INDEX

Acapulco, [99], [299], [382].
Agriculture, [464-467].
Agave Americana, [41].
Aguador (water carrier), [221].
Agua miel (honey-water), [43].
Aguas Calientes, [36], [219], [298].
Aqueduct of Oaxaca, [116];
of Querétero, [35].
Ahuehuete (cypress) of Chapultepec, [86];
of Popotla, [78];
of Tule, [153].
Alameda, The, [56], [69].
Alamo, Battle of the, [360].
Alcabales, Abolishment of, [293].
Alhondiga de Granaditas, The, of Guanajuato, [348], [349].
Altata, [429].
Alvaredo, Pedro, [279].
American Capital in Mexico, [280].
American Colony, [53].
Anahuac, Valley of, [74 et seq.]
Apam, Plains of, [41], [91].
Architecture, Mexican, [47], [271-273].
Army, The Mexican, [334-337].
Art in Mexico, [270].
Auto-da-fé, The first, [345].
Aztecs, History of the, [11], [75];
Subjugation of, [14-16];
Descendants of, [183 et seq.];
Markets of, [217-218];
Celebrations of, [235].
Banana, Culture of the, [106-108], [431].
Baptism of Indians, [309].
Baptist Missions, [324-326].
Bargaining, [125], [220].
Barra, Francisco de la, [406], [413].
Bear, Playing the, [48], [170-172].
Beggars, Mexican, [242], [340].
Belem, Prison of, [317].
Boca del Monte, [91].
Bonanzas (meaning mines worked at great profit), [275 et seq.]
Books, first printed in Mexico, [259].
Borda, Joseph de la, [276].
Buena Vista, Battle of, [27].
Bull-fight, [243 et seq.]
Bull-ring, [245].
Cacao, [105], [109].
Campo Santo, [63].
Capitals, Population of the, [479].
Cargadors (burden-bearers), [195-199].
Cart, Mexican, [120].
Casa (meaning home), [163], [210-211].
Casas Grandes, [403], [425].
Cathedral of Capital, [60], [321-323].
Catorce, [283], [330].
Cattle ranches, [36], [128], [417], [418-419].
Celaya, [297], [298].
Celebrations in honour of the Virgin of Guadalupe, [236 et seq.]
Cemeteries, [63].
Centennial of Independence, 1910, [73], [396-398].
Central Railway, [297-299].
Cerro (a hill) de las Campañas, [35].
Chalco, Lake, [74].
Chamber of Deputies, The, [18].
Chapala, Lake, [9].
Chapultepec, [86];
military academy, [337].
Chiapas, State of, [304].
Chichen Itza, [441-447].
Chihuahua, City of, [36], [298], [405], [417-419], [422];
State of, [36], [398], [401], [415], [424];
Execution of Hidalgo at, [349].
Chinampas, or floating gardens, [82].
Chilpantzingo, [350].
Cholula, [78], [148];
Pyramid of, [113], [149], [150].
Chorubusco, [363].
Christmas celebrations, [227-232].
Churches, Mexican, [271-273].
Church, The Mexican, [308 et seq.]
Cinco de Mayo, Victory of, [37], [374];
Street of, [50].
Ciudad Juarez, [401], [402], [404], [405], [416], [424].
Climate of the Capital, [54-55];
Variety of, [8];
of Oaxaca, [123].
Coahuila, State of, [27].
Coal, [288-289].
Coatzacoalcos, [99], [137], [139].
Cock-fighting, [33].
Coffee culture, [94], [106], [431].
Colonia Juarez, [425].
Comonfort, President, [315].
Congress, First Mexican, [350];
Second, [354];
of to-day, [18].
Congregational Missions, [324-326].
Conquest, Manner of the, [14-16], [77].
Conquistadores (conquerors), Vandalism and nature of, [13].
Contrasts, A land of, [45].
Copper, Production of, [228].
Cordillerias, The, [26].
Cordoba, [94], [301];
Treaty of, [353].
Corral, Hon. Ramon, [405].
Cortez, [77], [111];
Defeat of, [78];
as governor, [343];
Landing of, [95];
and his followers, [13-16].
Cosmopolitan character of City of Mexico, [59].
Coyoacan, [85].
Creole, The, [51], [162];
women, [165-166].
Cuautla, Battle of, [350].
Cuernevaca, [299].
Cuilapa, [358].
Cuitzeo, Lake, [9].
Culiacan, [429].
Curandera (native doctor), [222-224].
Currency reform, [459].
Customs, Domestic, [167];
Strange, [201 et seq.];
officials, polite, [22], [482].
Cypress of Noche Triste, [78];
of Chapultepec, [86];
of Tule, [153].
Denouncing a mining claim, [287].
Desierto, El, [85].
Diaz, Bernal, [262].
Diaz, Porfirio, [18-19];
Birthplace of, [116];
and education, [264];
encouragement of railroads, [296];
and Protestantism, [325];
organizes Rurales, [331-333];
Sketch of, [369 et seq.];
Revolution against, [396 et seq.]
Diego Juan, Vision of, [236-238].
Dolores Hidalgo, [34], [347].
Douglass, [402].
Dude, The Mexican, [57].
Dulces (Mexican candy), [220].
Durango, [36], [278];
Mountain of iron in, [288];
State of, [415].
Easter, Celebration of, [232-234].
Education in Mexico, [257 et seq.];
of soldiers, [335].
Ejutla, [283].
El Paso, [401], [404], [416], [481].
Embrace, A Mexican, [47].
English language, Teaching of, [267].
Ensenada, [434].
Esperanza, [91].
Evangelista (letter-writer), [220].
Exclusiveness of Mexicans, [164], [210].
Exports and imports, [459-460].
Farming in the tropics, [106];
Antiquated, [123], [465].
Feasts and festivals, [225 et seq.]
Feather work, Aztec, [218].
Federal District, Schools of, [265].
Ferrocarriles Mexicanos, [294 et seq.]
Fibre-producing plants, [40].
Fiesta, [190], [225];
at Oaxaca, [117];
at Guadalupe, [236 et seq.];
de las Flores, [235].
Finances of Mexico, [458-459].
Floating gardens, [82-84].
Flower market, The, [67].
Frijoles, [216].
Funeral cars, [62].
Germans, Affiliation of, [38].
Goat raising, [417].
Gold of Aztecs, [285];
Production of, [288].
Gomez, Vasquez, [410].
Gondola, The Mexican, [82].
Gonzalez, Manuel, [384].
Graphite, [289].
Grasshoppers as food, [81].
Gringo, a term of derision originally applied to foreigners.
Grito, The, [347].
Guadalajara, [37], [219], [299], [426], [428].
Guadalupe, Town of, [240-242];
Church of, [238];
Virgin of, [236-242].
Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Treaty of, [363].
Guanajuato, [36], [277], [283];
Battle at, [348], [383].
Guatemotzin, eleventh and last Aztec Emperor, [78].
Guaymas, [99], [301], [428].
Guaxaca ([See Oaxaca]).
Guerrero, The patriot, [352], [357].
Guatemala City, Bull fight in, [252];
Earthquake in, [260];
Theatre of, [284].
Hacienda, The, [27-30];
of Mitla, [124-128];
of Zuloaga, [418-420];
Labour on, [189].
Hacendado, The, [28], [52].
Henequen, [40-41].
Hermosillo, [301], [427-428].
Hidalgo, Miguel, [347-349], [392], [397].
Hidalgo Railway, [297].
Holidays, [190], [225 et seq.]
Home, Regard for, [163], [210].
Horsemen, Mexican, [57].
Huamantla, [381].
Huitzilopoxtli, [308].
Iglesias, [382-383], [387], [388].
Improvements, Contemplated, in Capital, [71-73].
Independence, Declaration of, [350].
Indians, [183 et seq.], [421-424];
habits and characteristics, [58];
of the hotlands, [103];
cargadors, [195-199];
market, [120-122];
Independent tribe of, [115];
miners, [280].
Inquisition, Establishment of the, [345].
International Railway, [297].
Interoceanic Railway, [297].
Irapuato, [298], [299].
Iron, [288].
Irrigation, Benefits of, [39].
Iturbide, Agustin de, [352-356];
Hotel, [356].
Ixtaccihuatl, Volcano of, [87], [113].
Ixtlan, [373].
Ixtle, [23].
Japanese, Resemblance of Mexicans to, [10].
Jardenas flotandas, [82-84].
Jesuits, The, [258].
Juarez, Benito, Birthplace of, [116];
attitude toward education, [264];
crushes temporal power of the Church, [315];
favours Diaz, [371];
sketch of career, [364-368], [388].
Judas, Burning of, [233].
Judicial System, [467-469].
Labourers, Mexican, [183 et seq.]
Lajartija, (Mexican dude), [57].
La Paz, [434], [436].
Laredo, [481].
Las Madres, [415].
Lead, [289].
Legal customs, [207-209].
Leon, [36], [298].
Leperos, [339], [340].
Lerdo, [368], [379], [382], [385], [387], [388].
Liberty Bell, The, of Mexico, [69].
Library, National, [269].
Limantour, Minister of Finance, [298], [459].
Literary men, [262 et seq.]
Literature, Mexican, [258 et seq.]
Lovemaking, Mexican, [170-172].
Lower California, [306], [431-437].
Madero Family, [400], [411].
Madero, Francisco, [400], [401], [403], [404], [406-408], [410-414], [435].
Madrid, Bull-ring of, [244];
Bull-fight in, [253].
Magdalena, [426].
Magdalena Bay, [435].
Maguey, [41-45].
Mal Paso, [400].
Maltrata, [92].
Mañana, The Land of, [204].
Manzanillo, [99], [299].
Markets, Ancient, [217-218];
of capital, [218];
of Oaxaca, [117-119];
of Tehuantepec, [132].
Marsh-flies as food, [81].
Matamoros, [380].
Maximilian, [264], [315], [366-367], [390];
Execution of, [34-35].
Mayas, The, [438 et seq.]
Mazatlan, [99], [279], [429-430].
Mendoza, Viceroy, [258], [344].
Merchants, Aztec, [329].
Mesas, [26].
Mescal (native brandy), [45].
Mestizos, [184].
Metate, [178], [215].
Methodist Missions, [324], [326].
Mexican races, Origin of, [10].
Mexican, Conservatism of, [52], [174];
his view of Anglo-Saxon, [20].
Mexican Central Railway, [80], [297-299].
Mexican National Railway, Route of, [24 et seq.], [297-298].
Mexican Railway, [90 et seq.], [299].
Mexican Southern Railway, [112-114], [300].
Mexico, Antiquity of, [3];
Resources of, [19];
The United States of, [18].
Miñaca, [420].
Mines of Mexico, [274 et seq.], [427], [434].
Missions, Protestant, in Mexico, [324-327].
Mitla, Village of, [152];
Ruins of, [152 et seq.];
Hacienda of, [124-127], [154].
Molino del Rey (the king’s mill), [88], [363].
Monte de Piedad, [61].
Monte las Cruces, Battle of, [349].
Monterey, [24-25], [297], [299], [417];
Battle of, [25].
Montezuma, [199].
Moon, Pyramid of the, [147].
Morelas, Jose Maria, [350-352].
Morelia, [268], [351], [352].
Mormon Colony, [425-426].
Mountains, [24], [415 et seq.]
Mozo, a servant.
Museum, National, [269].
Nahuals, [75].
National Palace, The, [322].
National Railway, [297].
Navarro, General, [404-405].
Newspapers and periodicals, [260-261].
Noche Bueno, [227].
Noche Triste, Tree of, [78].
Nochistongo cut, [80].
No es costumbre, [213-214].
Nogales, [402], [426].
No hay, [220].
“Northers,” The, [7], [98].
Notaries, Mexican, [209].
Nuevo Leon, State of, [24].
Oaxaca, [111 et seq.], [300], [371], [381];
Markets of, [117-119];
Valley of, [111], [151-152];
Mines of, [283].
O’Donoju, Viceroy, [353].
Ojinaga, [400].
Oñata, Juan de, [276].
Oranges, [109], [431].
Orient, Resemblance to, [1-3], [121-123].
Oriental habits of women, [162].
Orizaba, [93], [366];
Volcano of, [91], [113].
Orozco, Pascual, [404-405].
Pachuca, [282], [297], [405].
Padilla, [355].
Palace, The National, [68-69].
Palenque, [441], [451-455].
Palo Alto, Battle of, [361].
Panama Canal, A competitor of, [136 et seq.]
Pan American Railroad, [303-305].
Panteon of Guanajuato, [284];
National, [72].
Paseo de la Reforma, [56], [69].
Patio (courtyard) in houses, [47].
Patio process, [279], [281].
Patzcuaro, Lake, [9], [270].
Pawnshop, The National, [61].
Peon, The, [183 et seq.];
as a soldier, [334-335].
Peonage, [188-189], [191-192], [390].
Pertenencia, a mining claim, [287].
Petroleum, Production of, [289].
Piedad, Monte de, [277].
Pijijiapam, [304].
Piñate, Breaking the, [231-232].
Plateaus, The, [26], [295].
Plaza Mayor, [68];
de Toros, [245].
Poets and poetry, Mexican, [262-264].
Police, The, [336], [341].
Politeness, [209].
Popocatapetl, [87], [89], [113].
Popotla, Village of, [78].
Poppies, Feast of the, [235].
Population of Mexico, [9];
of states and capitals, [479].
Posadas, The, [228-232].
Pottery, Mexican, [119], [219].
Presbyterian Missions, [324], [326].
Printing press, First, [259].
Prisons, schools in, [267].
Procrastination, A land of, [203-205].
Protestantism in Mexico, [317], [324-327].
Puebla, [37-39], [113], [297], [383], [398], [407];
city of churches, [321];
house of the inquisition in, [345];
Battles at, [374], [378].
Pulque, [41], [66];
shop, [65-67].
Pyramid of Cholula, [113], [149], [150];
of the Sun, [147];
of the Moon, [147].
Quetzalcoatl, [149], [235].
Querétero, [34], [298].
Railroads, Mexican, [143], [290 et seq.], [417-418], [481].
Rainfall, [102], [418], [435].
Real del Monte, Mines of, [282].
Rebosa, [59].
Regla, Count of, [277];
Mines of, [282].
Religion of Mexico, [308 et seq.]
Reyes, Bernardo, [407-408].
Rincon Antonio, [138].
Robbers and bandits of former days, [328-333].
Ruins of Yucatan, [146], [440 et seq.];
of Mitla, [152 et seq.]
Rurales, [331-334], [336].
Sagrario Metropolitano, Church of, [321-322].
Saint, Mexico’s patron, [236].
Saint days, [191].
Salina Cruz, [99], [137], [139 et seq.], [481].
Saltillo, [27], [297].
San Antonio, Texas, [22].
San Benito, [305].
San Blas, [99].
San Cristobal, Lake, [74].
San Cristobal Ecatepec, [351].
San Geronimo, [304].
San Juan de Ulua, Fort of, [98], [356].
San Juan Teotihuacan, [146-148].
San Luis Potosi, City of, [30 et seq.], [297], [299];
State of, [30].
Santa Anita, Village of, [83].
Santa Anna, General, [354], [359-364];
Burial place of, [239].
Santa Lucrecia, [131], [301].
School of fine arts, [270].
Schools, Public, [264-266].
Scott, General, in Mexico, [361], [363].
Seasons, Only two, [7].
Senate, The, [18].
Señoritas, [169].
Serenos, [342].
Sheep Raising, [417].
Shoemaker, Mexican, [221].
Silver, [275 et seq.];
Production of, [287].
Sinaloa, State of, [415], [428-431].
Society in the capital, [53].
Soldiers, Schools for, [267].
Sonora, State of, [398], [415], [427].
Southern Pacific Railway, [301].
States, The, of Mexico, [18];
Area and population of, [479].
Steamship Lines, [469-471].
Streets of the capital, [50].
Suarez, José Maria Pino, [410], [411].
Sugar cane, [109], [429].
Sun, Pyramid of, [147].
Sunday, a day of pleasure, [57].
Tablelands, [26].
Tacuba, [85].
Tacubaya, [85].
Tajo de Nochistongo, [80].
Tamales, [216].
Tampico, [99], [289].
Taotl, an Aztec god, [308].
Tarahumari Indians, [421-424].
Tasco, [277].
Taylor, General, Invasion by, [24 et seq.];
at Palo Alto, [361].
Tecoac, [382].
Tehuacan, [114].
Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, [128], [289 et seq.];
Town of, [132-134];
Women of, [180-181];
National Railway, [136 et seq.], [301].
Tejada, Lerdo de ([See Lerdo]).
Temperature of the tropics, [100], [102];
of the capital, [54].
Tenochtitlan, The ancient capital, [49].
Teocalli, the Aztec, [60], [323].
Tepic, [415], [428], [431].
Tequila (native brandy), [45].
Texcoco, Lake, [49], [74], [81];
Town of, [85].
Thieves, [338-342].
Tia Juana, [401-402], [434-435].
Tierra Blanca, [130].
Tierra caliente, [7], [94], [100-105], [128].
Tierra fria, [6], [25].
Tierra templada, [7], [93].
Tlacolulu, [154].
Tlacochahuaya, [154].
Tolpetlac, Village of, [236].
Toltecs, [12], [75];
Gods of the, [308].
Topo Chico, Springs of, [25].
Topolobampo, [418].
Torreon, [298], [400], [405].
Tortillas, Making of, [178], [215].
Transition, The, in Mexico, [456 et seq.]
Travellers, Suggestions for, [481-483].
Tropics, Vegetation of, [94], [100], [133];
Need of, [110];
Railroading in, [301-303].
Tula, [439].
Tule, Big Tree of, [153].
Tzintzuntzan, [270].
United States, War with, [359], [363].
Uxmal, [441], [448-451].
Valenciana, Conde de, [277].
Valley of Mexico, View of, [35], [79], [87].
Vera Cruz, [95-97], [297], [366], [387], [391];
Fall of, [363];
Escape of Diaz, at, [380].
Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway, [131], [301], [481].
Victoria Guadalupe, first president, [356].
Viga canal, [82-84], [235].
Villa Reyes, Great hacienda of, [29].
Volcanoes, Height of, [480].
Vomito, [95-96].
Wages of miners, [287];
of labourers, [188].
Wheat, Introduction of, [39].
Woman, [133], [162 et seq.];
The creole, [165-166].
Xaltocan, Lake, [74].
Xochimilco, Lake, [74].
Yaqui Indians, [427].
Yellow Fever, [95-96].
Young Men’s Christian Association, [327].
Yucatan, Ruins of, [146], [440 et seq.];
Railways in, [306].
Zacatecas, [36], [282], [298].
Zambrano, a Mexican miner, [276].
Zapotec Indians, [160].
Zaragossa, General, Victory of, [37].
Zocalo, The, [67], [68], [231].
Zopilotes (buzzards), [97].
Zuloaga Hacienda, [418-420].
Zumarraga, Bishop, [258].
Zumpango, Lake, [74], [79].