Mexico

Part 26

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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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