| CHAPTER I.—Lianza Viceroy—Audiencia—Venegas Viceroy—True sources of
the Revolution—Creoles loyal to Ferdinand—Spaniards in favor of King Joseph—Mexican
subscriptions for Spain—Secret union in Mexico against Spaniards—Hidalgo—Allende—First
outbreak—Guanajuato sacked—Las Cruces—Mexico menaced—Indian
bravery at Aculco—Marfil—Massacre at Guanajuato—Calleja—Insurgents
defeated—Execution of Hidalgo, | [279] |
| CHAPTER II.—Venegas Viceroy—Rayon—Junta in 1811—its willingness to receive
Ferdinand VII.—Proclamation by the Junta—Morelos—Acapulco taken—Successes
of the insurgents—Siege of Cuautla—Izucar—Orizaba—Oaxaca—Chilpanzingo—Calleja
Viceroy—Iturbide—Reverses of insurgents—Morelos shot, | [287] |
| CHAPTER III.—Apodaca Viceroy—Spanish constitution of 1812 proclaimed in
Mexico—Condition of the revolutionary party—Victoria—Mina lands at Soto la
Marina—his efforts—Los Remedios—Guerrillas—he is shot—Padre
Torres—Iturbide—Apodaca
selects him to establish absolutism—Iturbide promulgates the
Plan of Iguala—Army of the Three Guaranties, | [293] |
| CHAPTER IV.—O'Donoju Viceroy—Conduct of Iturbide—Novella—Revolt—Treaty
of Cordova—First Mexican Cortes—Iturbide Emperor—his career—exiled
to Italy—Iturbide returns—arrest—execution—his character and services, | [301] |
| CHAPTER V.—Review of the condition of Mexico and the formation of parties—Viceroyal
government—The people—The army—The church—Constitution of
1824—Echavari revolts—Victoria President—Escocesses—Yorkinos—Revolts
continued—Montayno—Guerrero—Gomez Pedraza President—is overthrown—Federalists—Centralists—Guerrero
President—Abolition of Slavery in Mexico, | [307] |
| CHAPTER VI.—Conspiracy against Guerrero by Bustamante—Guerrero betrayed
and shot—Anecdote—Revolt under Santa Anna—he restores Pedraza and becomes
President—Gomez Farias deposed—Church—Central Constitution of 1836—Santa
Anna—his Texan disgrace—Mexia—Bustamante President—French at Vera Cruz
Revolts in the north and in the capital—Bustamante deposed—Santa Anna President, | [316] |
| CHAPTER VII.—Reconquest of Texas proposed—Canalizo President ad interim—Revolution
under Paredes in 1844—Santa Anna falls—Herrera President—Texan
revolt—Origin of war with the United States—Texan war for the Constitution
of 1824—Nationality recognized—Annexation to the United States—Proposition
to Mexico—Herrera overthrown—Paredes President—Our minister rejected—Character
of General Paredes, | [326] |
|
CHAPTER VIII.—General Taylor ordered to the Rio Grande—History of Texan
boundaries—Origin of the war—Military preparations—Commencement of hostilities—Battles
of Palo Alto and Resaca—Matamoros—Taylor's advance—Fall of
Monterey, | [334] |
| CHAPTER IX.—General Wool inspects and musters the western troops—Army
of the Centre—New Mexico—Kearney—Macnamara—California—
Frémont—Sonoma—Californian
independence—Possession taken—Sloat—Stockton—A revolt—Pico—Treaty
of Couenga—Kearney at San Pascual—is relieved—Disputes—San
Gabrielle—Mesa—Los Angeles—Frémont's character, services, trial, | [342] |
| CHAPTER X.—Valley of the Rio Grande—Santa Anna at San Luis—Scott commander-in-chief—Plan
of attack on the east coast—General Scott's plan—Doniphan's
expedition—Bracito—Sacramento—Revolt in New Mexico—Murder of
Richie—Selection of battle ground—Description of it—Battle of Angostura or
Buena Vista—Mexican retreat—Tabasco—Tampico, | [350] |
| CHAPTER XI.—Santa Anna's return—changes his principles—Salas executive—Constitution
of 1824 restored—Paredes—Plans of Salas and Santa Anna—his letter
to Almonte—his views of the war—refuses the Dictatorship—commands the army—State
of parties in Mexico—Puros—Moderados—Santa Anna at San Luis—Peace
propositions—Internal troubles—Farias's controversy with the church—Polko
revolution in the capital—Vice Presidency suppressed—Important decree, | [358] |
| CHAPTER XII.—General Scott at Lobos—Landing at and siege of Vera Cruz—Capitulation
and condition of Vera Cruz—Condition of Mexico—Alvarado, etc.,
captured—Scott's advance—Description of Cerra Gordo—Mexican defences and
military disposal there—Battle of Cerro Gordo—Peroté and Puebla yield—Santa
Anna returns—Constitution of 1824 readopted—Mexican politics of the day—War
spirit—Guerillas—Peace negotiations—Santa Anna's secret negotiations, | [370] |
| CHAPTER XIII.—Scott at Puebla—Tampico and Orizaba taken—Scott's advance—Topography
of the Valley of Mexico—Routes to the capital—El Peñon—Mexicalzingo—Tezcoco—Chalco—Outer
and inner lines around the city—Scott's advance
by Chalco—The American army at San Augustin, | [381] |
| CHAPTER XIV.—Difficulties of the advance—The Pedregal—San Antonio—Hacienda—Relative
position of American and Mexican armies—Path over the Pedregal
to Contreras—Valencia disconcerts Santa Anna's plan of battle—American
advance and victory at Contreras—San Antonio turned by Worth—Battle of Churubusco—Battle
at the Convent and Tete de Pont—Their capture, | [391] |
| CHAPTER XV.—Why the city was not entered on the 20th—Condition of the
city—Deliberation of the Mexican cabinet and proposals—Reasons why General
Scott proposed and granted the armistice—Deliberations of commissioners—Parties
against Santa Anna—Failure of the negotiation—Mexican desire to destroy
Santa Anna, | [400] |
| CHAPTER XVI.—Military position of the Americans at the end of the armistice—Mexican
defences—Plan of attack—Reconnoissances of Scott and Mason—Importance
of Mexican position at Molino del Rey—Scott's scheme of capturing
the city—Battle of Molino del Rey—Reflections and criticism on this battle—Preparations
to attack Chapultepec—Storming of Chapultepec and of the city Gates
of San Cosmé and Belen—Retreat of the Mexican army and government—American
occupation of the city of Mexico, | [408] |
| CHAPTER XVII.—Attack of the city mob on the army—Quitman Governor—Peña
President—Congress ordered—Siege of Puebla—Lane's, Lally's, and
Childs's victories—Guerrilleros broken up—Mexican politics—Anaya President—Peace
negotiations—Scott's decree—Peña President—Santa Anna and Lane—Santa
Anna leaves Mexico for Jamaica—Treaty entered into—Its character—Santa
Cruz de Rosales—Court of Inquiry—Internal troubles—Ambassadors at Querétaro—Treaty
ratified—Evacuation—Revolutionary attempts—Condition of Mexico
since the war—Character of Santa Anna—Note on the military critics, | [420] |