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95. Death of the Emperor Montezuma.
99. Funeral of the Emperor Montezuma. See the Codices Féjerváry-Mayer, p. 40, and Magliabecchiano, p. 62.
102. Cortes called a council of his officers.
110. The "Noche Triste."
130. Maxixca. See Ixtlilxochitl, p. 207, who speaks of Maxixca as a young, not an old man. In the Lienzo di Tlaxcala (p. 28) he has none of the wrinkles with which in post-conquest drawings old people are usually marked.
136. They pledged themselves to stand by Cortes.
138. On Montezuma's death his brother Cuitlahua succeeded him. See the figure with outstretched arms on the large pottery incense brazier in the British Museum.
157. The Prince Guatemozin crowned Emperor on the death of his Uncle, Cuitlahua. On his left arm is a new maconcatl (see the Codex Duran, p. 18, and Mexican Archaeology, Joyce, p. 1 1 3). At the time of his coronation, Guatemozin was, according to Ixtlilxochitl (p. 262), eighteen years old; Diaz (Maudslay, Vol. IV. p. 184) says twenty-one. His name (more properly, Quauhtemotzin), means Swooping Eagle. "Tzin" at the end of a name indicates "Lord," as Maxixcatzin, Cuitlahuatzin, Cacamatzin.
168. The Prince Ixtlilxochitl. The name means Black Flower.
180. They fought up to their girdles in water.
222. Cortes tore the scroll in pieces.
244. The Emperor Guatemozin frequently selected the hours of darkness. For Guatemozin's eagle uniform see the Codices Zouche, p. 12; and Vienna, p. 4 (Kingsborough); and Mexican Archaeology, Joyce, p. 123.
254. Suddenly the horn of the Emperor Guatemozin, the sacred symbol, heard only in seasons of extraordinary peril, sent forth a long and piercing note.
261. Prisoners for sacrifice had their faces painted, their heads crowned with plumes, and their bodies decorated with tufts of down.
286. This work of butchery.
290. Surrender of the Emperor Guatemozin. He is handing over the Imperial standard of Tenochtitlan, broken.
294. Celebrating the end of their long and laborious campaign.
311. The torturing of the Emperor Guatemozin.
338. Execution of the Emperor Guatemozin. Seler's theory that Guatemozin was hung head downwards is discountenanced by Mr. Joyce, who has weighty evidence against it.
467. Sacrificial Knife. In the British Museum.

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