Harpoons, amount imported in Vera Cruz in 1802,
Harpsichords, manufactured in Mexico, III, 488.
Hatun-Potocsi, or Cerro de Potosi-See Potosi.
Havanah, (Capitaneria Generale) balance of its commerce
IV, 127-Its gross revenues, IV, 241.
Havanah, port, annual balance of its commerce, IV, 118-
This port ought to be regarded as the military post
of Mexico, IV, 273.
Heceta, (Bruno) his voyage to the north west coast of
America, II, 365.
Heceta, first name of the Rio Columbia, II, 365.
Heights, measured in the interior of New Spain, I, cxliii-
et seq.; IV, 354.
Hell, (Father) how he fixed the position of San Jose,
I, liii.
Hemp, the government does not encourage its cultivation in
Mexico, II, 517, and III, 20.
Hens, unknown in Mexico at the period of the conquest,
III, 51.
Herrera, (Don Josef)—See Cevallos.
Hides of buffaloes, influence which the edict of free trade
has had on their exportation, IV, 100.
Hides, (raw) amount exported from Mexico in 1802, IV,
38; in 1803, IV, 49-Influence which the freedom of
commerce has had on this exportation, IV, 100.
Hides, (tanned) manufactures of, in the intendancy of
Guadalaxara, III, 461. Amount exported from Mexico
in 1802, IV, 38-Influence which the edict of free trade
has had on their exportation, IV, 100.
Himmelsfürst, mine of Saxony compared with that of Valen-
ciana, III, 202.
Hog, animal unknown in Mexico at the period of the con-
quest, III, 51.
Horns of oxen, influence which the edict of free trade has
had on the exportation, IV, 100.
Horses, their propagation in the Savanahs, IV, 257.
Hospital of Mexico, II, 50.
Hostimuri, town, II, 305.
Hostotipaquillo, mines, II, 230.
Huajocingo, or Huexotcinco, town, II, 203; III, 461.
Hualca, (Diego) discovered the metalliferous depository
of Potosi, III, 171.
Huancavelica, mercury mines in Peru, III, 309.
Huantajaha, produce of its mines, III, 347.
Huari Capca, discovered the mines of Pasco, III, 341.
Huasacualco, river which might serve to establish the com-
munication between the two seas, I, 22-Its importance
in this respect was perceived by Cortez, IV, 17.
Huaxyacac, one of the principal places of the country of
the Zapotecs, II, 235.
Huayna-Potocsi, a mountain near Potosi, III, 376.
Huayres, furnaces antiently used in the Cerro de Potosi
for the extraction of silver from ores, III, 376.
Huaytecas, archipelago visited by the Indians of Chiloe,
IV, 286.
Huehuetoca, (Desague de)-See Desague.
Huehue-Moteuczoma, the name of Montezuma I, II,
9 (+)-Dike which he orders to be constructed, II,
117.
Huehuetlapallan, unknown country, originally inhabited by
the Toltecs, I, 36.
Hueilcohuacan, town, II, 305.
Huexotcinco, see Huajocingo.
Hugarte, (De Lere Juan) discovered the errors of the
maps of California, I, lxi.
Huichilobos, see Huitzilopochtli.
Huitzilopochco, springs brought into the canals of Tenoch-
titlan, II, 31-Danger to which that aqueduct exposes
the city, II, 119.
Huitzilopochtli, Mexican divinity-Where his temple was
situated, II, 9-Signification of this name, II, 17 (†).
Huitzitzila, see Tzintzontzan.
Igname, its cultivation in Mexico, II, 500; IV, 336.
See vegetables.
Isles of the Great Ocean discovered by the Spaniards,
IV, 82.
Importation of European goods into Mexico-Its amount
in 1802, IV, 33, et seq.; in 1803, IV, 46; in 1804,
IV, 363; in 1805, IV, 366, and in 1806, IV, 366-Its
annual amount, IV, 111, and IV, 281; and in all the
Spanish colonies, IV, 127-Amount of fraudulent im-
portation, IV, 131 et seq.
Imposts paid by the proprietors of mines, III, 328.
Indies, (East) quantity of gold and silver which flows
there from Europe, III, 442; IV, 339.
Indians, (copper coloured Americans-Their number, I,
131-Their migrations from north to south, I, 187-
Their languages, I, 138-Their physiognomy, I, 380—
Their complexion, I, 143-They have a beard, I,
147-Their longevity, I, 148-Drunkenness, I, 149-
Are not subject to deformities, I, 152-Their resemblance
to the Mogul race, I, 153-Their moral faculties, I, 155-
Their state of civilization before the arrival of the Europe-
ans, I, 158-Comparison between them and the Ne-
groes, I, 162-Their religion, I, 164-Their character,
I, 164—Their melancholy, I, 171-Their taste for paint-
ing and sculpture, I, 172; for flowers, I, 173, 174-
Their social state, I, 179-Oppressions they experienced
at the time of the conquest, I, 180-They were subjected
to the encomiendas, I, 181-Their condition has been
ameliorated in the 18th century, I, 183; especially by the
establishment of intendancies, ibid.-Inequality of fortune
among them, I, 184-Wretchedness of the great mass,
I, 185-Examples of great wealth, I, 186-They pay no
indirect imposts, ibid-They are subject to tribute, I,
187-Of the impost paid by them, ihid-They are de-
prived of several civil rights, I, 188-Degradation in
which they are at present, I, 190-Why the late viceroys
have not been able to do any thing in their favour, I,
198 Political inconveniences resulting from the in-
sulated state in which the Indians are kept, I, 200.
Indians, (wandering) see Indios Bravos.
Indigence of the Mexican people-Its causes, I, 185:
IV, 112.
Indigo, of its cultivation, III, 44-Carriage from Guatimala
through Mexico for Europe, IV, 17-Amount of its
annual exportation from Vera Cruz, IV, 30; of its im-
portation in 1802, IV, 36; of its exportation from Mex-
ico in 1802, IV, 37; in 1803, IV, 48; in 1804, IV, 363—
Influence which the edict of free trade has had on this
exportation, IV, 100.
Indios Bravos, I, 175-War carried on against them by
the missionaries and the troops of the presidios, I,
237, IV.
Iniesta, (Yldefonso) his estimate of the quantity of water
contained in the canal of Huehuetoca, at the great
swells, II, 149 (†).
Iñena, (Blus de) manner in which he entered the Crater
of the Cerro de Masaya, III, 310.
Inoculation of the small pox; its progress in Mexico,
Inundations in the valley of Mexico, II, 111-Period ob-
served by them, II, 113-Inundation of 1446, II, 17;
of 1498, II, 118; of 1553, II, 120; of 1580, ibid; of
1604, ibid; of 1607, ibid; of from 1629 to 1634, II, 133;
of 1763, II, 160; of 1772, II, 161.
Intendancies, their number, I, 266-Disproportion in their
extent, I, 282; in their population, I, 284; in their re-
lative population, I, 285.
Iraca, a Mexican dish, II, 510.
Iron, its use unknown to the antient Mexicans, or at least
not rightly appreciated by them, III, 114, et seq.-
mines which furnish it, III, 296-Amount of its annual
importation into Vera Cruz, IV, 31.
Iron in bars, amount of its importation into Vera Cruz
in 1802, IV, 34; in 1303, IV, 45, 46; in 1804,
Iron, (white) amount imported into Vera Cruz, in 1802, IV,
34, 35; in 1803, IV, 46.
Iron manufactured, amount imported into Vera Cruz, in
1802, IV, 34; in 1803, IV, 45-On account of the
king, IV, 51.
Iron, meteoric found in Mexico, III, 298.
Isasvirivill, (Don Mariano) how he determined the position
of Vera Cruz, I, xxxii: that of the Pic d'Orizaba, I,
xliv.
Isleños, natives of the Canary Islands, I, 204.
Istenenetl, remains of a small Mexican pyramid, II, 196—
See Alcosac.
Istla, (bridge of) its geographical position, I, xxxix.
Isthmus of Panama, height of its mountains, IV, 350.
Iturigarray, (Don Josef de) viceroy of Mexico-See
Yturigarray.
Ixtlilxochitl (Antonio Pimentel, Fernando Pimentel, and
Fernando Alba) baptised Indians authors of manuscripts
on the history of Mexico, II, 74 (*).
Iztaccihuatl, one of the highest summits of the Cordillera
of Mexico, I, 62 and IV, 355-Signification of the word,
I, 61 (*).
Jalap, province which produces it, II, 269-Its cultivation,
III, 28-Amount annually exported from Vera Cruz,
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