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Mexico

INDEX

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NOTE.—For other place-names not given in index see chapters on Natural Resources and Railways, also List of Illustrations.

Acapulco, seaport,

17

,

105

,

109

,

111

,

304

,

343

Acocotla,

341

Africa,

258

Agramonte,

105

Agricultural products, list of,

291

Agriculture,

282-327

Aguascalientes, State of,

210

,

271

,

303

,

314

Ahuitzuco,

280

,

304

Albuquerque,

105

Alcohol,

238

Aldama,

111

Alfred, King,

24

Allende,

111

Alligators,

19

,

152

Alpacas,

152

Alvarado mine,

259

Alvarado, Pedro de,

59

,

82-97

,

190

,

347

Amazon,

18

,

290

,

353

Ameca,

147

,

208

American Smelting Co.,

336

Americans in Mexico,

12

,

14

,

16

,

116

,

155

,

181

,

201

,

204

,

205

,

211

,

249

,

305

,

323

Ampudea, General,

122

Anahuac,

9

,

15

,

20

,

136

,

140

,

185

Andes,

18

,

112

,

136-146

Anglo-American Co. of Puebla,

336

Anson, Admiral,

105

Anthracite,

280

(

see

Coal

)

Apaches,

158

,

210

,

264

Arbitration,

354

Arch in prehistoric Mexico,

34

Architecture, Mexican,

182

,

185

,

288

Architecture, prehistoric,

34-84

,

326

Area of Mexico,

135

,

296-327

Arequipa,

180

,

210

Argentina,

106

,

167

Arista, General,

121

Arizona,

34

,

123

,

149

,

296

Armadillos,

153

Army,

202

Art Institution,

199

Asia, Asiatics,

35

,

294

,

325

,

351

(

see also

Japanese

, &c.)

Asphalt,

322

Astlan,

24

Atahualpa,

101

Atlantis, lost continent of,

34

Atoyac Irrigation Co.,

336

Atoyac river,

319

Audiencias,

102

,

107

Austins, the,

119

Austria (

see

Maximilian

)

Avino mine,

259

,

266

,

313

Azoteas,

9

,

182

Aztecs,

2

,

16

,

20-97

,

107

,

143

,

182

,

259

,

288

,

316

,

341

Babylon,

45

Bahamas,

57

Balboa,

57

Balsas river,

144

,

303

,

304

,

318

,

349

Bananas or platanos,

3

,

11

(

see also

Agriculture

)

Bank,

335

Barbarity of the Spaniards,

72

,

75

,

81

,

83

,

100

,

110

Barley,

289

Barradas, General,

118

Bazaine, General,

127

Beans,

289

,

291

Bears,

153

Beaver,

153

Behring Straits,

36

Belgians, King of the,

127

Belize (

see

British Honduras

)

Bernal, Diaz,

27

,

28

,

64

,

74

,

79

,

92

Biblical analogies,

35

,

223

Birds,

3

,

135

,

153

Bison,

153

Boa-constrictors,

3

,

152

Boleo copper mines,

279

Bolivar,

106

Bolivia,

138

,

152

Bondholders, British,

126

,

131

,

132

Bravery of the Mexicans,

121

,

122

Bravo, General,

115

,

116

Brazil,

284

,

290

Breweries,

311

,

339

Brigantines,

89-97

Britain, British,

6

,

10

,

11

,

12

,

104

,

105

,

106

,

109

,

112

,

116

,

125

,

126

,

131

,

135

,

155

,

201

,

204

,

249

,

265

,

279

,

296

,

305

,

313

,

314

,

317

,

331

,

336

,

337

,

352

British capital in Mexico,

275

,

277

,

331

,

336

,

337

British Honduras,

135

,

325

,

326

,

327

Buccaneers,

104

,

105

,

106

Budget,

331

Buena Vista, battle of,

122

Buenos Ayres,

112

,

184

Bufa mines,

277

,

278

Buildings, prehistoric,

33-55

,

304

Bull-fights,

176

,

193-196

,

241-244

Burgoa, Francisco,

43

Butterflies,

3

Cactus,

3

,

5

,

15

Calendar stone,

23

,

34

,

53

,

199

California,

24

,

34

,

105

,

107

,

114

,

123

,

257

,

283

,

343

California, Gulf of,

145

California, Lower,

139

,

143

,

271

,

277

,

278

,

279

,

280

,

297

Calleja,

111

Campeche, State of,

105

,

135

,

271

,

324

,

325

Canada, Canadians,

167

,

178

,

336

Canal, Mexican drainage (

see

Drainage

)

Cananea Copper Co.,

278

Cannibalism, Aztec,

51

,

94

,

96

Canning,

116

Caracas,

112

Carlos III. of Spain,

269

Carlos V. of Spain,

64

,

70

,

73

,

90

,

96

,

100

Carlota, Empress,

127-129

Carmen Island,

280

Casa Fuerte, Viceroy,

106

Casas Grandes river,

211

Casones river,

323

Catalina, Juarez,

59

Catapult, the,

94

Cathedral of Mexico,

103

,

191

Cathedrals,

186

,

209

,

266

,

303

Catorce,

266

,

315

Cattle,

284

,

292

,

299

,

309

,

311

Causeways, Aztec,

26

,

34

,

77-97

Cavendish,

104

Caves,

225

Cedar,

151

(

see

Timber

)

Cement work,

339

Cempoallas,

33

,

65

Cenotes, or wells,

46

,

326

,

327

(

see also

Coast Pacific Zone

)

Centipedes,

153

,

234

Central America,

106

,

149

Centralists,

116

,

119

Cereals,

283

(

see

Agriculture

)

Chalco, lake,

16

,

146

,

188

Chamber of Mines,

336

Chapala, lake,

25

,

144

,

145

,

208

,

301

Chapultepec,

95

,

121

,

122

,

186

,

189

,

200

Cheops, pyramid of,

40

Chewing gum,

32

Chiapas, State of,

142

,

271

,

284

,

307

Chicago,

182

Chichemeca,

24

Chichen-Ytza,

37

,

45

,

46

Chicle,

151

,

325

Chihuahua,

10

,

105

,

111

,

122

,

138

,

142

,

210

,

266

,

308

Children of the Sun,

24

,

96

Chile,

106

,

112

,

115

,

167

Chilli,

217

,

291

Chilpancingo,

111

,

147

,

279

China, Chinese,

35

,

114

,

199

,

325

Chivela Pass,

345

Chocolate,

52

,

283

,

289

,

301

Cholula,

22

,

23

,

32

,

37

,

40

,

70

,

74

,

320

Church, disestablishment of the,

118

,

125

Cigarettes,

218

,

338

Cities of the plateau,

9

Class distinctions,

159

,

160

Clavijero,

27

Climate,

1-19

,

136

,

146-153

,

185

,

296-327

Clubs,

201

Coahuila, State of,

122

,

138

,

271

,

278

,

280

,

309

,

321

Coal (

see

Mining

)

Coast zone, Atlantic,

3

,

138

,

146-153

Coast zone, Pacific,

17-19

,

138

,

146-153

,

287

,

295-307

Coatzacoalcos,

323

,

345

Cocoanuts,

18

,

283

,

288

,

291

Cochineal,

151

Coffee,

283

,

284

,

289

,

291

,

293

Cofre de Perote,

69

,

141

,

319

Cold storage,

339

Colhuas and Chalcas,

24

Colima, State of,

271

,

278

,

302

Colima volcano,

17

,

19

,

208

,

302

Colleges,

197

,

198

Colombia,

106

Colonial rule,

98-112

Colonisation,

293

Colorado river,

298

Colorado,

144

Columbus,

57

Conception del Oro,

314

Conchas river,

144

,

211

,

321

Congress,

111

Conquest of Mexico,

56-97

Conservative party,

124

Consolidated goldfields,

277

Constitution, Mexican,

158

,

159

Contreras, battle of,

122

Copper among the Aztecs,

50

(

see also

Mining

)

Cordova, Hernandez de,

57

Cornish miners,

260

Cortes,

2

,

17

,

27

,

32

,

55-102

,

103

,

140

,

188

,

259

,

266

,

304

,

318

,

326

,

341

,

343

,

355

Cotton,

8

,

138

,

145

,

167

,

209

,

231

,

283-291

,

285

,

337

(

see also

Agriculture

)

Couriers, Aztec,

50

Cougars,

4

,

152

Courtesy of the Mexicans,

12

,

160

Council of the Indies,

106

Coyotes,

2

,

8

,

9

,

152

Cozumel, island of,

61

,

326

Creeds,

199

Creoles,

154

Creston-Colorado mine,

277

Cretaceous period,

141

,

142

Crocodiles,

4

,

19

,

302

Cross, the, in Mexico,

15

,

61

,

79

,

219-223

,

228

Cuautla,

111

Cuba,

57

,

284

,

326

,

338

,

335

Cuernavaca,

17

,

90

,

304

,

318

,

343

Cuitlahuac,

88

Cuitzeo, lake,

146

Culiacan,

300

Currency,

335

Cuzco,

180

Dam, international,

293

Deer,

153

(

see

Game

)

Deluge, the,

35

Denudation of forests,

152

,

285

Deserts,

6

,

122

,

135

,

137

,

151

,

309

,

310

Diaz, Porfirio, President,

126-133

,

165

,

193

,

306

Dilligences,

235

,

310

Doctor mine,

316

Dos Estrellas mines,

276

Drainage of the Valley of Mexico,

17

,

103

,

104

,

133

,

188

,

203

Drake,

104

,

257

Duelling,

248

Durango,

10

,

210

,

258

,

267

,

271

,

279

,

312

Dyewoods,

320-327

Dynamite,

339

Eagle Pass,

310

,

344

Eagle, serpent, and cactus,

21

Earthquakes,

105

Ecuador,

23

Education,

160

,

197-199

Egypt,

29

,

35

,

45

El Ebano,

280

Electric power,

189

,

203

,

317

,

336

,

337

Elevation above sea-level,

136

,

139

,

185

,

296-327

,

341

Eloquence, Mexican,

162

El Oro, gold-mining district,

275

,

317

El Paso,

309

Empire of Mexico,

114

Ensenada,

298

Esperanza mine,

276

Estrada Gutierrez,

119

Ethnology,

154-158

Expectoration, habit of,

249

Expedition, British-Spanish-French,

126

Exports,

289

,

332-340

Fauna,

149-153

,

296-327

Feather-work, Aztec,

50

,

63

Federalists,

116

,

119

Federation,

159

Ferdinand VII. of Spain,

111

Fibrous plants,

151

,

289

,

291

Figueroa, Viceroy,

106

Financial conditions,

328-349

Fisheries,

296

Flint and steel,

218

Flint implements,

225

,

226

Floating gardens, Aztec,

26

,

91

,

150

,

189

Flora,

149-153

,

296-327

Flour mills,

339

Flowers,

150

Foreigners in Mexico (

see also

British

,

America

, &c.),

12

,

155

,

201

,

204

,

249

,

279

,

329

Forests,

17

,

151

,

283

,

284

,

285

,

292

,

296-327

Forey, General,

127

France, French,

116

,

126

,

135

,

155

,

201

,

279

French Revolution,

112

Frijoles,

216

,

289

,

291

Fruits, tropical,

18

,

100

,

150

,

231

,

283-291

,

296-327

Fuerte river,

299

Game,

153

,

299

,

322

(

see also

Sport

)

Geographical conditions,

134-153

,

294-327

,

351

Geographical Society,

199

Geology,

47

,

272

Germany, Germans,

135

,

153

,

201

,

204

Gold, Aztec,

50

,

53

,

81

,

260

Gold, (

see

Mining

)

Gold, mining companies,

275-278

Gonzalez, President,

131

Government,

158-159

Grape-vine,

109

,

283

Great Plateau, the,

2

,

3-19

,

136-153

,

184

,

231

,

308-320

Grijalva,

58

,

140

Grijalva river,

145

,

307

,

324

Guadalajara,

10

,

146

,

208

,

301

,

337

Guadalupe Hidalgo, treaty of,

123

Guadalupe, Shrine of,

187

,

266

Guanajuato,

13

,

110

,

111

,

142

,

258

,

264

,

268

,

269

,

271

,

315

Guanajuato Light and Power Co.,

337

Guatemala,

9

,

31

,

44

,

100

,

114

,

135

,

295

,

307

,

324

,

325

Guatemoc,

27

,

88-101

,

192

Guaymas,

296

,

297

,

348

Guayule,

290

,

291

,

314

,

338

Guerrero, General,

113

,

115

Guerrero, State of,

18

,

138

,

271

,

279

,

303

,

305

Gulf of California,

296

Gulf of Mexico,

2

,

58

,

61

,

135-139

,

143

Gulf Stream,

326

Guzman,

103

Habana,

105

Haciendas,

8

,

17

,

167

,

287

,

317

Harbour works, Vera Cruz,

133

,

324

Harbour works, Salina Cruz,

306

,

345

,

346

Hawkins,

104

Henequen,

283

,

289

,

291-321

,

325

,

326

Hercules Cotton Mill,

316

Hermosillo,

297

Hidalgo, Patriot,

102

,

108-111

,

112

Hidalgo, State of,

143

,

271

,

315

Highwaymen,

117

,

212

Hindustan,

35

Holy Alliance,

115

,

331

Hondo river,

327

Honduras,

100

,

135

,

325

,

327

Horned toads,

7

Horsemen, expert,

122

,

167

,

244

Horses, breeding,

292

,

299

Horses, first appearance of,

62

,

71

,

77

,

94

,

152

,

167

Hospitality of Mexicans,

161

Houses, Mexican,

180

,

197

,

202

,

287

Houston,

120

Huancavelica mine,

260

Huasteca district,

315

Huitzilopochtli, war-god,

25

Human sacrifice,

23

,

25

,

40

,

79

,

93

Human tallow,

90

Humboldt,

210

,

272

,

134

Hydrography,

137-153

,

233

,

296-326

Ice factories,

339

Idols, destruction of,

67

,

81

,

83

Iguanas,

18

,

153

Immigration,

294

,

352

Incas,

22

,

23

,

26

,

29

,

31

,

49

,

140

,

261

Independence,

106

Indians,

154-158

,

327

India-rubber (

see

Rubber

)

Industries,

335

Inquisition,

103

,

111

,

228

Institutions, national,

178-206

Iron (

see

Mining

)

Iron foundries,

338

Irrigation,

4

,

8

,

52

,

145

,

149

,

285-287

,

289

,

293

,

296-327

Israel, lost ten tribes of,

35

Iturbide,

107

,

113-116

,

264

,

204

Iturrigaray, Viceroy,

109

,

110

Itzala, gorge of,

53

,

143

Ixtaccihuatl,

15

,

17

,

20

,

74

,

140

,

317

,

319

Ixtle,

290

,

291

,

321

Ixtlilxochitl,

29

,

30

,

89

,

185

Jacaler

25

Jaguars,

4

,

152

Jalapa,

147

Jalisco, State of,

144

,

146

,

261

,

271

,

278

,

301

Jamaica negroes,

325

Japanese,

36

Jesuits,

105

,

106

,

192

Jockey Club,

201

Joinville, Prince de,

119

Jorullo, volcano,

106

Juanacatlan, falls of,

144

,

208

,

301

,

337

Juarez, President,

118

,

124-130

,

155

,

306

Jurassic period,

141

Kingsborough, Lord,

35

Koreans,

325

La Blanca mine,

276

Labour,

294

Laguna madre,

321

Laguna cotton region,

145

,

285

,

339

Lakes,

145

,

187

Lampart,

105

Land frauds,

293

Land systems,

49

,

108

,

156

,

157

,

167

,

293

Languages,

24

,

35

,

170

La Paz,

298

Laredo,

310

,

322

Lasso,

245

,

248

Latitude and longitude,

136

,

185

La Tinaja,

339

Lava,

143

Lerdo, President,

14

,

129

Lerdo town,

149

Lerma river,

144

,

317

Lima,

178

,

185

Limantour, Señor,

329

Limestone, mountain,

141

Linares, Viceroy,

105

Literary institutions,

199

Lizards,

7

Llama,

152

Loans, foreign,

125

,

331

,

332

Lopez,

128

Lost ten tribes,

35

Lotteries,

201

Lower California (

see

California

)

Maguey,

8

,

151

,

167

,

284

,

287

,

316

Mahogany,

4

,

151

Maiz,

283

,

289

,

291

Malaria,

4

,

5

,

64

,

299

,

302

,

303

,

305

,

306

,

324

Malinche,

73

,

140

,

317

,

319

Maltrata,

340

Mamey,

291

Mammals,

152

Mangroves,

4

Manila,

105

Manufacturing,

209

,

310

,

317

,

323

,

336-340

,

353

Manzanillo,

302

,

343

Mapimi, bolson of,

138

,

144

,

313

Maravillas Mine,

276

Marina,

61

,

63

,

72

Marques de Croix, Viceroy,

106

Marquez,

124

Martens,

153

Masonic lodges,

117

Matamoros,

280

Maximilian, Emperor,

126-130

,

265

,

316

Mayas,

22

,

34

,

45

,

260

,

326

,

327

Mazapil Copper Co.,

279

,

314

Mazatlan,

300

Medicinal plants,

151

Medina, Bartolomé de,

260

Mejia, General,

128

,

129

Mendoza, Viceroy,

102

Mercado,

263

,

279

Merida,

325

,

326

Mestizos,

107

,

154

Metate,

215

"Metalurgica Mexicana,"

315

,

336

Mexico, City of,

16

,

76-97

,

184-206

Mexico, State of,

271

,

316

Mexico Tramways Co.,

204

Mexico, Valley of,

3

,

14-17

,

20

,

26

,

76-97

,

184-206

Mexican Light and Power Co.,

203

,

336

Michoacan, State of,

102

,

106

,

146

,

271

,

278

,

303

Mier,

112

,

118

Mina, General,

111

Minas, Prietas,

277

Mineral-bearing zone,

270

,

296-327

Mining,

255-281

,

296-327

,

330

,

336

Mining, antimony,

271

,

280

Mining, Aztec,

52

,

260

,

280

Mining, coal,

271

,

280

,

303

Mining, copper,

261

,

271

,

278

Mining, gold,

260

,

262

,

271

,

275-278

Mining, history of,

6

,

142

,

255-270

Mining, iron,

261

,

263

,

271

,

279

Mining, lead,

261

,

271

,

280

Mining, opals,

270

Mining, petroleum,

271

,

280

,

322

Mining, placer,

261

Mining, prehistoric,

260

Mining, properties,

281

Mining, quicksilver,

260

,

271

Mining, salt,

271

Mining School,

200

,

269

Mining, silver,

6

,

142

,

260

,

262

,

264

,

271-275

Mining, Spanish,

262

Mining, tin,

53

,

261

,

271

,

280

Mining titles,

281

Mining tunnels,

262

Mining, zinc,

271

Miramon, General,

128

Miramon, President,

126

Mitla, ruins of,

42

Molina del Rey,

122

Monastic orders,

192

Mongolians,

35

(

see also

Chinese

, &c.)

Monkeys,

4

,

152

Monoliths,

38

,

42

Monoloa mine,

268

Monopolies, Spanish,

109

Monroe Doctrine,

116

,

355

Monte Alban, ruins of,

37

,

42

Monte de las Cruces,

110

Monterrey, city of,

122

,

148

,

149

,

279

,

311

Montezuma,

24

,

27-84

,

261

,

187

,

343

Montezuma Mine,

278

Morelia,

110

,

303

Morelos, the priest,

111

,

112

Morelos, State of,

287

,

318

Morgan,

105

Mormons,

347

Mule-back journeying,

14

(

see

"Life and Travel"

)

Muñoz,

103

Murillo,

191

Music,

10

,

11

,

183

Myrtles,

19

Nahuas,

24

Napoleon,

110

,

112

,

126

Narvaez,

82

National Anthem,

172

National Meat Packing Co.,

339

Navigable rivers,

145

,

304

,

307

,

323

,

328

,

347

Navy,

202

Nazas,

280

Nazas river,

138

,

145

,

148

,

149

,

233

,

285

,

286

,

288

,

313

Nevado de Toluca,

141

,

317

New Mexico,

34

,

105

,

114

New York,

147

,

167

Nezahualcoyotl,

24

,

28-31

Nicaragua,

31

Nile,

285

Noche Triste,

32

,

84

Nochistongo,

103

Nogales,

297

Nopales,

21

,

151

Nuevo Leon, State of,

271

,

310

Oak,

5

,

17

,

151

,

152

(

see

Forests, Timber

)

Oaxaca,

40-42

,

111

,

124

,

128

,

132

,

142

,

271

,

284

,

305

Obregon, Count,

268

Obsidian,

53

,

143

Ocampo, statesman,

125

Ocelot,

152

O'Donoju, Viceroy,

114

Olid Cristoval,

61

,

100

Olmedo priest,

65

,

73

Olives,

283

Oranges,

3

,

11

Orchids,

5

Orchillas,

298

Orography,

139-143

Orientation of pyramids,

38

,

42

Origin of Mexican people,

35

Orizaba,

2

,

57

,

111

,

140

,

319

Oroya Railway,

341

Otomies,

24

,

32

Otter,

153

Otumba,

32

,

87

,

341

Pachuca,

13

,

142

,

259

,

265

,

316

Padilla, Viceroy,

106

Palenque,

37

,

44

,

260

,

307

Palmarejo mines,

277

Palms,

4

Palo alto, battle of,

121

Panama,

57

,

135

,

345

,

348

,

351

Pan-American Congress,

354

Pan-American railway,

348

,

354

Panuco river,

17

,

145

,

189

,

316

,

321

Papaloapam river,

145

,

323

Papantla,

40

Paper,

52

,

338

Paredes,

122

Parral, mining district,

276

Parras,

145

,

286

,

310

Partridges,

153

Pasco de la Reforma,

192

Passes, mountain,

137

Patio process,

260

,

274

Patzcuaro lake,

25

,

146

Pawnshop, national,

200

Peaks, principal,

140

Pearl, fisheries,

296

,

298

Pearson & Sons, Ltd.,

188

,

336

Pecos river,

144

Peccaries,

153

Penitentiaries,

200

Peñoles mines,

276

,

313

Peones,

7

,

12

,

156

,

171

,

213-217

,

237

,

294

Perpetual snow,

2

,

6

,

15

,

139

Perpetual spring,

147

Peru,

17

,

18

,

29

,

31

,

35

,

40

,

49

,

53

,

101

,

104

,

106

,

112

,

115

,

138

,

140

,

141

,

146

,

152

,

167

,

260

,

290

,

341

,

355

Petroleum,

280

Philippine Islands,

103

,

276

Philip II. of Spain,

103

,

104

,

191

Philip IV. of Spain,

104

Pibroch of Donnel Dhu,

173

Picture-writing,

23

,

62

"Pie-war," the,

119

Pine,

5

,

17

,

151

,

152

(

see

Forests and Timber

)

Pinto disease,

304

Pizarro,

101

,

102

,

355

Plaza,

9

,

11

(

see

Cities

)

Police,

203

Political executions,

132

Ponce de Leon,

101

Popocatepetl,

15

,

17

,

20

,

105

,

140

,

185

,

317

,

319

Population (

see also

the various States),

135

,

154-158

,

296-327

Portales,

180

Potatoes,

217

,

284-291

Pottery,

53

,

241

Priests,

235-237

Printing, first,

102

Progreso, seaport,

325

,

326

Providence mines,

278

Puebla,

33

,

122

,

126

,

128

,

209

,

271

,

278

,

319

Puebla Tramway Co.,

336

Pulque,

9

,

178

,

217

,

232

,

284

,

290

,

316

Puma,

152

Pyramids,

2

,

15

,

20

,

25

,

33

,

34

,

38-55

,

76-97

,

229

Quail,

153

Quemada,

34

Querétaro,

110

,

128

,

271

,

278

,

315

,

316

Quetzalcoatl,

23

,

40

,

54

,

72

Quicksilver,

260

,

280

,

304

,

314

Quintana Roo,

325

,

327

Quiroga, Bishop,

102

Quixotism,

167

Race-suicide,

352

Railways, generally,

9

,

13

,

14

,

17

,

69

,

136

,

208

,

230

,

296-327

,

330-349

Railways, Mexican Vera Cruz,

4

,

130

,

320

,

324

,

340

,

342

Railways, Mexican Central,

131

,

300

,

302

,

304

,

309

,

311

,

314

,

319

,

330

,

342

Railways, Mexican Southern,

320

,

346

Railways, Mexican National,

132

,

310

,

314

,

322

,

330

,

343

Railways, Chihuahua and Pacific,

348

Railways, Hidalgo and North-Eastern,

344

Railways, International,

310

,

311

,

344

Railways, Interoceanic,

319

Railways, Kansas City, Mexico and Orient,

347

Railways, Monterrey and Gulf,

311

Railways, Pan-American,

348

Railways, Rio Grande and Pacific,

347

Railways, Sonora,

297

,

348

Railways, Tehuantepec,

133

,

306

,

312

,

323

,

345

Railways, Vera Cruz and Pacific,

346

Railways, Vera Cruz (Mexico),

347

Rainfall,

137-149

,

285

,

296-327

Rattlesnakes,

153

Rayas mine,

269

Read, Campbell & Co.,

188

Real del Monte,

265

,

276

,

316

Reform Laws,

118

,

125

,

127

,

159

Religion, Aztec and prehistoric,

15

,

25

,

30

,

40

,

79

,

81

,

227

Religion, Roman Catholic,

6

,

13

,

15

,

65

,

80

,

81

,

104

,

125

,

159

,

165

,

175

,

266-269

,

352

,

179

,

199

,

227

Rents,

202

Repudiation of debts,

125

Restrictive policy,

329

Revolutions,

117-133

Rio Grande,

11

,

34

,

136

,

143

,

144

,

211

,

308

,

320

Roads, Aztec and Inca,

50

Rocky Mountains,

137

Rubber, rubber trees,

3

,

4

,

151

,

283

,

290

,

294

,

301

,

303

,

304

,

307

,

314

,

323

,

324

,

328

Rurales,

202

,

212

Russia,

114

Salina Cruz seaport,

306

,

345

Salt,

280

Saltillo,

310

San Angel,

187

,

197

San Blas seaport,

144

,

300

,

301

Sandoval, Gonzalo de,

61

,

83

,

91

San Francisco,

182

San Geronimo,

280

San Juan Bautista City,

325

San Juan river,

322

San Luis Potosi,

210

,

258

,

271

San Luis Potosi, State of,

314

San Rafael mines,

278

Santa Anna,

115-123

Santa Eulala mine,

266

,

309

Santa Gertrude's Jute Mills,

336

Santiago City,

184

Santiago river,

301

Sardañeta,

269

Scenery,

143

,

2-19

,

301

,

305-327

,

340-349

Scientific character,

166

Scientific institutions,

199

Scorpions,

153

,

234

Scott, General Winfield,

122

Sculpture, Aztec,

53

Sea-bathing,

322

Seals,

153

Serpents,

4

,

152

Shipbuilding,

325

Ships, destruction of,

68

Sierra Madre,

3-19

,

136-153

,

296-327

Silver mining (

see

Mining

)

Sinaloa, State of,

24

,

271

,

298

Sisal hemp (

see

Henequen

)

Sisal seaport,

326

Skunk,

153

Slavery,

49

,

102

,

119

Smelting,

279

,

296

,

311

,

314

,

315

,

316

(

see also

Mining

)

Snow,

2

,

69

,

139

,

285

,

317

,

319

Snow-cap (

see

Snow

)

Soap works,

339

Social conditions,

159-176

Soil,

138

,

149

,

285

,

287

Sonora, State of,

142

,

145

,

264

,

271

Soto, La Marina,

280

,

321

South America (

see also

Andes

,

Peru

, &c.),

149

,

152

Spanish-American civilisation,

10

,

11-99

Spanish characteristics,

99

,

159

Spanish population,

155

Sport,

168

,

153

,

246

,

251

,

253

Steel works,

311

Stock-raising (

see

Cattle

)

Subterraneous altars,

6

,

268

Sugar-cane sugar,

100

,

167

,

283

,

287

,

289

,

293

,

301

Sulphur,

140

Sun-God,

15

Sunsets,

7

Superstition,

223-227

Switzerland,

32

Tabasco, State of,

61

,

271

,

284

,

290

,

324

Tacubaya,

124

,

140

,

187

,

197

Tamaulipas, State of,

112

,

115

,

138

,

271

,

278

,

280

Tamesi river,

321

Tampico,

5

,

145

,

280

,

315

,

321

,

322

Tancitaro peak,

141

Tapir,

4

,

153

Tarahumara peak,

312

Tarantulas,

153

Tarpon fishing,

322

Taxco,

266

,

304

Taylor, General Zachary,

121

Tecolotes,

9

Tehuacan,

346

Tehuantepec (

see also

Railways

),

135

,

144

,

149

,

240

,

305

Temperature, (

see

Climate

)

Tenochtitlan,

21-91

,

37

,

186

Teocallis (

see

Pyramids

)

Teotihuacan,

15

,

21

,

23

,

37-40

,

48

,

341

Tepanecas,

24

,

28

Tepic,

19

,

208

,

271

,

284

,

300

Tequezquitengo,

318

Terminos Lagoon,

326

Terreros,

269

Tertiary period,

3

,

140

,

142

Tetecala,

318

Texas,

107

,

114

,

119-123

,

138

,

143

,

308-310

Texcoco,

16

,

20

,

24

,

37

,

187

,

317

Texcotzinco,

24

,

29

Textile industry,

311

,

337

Teyra, peak,

312

Tierra caliente,

3-5

,

17

,

146

,

151

Tierra fria,

5

,

146

Tierra templada,

5

,

146

Timber,

151

,

283-285

,

262

,

296-327

Tin,

53

(

see

Mining

)

Tinctorial plants,

151

Titicaca lake,

17

,

26

,

138

,

146

Titles, love of,

168

,

169

Tlacoleros,

285

Tlahincas,

24

Tlahualilo,

286

Tlalpam,

187

,

197

Tlapujahua,

278

Tlascalans,

24

,

32

,

69-97

,

318

Tlaxcala, State of,

141

,

316

,

317

Tobacco,

284

,

301

,

338

Toltecs,

15

,

20-24

,

33

,

37-40

,

48

,

261

,

208

,

227

,

341

Toluca,

144

,

317

Tonala, seaport,

307

Tonatinah, sun-god,

15

,

39

,

229

Tonto river,

322

Topography,

1-19

,

136-153

,

296-327

Topolobampo, seaport,

348

Torreon,

148

,

310

Tortillas,

215

,

289

Tramways,

203

Treasure, buried,

225

,

224

Tribes of Mexico,

24

,

33

Trinidad mine,

277

,

278

Tula,

22

,

25

,

261

Tunas,

151

,

291

Turkeys,

251

Turtles,

152

Tuxpam river,

323

,

343

Tuxtla Gutierrez,

307

Ulua, San Juan de,

2

,

117

Unknown God, the,

29

,

77

,

228

United States,

10

,

11

,

109

,

112

,

116

,

119

,

135

,

160

,

278

,

288

,

311

,

351-356

(

see also

American

)

Usumacinta river,

145

,

307

Uxmal,

37

,

45

Vaqueros,

8

Valenciana mine,

264

,

267

Valparaiso,

184

Velasquez, governor,

57

,

80

,

103

Velasquez, painter,

191

Vegetation,

148

Venegas, Viceroy,

110

Venezuela,

115

Vera Cruz,

2

,

5

,

56

,

103

,

119

,

122

,

135

,

145

,

271

,

284

,

285

,

290

,

322

,

346

Vera Cruz Light and Power Co.,

336

Viceroys, the,

98-112

Victoria, city,

322

Victoria, President,

116

Viga Canal,

189

Volcanoes,

15

,

137

,

139

,

140

,

142

,

185

War, American-Mexican,

116

,

119-124

,

201

War, English-Spanish,

105-106

War, French-Mexican,

119

Warlike spirit,

172

War, Spanish-Mexican,

113

,

118

Water-parting,

17

,

70

,

305

,

307

,

310

,

319

,

345

Water-power,

143

,

145

,

189

,

317

,

323

,

336

,

337

Water-supply,

203

,

231

,

285

,

292

,

296-327

(

see also

Irrigation

)

Wellington,

111

Whales,

153

Wheat,

208

,

283

,

289

,

291

White man in the tropics,

352

Wild-cats,

152

Wolves,

152

Women of Mexico,

11

,

172

,

173

,

174

,

175

,

176

,

239

,

240

Xochimilco,

24

,

188

,

189

Yankees,

121

,

250

Yaqui river,

145

,

296

Yaqui River Smelting Co.,

279

Yellow fever,

2

,

5

,

306

,

324

Yucatan,

5

,

22

,

45

,

57

,

61

,

114

,

141

,

143

,

144

,

145

,

290

,

325

,

326

,

327

Zacatecas,

13

,

34

,

210

,

258

,

259

,

271

,

278

,

279

,

313

Zacatula,

145

Zapotecas Indians,

124

Zopilotes,

8

,

324

Zumarraga, Archbishop,

29

,

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