Olmedo, Bartolomé de, Father, notice of, i. 337. His efforts to convert the natives, 337, 356, ii. 22, 90. Interposition of, ii. 97, 170, 172, 325. Character of, 97, 172. Performs mass, 334, iii. 17. Attempts to convert Montezuma, 364, iii. 14, 147. Mission of, to Narvaez, iii. 41. Meets Cortés, 49. Goes against Narvaez, 63. Before Cortés, in behalf of the soldiers, 76. Urges Montezuma to address the Aztecs, 122. Visits the expiring Maxixca, 235. Sermon by, after the surrender of Mexico, iv. 111. Last years of, 153.
Oral tradition, connection of, with Aztec picture-writing, i. 113, 123. Embodied in songs and hymns, 123.
Ordaz, Diego de, i. 322. A spy on Cortés, 322. To ransom Christian captives, 333. Commander of infantry in the battle of Ceutla, 349. Charges the enemy, 354. In irons, ii. 32. Attempts the ascent of Popocatepetl, 225. Escutcheon of, 227. Visits Montezuma with Cortés, 263. To settle Coatzacualco, iii. 77. Joins Cortés at Tlascala, 79. Chivalrous, 119. Storms the great temple, 129. At the evacuation of Mexico, 162, 167, 175.
Ordinances for the government of New Spain during Cortés viceroyalty, iv. 157, _note_.
Orozco y Berra, on the various races in Mexico, i. 12, _note_. On ancient remains in Central America, 17, _note_. Cited, 18, _note_, 20, _note_, 120, _note_.
Orteguilla, page of Montezuma, ii. 363, iii. 19.
Otaheitans and New Zealanders, i. 229, _note_.
Otomies, their language, i. 250, ii. 111. Aid the Tlascalans, ii. 111. A migratory race, iv. 19, _note_. Claim protection, 19, 61, _note_. Notice of, 19.
Ovando, Don Juan de, orders manuscripts to be restored to Sahagun, i. 102.
Ovando, Don Nicolas de, Governor of Hispaniola, i. 300, 302, iii. 33, _note_.
Oviedo de Valdez, Gonzalo Fernandez, i. 150, _note_, ii. 73. On the _peso de oro_, ii. 17, _note_. On the gold and silver wheels, 17, _note_. On the device of Tlascala, 132, _note_. On the skill of Aztec goldsmiths, 258, _note_. On Montezuma, 300, _note_, 345, _note_, iii. 5, _note_, iv. 302. On Montezuma and Narvaez, iii. 42, _note_. On the ascendency of Cortés, 72, _note_. Narvaez’s gossip with, 73, _note_. On the massacre by Alvarado, 89, _note_. Account of, and of his writings, 98-102. Compares Cortés to Horatius Cocles, 144, _note_. On a leap by Cortés, 145, _note_. On horse-flesh, 186, _note_. Panegyrizes Cortés, 295, _note_, 364, _note_.