INDEX. 
Burenavat Rio, Zacatecas, ii. 476. 
Buena Vista Rio, Chihuahua, i. 450. 
Burorp, Capt. A., i. 200, 205, 207. 
—— comes to the aid of the Commis- 
sion with his dragoons, 1. 850. 
his expedition against the Indi- 
ans, i. 351. 
Burt, John, Reconnaissance by, and 
new route opened to the Cop- 
per Mines, i. 1773; 11. 542. 
—— his survey from Indianola to El 
Paso, i. 143 1. 542. 
— his connection with the Gila sur- 
vey, li. 548. 
Burro Mountains, New Mexico, i. 361. 
Burrowine animals in Texas, 1. 99. 
C. 
Caseca River, Texas, Encampment on, 
ib Billy 
CABECA DE Vaca, reference to, i. 581. 
CacueE on the Gila opened, ii. 199. 
used by the Hudson’s Bay traders, 
i. 199. 
mode of constructing them, ii. 200. 
indications of one seen, li. 202. 
Cacti, travelling among, 11. 301. 
Cappo Indians of Texas, i. 66. 
CaLABasa, Sonora, ii. 307. 
Car killed for a deer, 1. 23. 
Ca irornta, character of the natives of, 
i. 73. 
its advantages independent of 
gold, i. 98. 
the ladies of, 11. 104. 
its agricultural resources, i. 106. 
the fertility of its soil, 11. 119. 
Gulf of, exploration and survey 
of its head-waters recom- 
mended, ii. 162. 
Lieut. Strain’s plan for this sur- 
vey in his letter to the Secre- 
tary of the Interior, ii. 165- 
165. 
survey of, defeated by Lieut. Col. 
Graham, il. 165, 166. 
examination of, authorized by in- 
structions, il. 167. 
explored by Alarcon in 1540, ii. 
168. 
— Gulf of, explored by Consag in 
1746, ii. 170. 
voyage of Lieut. Hardy in 1828, 
i. 170. 
aspect of its shores, 1. 483. 
-— desert, its barrenness, 11. 126-130. 
609 
Camareo, arrival at and description 
of, i. 511. 
CaMELs, note on their introduction on 
the deserts and plains, ii. 576 
—d$4, 
Campsrtt, Dr. J. W., of Ures, Sonora, 
1. 485, 436. 
—— his kindness to the author, 1. 438. 
Camp Creek, Texas, i. 69. 
Campus, Don Jesus, of Parras, his wine 
vaults, 11. 488. 
CaNALes, Gen., his destruction of U.S. 
wagons, 1. 506. 
Cantarecio, Chihuahua, ii. 406. 
Captives (Mexican) rescued from the 
Apaches, i. 310. 
Captive girl rescued (see Inez Gonza- 
les), 1. 308. 
CaRAVAJAL, General, i. 511. 
CarMEL River, California, ii. 76. 
CarMEL Mission, California, ii. 77. 
CarMEN, Island of, California, i. 488. 
CarMEN River, Chihuahua, ii. 407-411. 
Carrasco General, meeting with, in 
Sonora, 1. 263. 
—— makes a descent on the Apaches, 
at Janos, .i. 267. 
his opinion of Gen. Scott and 
the American officers, 1. 270. 
meet his brigade in Guadalupe 
Pass, 1. 295. 
CarrizaL, Chihuahua, ii. 409. 
Carrizitos, Tamaulipas, ii. 506. 
Carrizo Creek, California, its charac- 
ter, ii, 126-128. 
vegetation near, il. 127. 
CastELLo, Domenico de, voyage up 
the Colorado in 1540, 11. 168. 
CastILIANn language, its purity in Cali- 
fornia, 11. 74. 
CasTILLERO, Senor, proprietor of the 
New Almaden mine, ii. 67. 
CastLe Mountain, Texas, 1.91; 11. 570. 
Casas Granpes, on the Rio Salinas, ii. 
244-248, 
on the Gila, account of, 11. 271- 
285. 
noticed by Father Kino in 1697, 
li. 265. 
described by Father Font in 1776, 
li, 278. 
—— mistakes of authors in reference 
to, 1. 280. 
— Chihuahua, visit to, and deserip- 
tion of, li. 8345~365. 
—— their general character the same 
