[1]

See Preface with reference to pronunciation of names.

[2]

A word synonymous with "lord."

[3]

Popocatepetl.

[4]

The Mexican tiger-cat.

[5]

Note.—The royal city of Azcapozalco was razed to the ground, and the wasted territory was henceforth reserved as the great slave-mart for the nations of Anahuac.—Prescott.

[6]

Note.—Voluntary servitude obtained among the Anahuacans, and of this class were those who served with Tezcot, the hunter.

[7]

Note.—An intoxicant, made from the juice of maguey, pronounced pull-k?—a drink much used by the Mexicans to this day.

[8]

Note.—See Hale's Mexico.

[9]

Note.—The Aztec god of war.

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