274 GENEBAL INDEX TO 



Adoration. How it was performed among- the Mexicans, 

 xiii, 194. 



Adultery. Its punishment among the Mexicans, xiv, 169 ; 

 represented on a hieroglyphic painting, 189. 



Aerolite of Cholula, xiii, 96, 97 ; xiv, 26. 



Aerolite, Son of Citlalatonac and of Citlalicue, in breaking 

 produced 1600 subaltern Gods, xiv, 247. 



Agave Americana. Plant formerly employed by the Aztecks 

 to fabricate their Paper, xiii, 136 ; at present Pulque 

 is drawn from it, ibid. 



Age, Golden, of the People of Anahuac, xiii, 93. 



Ages, Five, of the World. Tradition of the Aztecks, xiv, 

 16, 17 ; duration of the First, 19 ; of the Second, 

 21 ; of the Third, 22 ; of the Fourth, 23 ; they con- 

 tain altogether 18,028 Years, ibid ; or according to 

 Alva Ixtilxochitl, 1417 Years, 27 ; Observations of 

 Mr. Visconti on their Number, 214. 



Aguexotl, fourth Founder of Mexico, xiv, 185. 



Ahuitzotl, king of Mexican, gets the Teocalli of Mexico 

 built, xiii, 262 ; Epocha of bis Reign, xiv, 252. 



Air. Element by which the Third Generation of living Crea- 

 tures perished, according to the Azteck Mythology, 

 xiv, 22 ; Hieroglyphic of this Element, 26. 



Alaminos (Autonio). His Voyage to the Coast of Mexico, 

 xiii, 128. 



Alaques (los), River at the Foot of Cotopaxi, xiii, 122. 



Allowance of Food to Mexican Children of different Ages, 

 represented on hieroglyphic Paintings, xiv, 1 188. 



Aloes. See Agave Americana, xiii, 136. 



Alphabet, unknown to all the Ancient People of America, 

 xiii, 149, 150; how the Mexicans supplied its Place, 

 161, 162. 



Altar, Summit of the Andes, is a Volcano fallen in, xiii, 238 ; 



