Montezuma: Warlord of the Aztecs

Index

Acachinanco (fort), 51 Acamapitchli (tlatoani), 7 Acatlan. See Motecuhzoma II, wives Aguilar, Francesco de, 57, 83, 84 Ahuítzotl (Water Beast), (tlatoani), 12–15, 17, 18, 19, 21–22, 29, 79, 96 Alvarado, Pedro (Tonitiuh), 73; and Toxcatl massacre, 75–78 Amatlan (province), 35 Anáhuac (Valley of Mexico), 3, 6, 29, 43, 48, 63, 72, 89, 96 arrow war, 9 Atlixco (city), 25, 26, 37, 40 Axayácatl (Water Face), (tlatoani), 10–11, 19, 25, 54, 93 Axocacatzin. See Motecuhzoma II, children Azcapotzalco (city), 4, 26, 28, 94 Bridge of the Massacre, 87 Cacamatzin (king of Texcoco), 39, 47, 50, 52, 67–68, 83, 84, 96 Cano, Juan, 94 Ce Acatl (1-Reed), 7, 44–45 Cempoallan (city), 47, 56, 73 Chachiunenetzin. See Motecuhzoma II, sisters Chalco (city), 89 Chapultepec, 30 Charles V, 55, 72, 73 Chichimecs (tribes), 40 Chimalpopoca. See Motecuhzoma II, children Cholollán (city), 16, 36, 37, 40, 41, 48, 73 Cihuacoatl (goddess), 42, 98n. 2 (6) Cihuacoatl (Snake Woman), 6, 10, 21, 28, 93, 98n. 2. See also Tlacaélel Cordoba expedition, 44 Cortés, Hernan, xi–xii, 32; arrival in Mexico, 44–46, arrival in Tenochtitlan, 50–55; attempt to convert Motecuhzoma, 58; captures standard of Huitzilopochtli at Otumba, 88; executes Quauhpopoca, 64; invades Anáhuac, 89; inventories and loots empire, 65, 69; kidnaps Motecuhzoma, 61–63; letters to Charles X, Index 55–56, 69, 82, 84; possible murderer of Motecuhzoma II, 82–84; smashes idol of Huitzilopochtli, 70–71; storms Great Temple, 80; visits Great Temple, 58–60 Cuautémoc (tlatoani), 79, 96; denounces Motecuhzoma I, 81; election of, 89; executed, 93, 105n. 8; surrenders, 91–92; tortured, 92–93 Cuitláhuac (tlatoani), 47, 52, 67, 96; death of, 89; defeats Cortés, 87; determined to fight to the death, 81, 85–86; election of, 79; leadership of, 79 Culhuacan (city), 6 Davies, Nigel, 21 Díaz de Castillo, Bernal, 57, 64–65, 69, 78, 82, 84 Doña Anna. See Motecuhzoma II, children Doña Marina, 45, 49, 54, 61–62, 67 Durán Diego, 22, 83, 85 Eagle Clan, 6, 10, 15–16, 89, 93, 96 Eagle Council, 11, 44, 91, 96 Enemies of the House, 13, 25, 29, 34, 36, 40, 96 flower war, 9 Francesca. See Motecuhzoma II, children Great Temple, 45, 46, 68, 73, 75, 77; Cortés visits, 58–60, 70–71; dedication sacrifice of 1487, 13–15, 51. See also Huitzilopochtli Grijalva expedition, 44 Huaxtecs (tribe), 36 Huaxyacac (region), 34 Huemac (god), 44 Huexotcinco (city), 25, 35, 36, 37–38, 40, 41 Hummingbird. See Huitzilopochtli Huitzilopochtzin, 10 Huitzilopochtli (Hummingbird of the Left), 8–11, 13, 19–20, 22–23, 24, 41–42, 44, 73, 81; idol hidden, 72, 94; idol removed from Great Temple, 71–72; threatens to abandon Anáhuac, 72. See also Cortés, Motecuhzoma II. Icpatepec (city), 28–29 Itzcoatl (tlatoani), 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 Itzcuauhtzin (king of Tlatelolco), 83 Ixtlilxóchitl (king of Texcoco), 39–40, 88 Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de Alva, 83 Lake Texcoco, 3, 4, 42, 88 La Noche Triste, 87, 92 Louis XIV, 32 Macuilmalinaltzin. See Motecuhzoma II, brothers Macuitlapilco, 51 Malinal. See Doña Marina Malinal (Mixtec king), 33 112 index Metztitlan (kingdom), 36 Mixtecs (tribes), 9, 33–35 Motecuhzoma I, 6, 9–10, 11, 96 Motecuhzoma II, Xocoyotl: administration of justice, 26–28; attempts to disperse Mexica army, 77, 80–81; becomes a Spanish tool, 67–68; birth of, 11–12; brothers, 19, 20, 24–25, 37–38; character of, 21–22; children of, 30–31, 69, 78, 79, 87, 89–90, 93–94; classconsciousness , 22–23, 26; confuses Cortés with Quetzalcoatl , 44–46, 53–54, 55, 57; coronation war, 28–29; death of, 82–85; descendants of, 94; description of, 52, 57; election as tlatoani, 18–20; and estates of, 31; funeral of, 85; greets Cortés, 50–54; identification with Huitzilopochtli, 22–23, 96; and imperial palace, 29–30; and imperial state, 31; kidnapped by Cortés, 61–63; legacy of, 93–98; name, xi, 4, 12; and omens, 41–42; panics, 42–44, 50–51; purge of Ahuítzotl’s officials, 21, 26; and Quetzalcoatl, 16, 68; and sister, 24; successors, 94; surrenders sovereignty, 68–69; as Tlacochcalcatl , 16; and Tlatelolco, 25; wars with the Enemies of the House, 36–40; weakened empire, xi–xii, 65, 95–98; wives, 15, 16–17, 30–31; wounded by Mexica...