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Ojos de Agua, 466
Olla, a boiling-pot
Omecihuatl, 319
Ometeuctli, 319
On the way to market (view), 399
Onyx, Mexican, 503
Opals, richest district of, in Queretaro.
Opuntia, 529
Oracion, 64
Oranges, mule-loads of, 534
Ord, General, 181
Organ Mountains, 447
Organo cactus, 517
Organo cactus, 529
Oriental Railway, 421
Oriental Railway, 559
Orizaba, volcano of, 177
town, 214
peak and crater, 218
height of, 371
Ornaments, Apache, 633
Otomi language, 418
Otumba, town, 220
Outrages, Apache, 634
Ozumba, view from, 443
P
Pachuca, mines of, 450
city of, 447
Paintings, in the Academy, 324
at Kabah, 110
of Puebla, 504
ancient, in Tlascala, 492
Painted caves, 591
Pajaros preciosos, 132
Palaces, of Mexico, 235
of Cortés, 405
of Mitla, the wonderful, et seq. 531
Palenque and the Phantom City et seq. 155
plan of, 157
first mention of, 159
restored, 160
tablet, 163
sculptured fragment from, 411
Palisades of Regla, 459
Palmer-Sullivan concession, 434
Palms of the coast, 196
Palo Blanco, 561
Palo tinto, 136
Panteon of S. Fernando, 263
Papantla, pyramid of, 192
Papantzin, 341
Paredones, 541
Parian of Monterey, 571
Parque de Ysabel, 549
Parra, Felix, 325
Paseo (walk, drive), 334
Paseo Grande, 349
de la Reforma, 349
Paso del Norte, 596
old church of, 593
Paso del Macho, 201
Patio (court), in Yucatan, 55
in Mexico, 224
system of reducing ore, 462
Patterson, Rev. Mr., 401
Patzcuaro, 441
Pavo del Monte, 137
Pawning an organ, 284
Pawnshops, 252
Paxi, 340
Pay train, a, 440
Pearls of Gulf of California, 657
Pecos and Rio Grande Railway, 577
Pecos River, 591
Pedregal, 453
fight of the, 454
Peñas Cargadas, 457
Penates, Mexican, 319
Peon, Don Alvaro, 88
Peon, the faithful, 381
Peralta, Angela, death of, 649
Perez, Don Juan, 98
Perote, Cofre de, 193
Perro mudo, el, 320
Petate, 394
Peten, forests of, 168
Petahaya, or Petaya, a giant cactus, 644
Picture-writing, Aztec, 316
Pinzon, Spanish navigator, 40
Pic (Maya word), 118
Pickpockets, Mexican, 247
Pico del Fraile, 375
Piedras Negras, 581
Pierce, Col. T. N., 578
Pillar of Death, 537
Pines, limit of, 378
Pines, limit of, 385
Pita (thread), 342
Plateau, ascending the, 215
on the, 220
Plaza, of Vera Cruz, 178
Grande, of Mexico City, 349
horizontal, 392
and La Mitra, the, 563
of Zaragoza, 570
Plazuela of Paso del Norte. 599
Pleasant travelling, 578
Plough, a Mexican, 506
treatment of an American, 507
Plumaje, 321
Plumed Serpent, the, Quetzalcoatl, or Kukulcan, 481
Plumed Serpent, the, Quetzalcoatl, or Kukulcan, 508
Plunder, Apache, 633
Pobrecito, 130
Popocatapetl, et seq. 371
view of, 377
ascent of, 375-390
peak of (views), 384
peak of (views), 393
cone of, 389
snow-line of, 385
Mexico Valley from, 387
crater of (view), 392
height of, 394
Policy, Indian, of Mexico, 627
of the United States, 628
of the United States, 633