INDEX.
| Academy of Fine Arts, Mexican, 103. |
| Acapulco, road to, 125. |
| National School of, 103. |
| Agricultural machinery in Mexico, 127. |
| productions of Mexico and the United States compared, 128. |
| Agriculture, drawbacks to, 115. |
| Mexican, prospects of, 132. |
| Aguas Calientes, hot baths of, 25. |
| Air, dryness of, in Mexico, 200. |
| America, Central, unhealthiness of, 226. |
| American invasion of Mexico, 70. |
| invasion of Mexico without justification, 70. |
| investments in Mexico, 213. |
| Americans, dislike of, in Mexico, 217. |
| Animals, domestic, unknown to the Aztecs, 54. |
| Architecture, Mexican, 36. |
| Argentine Republic, revenues of, 182. |
| Arista, General, memorial of, 70. |
| Army, Mexican; number and efficiency, 104. |
| Art in Mexico, 5. |
| Auto-da-fe, last in Mexico, 57. |
| Aztec architecture, 57. |
| civilization, low grade of, 51. |
| festivals still celebrated, 88. |
| industries, 56. |
| territory, limitations of, 54. |
| Aztecs, cannibalism among, 55. |
| memorials of, 51. |
| Banks in Mexico, 198. |
| Baptist missions in Mexico, 88, 90 |
| Barca, Madame Calderon de la, observations of, 24. |
| Barrancas of Mexico, 27. |
| Border population, 208. |
| British capital in Mexico, 213. |
| Budget, Federal, of Mexico, 188 |
| Buildings, wooden, absence of, in Mexico, 36. |
| Business methods of the Mexicans, 237. |
| Calendar stone, 59. |
| California, Lower, taxes in, 180. |
| Cannibalism among the Aztecs, 55. |
| Capital, Mexican, health of, 201. |
| Catholic Church of Mexico, future attitude of, 219. |
| hold upon the people, 82. |
| responsibility for the condition of Mexico, 114.
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| "Cattle-range" business, original in Mexico, 123. |
| Census of Mexico, 48. |
| Central America, transit routes of, 226. |
| unhealthiness of, 226. |
| Chapultepec, battle of, 71. |
| monument at, 11. |
| Charney, M. de, on Aztec civilization, 55. |
| Chimneys, absence of, 35. |
| Chinese views respecting trade, 249. |
| Cholula, Pyramid of, 60. |
| Church, Mexican, confiscated wealth of, 87. |
| connection with French invasion, 78. |
| nationalization of, 81. |
| Coal in Mexico, 134. |
| price of, 135. |
| Coasts of Mexico, unhealthiness of, 194. |
| Coffee product of Mexico, 129. |
| Coinage of Mexico, 159, 196. |
| Commerce, obstacles to, in Mexico, 195. |
| world's, demands of, 225. |
| Commercial relations of Mexico, 189. |
| Commodities, extent to which they can bear transportation, 125. |
| Congress of Mexico, 107. |
| Constitution of Mexico, 106 |
| Convents, suppression of, 81. |
| Corn product of Mexico, 128. |
| Cortes, military exploits in Mexico, 61. |
| military forces, 61. |
| picture of, 65. |
| Cotton, Mexican, product and quality of, 131. |
| limited production of, in Mexico, 137. |
| factories in Mexico, 135-137. |
| Cow-boy, original home of the, 123. |
| Credit, mercantile, in Mexico, 236. |
| Death, lottery of, 206. |
| Death-rate in Vera Cruz, 205. |
| Debt, national, of Mexico, 233. |
| obligations of Mexico, 27, 222, 223. |
| public, of Mexico, 222. |
| Despotism of Government, 105. |
| Diaz, Porfirio, President, 110. |
| Drainage of the city of Mexico, 202. |
| Education in Mexico, 101. |
| suppression of, under Spanish rule, 63. |
| Elections, popular, none in Mexico, 108. |
| Embassadors, Hall of, 68. |
| English trade with Mexico, 193. |
| Episcopal missions in Mexico, 88. |
| Esperanza, railroad-station of, 44. |
| Estates, large Mexican, 33. |
| Exports, Mexican, taxation of, 172. |
| Exports and imports of Mexico, 190. |
| Factories in Mexico, 135. |
| Fashions in Mexico, 146. |
| Females, limitation of employments for, 139. |
| "Financier," Mexican, newspaper, 112. |
| Fires, rarity of, in Mexico, 36. |
| Fiscal policy of Mexico, 154.
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| Food, imported, high prices of, 146. |
| Foreigners, discrimination against land-owning, 86. |
| Forests in Mexico, 23. |
| Foster, Minister John W., report of, 17. |
| Foster, Minister John W., rejoinder to, by the Mexican Government, 19. |
| Free trade and protection in Mexico, 154. |
| French trade with Mexico, 193. |
| Fuel, high cost of, 135. |
| Gold product of Mexico, 150. |
| Government, good, in Mexico, not readily attainable, 214. |
| Government of Mexico, 105. |
| Guaymas, American trade with, 242. |
| Guerrero, city of, taxes in, 179. |
| Haciendas, construction of, 31. |
| Hams, analysis of duties on imports of, 168. |
| Handicrafts of Mexico, 135. |
| Hats, features of, in the Mexican dress, 26. |
| "Hercules" cotton-mill, 150. |
| Hidalgo, the Mexican Washington, 67. |
| Highways in Mexico, 195. |
| Holy Family, flight of, repetition in Mexico, 24. |
| Horses, acclimatization of, in Mexico, 199. |
| Hospital, American, in Mexico, 204. |
| Hospitals, lack of suitable, 203. |
| Houses in Mexico, 22. |
| of the people, 38. |
| Humboldt, special privileges granted to, 15. |
| Idol, great, of the Aztecs, 58. |
| Immigration to Mexico, 118. |
| Indian characteristics, 141. |
| races, their social position in Mexico, 99. |
| Indians, Mexican, attachment to localities, 100. |
| Indians, Mexican, communistic life of, 99. |
| Indians, Mexican, improvidence of, 98. |
| Indians, Mexican, ingenuity of, 34. |
| never Christianized, 85. |
| Indians of Mexico, 93. |
| Industries, Mexican, taxes on, 177, 178. |
| Interoceanic transits, 225. |
| Inquisition in Mexico, 63. |
| Iron, absence of, in Mexican industry, 34. |
| Iron not known to the Aztecs, 52, 53. |
| Irrigation, necessity of, in Mexico, 34 |
| Irrigation, titles and rights to, 116. |
| Iturbide, Emperor, portrait of, 68. |
| Hotel, 36. |
| Ixtle, fiber, production of, 232. |
| Jamaica, taxation in, 185. |
| Juarez, Benito, character and services, 77. |
| Kerosene-lamp, story of a, 232.
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| Labor, scarcity of, in Mexico, 144. |
| Lamp, kerosene, story of a, 232. |
| Land, discrimination against American ownership of, 119. |
| Land speculations on the border, 209. |
| Land-owners of Mexico, 186. |
| Land-titles of Mexico, 116. |
| Lands, public, of Mexico, prices of, 209. |
| Language of Mexico, 94. |
| Spanish, an obstacle to commerce, 94. |
| Laws, complicated system in Mexico, 175. |
| Leather industry of Mexico, 138. |
| "Leperos" of Mexico, 93. |
| Lerdo de Tejada, former President of Mexico, 10. |
| Life, material and spiritual poverty of, 95. |
| Living, cost of, in Mexico, 183. |
| "Locomotive," effect of first appearance, 230. |
| Machinery, labor-saving, little used in Mexico, 133. |
| Manufactures of Mexico, 133. |
| restriction of, under Spanish rule, 64. |
| Maximilian, Emperor, character and fate, 78, 79. |
| court ceremonials of, 79. |
| Mayas, civilization of, 48. |
| Mechanics, obstacles to the immigration of, 170. |
| Merchants, American, peculiarities of, 239. |
| German, characteristics of, 241. |
| German, in Mexico, 240. |
| "Mestizos," of Mexico, 93. |
| Metals, precious, abnormal export of, 191. |
| product of Mexico, 159. |
| Methodist missions in Mexico, 88, 90. |
| Mexican Military School, National, 104. |
| Mexico, area of, 49. |
| artificial conditions to which it has been subject, 114. |
| border States of, 47. |
| chronic revolutions of, 69. |
| Constitution of, 106. |
| dryness of climate, 48. |
| essential attractions of, 158. |
| French invasion of, 75. |
| geographical configuration of, 46. |
| Government, since 1821, 69. |
| history of, 50. |
| imports and exports of, 190. |
| Military School, 104. |
| Northern, land value in, 122. |
| plateau of, 40. |
| popular ignorance concerning, 14, 39. |
| population of, 48. |
| poverty of the country, 39. |
| recent progress of, 220. |
| sanitary condition of, 203. |
| small annual production of, 182. |
| States of, 49. |
| stone age of, 52. |
| unexplored portions of, 14. |
| what she buys and sells, 247. |
| Middle classes, absence of, in Mexico, 186. |
| Mills, cotton, in Mexico, description of, 153. |
| Miners, wages of, in Mexico, 141.
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| Mines and mining in Mexico, 158. |
| Mines, old Spanish, fabulous reports of, 161. |
| Mining industry of Mexico, obstacles to, 161. |
| property, laws regulating, 120. |
| properties, owned by Americans, 161. |
| Missionary work in Mexico, 88, 90, 252. |
| Money, paper, introduction of, in Mexico, 199. |
| Monometallism in Mexico, 196. |
| Monroe doctrine, 73. |
| application of, to Mexico, 210. |
| practical rejection of, 252. |
| Mounds, Western, counterparts of, in Mexico, 60. |
| Museum, "National," of Mexico, 51. |
| National feeling in Mexico, strength of, 107. |
| National portrait-gallery of Mexico, 65. |
| Newspapers in Mexico, 112. |
| Ores of silver, restriction on exportation, 162. |
| Orizaba, Mount, 45. |
| Pauper-labor argument, 140, 147. |
| Picturesque scenery, 22. |
| "Peonage" system, 27. |
| People of Mexico, improvidence of, 31. |
| divisions of, 92. |
| indifference to progress, 187. |
| occupations of, 115. |
| Petroleum, market for, in Mexico, 244. |
| Plateau, Mexican, elevation of, 40. |
| dryness of, 47. |
| Plows, Mexican, 126. |
| one handle, 126. |
| Policy, a desirable American, 221. |
| Popocatapetl, Mount, 41. |
| Popular assemblages, unknown in Mexico, 105. |
| Population of Mexico, 48. |
| "Portango" system of taxation, 180. |
| Portraits, national, 65. |
| Potatoes, scarcity of, in Mexico, 132. |
| Prescott, romance of his narrative, 50. |
| President of Mexico, term of office, 103. |
| Press, liberty of, in Mexico, 112, 113. |
| Prices in Mexico, 146. |
| Pronunciamentos, influence of railroads on, 229. |
| Property, small accumulation of, in Mexico, 182. |
| Protection and free trade in Mexico, 155. |
| in the middle ages, 174. |
| Protective features of the Spanish colonial policy, 63. |
| Protestant churches of the United States, neglect of Mexico by, 252, 253. |
| missions in Mexico, 88, 90. |
| neglect of opportunities, 252. |
| Public opinion in Mexico, what constitutes, 108. |
| Querétaro, cotton-manufacture at, 150.
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| Railroad, "Mexican Central," elevation of, 40. |
| facilities of travel by, 21. |
| "National," 233. |
| system of Mexico, 233. |
| "Vera Cruz and City of Mexico," 40-42. |
| cost of, 43. |
| scenery on, 42. |
| Railroads and commerce, 238. |
| influence of, on Government, 229. |
| Rainy season in Mexico, 120. |
| Rancheros, good faith of, 237, 238. |
| Real-estate investments in Mexico, 117. |
| Receipts and expenditures of Mexico, 188. |
| Reciprocity treaty, Mexican, 246, 254 |
| Religious toleration in Mexico, 89, 90, 218. |
| Revenue, national, principal sources of, 189. |
| Revolutionary elements in Mexico, 209. |
| Revolutions, domestic, influence of railroads on, 229. |
| Rivers, navigable, absence of, in Mexico, 48. |
| Roads, absence of, in Mexico, 14, 15. |
| Routes, interoceanic, 226. |
| Saddles, Mexican, 138. |
| Sales, taxes on, 176. |
| Sanitary condition of Mexico, 203. |
| Santa Fé, wages and labor at, 149. |
| Schools, national, 102. |
| Seaports of Mexico, poor, 195. |
| Senate of Mexico, 107. |
| Sewage of the city of Mexico, 200. |
| Shoes and sandals, 26. |
| Silver coinage, inconveniences of, 197. |
| depreciation, effect of, in Mexico, 192. |
| Silver monometallism in Mexico, 196. |
| Silver product of Mexico, 159. |
| Slavery, practical existence of, in Mexico, 28, 29. |
| Smuggling in Mexico, 156, 157. |
| present losses by, 157. |
| Social forces in Mexico, 105. |
| Society, best, of Mexico, what constitutes, 215. |
| Spain, laws of old, 174. |
| Spanish colonial policy, 63. |
| Spanish rule in Mexico, 62. |
| Stamp-taxes of Mexico, 176. |
| Statesmen of Mexico, high character of. 111. |
| Stone age in Mexico, 52. |
| Stove, cost of importing a, into Mexico, 166. |
| Stoves, absence of, in Mexico, 35. |
| Strangers, climatic influences on, 199. |
| Sugar, prices of, in Mexico, 130, 245. |
| product of Mexico, 129. |
| prospective increase of, 130. |
| Tariff, United States, restriction on imports of ores, 162. |
| Taxation, curious experiences of, 163, 165, 185. |
| Taxation in Mexico, 163. |
| in Mexico, difficulty of reforming, 181.
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| Taxation, illustration of effects on trade, 172. |
| Taxation, infinitesimal system of Mexico, 177. |
| Taxes, stamp, 176. |
| Taylor, Bayard, experiences of, 16. |
| Teotihuacan, Pyramids of, 60. |
| Tezcoco, Lake, 200 |
| Tierras Calientes, climate of, 123. |
| Tobacco, Mexican, quality of, 245. |
| Toltecs, civilization, 48. |
| Tortillas, preparation of, 96. |
| Tourists, in Mexico, health experiences of, 203. |
| Trade, conditions of, 250. |
| indirect of Mexico, 193. |
| Mexican, with the United States, 25. |
| Transit routes, interoceanic, 226. |
| Transportation of commodities, 125. |
| Travel, difficulties of, in Mexico, 17, 20, 21. |
| Treaty, Mexico-American, 247, 250. |
| Treaty, Mexico-American, rejection of, 247. |
| Tula, ruins at, 48. |
| United States, atonement due from, to Mexico, 73. |
| United States, consular representation in Mexico, 8. |
| United States, political relations with Mexico, 207. |
| United States, trade with Mexico, 194. |
| Vera Cruz, mortality of, 205. |
| Vernon, Admiral, expedition to Darien, 226. |
| Viceroys, Spanish, portraits of, 65. |
| Wages in Mexico, 28, 29, 140, 141. |
| lowest in North America, 149. |
| Wagons, Mexican, 126. |
| Water, scarcity of, in Mexico, 120, 121. |
| Wheat product of Mexico, 128. |
| Wine production of Mexico, 64. |
| Women, Mexican, restrictions on the labor of, 139. |
| Yucatan, agriculture in, 124. |
| laborers of, 144. |
THE END.