochtitlan, broken. |
| 294. | Celebrating the end of their long and laborious campaign. |
| 311. | The torturing of the Emperor Guatemozin. |
| 338. | Execution of the Emperor Guatemozin. Seler's theory that Guatemozin was hung head downwards is discountenanced by Mr. Joyce, who has weighty evidence against it. |
| 467. | Sacrificial Knife. In the British Museum. |
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