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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.