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INDEX
| Staff, Scott's, 2. 366. |
| Staniford, Thomas, brigade in Monterey campaign, 1. 492. |
| States, Mexican. See Federalism. Stauffer, Mrs. W. R., acknowledgment to. 1. 451; on Bliss, 451. |
| Stearns, A. J., as trader in California, 1. 318; and American occupation, 337. |
| Stephens, A. H., on the war, 1. 183. |
| Steptoe, E. J., battery in Scott's army, 2. 77; during Chapultepec, 152, 409; in Mexico City, 163; at Cerro Gordo, 348; at Belén garita, 415. |
| Sterett, J. S., at siege of Vera Cruz, 2. 338.; |
| Stevens, I. I., on mistakes at Monterey, 1. 502; at Churubusco, 2. 113, 383; on Cerro Gordo, 350, 353; engineer with Scott, 366; reconnoitres Old Peñon, 369; on Molino del Rey, 402; reconnoitres southern approach to capital, 408; and plan of attack on capital, 408. |
| Stevenson, J. D., in California, 2. 219. |
| Stewart, Andrew, on Walker, 2. 480. |
| Stockton, R. F., pacific instructions to (1845), 1. 131; command in California, character, 336, 532; and Frémont, address, 336, 532; first southern campaign, 336-7, 532; rule, 337-8; plan against Mexico, 338; second southern campaign, 339-44, 534-5; sends aid to Kearny, 341; and Frémont's capitulation, 346; and blockade, 2. 205; relinquishes rule, 217. |
| Stone, C. P., ordnance officer with Scott, 2. 366. |
| Storms, Mrs., in Mexico, 2. 11; and Scott, 39; and absorption of Mexico, 243. |
| Storrs, Augustus, claim, 1. 425. |
| Stromboli, in Home Squadron, 2. 446. Sub-treasury plan restored, 2. 257, 479. Sumner, Charles, on cause of war, 1. 189; attitude, 274; demands recall of troops, 290. |
| Sumner, E. V., and Harney, 1. 365; at Cerro Gordo, disabled, 2. 52, 350; in Scott's army, 77; at Molino del Rey, 144, 146, 403; during and after Chapultepec, 161, 408, 410, 414. |
| Supplies. See Transportation. |
| Supreme Court, on title by conquest, 2. 241, 468. |
| Surnames, Spanish, 1. 44 n. |
| Sutter, J. A., trading post, 1. 318, 522. |
| Swift, A. J., and engineer corps, 1. 451. |
| T |
| Tabasco River, Perry's expeditions, 2. 199-200, 204-5, 443, 445; map, 205. |
| Tacitus, on a Roman general, 2. 313. Tacubaya, Americans at, 2. 134; aspect, 138. |
| Tacubaya, Bases of, 1. 51. |
| Talbot, Theodore, escape from Santa Barbara, 1. 534. |
| Talcott, G. H., battery in Scott's army, 2. 77; at Cerro Gordo, 348. |
| Talcott, George, ordnance bureau, 1. 474. |
| Tamaulipas cavalry, at Monterey, 1. 494. |
| Tamaulipas state, plan to occupy, 1. 263, 507; authorities and Urrea, 2. 166; attitude toward United States, 215; general occupation, 418; and American tariff, 484. See also Tampico; Victoria. |
| Tampico, as port, 1. 2; situation, map, 276; defences, 277; reasons for occupation, 277, 511; Conner's attitude, 277; Mexicans evacuate, 2789, 510; American navy occupies, 279-81, 511-2; securing, 281-2, 512, 546; march of troops from Victoria to, 366, 546; assemblage for Vera Cruz expedition, 367, 546; plans for uprising, 2. 165; first naval attack, 197, 441; under American rule, 214-5, 229, 230, 452, 461; aspect, 214; garrison, 418; American tariff, 484. |
| Tampico, at siege of Vera Cruz, 2. 338; in Home Squadron, 445. |
| Tariff, Mexican protective, 1. 17; American, and the war, 105, 130, 186; of 1846, political effect, opposition, 2. 257, 273, 281, 286, 478-9; proposed, on tea and coffee, 261, 285, 482;-American, for Mexican ports, 261-3, 303, 484, 500, 505. |
| Tattnall, Josiah, in occupation of Tampico, 1. 281, 512: in attack on Tuxpán, wounded, 2. 203; at siege of Vera Cruz, 338, 339. |
| Taxation, Mexican, of mines, 1. 15; Mexican war, 2. 253; question of American war, 258, 480. See also Finances; Tariff. |
| Taylor, Francis, field battery, 1. 450; in Scott's army, 2. 77; at Churubusco, 114; during Chapultepec, 152, 409; at Cerro Gordo, 348. |
| Taylor, George, at Huamantla, 2. 425, 426. |
| Taylor, William, American consul at Vera Cruz, reports cited passim. |
