AGUILAR, GERÓNIMO DE, interpreter, 7, 9
Aguilar, Marcos de, 373
Albarado, Pedro de, xxxi–xxxii; commands first company in Tacuba, 167; a setback while besieging the capital, 189–91; sent south to subjugate Tatutepec and Tecoantepec, 236; ordered ahead to resist Garay’s landing, 254–8; sent on expedition to Guatemala, 267–8; governor there, 364
Albórnoz, Rodrigo de (contador), xlvi, 369
Alderete, Julián, 377
Algiers, xvii
Altamirano, Diego, 364
Avalos, Juan de, cousin of Cortés, 359
Avila, Gil González de, 307, 325, 326, 346, 349, 350–3
Avila, Juan de, 261
Avila, Pedro Arias de, local governor, 288, 361, 363
Ayllón, Lucás Vázquez de, 101
Barrientos, Hernando de, 164
Becquar, Duque de, xv
Castelleja de la Cuesta, xix
Castromocho, 257
Cempoal: first visited, 32; headquarters of Narváez, 102
Cermeño, Diego, 33
Cerda, Antonio de la, 261
Chirinos, Per Almíndez (veedor), xlvi, 287, 289, 368
Cholula, xxxvi, xl; massacre in, 56–8
Ciguacoacin, 226
Colón, Don Bartolomé, xxvi
Colón, Don Diego, Admiral, xxvi, 247, 254
Contreras, Alonso de, 349
Córdoba, Francisco Hernández de, xiii, 1–2
Córdoba, Gonsalvo de (the Great Captain), ix, xxxiii
Corral, Cristóbal, 155
Cortés, Hernando: his life, ix–xix; the man, xix–xxv; sets out for Yucatán, 3; founds Vera Cruz, 18–20; breaks up ships, 34; his march to the capital, 32–69; marches against Narváez, 101; re-enters capital, 109; besieged there, and forced to retreat, 109–124; arrives safely in Tlascala, 125; sets out on reconquest, 138; makes a circuit of the lakes before attacking the capital, 154–165; the brigs’ first victory, Cortés encamps on the causeway, 171–3; besieges the capital, 174; dangerous setback, in which he nearly loses his life, 195–9; unsuccessful attempts at peace, 208, 219; the capital surrenders, 228; he settles at Cuyoacan, 229; goes north to the Pánuco, 247–255; royal provisions arrive forbidding Garay’s interference, 254; Pánuco rebels and is again subjugated with great severity, 262–6; he builds four ships on the southern coast, 269–70; leaves Mexico for Honduras, 287; builds the great bridge, 297; arrives at Nito, 326; voyages up the great gulf, 331; founds a town on the northern coast, 345; proceeds to San Andrés, 346; returns to New Spain via Habana, 368; receives Luis Ponce de León, 372; deals with accusations made against him to the King, 373–9
Cortés, Martin (father), ix
Cortés, Martin (son), xxiv
Cozumel, Island of, xxxi, 2, 4–8, 358
Cristóbal, 305
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal, xiii, xix, xxi, xxix–xxxiii
Dircio, Pedro, 155
Escudero, Juan, 33
Estrada, Alonso de (treasurer), xlvi, 287, 289
Fernando, Don, ruler of Tezcuco, 180
Figueroa, 101
Fonseca, Don Juan de, Bishop of Burgos, 245, 254, 274
Garay, Francisco de: first encounter with Cortés, 34–6; men of his party killed by natives, 247; reported to be about to land at Pánuco, 247; actually lands, with hostile intentions, 253–6; but then acknowledges royal warrant, 258; he comes to Cortés in Mexico, 260–1; arranges a marriage between the families, 261; and dies, 263
Gomara, Francisco López de, xix, xx, xxix
Grijalba, Juan de, xiii, 2, 257–8, 261
Guanacacón, ruler of Tezcuco, 142–3
Guatimucìn: succeeds Muteczuma, 131; refuses to appear before Cortés, 222, 223; captured, fleeing in a canoe, 227; still kept a prisoner, 271; hanged for treason in Honduras, 305–6
Gulf of California, xvi
Guzman, Cristóbal de, 198
Hernández, Francisco, captain, 363, 364
Huitzilopocthli, 220
Hurtado, Diego de, cousin of Cortés, 267
Istrisuchil, 180
Iztapalapa: first visited, 67; description, 67; narrow escape at, 146; taken in the reconquest, 145–146
Jamaica, 34
Jeronymite Fathers, 2
Las Casas, Bartolomé de, xiii, xxiv, xxxiv–xxxvii, xlv.
Las Casas, Francisco de, 288, 347, 350–353, 357, 363
León, Juan Velázquez de, 100, 103
León, Luis Ponce de, xv, 370–2
López, Vincente, 257
Malinalco, expeditions against, 201, 203–4
Malinche, xlvii (and see note to Marina on p. 382)
Marina, a native Indian girl, 57, 313
Martin de San Juan, 257
Medellín (Spain), ix
Medellín (New Spain), founded, 231
Medina, Juan de, 261
Merlo, Rodrigo de, 366
Monjaraz, Andrés de, 155
Montejo, Francisco de, 20, 31, 376
Muteczuma: first heard of by Cortés, 32; requests Cortés to advance no further on the capital, 66; greets Cortés, 69; imprisoned, 75–6; estate and personal service, 96–7; death, 112
Narváez, Pánfilo de, xxvii–xxix, 100–107
Nieto, Diego, 325
Nombre de Dios Pass, 38
Ocampo, Diego de (alcalde mayor), 255–9, 377
Olid, Cristóbal de, xxxii; commands second company in Cuyoacan, 167; sent on expedition to Honduras, 267; reported treachery in league with Velázquez, 280; his condust in Honduras as reported by the colonists, 348 et seq.; his death, 352
Oñate, Cristóbal de, xxxi
Orduña, Francisco de, 256
Otumba, Battle of, xx
Paz, Rodrigo de, xlvi, 290, 360
Peñate, Alonzo, 33
Portocarrero, Alonso Fernández, 20, 31, 376
Quejo, Juan Bono de, 245
Quiñones, Antonio de, 278, 281
Rangel, Rodrigo, 269
Recalde, Juan López de, 274
repartimiento, xi, xxiii, xxiv, 365
Rojas, Gabriel de, 364
Sáavedra, Hernando de, 361, 367
Salazar y Peralmírez, Gonzalo de (factor), xlvi, 280, 287, 289, 368
Sandoval, Gonzalvo de, xv, xxviii, xxx–xxxi; ordered to arrest Narváez, 105; sent on expedition to Chalco, 147; brings back the brigs, 148–150; again sent to help the Chalco Indians, 153; commands third company in attack on the capital, 167; takes Iztapalapa, 170; joins Cortés on the causeway via Cuyoacan, 175; wounded slightly, 175; conducts successful expedition against Temascalcingo, 203–5; sent north to quell tribes, and founds town of Medellín, 231; in charge of expedition in Honduras, 363
Santisteban del Puerto founded, 251
Segura de la Frontera founded, 130
Tabarda, 261
Tapia, Andrés de, xxiii, xxvi, 201
Tapia, Cristóbal de: arrives at Vera Cruz, 231; persuaded to re-embark, 234; after-effects of his visit, 243, 245
Tenochtitlan: first sighted, 62; Cortés enters, 69; description, 86–94; final surrender, 228; its rebuilding, 271–3
Tianquiz, Indian market, 194
Tlascala: fighting in, 41–47, peace made with, 48; return to, 125
Troche, Gaspar, 354
Ulloa, Lorenzo de, 261
Ungría, Gonzalo de, 33
Urrea, Father Pedro Melgarejo de, 232
Valdenebro, Diego de, 234
Valenzuela, 358
Vallejo, Pedro de, 256
Velázquez, Diego, xi–xiv, xxv–xxvii; finances first expedition to Yucatán, 1–3; colonists beseech the Emperor that no power be given him in New Spain on account of his misdeeds in Haiti, 26–7; sends Narváez to New Spain, 100; his partisans devise treason against Cortés in New Spain, 237–9; reported to be about to land at Pánuco, 247; persuades Olid to betray Cortés, 280
Vera Cruz, Rica Villa de, founded, 18
Verdugo, Francisco, 155
Villafaña, Antonio de, 238
Villafuerte, Juan Rodriguez de, 155
Ximénez, Cardinal, 2
Xúñiga, Doña de, xv
Yuste, Juan, 149