# About Mexico - Past and Present/Index

Table of Contents
INDEX.
A. :
| Aguilar, | 380 |
| death of, | 381 |
| Alvarado's cruelty, and its cost, | 211 |
| American Board of Foreign Missions, | 387 |
| Aguas, Manuel, converted to Protestantism, | 382 |
| Aztecs, | 34 |
| are defeated, and their capital is destroyed, | 236 |
| armor, | 62 |
| born warriors, | 61 |
| children, | 114 |
| cruelties, | 83 |
| doctrine of future life, | 83 |
| education, | 116 |
| festivals, | 89 |
| home rules, | 113 |
| language, | 111 |
| laws, | 50 |
| manuscripts, | 110 |
| marriage, | 121 |
| rebel against Spaniards, | 203 |
| ruins, | 42 |
| schools, | 117 |
| softer traits, | 122 |
| tactics, | 66 |
| traditions, | 37 |
| tyranny, | 129 |
| writings, | 107 |
| B. ||
| Bible secretly circulated, | 365 |
| Bravo, Miguel, | 275 |
| C. ||
| Cacama, Tezcucan chief, | 185, 203 |
| Capital of Mexico, Cortez' first view of, | 183 |
| Cempoalla, | 151 |
| Chapultepec Castle, | 328 |
| Chihuahua, | 352 |
| Children, mode of training, | 113 |
| naming of, | 115 |
| sold for sacrifice, | 123 |
| Cholula a sacred city, | 170 |
| pyramid of, | 32 |
| Cibola, seven cities of, | 261 |
| Civilization, ancient Mexican, | 92 |
| Columbus the Pathfinder, | 17 |
| Cortez, | 135 |
| ascends Popocatapetl, | 180 |
| as missionary, | 154 |
| Aztecs rebel against, | 203 |
| besieges and destroys City of Mexico, | 236 |
| cool reception, | 140 |
| Cuban jealousy of, | 208 |
| enters Tlascala, | 225 |
| expedition of, | 135 |
| march toward Mexico, | 158 |
| rallies at Otumba, | 223 ​ |
| Cortez reinforced from Cuba, | 227 |
| retreats from city, | 217 |
| returns and captures Tezcuco, | 229 |
| Country decides to be republican, | 282 |
| Creoles, | 267 |
| D. ||
| De Cordova, | 131 |
| Dress, modes of, | 101 |
| E. ||
| End of Spain's power, | 284 |
| Enslavement of Indians, | 252 |
| F. ||
| Feathered Serpent, 75 | 129 |
| Festivals, Aztec, | 89 |
| Franciscan friars arrive, | 247 |
| Friends, mission of, | 386 |
| Funeral rites, | 103 |
| G. ||
| Grijalva's expedition, | 134 |
| Guadalajara, | 356 |
| Guadalupe Victoria, | 280 |
| Guanajuato, | 355 |
| Guatemozin betrayed, | 243 |
| surrenders, | 236 |
| Gulf of Mexico discovered, | 131 |
| H. ||
| Harbors, | 336 |
| Hidalgo, | 270 |
| betrayal and death, | 274 |
| plots for independence, | 272 |
| Homes, Mexican, | 95 |
| Hungry Fox, story of the, | 124 |
| temple of the, | 72 |
| I. ||
| Idols burnt in the street, | 157 |
| torn down, | 206 |
| Improvements, | 339 |
| Indian hucksters, | 310 |
| Indians enslaved, | 252 |
| Inquisition set up, | 265 |
| Iturbide, | 278 |
| abdicates, | 283 |
| banished, | 283 |
| proclaimed emperor, | 282 |
| strikes for liberty, | 282 |
| Iztapalapa, | 186 |
| J. ||
| Juarez, Benito, | 285 |
| death of, | 305 |
| exiled, | 294 |
| recalled | 294 |
| services of, | 289 |
| struggling for liberty, | 299 |
| Jesuits expelled, | 265 |
| L. ||
| Lake Zumpango drained, | 256 |
| Las Casas, 251, | 254 |
| Laws and government, Aztec, | 50 |
| M. ||
| Manners of the people, | 101 |
| Marina, first American Christian, | 143 |
| Martyrs, Protestant, | 392 |
| Maximilian executed, | 304 |
| sent over as emperor, | 297 |
| Mendoza, first viceroy, | 253 |
| Mexico before the conquest, | 22 |
| early settlers, | 29 |
| mineral wealth, | 27 |
| present government, | 305 ​ |
| Mexico, productions, | 25 |
| railway, | 309 |
| wealth, first glimpse of, | 20 |
| Mexico, City of, ancient, | 96 |
| cathedral of, | 320 |
| destroyed, | 236 |
| education in, | 325 |
| houses, | 322 |
| markets of, | 316 |
| new city described, | 314 |
| rebuilt, | 240 |
| residents, | 326 |
| water-supply, | 316 |
| Mexico, Gulf of, discovered, | 131 |
| Mexitli, the Aztec capital, | 39 |
| Michoacan, gospel introduced into, | 396 |
| Mines and minerals, | 344 |
| Missions, American Board of Foreign, | 387 |
| Friends, | 386 |
| Methodist, | 387 |
| Presbyterian, | 384 |
| Rankin, Miss, pioneer missionary, | 371 |
| Riley, Rev. H. C., | 381 |
| Monterey, | 351 |
| missionary work, | 375 |
| Montezuma, Cortez preaches to, | 191 |
| Cortez sends presents to, 1 | 44 |
| death of, | 213 |
| meets Cortez, | 187 |
| presents from, | 146 |
| seized and held a captive, | 199 |
| submits as vassal, | 204 |
| Morelos and his heroes, | 275 |
| N. ||
| Narvaez defeated and captured, | 210 |
| Narvaez sent to supersede Cortez, | 208 |
| New government of Mexico, | 253 |
| New Seville, | 151 |
| Orizaba, | 307 |
| P. ||
| People, | 346 |
| mode of living, | 347 |
| Picture-writing, 108 | 111 |
| Plants, | 342 |
| Police in cities, | 354 |
| Popocatapetl ascended, | 180 |
| described, | 329 |
| Presbyterian missions, | 384 |
| at Capulhuac, | 390 |
| at Zacatecas, | 391 |
| statistics, | 386 |
| Priesthood, corruption of, | 266 |
| Puebla, | 358 |
| Q. ||
| Queretaro, | 355 |
| R. ||
| Railway, | 309 |
| Railroads, | 336 |
| Rankin, Miss, pioneer missionary, | 371 |
| Reformation, Bible secretly circulated, | 365 |
| principles, | 360 |
| Reporting, Mexican method of, | 145 |
| Riley, Rev. H. C, | 381 |
| Ruins, ancient, | 32 |
| Aztec, | 42 ​ |
| Ruins in New Mexico, | 46 |
| Toltec, | 32 |
| S ||
| Sacred places and people, | 70 |
| Santa Anna president of Mexico, | 290 |
| Schools, | 117 |
| Seasons, | 339 |
| Slaves set free, | 289 |
| Spain despoiled Mexico, | 262 |
| end of power, | 284 |
| grasping policy of, | 259 |
| Spanish cruelty, | 244, 250 |
| invaders as missionaries, | 136 |
| T ||
| Temple of Hungry Fox, | 72 |
| Temples, ancient, | 78 |
| Tezcucans, | 54 |
| Tliacalans, | 161 |
| Tlascalans, battle with the Spaniards, | 164 |
| Toltecs, | 31 |
| history of, | 34 |
| ruins of, | 32 |
| V ||
| Vera Cruz, | 307 |
| Villages, Indian, | 36, 242 |
| Virgin Mary, Indian, | 109, 331 |
| Votan, | 29 |
| W ||
| War with the United States, | 289 |
| Worship, early, | 70 |
| Writing, origin of, | 106 |
| picture-writing, | 108-111 |
| Z ||
| Zacatecas, | 355 |
THE END.