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Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, Mitla, 393
350; his character and aims, Mixcoatl, 40
352; arrives in Mexico, 357; Mixtecas, 19
his reception, 358; life at Molino del Rey, 334, 360
court, 360; policy of, 362; Monasteries, suppression of, 412
appeals to Napoleon, 367; Montaño, 176
prepares to leave Mexico, 369; Monte de la Cruces, 245
goes to Orizaba, 370; influence Monteleone, Dukes of, 179
of the clerical party, 371; re- Monterey, 317
turns to Mexico, 372; at Monterey (in California), 314
Queretaro, 374; his appear- Montezuma I., 92, 98, 100
ance described, 376; a prison- Montezuma II., 101, 124; coro-
er, 378; death of, 350 nation of, 125; court of, 128;
Maxixcatzin, 171 interview with Cortes, 147,
Maxtla, 44, 48-51, 92-97 157; a prisoner, 159; death
Mayapan, 71, 72 of, 161
Mayas, 18, 70-82 Montezuma, Coude de, 220
Mayorga, Viceroy, 226 Montezuma's Cypress, 129
Meconetzin, 36 Morales, General, 328
Meija, General, 373, 378, 380 Morelia, 194, 251
Mendez, 378 Morelos, Jose Manuel, birth of,
Mendoza, Antonio de, character 250; education of, 251; joins
of, 191; his administration, the Independents, 251; de-
192-202 fends Cuautla, 252; calls first
Merida, 80 Mexican congress, 252; ap-
Mexcalla, 106 pointed captain-general, 253;
Mexicans, 51 defeated at Valladolid, 254;
Mexico, climate of, 5; relief of, captured, 254; shot, 254; his
6; early races of, 9; govern- character, 255
ment of, 10; natural resources Morelos, state of, 41
of, 11, 402; roads in, 80; na- Mound Builders, 20
tives of, 185; mines of, 229, Moyotla, 88
409; society in, 290; women Mozarabic liturgy, 413
of, 292; soldiers, 308; vege-
tation, 402; flowers, 403; N
market-place, 404; schools of,
415; literature of, 416; rail- Nachan, 71
ways in, 418 Nahuas, 19, 20
Mexitli, 84 Nahuatl, language, 19, 27; le-
Mexitzin, 90 gends, 22; family, 70
Mezcal, 36 Napoleon I., 235
Michoacan, 19, 62-69, 106, 176, Napoleon III., 349, 360, 366,
194 368
Mines of Mexico, 229, 409 Naranjan, Princess of, 65
Miramon, General, joins the Nata and Nana, legend of, 23
clerigos, 346, 349; joins Maxi- National Museum of Mexico, 33
milian, 372; advances to Za- Nevada de Toluca, 29
catecas, 374; raises troops for New Mexico, 313, 338
Maximilian, 375; taken pris- New Spain, extent of, 190
oner, 378; shot, 380 Nezahualcoyotl,. 44-61, 96, 98