Buena vista, a military post, II, 299.

Buenos Ayres, (Viceroyalty of) produce of its gold and
silver mines, III, 353-Balance of its trade, IV, 128-Net
revenue which the king draws from this viceroyalty,
IV, 240-Its population, IV, 323.

Butter, amount imported at Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 35:
in 1803, IV, 46.

C.

Caamano, (Don Jacinto) his expedition to the north west
coast of America, II, 384.

Cabildo, (Libro de el) manuscript of 1524, II, 22 (§).
Cables, imported into America-See cordage.

Cabrera, (Father Manuel) superintendant of the Desague de
Huehuetoca, II, 143.

Cabrillo, (Juan Rodriquez) his voyage to New California,
II, 338 and 360.

Cachalot, or spermaceti whale fishery, on the coasts of
Mexico, in the hands of the English and Anglo-Ameri-
cans, III, 83.

Caciques, noble Indians, I, 179-Oppressions which they
exercise over the tributary Indians, ibid.

Cacomite, species of Tigridia-Its cultivation in Mexico,
II, 505-See vegetables.

Cactus, different species on which the cochineal feeds, III,
71-See also vegetables.

Cadena, (Count de) causes the first electrical conductors
to be constructed in Mexico, III, 472.

Cadereita, town of the intendancy of Mexico, II, 188.
Cadereyta, (Marquis de) viceroy of Mexico, assigns to the
chest of the Desague, the produce of an impost on
liquors, II, 140.

Cajohuacan, a favourite place of Cortez, II, 78.

Calderon, (Father Francisco) his project for draining the
valley of Mexico, II, 136.

Calicoes, manufactured in Mexico, III, 461.
California, its coasts discovered by Cortez, I, li-Voyage to
this country by Chappe, Doz, and Velasquez, I, lii-
History of the discovery of that province, II, 319-Its
climate, II, 326-Its mountains, ibid.-Its pearls, II,
328-Settlements formed there by the Jesuits, II, 330-
Tribes who inhabit it, II, 331-Its villages, II, 333-Its
mines, III, 128.

California, (Gulph of) geographical position of several
points of its coast, I, lviii.

Californians, their divinities, II, 331.

Calle, (Juan Diaz de) memoir presented by him to Philip
IV, II, 109 (*)—-His researches respecting the inven-
tion of amalgamation, III, 254.

Calle, (second) to what year that period corresponds, II,
18 (*).

Camacho, (Don Josef) his voyage to New California, I,
xciii.

Camargo, (Diego Munoz) his manuscript work on Mex-
ico, II, 74.

Camburi, species of banana, II, 417.

Camels, introduced into Peru, IV, 14.
Camotes, see batates.

Campomanes, his calculations respecting the quantity of
gold and silver imported into Spain, III, 389.

Canary (Islands) their gross revenue, IV, 241-Their ter-
rial extent and population, IV, ibid.

Candles, (wax) amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802,
IV, 35; in 1803, IV, 45.

Cane, (sugar) its cultivation in Mexico, III. 2-Carried
on without negroes, III, 8-Its produce, III, 11-See
also plants and vegetables:

Canizares, (Joze) his map of California, I, lxxxi.

Cannons cast at Manilla, and transported to Vera Cruz,
IV, 21.

Cañon de los Vireyes, gallery of the Desague de Huehuetoca,
II, 152.

Canteens, amount imported at Vera Cruz in 1802, IV,
33 and 35; in 1803, IV, 45 and 46.

Capers, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 33;
in 1803, IV, 44.

Capitals, laid out by the clergy on lands, III, 100.

Capitations of the Indians, its annual produce, IV, 212.
Capuces, tribe of Indians, II, 205.

Caracas, (Capitaneria generale de)

annual balance of its

commerce, IV, 128-Number of slaves, IV, 129-lts
gross revenue, IV, 241-Population, IV, 322.

Caravajal, oidor at Mexico-His mineralogical collection,
II, 51 (*).

Carcay, mountains, II, 284.

Carneros cimarones, animals of the mountains of Califor-
nia, II, 327.

Caroline, (Islands) imaginary archipelago, II, 323.

Carthagena, annual balance of its commerce, including
the small neighbouring ports, IV, 119.
Cards-Produce of duty on, IV, 214.

Casa del apartado at Mexico, or house of separation
Description of that edifice, III, 483.

Casa Fuerte (Marquis de) See Acuña.

Casas grandes del Rio Gila-Ruins of an edifice con.
structed by the Aztecs, II, 301.

Casas grandes of New Biscay, third residence of the Aztecs,
II, 302, 303.

Casasola (M. de). His collection of voyages to Cali-
fornia, I, liv. (‡)—His manuscript memoir respecting
the voyages of the Spaniards to the north west of
America, II, 359.

Casts among the inhabitants of Mexico, I, 130.

Castillo (Bernal Dias del) -His judgment respecting the
conduct of Cortez, II, 57 (*)

Castillo (Christophe de) a baptised Indian, author of a
manuscript on the History of Mexico, II, 74 (*).

Cattle (Horned) in Mexico, III, 48-See also Zoology.
Catorce district of mines, II, 283; III, 120-Its description,
III, 209.

Causeways leading to Mexico, II, 47-Celaya, Town, II,
207.

Cempoalla, chief place of the Totonacs, II, 263.

Ceralvo (Marquis de) Viceroy of Mexico, II, 114.
Cegars (Manufactory of) at Queretaro, III, 466.
Cerealia of the Old Continent unknown in America before
the arrival of the Spaniards, II, 451-Region suitable
to them, II, 453-Watering which they require, II, 457—
Riches of the harvests, II, 461-Average produce of
wheat, II, 462.-Amount of harvest in New Spain, II,
469-Comparison of the average produce with that of
other countries, II, 475-Average price of wheat, II,
481-Quality of grain in New Spain, II, 482-Does
not preserve long, II, 483.

Ceremony (Religious) celebrated at the time of the intro-
duction of vaccination, I, 114.

Cerro de la Cruz, Mexican pyramid, II, 196.

Cervantes (Don Miguel) professor of Botany at Mexico, I,
215-His mineralogical collection ibid, II, 51 (*).

Cevallos (Don Ciriaco) explored the coast of New San-
tander, I, 83.

Chagre (River of) was proposed for the establishment of
a communication between the two oceans, I, 29.

Chairs, quantity imported into Mexico in 1803, IV, 45.
Chalchinhuecan, old denomination of the shore of Vera
Cruz, II, 254.

Chaleo (Lake of) See Xochimilco.

Champoton river on the banks of which the Campeachy wood
is cut down, II, 247.

Chanate, mountains, II, 285.

Chapala, Lake, I, 73.

Chapetones the name for the whites born in Europe, I, 204.
Chapoltepec Aqueduct which conveys fresh water to
Mexico, II, 45-Castle constructed by the viceroy
Galvez, II, 102-His degradation, II, 103.

Chappe-His determination of the position of Mexico, I,
xxviii, of Vera Cruz, I, xxxiv-His voyage to California,
I, iii, 221.

Charcas, towns and mines, II, 282; III, 120.

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Charles, I, (fifth), encourages Cortez to discover the secret
of a strait between America and Asia, II, 320.
Charles III. King of Spain.—Measures by which he amelio-
rated the condition of the Indians, I, 183.

Charles, IV. King of Spain, causes the benefit of vaccination
to be communicated to the natives of America and Asia,
I, 113-His statue at Mexico, I, 213, and II, 40.

Cheese, amount imported into Vera Cruz in 1802, IV, 35
in 1803, IV, 46.

Chiahuitzla, port, II, 263.

Chica, a mercury mine, III, 302.

Chicha, a spirituous liquor of the Mexicans, II, 447.

Chichimecs, a tribe of Indian savages, II, 205, 222, and
285-Their arrival in Mexico, I, 133.

Chila, a salt work of the Intendancy of Puebla, II, 199.

Chile-See Pimento.

Chili-Produce of its gold and silver mines, III, 352.
Chilpansingo, a town of the Intendancy of Mexico, II, 185.
Chimalapa, (Rio de) might serve for the establishment of
a communication between the two seas, I, 23, IV, 22.
Chimalatl (Heliantus Annuus)-Its cultivation in Mexico,
II, 506-See Vegetables.

Chimalpain-a baptized Indian, author of a manuscript on
the History of Mexico, II, 74 (*)

Chinampas, floating gardens in the Lakes of Mexico, II,
97.

China-Quantity of gold and silver which flows into it from
Europe, III, 442, IV, 340.