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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV.— Bernardo de Galvez Viceroy— Chapultepec— Galvez dies— his 

 daughter — Haro Viceroy — Corruption of Alcaldes — Flores Viceroy — his system of 

 ruling- the northern frontier — Mining interests — II. Revilla-Gigedo Viceroy — 

 Charles IV. — Revilla-Gigedo 's colonial improvements — his advice as to California 

 Anecdotes of his police regulations — The street of Revilla-Gigedo — Arrest of fugi- 

 tive lovers — Punishes the culprits, 255 



CHAPTER XVI. — Branciforte Viceroy — his grasping and avaricious character — 

 Corruption tolerated — Persecution of Frenchmen — Encampments — Branciforte 's 

 character — Azanza Viceroy — Effect of European wars on colonial trade and manu- 

 factures — Threatened revolt — Marquina Viceroy — Revolt in Jalisco — Iturrigaray 

 Viceroy — Godoy's corruption — War — Defences against the United States — Miran- 

 da — Humboldt — Mexico taxed for European wars — Ferdinand VII. — Napoleon in 

 Spain — King Joseph Bonaparte — Iturrigaray arrested — Garibay Viceroy, 267 



BOOK III. 



CHAPTER I. — Lianza Viceroy — Audiencia — Venegas Viceroy — True sources of 

 the Revolution — Creoles loyal to Ferdinand — Spaniards in favor of King Joseph — 

 Mexican subscriptions for Spain — Secret union in Mexico against Spaniards — Hi- 

 dalgo — Allende — First outbreak — Guanajuato sacked — Las Cruces — Mexico men- 

 aced — Indian bravery at Aculco — Marfil — Massacre at Guanajuato — Calleja — In- 

 surgents defeated — Execution of Hidalgo, 279 



CHAPTER II. — Venegas Viceroy — Rayon — Junta in 1811 — its willingness to re- 

 ceive Ferdinand VII. — Proclamation by the Junta — Morelos — Acapulco taken — 

 Successes of the insurgents — Siege of Cuautla — Izucar — Orizaba — Oaxaca — Chil- 

 panzingo — Calleja Viceroy — Iturbide — Reverses of insurgents — Morelos shot, 287 



CHAPTER III. — Apodaca Viceroy — Spanish constitution of 1812 proclaimed in 

 Mexico — Condition of the revolutionary party — Victoria — Mina lands at Soto la 

 Marina — his efforts — Los Remedios — Guerrillas — he is shot — Padre Torres — 

 Iturbide — Apodaca selects him to establish absolutism — Iturbide promulgates the 

 Plan of Iguala — Army of the Three Guaranties, 293 



CHAPTER IV.— O'Donoju Viceroy— Conduct of Iturbide— Novella— Revolt- 

 Treaty of Cordova — First Mexican Cortes — Iturbide Emperor — his career — exiled 

 to Italy — Iturbide returns — arrest — execution — his character and services, 301 



CHAPTER V. — Review of the condition of Mexico and the formation of parties — 

 Viceroyal government — The people — The army — The church — Constitution of 

 1824 — Echavari revolts — Victoria President — Escocesses— Yorkinos — Revolts con- 

 tinued — Montayno — Guerrero — Gomez Pedraza President — is overthrown — Fed- 

 eralists — Centralists — Guerrero President — Abolition of Slavery in Mexico, 307 



CHAPTER VI. — Conspiracy against Guerrero by Bustamante — Guerrero betrayed 

 and shot — Anecdote — Revolt under Santa Anna — he restores Pedraza and becomes 

 President — Gomez Farias deposed — Church — Central Constitution of 1836 — Santa 

 Anna — his Texan disgrace — Mexia — Bustamante President — French at Vera Cruz 

 Revolts in the north and in the capital — Bustamante deposed — Santa Anna Presi- 

 dent, ... 316 



CHAPTER VII. — Reconquest of Texas proposed — Canalizo President ad interim — 

 Revolution under Paredes in 1844 — Santa Anna falls — Herrera President — Texan 

 revolt — Origin of war with the United States — Texan war for the Constitution 

 of 1824 — Nationality recognized — Annexation to the United States — Proposition 

 to Mexico — Herrera overthrown — Paredes President — Our minister rejected — 

 Character of General Paredes, . 326 



