608 
Apacuss, their treachery and hostile 
character, 11. 387. 
encounter with, in Chihuahua, ii. 
411. 
—— their plunder of Armijo’s train, 
yuk, ZULay, 
ARANAMA Mission, Texas, 1. 30. 
Aransas Bay, Texas, li. 538. + 
ARISPE, Sonora, visit to, i. 282. 
Armio’s train robbed by the Indians, 
ii. 415. 
ARRoyo DE UvALpE River, Texas, i1. 529. 
Asi CREEK, Sonora, il. 326. 
Assumption River, N. Mexico, ii. 269. 
ASTRONOMICAL OxpsERVATORY established 
at San Eleazario and Frontera, 
1, 1KB: 
Atascoco River, Texas, 1. 529. 
ATMOSPHERE, its clearness in Texas, i. 
118. 
Aztecs, the notion of their migration 
from the north not well found- 
ed, ii. 283. 
B. 
Basasaqul, Sonora, i. 417. 
Basispr, Presidio of, Sonora, 1. 407. 
pass in the Sierra Madre near, ii. 
568. 
Basocomort River, Sonora, 1. 893. 
Bacuimsa, Chihuahua, i. 444. 
Bacuacut, Sonora, visit to, 1. 275. 
Bauta del Espiritu Santo, i. 26. 
Bairp, Prof. 8. F., his notice of the zo- 
ology of the commission, ii. 
548. 
Bastora Indians, California, 11. 178. 
Baz, Senora, of Napa valley, ii. 22. 
Sergeant, and the deserters, ii. 
136. 
Batt given to the people of El Paso, i. 
167. 
Batteza River, Chihuahua, it 450. 
Barzani valley, Sonora, i. 273. 
Bartey, its cultivation in California, 
mh, 1}, 
Barometers broken, ii. 184. 
Barracan, Capt., Mexican Army, i. 
406; ii, 292. 
Barrancas near Buena Vista, il. 495. 
Barron & Forbes, their quicksilver 
mine, ll, 67. 
Barry, Capt., organizes a rifle corps, i. 
Barry & SHELDON reach El Paso, i. 
149. 
INDEX. 
Bears, their numbers in the Rocky 
Mountains, 1. 286. 
in California, ii. 36, 48. 
emigrants encounter one near 
the Guadalupe Pass, ii. 385. 
Braver, where found, ii. 566. 
Brer cattle found, i. 101, 108. 
Betts, old, in Sonora, i. 276, 419. 
Benicta, California, ii. 12. 
Berner, Mr., of Guadalupe, Texas, i. 55. 
Bertuo ip, Justice, of Socorro, i. 159. 
Bester, Norman, New Almaden, ii. 63. 
Bieretow, Dr. J. M., his botanical col- 
lection, il. 549. 
Bre Horn Mountain, Gila, ii. 197. 
BLACK-TAILED DEER, li. 197. 
Brack Water Creek, i. 268. 
Branco, General, visit to and from, ii. 
292, 298. 
Bopapiita, Juan B., of Parras, ii. 488. 
Boprea Bay, California, ii. 28, 
Borne Serine, Texas, i. 118. 
Botson DE Marini occupied by the In- 
dians, i. 455. 
Bonp, Lieut., at Fort Yuma, ii. 152. 
Boranicat Collections of the Commis- 
sion, notice of, il. 549, 550. 
Borrom tanps on the Rio Grande, i. 196. 
their great extent, i. 188. 
of Sonora, 11. 569. 
Borurinrs theory of the Aztec migra- 
tion, li. 283. 
Boutpers at Waco M’t’n, i. 134, 170. 
near the Gila, ii. 195, 296. 
Bounpary Commission, its outfit pro- 
cured, 1. 4. 
its organization and objects, i. 5. 
list of the members of, 11. 594. 
Bounpary LINE between the United 
States and Mexico.—Vth arti- 
cle of the treaty relating to, 11. 
587. 
see Initial Point. 
Braciro, encamp near, il. 395. 
note on Col. Doniphan’s battle at, 
ll. 395. 
Brapy’s Creek, Texas, i. 70, 71. 
Branpy of El] Paso, i. 186. 
production of, in Sonora, i. 469. 
Brazos River, its source, il. 565. 
Bropiz, J. P., of Sonora, i. 468, 471. 
Bryan, Major, his route and itinerary 
through Texas, 1. 83, 136. 
Buena Vista, encampment near, and 
visit to the battle-field of, i. 
494. 
