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Teraia, (Don Ignacio, his manuscript account of the govern-
ment of the viceroy Espleta, III, 381 (*).
Tezas, province, II, 272.
Tezcuco, a projected eanal, II, 162—Its dimensions, II,
163.
Tezcuco, lake, II, 14 – Difference of its present state fron.
that in the time of Cortez, II, 15—Causes of that differ-
ence, II, 29—The effects of evaporation are augmented
by the destruction of the trees, II, 32; and especially by
the Desague de Huehuetoca, II, 33–Its extent and depth,
II, 35, 106.
Tezcuco, river, II, 107.
Tezcuco, town—Its population, IL, 184—Its cloth manufac.
tures, III, 462.
Tezozomoc, (Airarado) a baptized Indian, author of a manu-
script history of Mexico, II, 74 (*).
Thenard, (31.) his experiments on asphyxia, IV, 199.
Thread, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 33;
in 1803, IV, 45. -
Ticampanba, a German amalgamation work at Requay, III:
351 (*).
Tierras calientes, I, 65.
Tierras frias, I, 66.
Tierras templadas, I, 67.
Tin, mines which furnish it, III, 296–Amount exported from
Mexico in 1803, IV, 49.
Tissues, amount annually imported into Vera Cruz, IV,
31.
Tithes, their amount, III, 96.
Tlacahuepan Cuercotzin, a Mexican divinity, II, 17 (+).
Tlacho, see Tasco.
Tlacotlalpan, town, II, 270.
Tiamana, American porters who supplied the place of beasts
of burden, III, 47.
Tlaolli, a spirituous liquor made from maize, II, 449.
Tlapurahua, mines, II, 226.

Torre, (Don Lorenzo de la) inventor of a particular process
of amalgamation, III, 267.
Torres, bishop of Yucatan, viceroy of Mexico, II, 142.
Torres, (Don Alonzo de) his voyage, I, xciii.
Tortoise shells, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802,
IV, 36; in 1803, IV, 47.
Totomostla, mines, II, 242.
Toultecs, their arrival in Mexico, I, 133, 135–Monuments
of them remaining at Teotihuacan, II, 64. -
Toys, manufactured in Mexico, III, 488.
Trapiches, small cloth manufactures at Queretaro, III,
462. -
Tribunal, (general) of the body of miners—Its establishment,
III, 324. -
Tribute, capitation paid by the Indians, I, 187.
Trinidad Island—Supply which it annually draws from Mexico
for expence of administration, IV, 234.
Tochoutki, people of Russian America, II, 390,
Tochugatschi, people of Russian America, II, 392.
Tupac-Amaru, pretended Inca of Peru—His revolt and
death, I, 201.
Turkey, an indigenous animal of Mexico, III, 55.
Tuxtla, volcano, II, 257.
Tzapoteca, a mountainous country, II, 237.
Tzinteotl, Mexican goddess, II, 139, note.
Tzintzontzan, capital of the kingdom of Michuacan, II,
208, 225. o
Tzotzomatzin, foretold to Ahuitzotl the danger to which
the aqueduct of Huitzilopochco exposed the capital,
II, 1 18.

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Ugalachmiuti, a people of Russian America, II, 393.
Ugarte, (Father Juan) his voyage to California, II,
323–331.

Ugarte, (Don Tomas) how he determined the position of
Vera Cruz, I, xxxii.
Ulloa, (Don Antonio) governor of Huancavelica, III,
313—He conducted to Vera Cruz the last fleet which
arrived there before the trade of America was declared
free, IV, 98.
Ulloa, (Don Francisco de) surveyed the coast of California to
the Rio Colorado, II, 322.
Ulua, (San Juan) fort, II, 262.
Unanue, (Don Hipolito) introduced vaccination into Lima,
I, llā.
United States of America, their exports from 1799 to
1803, IV, 305—Value of the exports in 1806, IV, 317–
Payments made at the treasury by the receivers of the
customs in 1802 and 1803, IV, 309–Tonnage of their
ships from 1799 to 1802, IV, 312—Comparative state of
the American and foreign Tonnage employed in their
commerce, IV, 313—Importation of wine and sugar in
1800, 1801, and 1802, IV, 314–Quantity of wine and
sugar exported from the ports of the United States in
1800, 1801, and 1802, IV, 316—Details respecting the
share which the different provinces took in the exporta-
tion, IV, 318–Note of M. Gallatin on the extent and
population of the United States before the acquisition of
Louisiana, IV, 324—Commerce which they carried on with
Mexico between 1805 and 1806, IV, 366.
Unirersity of Merico, its buildings, II, 51.
Urutia, (Don Carlos de) his map of a part of New Spain,
I, lxxvi.
Ustariz, his estimate of the quantity of precious metals which
entered Europe since 1492, III, 403.
Uturicut, Indian village, II, 303.

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Waccine, introduced into Mexico, I, 112—Exists naturally in
the country, I, 113. -
Valderas, (Compuerta de) lock of the Desague de Huehuetoca,
II, 151.
Waldes, (Don Antonio) minister of Spain—His attempt to re-
gulate the distribution of mercury, III. 285.
Waldes, (Don Cayetano) his voyage to California and Nootka,
II. 342, 381. *
Walencia, (Count de), see Obregon.
Walenciana, mines of the district of Guanaxuato, II, 205–
Description of these mines, III, 186, et seq.-Comparison
with the mine of Himmelsfürst, III, 203.
Valenzia, (Don Vicente) I, lxxxviii—His description of the
mines of Zacatecas, II, 232.
Walladares, (Don Joseph Sarmiento) Count de Montezuma,
viceroy of Mexico, II, 104 (f).
Walladolid, bishoprick—Its revenues, I, 231.
Valladolid, intendancy—Number of ecclesiastics which it
contains, I, 230 (*)—Details respecting this intendancy,
II, 208—Its extent, ibid.—Its climate, II, 209—Revo-
lution which it experienced by a volcanic eruption, II,
212—Its relative population, Is, 223—Its towns, II,
224—Enumeration of its reales de minas, II, 226; III,
126.
Valladolid, town of the intendancy of that name—Propor-
tion between the casts who inhabit it, and between the
sexes, I, 254.
Walladolid, town of the Peninsula of Yucatan, II,
249.
Walladolid de Michoacan, town, II, 224.
Walle (Marquis del) title of Cortez, I, 227; II, 7 (t).
Vallejos, intendant of Cuenca—His operations respecting the
mercury mines, III, 308.

Palmis, (Don Antonio) introduced vaccination into the Spanish
possessions, I, 113.
Vancouter, his determination of the position of Mon-
terey, I, lvi.
Vanilla, province which produces it, II, 252—Of its cultiva-
tion, III, 27—Amount of its annual exportation from
Vera Cruz, IV, 30—Amount exported from Mexico in
1802, IV, 37; in 1803, IV, 48 — Influence which the
edict of free trade had on its exportation, IV, 100.
Wara, (Castilian) its proportion to the Toise, II,
108 (*). -
Vara, (Merican) its proportion to the pied du roi, II,
63 (+).
Vauquelin, (M.) analysed a Mexican aerolithe, III, 293
—His researches respecting the Tan of Gelatine and Al-
bumine, IV, 157.
Pegetables mentioned in this work:
Adansoma digitata, II, 197.
Agave Americana, II, 520–529; A. cubensis, II,
520.
Amyris, IV, 191.
Andromeda, II, 372.
Anona cherimolia, II, 202.
Arachis hypogea, II, 505. -
Arbutus perotensis, III, 59; IV, 337.
Artocarpus incisa, II, 514.
Arum macrorhizon, II, 437.
Asparagus, II, 512.
Atriplex, IV, 484.
Avena sativa, II, 453, 484, 508.

Bonplandia trifoliata, II, 402 (*).
Brassica, II, 509.
Bromelia ananas, Ill, 511 (*).

Cactus cylindricus, II, 328; C. coccinilifer, III, 71,

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