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CHAPTER V. — Luis de Velasco II. becomes Viceroy — Delight of the Mexicans- 

 Factories reopened — Chichimecas — Colonization — Alameda — Indians taxed for 

 European wars — Composition — Fowls — Acebedo Viceroy — Expedition to New 

 Mexico — Indian ameliorations — Death of Philip II. — New scheme of hiring In- 

 dians — California — Montesclaros Viceroy — Inundation — Albarrada, . . . 170 



CHAPTER VI. — Second administration of Don Luis Velasco — His great work for 

 the Drainage of the Valley — Lakes in the Valley — Danger of Inundation — History 

 of the Desague of Huehuetoca — Operations of the engineers Martinez and Boot — 

 The Franciscans — Completion of the Desague — La Obra del Consulado — Negro 

 revolt — Extension of Oriental trade — Guerra Viceroy — De Cordova Viceroy — 

 Indian revolt — Cordova founded, 178 



CHAPTER VII. — Marques de Gelves Viceroy — his reforms — Narrative of Father 

 Gage — Gelves forestalls the market — The Archbishop excommunicates Mexia, his 

 agent — Quarrel between Gelves and the Archbishop — Viceroy excommunicated — 

 Archbishop at Guadalupe — he is arrested at the altar — sent to Spain — Mexia threa- 

 tened — Mob attacks the Palace — it is sacked — Viceroy escapes — Retribution, 187 



CHAPTER VIII. — The Audiencia rules in the interregnum — Carillo Visitador — In- 

 quisitorial examination — Acapulco taken — Attacks by the Dutch — Removal of the 

 Capital proposed — Armendariz Viceroy — Escalona Viceroy — Palafox's conduct to 

 the Viceroy — Palafox Viceroy — His good and evil, 195 



CHAPTER IX. — Sotomayor Viceroy — Escalona vindicated — Monastic property — 

 Bigotry of Palafox — Guzman Viceroy — Indian insurrection — Revolt of the Tara- 

 humares — Success of the Indians — Indian wars — Duke de Alburquerque Viceroy — 

 Attempt to assassinate him — Count de Banos Viceroy — Attempt to colonize — Es- 

 cobar y Llamas and De Toledo Viceroys — Depredations of British cruisers — Nuno 

 de Portugal Viceroy, 201 



CHAPTER X.— Rivera Viceroy— La Cerda Viceroy— Revolt in New Mexico- 

 Success of the Indians — Colony destroyed — Efforts of the Spaniards to re-conquer 

 — Vera Cruz sacked — Count Monclova Viceroy — Count Galve Viceroy — Tarrahu- 

 maric revolt — Indians pacified — Texas — Hispaniola attacked — Insurrection — Burn- 

 ing of the Palace — Famine — Earthquake, 212 



CHAPTER XI. — Montanez Viceroy — Spiritual Conquest of California — Valladares 

 Viceroy — Fair at Acapulco — Spanish monarchy — Austria — Bourbon — Montanez 

 Viceroy — Jesuits in California — La Cueva Viceroy — Duke de Linares Viceroy — 

 British slavery treaty — Colonization — Nuevo Leon — Texas — Op^"ations in Texas 

 — Alarcon — Aguayo — Casa-Fuerte's virtuous administration — Louis I. — Oriental 

 trade — Spanish jealousy — The King's opinion of Casa-Fuerte — his acts, . . 221 



CHAPTER XII. — Vizarron and Eguiarreta Viceroy — Eventless government — Sala- 

 zar Viceroy — Colonial fears — Fuen-Clara Viceroy — Galeon lost — Mexico under 

 Revilla-Gigedo I. — Ferdinand VI. — Indians — Taxes — Colonies in the north — 

 Famine — Mines at Bolanos — Horcasitas — Character of Revilla-Gigedo — Villalon 

 Viceroy — Charles III. — Cagigal Viceroy, 232 



CHAPTER XIII. — Marques de Cruillas Viceroy — Charles III. proclaimed — Havana 

 taken by the British — Military preparations — Peace — Pestilence — Galvez Visitador 

 — Reforms — Tobacco monopoly — De Croix Viceroy — The Jesuits — their expulsion 

 from Spanish dominions — their arrival in Europe — banished — Causes of this con- 

 duct to the order — Origin of the military character of Mexico, 240 



CHAPTER XIV. — Bucareli y Ursua Viceroy — Progress of New Spain — Gold 

 placers in Sonora — Mineral wealth at that period — Intellectual condition of the 

 country — Line of Presidios — Mayorga Viceroy — Policy of Spain to England and 

 her colonies — Operations on the Spanish Main, &c. — Matias Galvez Viceroy — his 

 acts, .. .. ............ 248 



