shorter form of Malintzin, 124, 208, 209, 217
Malintzin, Aztec name for Cortes, 124
Marco Polo, referred to, 37
Maria, Donna, daughter of Cortes, 223
Marina, Malinal, baptized as, 124
Markham, referred to, 4, 63 (footnote), 78, 87
Massacre of Caxamarca, 73-85
Maxixcatzin, 141
Mayas, the, 122
Medellin, native city of Cortes, 117
Mexico, the Gulf of, 3, 116
the country of, 53, 127
Aztec Empire of, 115, 125
shores of, 117
City of, 125, 137, 146-162
Republic of, 126, 224
valley of, 144, 218
King of, 217
Mexitl, one of the names of Aztec war god, 126
Montezuma Xocoyotzin, Emperor
of Mexico, 115; sends messengers to Cortes, 135, 137;
described, 136, 137; and the
Tlascalans, 140, 141; agrees
to receive Cortes, 143; meeting with Cortes, 162-168;
seizure of, 171-173; deposed, 176; end of, 178-180

N

Napoleon at Toulon, referred to, 74 (footnote)
Narvaez, Panfilo de, 174, 175
Navigators, the fifteenth-century, 4
New Andalusia, 7
Newity, Nootka village, 271
Nicuesa, Diego de, 3, 5, 8, 20, 27
Nombre de Dios, 23, 36
Nootkas, the, 271

O

Ojeda, Alonza de, 3; heads first important expedition
along South American coast, 4; second voyage, 5; arrives
at Santo Domingo, 8; adventures of, 10-19; referred to, 55
Olano, Lope de, 21, 22, 24
Ordaz, 144
Orellano, commander under Gonzalo Pizarro, 105
Orgonez, 102, 103
Orinoco, the, 4
Otumba, valley of, 191
Otumies, tribe of, 141
Ovando, an explorer with Nicuesa, 7
Oviedo, quoted, 56, 57, 179 (footnote)

P

Pacific, the, so called by Magellan, 39 (footnote)
discovery of, 39-42
Balboa reaches, 45
Painala, town of, 115
Lord of, 115
Panama, Pedrarias dies at, 50
Pedrarias the founder and governor of, 56
Pizarro living in, 57
Pizarro sends ship to, 62
Pedro de los Rios, governor of, 62
referred to, 63, 65, 66
States, 116
Parnell, W. R., 306-311
"Pearl Coast," the, 4
Pedrarias, 32-35; 42-50; 107
Perez, Gomez, 111, 112
Peru, 40, 53, 63, 64, 66, 68, 93, 95, 105, 109, 237
Peruvians, the, 69-102
Pettis, Congressman Spencer, 255
Philip II., 65
Pizarrists, the, 106
Pizarro, Francisco, 9, 16, 18, 38-40; 48, 54, 55-107
Hernando, 54, 55, 67, 79, 93, 96-108
Juan, 54, 96-99
Gonzalo, the father, 53, 54
Gonzalo, the son, 54, 96-101
Pedro, 90
Pizarros, the, 46,