Mexico and Her People of To-Day; An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1907. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... APPENDICES i The following table gives the area and population of the various states, territories of Tepic and Lower California, and the Federal District; also the name of the capital and number of its inhabitants, the figures being for the year 1900: -- II The broken character of the surface of Mexico is shown by the many high mountain peaks which are scattered over the country. Most of these peaks are extinct volcanoes, although one of them, Colima, is in constant eruption. The following table gives the name, location and height of all the peaks over ten thousand feet in height: -- INDEX Acapulco, 99, 299. Adobe (ah-do-bay), sun- dried bricks, almost uni- versally used in Mexico. Agave Americana, 41. Aguador (water carrier), 221. Agua miel (honey-water), 43. Aguas Calientes, 36, 219, 298. Aqueduct of Oaxaca, 116; of Querete.ro, 35. Ahuehuete (cypress) o f Chapultepec, 86; of Popotla, 78; of Tule, 153. Alameda, The, 56, 69. Alamo, Battle of the, 360. Alcabales, Abolishment of, 293, 387. Alhondiga de Granaditas, The, of Guanajuato, 348, 349- Alvaredo, Pedro, 279. American Capital in Mexico, 280. American Colony, 53. Anahuac, Valley of, 74 et seq. Apam, Plains of, 41, 91. Architecture, Mexican, 47, 371-3. Army, The Mexican, 334-337. Art in Mexico, 270. Auto-da-fe, The first, 345. Aztecs, History of the, II, 75; Subjugation of, 14-16; De- scendants of, 183 et seq.; Markets of, 217-218; Cele- brations of, 235. Banana, Culture of the, 106-108. Baptism of Indians, 309. Baptist Missions, 324-326. Bargaining, 125, 220. Bear, Playing the, 48, 170-172. Beggars, Mexican, 242, 340. Belem, Prison of, 317. Boca del Monte, 91. Bonanzas (meaning mines worked at great profit), 275 ft seq. Books, first printed in Mexico, 259. Borda, Joseph de la, 276. Buena Vista, Battle of, 27....