Out of all these troubles they have bravely emerged, and now take their stand, heavily weighted still, indeed, with the burdens of past mistakes, among them the lingering distrust of other nations, but young, full of promise, with all the elements surrounding them of a possible great future. This future must depend for the most part on their own exertions. The children of to-day must be reared in such enlightened fashion that they may avoid the mistakes and crimes of the generation before them; they must learn to long for honorable peace, and must resist the pull there is to their blood for change and military renown. They must seek glory in the permanence of their institutions and the development of their great resources, thus slowly winning the confidence of other nations.
Then they will find these other nations, and especially the powerful one next them on their own continent, ready to perform the neighborly part of protecting their interests, sympathizing in their prosperity, generously willing to share with them the growing fame of the civilization of America.
Allende, Ignacio, joins Hidalgo, 241; denounced, 244; attacked by Calleja, 246; forced to retreat, 247; captured and shot, 248
Alta California, 190; _see_ also California
Aztecs, 43; emigration of, 83; wanderings of, 84; settlement at Chapultepec, 86; driven to the islands, 87; found Tenochtitlan, 88; their civilization, 89; extent of the kingdom, 106; religion of, 107; hieroglyphics, 111; paintings, 112; religion, 114; domestic life, 115; laws, 115; calendar, 116; cycle, 118; agriculture, 119; character, 120; priestesses, 121; policy of the nation, 123
Bazaine, Marshal, 356, 360, 367, 371, 373
Bravo, General Don Nicholas, 262, 268, 274, 307, 321
Calderon, Madame, 290; quoted, 227, 273, 282, 284, 293
Carlotta, Empress of Mexico, 350; her character, 358, 364; goes to Europe, 367; interview with Napoleon, 368; her madness, 369
Chapultepec, 86, 127, 156, 291, 338, 362, 399
Cortés, Fernando, alluded to, 2, 3; birth of, 135; character of, 136; commissioned by Velasquez, 127; his squadron, 138; at the Tabasco River, 139; worshipped as Quetzalcoatl, 141; sends gifts to Montezuma, 141; visits Cempoallan, 143; destroys the ships, 144; interview with Montezuma, 147; conquers Tlaxcalla, 152; at Cholula, 154; arrives in Mexico, 156; meeting with Montezuma, 157; seizes Montezuma, 159; expedition to Vera Cruz, 160; abandons Mexico, 163; retreat from the city, 164; gathers a new army, 171; campaign against Mexico, 173; at Coyoacán, 175; conquers Michoacan, 176; expedition to Honduras, 177; voyages to Spain, 178; death of, 178; burial in Mexico, 179