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When Montezuma Met Cortes

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by Matthew Restall


  Cuitlahua (Cuitlahuatzin), 15, 141, 259, 265, 286, 362, 370

  Cuitlahuac, 13, 15

  Cuitlahuatzin, 449n

  Dallas (TV drama), 251

  Dalton, William, 192

  Darién, 158

  Deary, Terry, 85, 394–95n

  De Bry, Theodore, 97, 112–13, 405n

  Descent from the Cross, 199

  Descola, Jean, 110

  Díaz del Castillo, Bernal, True History of the Conquest of New Spain, xxvi–xxviii, 4, 78, 89, 253, 261, 285, 291, 293, 338–40

  authorial role, xxvii, 373–74n

  cannibalism and human sacrifice, 86, 93–94, 96–97

  Cortesian legend, 155, 166, 175–76, 185, 187, 188, 190, 238

  enslavement, 299–300, 308–10, 311

  the Meeting and Surrender, xxv–xxix, 50–51, 60, 62, 63, 338–40

  Montezuma’s death, 227

  Montezuma’s zoo-complex, 123, 124, 129, 132, 134

  Phoney Captivity, 216, 220

  title page, xxiv, xxv–xxvi

  Díaz de Solís, Juan, 158, 166, 167, 177

  Dilworth, W. H., 52–53, 215, 238

  Diplomatic gift giving, 127–28, 131–32, 135–36

  Diseases, 314–15, 317

  Donal, Francisco, 175

  Dryden, John, 102–6, 113, 117, 196

  Durán, Diego, 41, 90, 97, 100, 109–10, 117, 131, 132, 141, 198, 220

  Duverger, Christian, xxvii, 231, 278, 374n

  Ecce Homo, 197, 428n

  Edict of 1548, 294–96

  Ehecatl, 100

  Elcano, Sebastián, 274

  El Cid, 225, 334

  Elliott, John, 174, 178

  Encomiendas, 157, 180–81, 275, 302, 303, 305, 306, 324, 325

  Enslavement of indigenous people, 296–311, 339, 458n

  Epiphany, 42–43

  Escalante, Juan de, 190

  Escoiquiz, Juan de, 25, 43–44, 56, 75, 196, 230, 244, 245

  Escudero, Juan, 171

  Escudero, Pedro, 177

  Esménard, Joseph-Alphonse, 69

  Esquivel, Juan de, 158

  Esquivel, Laura, 290

  Étienne de Jouy, Victor-Joseph, 69

  Etzalqualiztli, 146, 148, 266

  Eyewitness reports, xxvii–xxviii, 374n

  Fall of Tenochtitlan, 172, 265–70, 311–18. See also Noche Triste

  Battle of Otompan, 34–35, 318, 336

  conquistador numbers, 311–14

  destruction of aviaries by Cortés, 123–24

  massacre at festival of Toxcatl, 254, 265, 361, 434n

  Phoney Captivity and, 219

  raping and looting, 309, 310–11

  smallpox, 314–15, 317

  Tetzcoca-Tlaxcalteca and, 259–65, 316–17

  timeline, xvii–xviii

  traditional narrative, 18, 20, 252–53, 311–14

  Fat Cacique, 310–11

  Faudree, Paja, 16, 381–82n

  Featherwork, 111–13, 127, 128, 405–6n

  Ferdinand II of Aragon, 55, 164

  Fernand Cortez (opera), 69–70, 247, 444n

  Fernández-Armesto, Felipe, 3, 19

  Fernández de Oviedo, Gonzalo, 60–61, 62, 128, 151, 195

  Figueroa, Vasco Porcallo de, 168, 303

  Filgueira Valverde, José, 189, 216–17

  Flight of 1520, 57–58

  map, viii–ix

  timeline, xvii–xviii

  Florentine Codex, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 67–68, 99, 124, 131–32, 199, 204–5, 376n, 386n

  Flores, Francisco, 220

  Florida, 158

  Florin, Jean, 128

  Flower Wars, 317, 462n

  Fonseca, Juan Rodríguez de, 165, 170–74, 177

  Franciscans, 40–41, 82, 84–85, 240–41, 321, 343–44, 353–54, 467–68n

  French Revolution, 108, 329–30

  Frías, Heriberto, 106

  Frieze of American History (Capitol Rotunda), 24, 25–27, 383n

  Fuentes, Carlos, xxv, xxvii, 290

  Galingo, Juan, 306–7

  Gallego, Pedro, 286, 366

  Gamboa, Martín de, 220

  Garay, Francisco de, 172, 174, 285, 316

  García, Gregorio, 45, 242, 402n

  Garrido, Juan, 284, 300

  Gemelli, Giovanni, 49, 74, 76–77, 109–10, 129, 286, 394n, 427n

  Genocide, 89, 328–30, 347–48, 464–65n

  Godoy, Diego de, 166, 186

  Gómara, Francisco López de, 86, 107, 153–56, 195, 214, 236–37, 277

  Cortesian legend, 153–56, 161–68, 235, 236–37, 253, 291, 383n

  Huitzilopochtli, 96–97

  the Meeting and Surrender, 40, 41, 47, 48, 50, 59, 60, 62, 63, 214, 215

  Montezuma’s zoo-complex, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128, 130, 133, 134, 136

  myth of Cortesian control, 185, 188, 190, 191

  Phoney Captivity, 214, 215, 222

  as secretary-hagiographer, 153, 236–37, 417n, 437–38n

  violence and brutality, 316

  Gónzález, Diego, 305

  González, Ruy, 58–59, 61, 317–20, 325

  Gopnik, Adam, 281

  Grado, Alonso de, 185, 186, 286, 366

  Grafton, Sue, 333

  Graham, Elizabeth, 92

  Granada, 55, 164, 299

  Granada, Francisco de, 175, 306

  Grant, Ulysses, 393–94n

  Graulich, Michel, 198

  Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, 90, 93–94, 96–97, 125, 130–31, 139–40, 351

  Grijalva, Hernando de, 276, 306, 451n

  Grijalva, Juan de, 30–31, 78, 136, 160, 165–69, 172, 325, 361, 366, 395n

  Grotius, Hugo, 322

  Grounding of ships, 188–91, 425–26n

  Gutiérrez, Ana, 306

  Gutiérrez, Francisco, 306

  Gutiérrez, Pero, 287

  Guzmán, Eulalia, 250

  Guzmán, Nuno Beltrán de, 272, 275–76, 452n

  “Halls of the Montezumas,” 349, 350

  Harris, Marvin, 90–91, 398n

  Hassig, Ross, 126, 145, 260, 315

  Hatuey, 158, 165, 200

  Henry VIII of England, 114

  Hernán Cortés (opera), 70

  Hernán Cortés; or The Return of the White God (Descola), 110

  Hernández, Santos, 175–76, 306

  Hernández de Córdoba, Francisco, 165–68, 325

  Hernández de Puertocarrero, Alonso, 127, 170–71, 176, 185–88, 190

  Hernandia (Ruiz de León), 244–45

  Hero, Cortés as, 29, 34, 169–70, 242–48, 441–42n

  Herod, 42–43, 73, 343

  Heroic Poem (Escoiquiz), 43–44, 244

  Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 45, 62, 126

  Hippolyte, Saint, 56

  Hispaniola, 154–59, 164–65, 171, 306

  Historical theory, 18–20

  History as Encounter, 334–35

  History of America (Robertson). See Robertson, William

  Holocaust, 326

  Holy relics, 135

  Honduras, 173, 201, 270, 273, 309–10, 340, 362, 364, 365

  Hospital de Jesús, 232, 233–34, 346–48

  Houston, Sam, 350

  Howard, Robert, 102–6

  Huanitzin, Diego de Alvarado, 270, 271, 370

  Huaxtepec, 132, 295

  Huexotzinco, 10, 209, 210, 462n

  Huey Miccailhuitl, 266

  Hueytecotzin, Martín, 203

  Huey tlahtoani, 140–42, 199, 220, 222, 257

  Huitzilihuitl, 200

  Huitzilopochtli, 83, 95–99, 152

  Aztec representations of, 97–99, 400–401n

  Cortés as, 101, 102

  festival, 146

  Human beings, in zoo-complex, 125–27

  Human sacrifice, 77–95, 106, 151, 152

  comparative perspective, 89–92

  determining numbers, 85–86

  European stereotypes of, 77–88, 134, 395–96n

  Great Temple evidence, 90, 93–95

 
Huitzilopochtli and, 95–97

  as justification of Conquest, 79–83, 102

  Montezuma’s zoo complex and, 134

  Inca Empire, 102–3, 237

  Indian Emperour, The (play), 103–6, 117, 196, 403n

  Indian-Queen, The (play), 102–3

  “Indians,” 78, 81, 86–87, 111–12, 296–97, 326–27

  enslavement of, 296–311, 339, 458n

  Invasion of 1519, 181–91, 337–38. See also Cholollan Massacre

  April 22 landing, 181–83

  burning of ships, 188–91, 425–26n

  captains’ documents, 185–88

  infighting among Spaniards, 184–86

  Itztlolinqui’s story, 201–5

  map, viii–ix

  march to Cholollan, 208, 209, 210

  march to Tenochtitlan, 202–11

  the meeting of Cortés and Montezuma. See Meeting, the

  Quauhpopocatl, 200–201, 203–4

  role of Aztec-Totonac political negotiations, 182–84

  timeline, xvi–xvii

  Tlaxcalteca battle, 144–45, 205–8

  traditional narrative of, 204–5, 208

  Isabella I of Castile, 55, 164

  Isabella of Portugal, 390n

  Itzcoatl, 141

  Itzquauhtzin, 199, 224, 225, 226

  Itztlolinqui, Juan de Guzmán, 201–5

  Ixtlapalapan (Iztapalapa), 12, 14, 15, 218, 255, 261–62

  Ixtlilxochitl, 41, 218–19, 258, 341

  brief biography of, 362–63

  Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de, 41, 47–48, 117, 138, 198, 203, 209, 259, 260–62

  Tetzcoco campaign, 262, 263–65

  Iztaccihuatl, 10, 379

  “Jackal,” 124, 409n

  Jamaica, 158, 339, 364

  January-August campaign of 1521, xviii, 255–56

  Jayme the Conquistador, 243–44

  Juana of Castile, 186

  Juárez, Catalina. See Suárez, Catalina

  Julius Caesar, 188, 189, 212, 236–38

  “Just war,” 61, 81, 237, 330, 393–94n

  Keats, John, 156–57, 418n

  Keegan, John, 229

  Kendall, George Wilkins, 349

  Kislak Paintings, 27–28, 30–35, 197, 384–85n

  Krauze, Enrique, 193, 346

  Language and label, xii, 359–60

  La Noche Triste. See Noche Triste

  Las Casas, Bartolomé de, 58–61, 83, 94, 136, 150, 193, 249–50, 266, 334

  Cortés-Velázquez feud, 163–64, 187

  Huitzilopochtli, 96–97

  the Meeting and Surrender, 39–40, 58–61

  the Requirement, 16, 381–82n

  violence and slavery, 78, 81, 92, 318–19, 320

  Lasso de la Vega, Gabriel, 50–51, 107, 152, 156, 243–44, 416n, 442n

  León-Portilla, Miguel, 352

  León y Gama, Antonio de, 84

  Library of Montezuma, 129–30

  Limón, Humberto, 332

  Llerena, García de, 327, 464n

  Loaysa, Jofre García de, 274

  Lockhart, James, 63–64, 392n

  López, Benito, 340

  López, Jerónimo, 343

  López, Pedro, 220

  Louis XIV of France, 137

  Luther, Martin, 151–52, 241

  Machiavelli, Niccolò, 191, 213, 238–39, 438–39n

  MacNutt, Francis, 198, 219, 227, 322, 333

  Madariaga, Salvador, 162, 168, 243

  Magaloni, Diana, 199

  Magellan, Ferdinand, 274

  Malinche. See Malintzin

  Malintzin, 181, 287–93, 307, 332

  brief biography of, 363

  Cholollan Massacre, 208–9

  as interpreter, 12, 32, 44, 184

  Kislak Paintings, 32, 155

  in literature, 65, 70, 197, 247, 288–91, 293

  pregnancy of, 287, 454n

  prophecy story, 44–45

  use of term, xiii

  Mandeville, John, 77

  Manuel, Francisco, 301

  Marine Corps, U.S., 350

  Martín, Alonso de, 185

  Martín, Benito, 171

  Martyr d’Anghiera, Peter, 36, 78, 96

  Massacres, 319–30. See also Cholollan Massacre, Tepeaca massacre, Toxcatl

  Mass murder, 226, 435n

  Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo, 93, 333

  Matrícula de Tributos, 129, 142–43

  Matryoshka (Russian nesting doll), 298, 299, 304

  Maurin, Nicolas-Eustache, 70, 247, 248, 290, 352, 444n, 455n

  Mecateca, Andrés, 203

  Medellín, Spain, 234

  Medici, Cosimo de’, 113

  Mediterranean campaign, 277

  Meeting, the, xxviii–xxix, 14–22, 25–71, 211–12

  accounts of, 36–46, 62–65

  the Ambush, 50–53

  anniversary of, 231–32

  concept of justification, 56–62

  Cortés’s themes of, 11–12

  dating, 335

  Díaz’s True History, xxiv, xxv–xxix, 50–51, 338–40

  the embrace, 15, 33, 50, 215, 345–46

  events prior to, 9–12, 143–48, 183

  first moments of, 15

  historical theory of, 18–20

  location of, 345–48

  as milestone moment, 18–22, 25

  Montezuma as the Coward of, 46–50, 431–32n

  Montezuma’s speech, 15–18, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 59–63, 75, 101–2, 343, 344–45

  Nahua account or perspective, 47–49

  the Prophecy, 40–46, 52, 68, 111

  the Requirement, 16, 61, 381–82n, 450n

  role of interpreters, 12, 184, 185

  surrender of Montezuma. See Surrender, the

  traditional narrative of, 18–22, 25–27, 335

  triumphal entry, 54–59

  Melgarejo, Bartolomé, 301–2

  Mencia de la Cruz, 201

  Mendieta, Gerónimo de, 151–52, 241, 321

  Mendoza, Antonio de, 101, 201, 237, 270, 303

  Mendoza, Diego Hurtado de, 276

  Mesoamerica

  use of term, 359

  warfare in, 92, 207

  Mesoamericans, use of term, 359–60

  Mestizaje, 234–35

  Mexica, use of term, xii, 359, 360

  Mexicana (Lasso de la Vega), 50–51, 107

  Mexican-American War, 26-27, 70-71, 347, 349–51

  Mexican nationalism, 250–51

  Mexican patriotism, 83–84, 101

  Mexican Revolution, 46, 250

  Mexicatl Cozoololtic, 48

  Mexico City, 347–54, 466n

  triumphal arches, 83–84

  México Conquistada (Escoiquiz), 25, 43–44, 56, 75, 196, 230, 245

  Miccailhuitontli, 266

  Milton, John, 251

  Miralles, Juan, xxvii

  Mixton War, 201, 361

  Moctezuma. See Montezuma

  Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler (exhibition), 114

  Moctezuma

  Isabel. See Tecuichpochtzin

  Leonor Cortés, 286, 454n

  Moluccas, 274–75, 276

  Monjaraz brothers, 175

  Monogamy, 448n

  Monroy, Alonso de, 176

  Montaigne, Michel de, 90

  Montanus, Arnoldus, 49, 82, 108, 113

  Montejo, Francisco de, 127, 166, 170, 171–77

  myth of Cortesian control, 185–88, 190

  Monterde, Francisco, 45–46

  Montezuma

  accession and coronation, 140–43, 413–14n

  bait-and-switch strategy, 341–43

  brief biography of, 363

  captivity. See Phoney Captivity

  collections of, 127–31. See also Montezuma, zoo-collection complex of

  contradictory personality threads, 102–14

  the Coward, 40, 46–50, 67, 107, 140, 431–32n

  death of. See Montezuma, death of

  Dryden’s depictions, 102–6

>   events prior to the Meeting, 9–12, 143–48, 183

  the Fearful, 109–13, 211

  the Feathered, 112–13

  library of, 129–30, 133

  the Magnificent, 107–11, 113, 250

  meeting Cortés. See Meeting, the

  the Monster, 85–88, 106–7, 111

  name glyph, 140, 143

  physical and personality descriptions, 414–15n

  self-image, 138–41, 143

  surrender of. See Surrender, the

  treasure of, 35, 127–28, 170–71, 304, 459–60n

  use of term, xii–xiii, 360

  weeping and tears, 215, 431–32n

  Montezuma (opera), 70, 188, 197, 351–53, 428n

  Montezuma, death of, 193–200, 426–29n

  assigning intent and blame, 195–98

  burial, 198–99

  Cortés’ Second Letter, 194–95

  “Indian version,” 197–98

  murder by Spaniards, 225–28

  suicide variant, 196–97

  Montezuma, zoo-collection complex of, 118–39, 342–43, 353–54

  archaeological evidence, 124–25, 130–31, 132–33

  Aztec cosmology, 133–37, 138–39

  categories, 122–30

  early colonial accounts, 119–22, 124–25, 127–28, 133–34

  growth dynamic, 130–33

  human beings in, 125–27

  link with zoos and gardens in Europe, 134–37, 412–13n

  methods of acquisition, 127–28, 131–33, 135

  Nuremberg Map, 116, 118–19, 122, 123, 126, 132–33

  Spanish explanations for, 133–37

  tale of Cortés’ tiger, 137–39

  “Montezuma’s Revenge,” 114, 406n

  Moral and Natural History of the Indies (Acosta), 97, 198

  Morgan, Lewis H., 86–87, 397n

  Moses, 239–42, 440n

  Motelchiuhtzin, Andrés de Tapia, 270

  Motolinía (Toribio de Benavente), 124, 125, 132, 235, 240, 311, 314

  Mundy, Barbara, 7

  Muñoz Camargo, Diego, 48–49, 240

  My Khe massacre, 323

  My Lai massacre, 322–24

  Nahuas, use of term, xii, 359

  Nahuatl language, 344–45, 360

  Napoleon Bonaparte, 69–70

  Napoleon III, 71

  Narváez, Pánfilo de, 276, 336

  brief biography of, 363–64

  cohort loyalties, 174, 255

  Noche Triste, 312

  Phoney Captivity, 216, 219, 222–23

  pro-Velázquez expedition, 171, 172, 174, 222–23, 254–55, 304, 313, 316, 324, 338–39

  Sandoval attack, 254–56

  Nazareo, Pablo, 66–67, 71, 392n

  Nebel, Carl, 349

  Nemontemi, 146

  New Galicia, 253, 318, 446n

  Nezahualcoyotl, 131, 257, 265, 371

  Nezahualpilli, 256, 257–58, 448n

 

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