XXVI.
Morelos [250]-257
Birth and family, [250]—Morelia, [251]—Muleteer and student, [251]—Morelos joins Hidalgo, [251]—Siege of Cuautla, [252]—Acapulco, [252]—First Mexican Congress, [252]—Declaration of independence, [253]—Attack on Valladolid, [253]—Mishaps, [254]—Morelos a prisoner, [254]—Death of Morelos, 255; his character and aims, [255]; his object achieved, [256].
XXVII.
Yturbide [258]-271
The close of Calleja's administration, [258]—The insurgents dispersed, [258]—Apodaca and Guerrero, [259]—Affairs in Spain, [259]—Agustin de Yturbide, [260]; early services, 260; meets Guerrero, [261]—"Plan of Iguala," [261]—The "three guaranties," [261]—Advance of the insurgents, [262]—The viceroy deposed, [262]—A successful campaign, [263]—O'Donojú, [263]—Treaty of Cordova, [264]—Yturbide enters the capital, [264]—The Regency, [264]—The Mexican Empire founded, [265]—Work of the new government, [265]—Second Mexican Congress, [265]—Yturbide proclaimed Emperor, [266]—Signs of dissatisfaction, [267]—Santa Anna, [267]—The Casa-Mata, [268]—Yturbide banished, [268]; his return to Mexico, [270]; his execution, [270]; character of Yturbide, [271].
XXVIII.
Santa Anna [272]-280
A confused story, [272]—Santa Anna, [273]; his connection with Yturbide, [273]—The Constitution, [273]—"Guadalupe" Victoria, [273]—Expulsion of the Spanish, [274]—A presidential election, [274]—Mutiny in the capital, [275]—Colonization of Texas, [276]—Pedraza, [276]—A Spanish invasion, [277]—Santa Anna made Commander-in-Chief, [277]—Bustamente, [278]—Guerrero betrayed and shot, [278]—Santa Anna becomes President, [278]—Farías, [279]—Insurrection in Texas, [279].