Borda, Joseph de la, 276. Buena Vista, Battle of, 27. Bull-fight, 243 _et seq._ Bull-ring, 245. Cacao, 105, 109. Campo Santo, 63. Capitals, Population of the, 479. Cargadors (burden-bearers), 195-199. Cart, Mexican, 120. Casa (meaning home), 163, 210-211. Casas Grandes, 403, 425. Cathedral of Capital, 60, 321-323. Catorce, 283, 330. Cattle ranches, 36, 128, 417, 418-419. Celaya, 297, 298. Celebrations in honour of the Virgin of Guadalupe, 236 _et seq._ Cemeteries, 63. Centennial of Independence, 1910, 73, 396-398. Central Railway, 297-299. Cerro (a hill) de las Campañas, 35. Chalco, Lake, 74. Chamber of Deputies, The, 18. Chapala, Lake, 9. Chapultepec, 86; military academy, 337. Chiapas, State of, 304. Chichen Itza, 441-447. Chihuahua, City of, 36, 298, 405, 417-419, 422; State of, 36, 398, 401, 415, 424; Execution of Hidalgo at, 349. Chinampas, or floating gardens, 82. Chilpantzingo, 350. Cholula, 78, 148; Pyramid of, 113, 149, 150. Chorubusco, 363. Christmas celebrations, 227-232. Churches, Mexican, 271-273. Church, The Mexican, 308 _et seq._ Cinco de Mayo, Victory of, 37, 374; Street of, 50. Ciudad Juarez, 401, 402, 404, 405, 416, 424. Climate of the Capital, 54-55; Variety of, 8; of Oaxaca, 123. Coahuila, State of, 27. Coal, 288-289. Coatzacoalcos, 99, 137, 139. Cock-fighting, 33. Coffee culture, 94, 106, 431. Colonia Juarez, 425. Comonfort, President, 315. Congress, First Mexican, 350; Second, 354; of to-day, 18. Congregational Missions, 324-326. Conquest, Manner of the, 14-16, 77. Conquistadores (conquerors), Vandalism and nature of, 13. Contrasts, A land of, 45. Copper, Production of, 228. Cordillerias, The, 26. Cordoba, 94, 301; Treaty of, 353. Corral, Hon. Ramon, 405. Cortez, 77, 111; Defeat of, 78; as governor, 343; Landing of, 95; and his followers, 13-16. Cosmopolitan character of City of Mexico, 59. Coyoacan, 85. Creole, The, 51, 162; women, 165-166. Cuautla, Battle of, 350. Cuernevaca, 299. Cuilapa, 358. Cuitzeo, Lake, 9. Culiacan, 429. Curandera (native doctor), 222-224. Currency reform, 459. Customs, Domestic, 167; Strange, 201 _et seq._; officials, polite, 22, 482. Cypress of Noche Triste, 78; of Chapultepec, 86; of Tule, 153. Denouncing a mining claim, 287. Desierto, El, 85. Diaz, Bernal, 262. Diaz, Porfirio, 18-19; Birthplace of, 116; and education, 264; encouragement of railroads, 296; and Protestantism, 325; organizes _Rurales_, 331-333; Sketch of, 369 _et seq._; Revolution against, 396 _et seq._