Index 
Central America, see America, Central 
Centro Americano, Varios Asuntos, seccién de, 
268 ; see also America, Central 
Centurion, ship, 183 
Cepeda, Victoriano, application by, 439 
Cerda, Atanacio de la, application by, 438 
Cerda, Ramon de la, application by, 438 
Ceremonial y Festividades Nacionales, seccién 
de, 320; see also Festivals 
Cerna, Lt. José de la, cause against, 112 
Cerocahui, mission, 396 
Cerralvo, action of, 297; capital at, 410; found- 
ing of, 411 
Cerralvo, Marqués de (Rodrigo Pacheco y 
Osorio), viceroy, 469; conduct of, 32 
Cerro de la Sal, conversion in, 399 
Cerro Gordo, action at, 297, 304, 333; discussion 
“ey ae 96; regulation for presidio of, 
Cervantes, Antonio, see Servantes 
Cervantes, Francisco, expulsion of, 299 
Cervera, Father, personal description of, 69 
Cevallos, Father, letter of, 60 
Cevallos, Pedro, letters to, 125, 126; request of, 
13 
Chacon, Fr. Dimas, missionary, 208 
Chacon, Gov. Fernando, correspondence, 106; 
instructions to, 34; reports by, 190; request 
of, 126 
Chacon, Juan, tools made by, 168 
Chacon, Fr. Luis, writing presented by, 306 
Chaguagnas, report on, 106 
Chaguanes, mission of, 423 
Chain, American frigate, 162 
Chambers, Thomas Jefferson, concession to, 
435; naturalization of, 437 
Champion, ship, 226 
Chanog, Felipe Eliza, application by, 438 
Chapulines, report concerning, 107 
Chapultepec, action at, 297; archive proposed 
for, 6-7, 47; dinner at, 262; forest of, 347 
Chariticas, attack by, 343 
Charity, see Beneficencia 
Charles II., of Spain, cédula of, 34 
Charles III., of Spain, correspondence, 199, 217; 
death of, 101; order of, 150; reports to, 97, 
100, 391 
Charles IV., of Spain, abdication of, 36; notice 
sent to, 141; reports to, 123, 277, 400 
Chat6 River, line of forts to the, 263 
Chausél, Ysidro, importation by, 436 
Chavarri (Echavarri), papers respecting, 61 
Chavero, Alfredo, documents printed by, 23; 
library of, 203 
Chavert, Juan Luis, application by, 438; petition 
by 354 
Chavez, efforts of, 346 
Chavez, José Antonio, appointment of, 336; 
diary of, 334; proceedings of, 344 
Chavez, Mariano, proceedings of, 344 
Chavez, Ygnacio, application by, 439 
Cheatham, John A., memorial presented by, 355 
Cherokees, affairs of, 65; chief of, 237; lands 
for, 334, 362; memorial of, 359; movements 
of, 342; murder by, 343; relations with, 
493 
266; reports of, 362; requests for lands by, 
352; return of, 360 
Cheti Manchac, La., settlement of, 107 
Chevaller, M., operations against Indians by, 
459 
Cheveste (Echeveste ?), Juan José, letter of, 
25 
Chew, S., letters from, 329, 340 
Cheyennes, correspondence concerning, 234 
Chiapas, affairs, 340; correspondence with gov- 
ernment of, 249; invasion of, 279 
Chichimeca Indians, expedition against, 42; 
Historia, 23; report on, 59 
Chico, Mariano, correspondence, 276; move- 
ments of, 276; reports by, 178, 319 
Chiefs, political, see Jefes politicos 
Chihuahua, governor of, appointment of, 326; 
circular to, 344; communications from, 229, 
332, 334, 335; complaints by, 229, 230, 231, 
321; correspondence, 94, 226, 232, 238, 249, 
258; petition of, 331; proposal of, 82; pro- 
posal to, 231; reports by, 230, 248, 250, 326, 
330, 343, 345; requests by, 250, 332; see also 
names of individual governors 
Chihuahua (city), ayuntamiento of, 124, 310; 
commandancy-general at, papers concern- 
ing, I, 15, 50, 52, 82, 176, 279, 281; corres- 
pondence with officials at, 138, 263, 302, 
461; council of war held at, 96; documents 
at, 50; documents sent to, 96, 102; estab- 
lishment of vicariate in, 180; historical in- 
formation concerning, 452; importance of 
archives at, 377; independence at, 138; Jes- 
uits at, 49; legislature at, 345; made capital, 
75, 77; mail sent by way of, 79; political 
disturbances at, 342; subtreasury of, 113 
Chihuahua (state), accounts, 82; adventurers 
in, 226; affairs of, 82, 94, 96, 106, 127, 
321; appointments of clergy in, 379; arms 
for, 132; auxiliaries for, 297; civil archives 
of, 452-461, 461-462, 463; complaint against 
commandant of, 329; controversy on fron- 
tier of, 229; correspondence of officials of, 
103, 107, 112, 228; counterfeiting for, 262; 
decrees of, 247, 317, 323, 324; deputies from, 
331; ecclesiastical archives, 461, 462-463; 
election of senator for, 322; expedi- 
tions, 94, 98; exportation of aerolite from 
252; goods stolen in, 335; government, 
320, 345, 406; grants in, 379; hacienda 
of, 138; historical information concerning, 
452; Indian affairs, 100, 104, 114, 133, 226, 
228, 331, 334, 344, 436; invasions, III, 299, 
300; land, 262; license to practice medicine 
in, 331; map, 365; memorial from, 256; 
mines, 114; missionaries, 54; missions, 48; 
oaths, 319; orders concerning, 204; papers 
concerning, 133, 164, 327, 345; pay of offi- 
cials of, 94; plan to annex, 301; powder 
sent to, 90, 154; reports concerning, 98, 
319, 324; soldiers of, 87; Spaniards from, 
324; tithes, 408, 409; trade, 263; traders 
for, 242; treasurer of, 114, 342; union of, 
324 
