Aboriginal peoples, 3

Academia Nacional de San Carlos, 81, 84

Acapulco, port of, 128

Acolhuans, 2

Acosta, 104, 174

Agriculture, 133–135

Agricultural gods, 12–13

Aguas Calientes, State of, 122

———— ————, conference at, 200, 201, 208

Agüeros, Victoriano, 69

Alarcon, Monsignor, Archbishop of Mexico, 106

Albarez, Victoriano Salado, 71

Alcarreca, Ygnacio, 93

Almanza, Cleofas, 93

Altamirano, Ignacio M., 74

Alvarado, Pedro de, 8

Anahuac ("Place by the Water"), 1, 2, 161

Arboriculture, Board of Forestry and, 150

Architecture, 9, 86–89

Armaments, 56

Army, 55–57

Art, 80

Artes y Letres, journal, 69

Artillery, 56

Asphalt, 152

Axayacatl, King, 6, 10

Aztec civilisation (type of), 9, 10, 14

———— Government, 10–11

Aztecs, 1, 2, 5, 6, 151, 156, 161–4

Bajio, 123

Baptista, Juan, 65

Barbarities, 175

Barra, Señor de la, 190

Beggars, 41

Biblioteca Nacional, 85

Big game, 114

Boatmen, 44

Bowling, 113

Brasseur de Bourbourg, Abbé, 105

Bribiesca, Alberto, 92

Bringas, Señor, 91

British trade in Mexico, 146–149

Building operations, 47

Bull-fighting, 109–111

Cabazeros (sheep's-head vendors), 43

Cabrera, Don Luis, 154

Café life, 45

Cakchiquel, 4

California, loss of, 16

Calumet, 52

Camaxtli (a god of the Tlascalans), 5

Campa, Luis, 92

Campeachy, 58, 131–132

Can-Ek, Jacinto, 102

Capello del Rosario at Puebla, 88

Carranza, Venustiano, 199–200, 202, 203, 206, 210

Carrasco, Gonzola, 93

Carvajal, Francisco, 199

Casa del Obrero Mundial, 200

"Castes" of Mexico, 4

Cateiteros (tray-sellers), 43

Cattle-raising, 136–137

Cavalry, 56

Centennial celebrations, 21

Central Democratic Club, 185

Centurion, José Maria, 92

Chalco Canal, 44

Chamber of Deputies, 53

Chapala, Lake of, 126

Chapultepec, 57, 90, 192

Charles IV of Spain, 82

Chavero, Alfredo, 97–98

Chazaro, Layos, 202

Chianpinolli, 100

Chiapas, 132

Chicago Exhibition, Mexican pictures at, 93

Chichimecs, 171

Chihuahua, State of, 54, 116, 168, 187

Chinampas (floating gardens), 44

Chontals, 3

Church, 99

Circus in Mexico, 96–97

Cisñeros, Luis, 92

Ciudad Juarez, 189, 190

Clavigero, Abbé, 65

Cliff-dwellers, 168

Clubs, 40

Coahuila, State of, 117, 185

Cock-fighting, 111

Cocoa, 134

Coffee, 134

Colima, 88, 124

Columbus, Statue of, 90

Comonfort, President, 21

Conservative Party, 63

Contraband of war, 23

Contract labour, 178

Contreras, Jesus, 92

Coras, 166

Cordier, Charles, 90

Corral, Ramon, 182, 186

Cortés, Hernan, 1, 3, 5, 7–9, 20, 80, 97–98, 127, 133

Costume, 25, 35, 48–51, 81

Coto, Luis, 93

Cotton manufacture, 150

Country life, Mexican dislike of, 46

Courtesy, 31

Courtship, 28

Cruelty to Animals, 46

Cuernavaca, 81, 87, 202

Customs (social), 39

Daily Record (of Mexico), 67

Debt, National, 55

Delgado, Rafael, 78, 79

Departments, State, 52

Diaz, General Felix, 191, 193

——, Porfirio (late President), 17, 18, 19–24, 54, 58, 59, 63, 80, 90, 145, 176–182, 186–188, 190, 203

Dinner-parties, 38

Divination, 174–175

Doctors, 40

Drama, Mexican, 97

Durango, 119

Dyke across Lake Tezcuco, 6

Education, 58–61, 121–122

El Argos, newspaper, 67

El Democrata, 215

Electoral College, 52

El Imparcial, newspaper, 67

El Mundo, newspaper, 67

———— ———— Illustrado, journal, 69

Eloquence, Mexican, 64

El Pais, newspaper, 68

El Paso, city of, 203, 207, 211, 214, 217

El Popular, newspaper, 67

El Semanario Literario, journal, 69

El Tiempo, newspaper, 68

Entierrez, Rodrigo, 84

Escuela Nacional de Belles Artes, 81, 83

Etiquette, Mexican social, 29

Expenditure, national, 55

Family life, 31, 39

Farming, 138–140

Feather-dresses, 10

Felixistas, 193

Fiction, Mexican, 76

Figueroa, 197

Finance, 55, 152, 155, 181

Financiero Mexicana, newspaper, 68

Fishing, 114

Flores, 142

Flower-sellers, 44

Folk-wanderings, 2

"Fomento" (Department of Industry), 52, 133

Food, 38–39, 45

———— supply, 153

Football, 113

Foreign policy of Mexico, 61

Forestry, Central Board of, and Arboriculture, 150

France, 17

Frijoles (beans), 32

Frontons, a ball-game, 112

Fruit, Mexican, 135

Fuentes (toreador), 111

Fuster, Alberto, 82

Galvanez, Antonio, 92

Gambling, 34

Gamboa, Frederico, 76–78

Game, wild, 114

Gardens, floating, 44, 162

Garza, Roque Gonzalez, 200, 208

Gentleman, the Mexican, 26–27

Gill, Geronimo Antonio, 82

Girl, the Mexican, 27

Goitia, Señor, 91

Golf, 113

Great Britain, 17, 188

"Grupo Cientifico," 54, 177, 181, 186, 204, 205

Guadalajara, 123

Guanajuato, 3, 123, 142, 144

Guatamotzin (nephew of Montezuma, and subsequently Emperor of Mexico), 9, 91

Guaymas, town, 117

Guerra, Gabriel, 91, 92

Guerrera Mountains, 196

Guerrero, State of, 128

Gutierrez, Eulalio, 200

————, Rodrigo, 93

Haciendados, 139–140

Haciendas, 117

Half-breeds, 4

Hennequen, 134, 183

Hidalgo (revolutionary leader of 1808), 15, 81

————, State of, 125, 198

Hill, Professor Roscoe R., of the University of Mexico, 204

Hohler, Mr., British Chargé d' Affaires, 201

Hospital de Amor de Dios, 82

Houses, 25–26, 32

Huasteca or Huastecs, 3

Huerta, 192, 197, 198, 199, 218

Huichols, 167

Huitzilopochtli (a god of the Mexicans), 5, 6, 9, 99

Human sacrifice, 15

Humboldt, 59, 158

Indians, Mexican, 34, 156–175

Infantry, 56

Inferniello Cañon, 81

Insurrectos, 189

Introductions, 38

Iturbide, Don Augustin, 16

Itzcoatl, 5

Ixtlilxochitl, 72

Izaguirre, Leandro, 82

Iztaccihuatl (mountain), 128

Jalapa, 131

Jalisco, State of, 122, 144, 162

Jara, José, 93

Jardin del Seminario, 91

Jesuits, 99

Jewellery, 10

Jimeno, Raphael, 82

Jiminez, Francisco, 91

Jockey Club, 113

Jordan, Dr. David Starr, American Minister, 203

Journalism, 67–69

Juanacatlan, Falls of, 81

Juarez, 17, 18, 73, 91, 99, 177

Justice, Courts of, 53

Kidnapping, 184

Kingsborough, Lord, 65

Lady, the Mexican, 27, 29, 30

Lancaster, Joseph: his system of education, 59

Lancers, Mexican, 57

Lansing, Mr., U.S. Secretary of State, 212–216

La Patria, newspaper, 67

La Revista Literaria, journal, 69

Las Casas, 159

La Tribuna, newspaper, 68

Lawyers, 30

Leather, 152

Legislation, State, 53

Léon, 124, 152

Leperos, 41

Liberal Party, 63, 180

Limantour, 181–182, 186

Literature, 64–79

Llorente, Enrique C., 208

Lower California, territory of, 52

Maderistas, 193

Madero, 24, 182, 185, 186, 188, 190–194

Manchola, Juan, 83

Manufacturing, 144

Marriage, 163

Martinez, Enrico, 91

————, Ramos, 82

Maximilian, Archduke Ferdinand, Emperor of Mexico, 17, 81, 90, 127

Maxtli (loin-cloth), 10

Mazatlan, 58

————, port of, 119

Memorial to Carranza from Mexican leaders, 207–210

Merida, 132

Mescal spirit, 162

Mexico city, 47, 152, 190, 191–192

Mexican Herald, 67

"Mexican Painting and Painters" (work on by R. N. Lamborn), 92

Mexican Property Owners' Non-intervention League, 219

Michoacan, 126

————, State of, 126

Military schools, 57

Mina (revolutionary leader, 1817), 15

Mining, 141–144

Mixtecs, 3, 6, 61, 168

————, leaders, 207–210

Molina, Alonzo de, 66–67

Mondragon, Colonel, 56

Monotheism (Aztec belief in), 72

Monroy, Luis, 84

Montanes, Juan Martinez, 87

Monterey, 119, 152

————, monument to the National Independence at, 91

Morelia, city of, 126

Morelos (revolutionary leader of 1808), 15

————, Colonel, 193

————, State of, 127, 134, 196, 203

Motecuhzoma (Montezuma) I, 5, 100

———— (Montezuma) II, 6–8, 10, 11

Motoring, 114

Museo Nacional de Argueologia, 85

———— ———— de Pintura, 81

Music, 93–95

Nafarrete, General, 213

Nagualism, 100–105

Nahua, 2, 3, 156, 161–164

Nahuatlatolli (Native Mexican tongue), 2, 3, 156–157

Napoleon III, 17

Narvaez, Panfilo de, 8

National Debt, 191

Naualli (magicians), 171–174

Navy, 58

New Mexico, loss of, 16

Newspapers, 67–69

Nezahualcoyotl, 5, 12

Novarro, General, 188

Novena, Miguel, 91

Novi, Cessare, 88

Nuevo, Leon (State of), 119

Oaxaca, 129, 130, 133

Obregon, General, 200, 216

————, José, 84

————, Luis Gonzalez, 71–72

Ocaranza, Manuel, 83

Oil industry, 151–152

Oluido, Maximilian's cottage at, 127

Opera in Mexico, 95

Opposition, 180–181

Orizaba, Mount, 128, 131

Orozco, General, 189, 197

Ortega, Juan, 84

Otomi, 3, 7, 157, 168

Pacheco, Carlos, 90

Pachuca, 125, 144, 198, 201, 218

Palacio Municipal, 85

———— Nacional, 82, 85, 87

———— Riva, 73

Palo Alta, battle of, 16

Panama Canal, 22

Panduros (sculptors), 89

Panteon de San Fernando, 91

Pantoja, Felipe, 92

Paper-making, 150

Paper money, 153–154

Parra, Porfirio, 75–76

Paseo de la Reforma, 91

Pasteur, monument to, 22

Pasual, 206, 207

Peasant dwellings, 32

Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, department of Mexican paintings in, 92

Peon (peasant or workman), 32, 34, 35, 61, 67, 133, 134, 140, 160, 186

Peyotl (an intoxicant), 173

Pina, Salome, 83

Plaza de la Reforma, 90

Poetry, Mexican, 79

Police, 45

Politics, 62–63

Popocatepetl (mountain), 128

Popol Vuh, 102

Population, 3

Post Office, 55

Pottery, 85–86

President, office of, 52

Presidential elections, 23

Press, 67–69

Progress, 132

Promenading in Mexico, 115

Protestant Episcopal Church, 106

Provinces, the, 116

Puebla, 18, 87, 128, 129, 158, 187, 196

————, battle of, 17, 58

Pulque, 33, 161

Pulquero, the, 42

Queretaro, 3

Quetzalcoatl (a god of the Aztecs), 11, 21, 127, 174

Quiche race, 4

Quintana Roo, territory of, 52

Racial feeling, 164

Rabago, Colonel, 189

Ramirez, Manuel, 93

Ranching, 133–140

Rayon, 15

Religion (ancient Aztec), 11–14

Religious life in Mexico, 99–100, 105, 107

Resaca, battle of, 16

Reserves, Army, 57

Revenue, national, 55

Revolution against Spanish Government, 15–16, 176–220

————, present, 53, 176, 195

Reyes, General, 120, 186, 191

Riley, Rev. H. C., 106

Rivera, Carlos, 93

Robert N. Lamborn, 92

Robles, General, 198

Roman Catholic Church, 99–100, 105–106

Rosas, 91

Rubber, 135–136

Rurales, 21, 152, 179, 184

Sacrifice, human, 11, 14

Saddlery, 152

Sahagun, 65, 172

Salt-beds, 151

Saltillo, 152

Sanchez, Tiburcio, 85

San Luis Potosi, 120–121, 134, 151, 200

Santa Anna, President, 21

Scherzer, Dr., 103

Schools, 58, 59

Sculpture, 89

Senate, 53

Serna, Jacinto de la, 104

Servants, 35

Shooting as a sport, 113–114

Shopkeepers, 30

Sinaloa, State of, 119

Singing, 94–95

Slave-trading, 178, 182–185

Smoking, 34, 39

Socialism, 34

Society, 37–40

Soconusco, 6, 133

Solares, Eduardo, 83

Solis, Juan F. Molina, 76

Sombrereto, 143

Sonora, State of, 117, 183

Spain, 15, 16. 17

Sports, 108–115

Squier, E. G., 105

Suarez, Pino, Vice-President, 193, 208

Superstitions, 171–174

Surnames, 38

Suspicion of strangers, 37

Tampico, 151

Tarahumare Indians, 167

Tarascans, 164–166

Taxation, 55

Tecpancaltzin, 84

Tecpanecs, 2, 4, 5

Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, 6, 22, 151

Tejada, Lerdo de, 18, 19

Temperance movement, 60

Tenochtitlan, 1

"Teocallis" (Mexican temple-pyramids), 13–14

Tepic, territory of, 166

Terrazas, family of, 54, 187

"Territories," Mexican, 52

Teules ("gods," native name for conquerors), 8

Texas, annexation of, by U.S.A., 16, 62

Tezcuco, City, 5

————, Lake, 4, 9

Theatres, 95–96

Tilmatli (cloak), 10

Timber, 150

Tizoc, 6

Tlacopan, 5

Tlaloc (a god of the Aztecs), 11

Tlascala, 5

Tlascaltecs or Tlascalans, 2, 7, 8, 157, 158

Tlatilulco, 65

Toledo, Juan Tellas, 85

Toledo, Señor, 91

Toltecs, 2, 11, 174

Tomochic, massacre at, 178

Tonalamatl (calendar), 174

Torquemada, 65

Tortilla (maize cake), 32, 43, 45

Totonacs, 3

Trades, 41–43

Tulsa, Manuel, 90

Tuxpam, 152, 162

Tezcatlipoca (a god of the Aztecs), 11, 99

United States of America, 16, 57, 62, 180, 187, 189, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 218, 222–223

Universities, 58

Upper classes, 25

Uxmal, 170

Valadez, Emiliano, 83

Valdez, Pablo, 93

Valladolid (Yucatan), 102

Vegetable gardening, 162

Velasco, José, 93

Velasquez, Governor of Cuba, 8

————, Primo Feliciano, 74

Vera Cruz, 1, 7, 8, 17, 57, 88, 90, 130–131, 134, 151, 201, 202

Verse, Mexican, 79

Villa, 199, 201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 214, 218

War with U.S.A. in 1844, 16, 57

———— and Navy, Department of, 52

Water-carriers, 42

Weapons, 14

Wilson, President, 209, 211, 215

Woman, Mexican, 27, 31, 165

Xochicalco, ruins of, 127

Yaqui, 183–185

"Yellow Jack," 131

Yslas, the brothers, sculptors, 91

Yucatan, 4, 17, 102, 103, 134, 135, 160–170

———— Guard, 56, 183, 222

Yzaguirre, Leandro, 93

Zacatecas, State of, 121, 141, 142

Zambos, 4

Zamora, Manuel Gutierrez, 90

Zapata, Emiliano, 179, 192, 195–198, 200, 202, 218, 222

————, Euphemio, 196

Zapatistas, 196, 198, 200, 218

Zapoteca or Zapotecs, 3, 6, 7, 61, 168

Zarapes, 164

Zumarraga, Archbishop, 67