Mexico and Her People of To-day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development and Resources of Their CountryWinter, Nevin O. (Nevin Otto)
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Mexico and Her People of To-day: An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development and Resources of Their Country
Winter, Nevin O. (Nevin Otto)
Mexico; National characteristics, Mexican
Nuevo Leon, State of, 24.
Oaxaca, 111 _et seq._, 300, 371, 381;
Markets of, 117-119;
Valley of, 111, 151-152;
Mines of, 283.
O’Donoju, Viceroy, 353.
Ojinaga, 400.
Oñata, Juan de, 276.
Oranges, 109, 431.
Orient, Resemblance to, 1-3, 121-123.
Oriental habits of women, 162.
Orizaba, 93, 366;
Volcano of, 91, 113.
Orozco, Pascual, 404-405.
Pachuca, 282, 297, 405.
Padilla, 355.
Palace, The National, 68-69.
Palenque, 441, 451-455.
Palo Alto, Battle of, 361.
Panama Canal, A competitor of, 136 _et seq._
Pan American Railroad, 303-305.
Panteon of Guanajuato, 284;
National, 72.
Paseo de la Reforma, 56, 69.
Patio (courtyard) in houses, 47.
Patio process, 279, 281.
Patzcuaro, Lake, 9, 270.
Pawnshop, The National, 61.
Peon, The, 183 _et seq._;
as a soldier, 334-335.
Peonage, 188-189, 191-192, 390.
Pertenencia, a mining claim, 287.
Petroleum, Production of, 289.
Piedad, Monte de, 277.
Pijijiapam, 304.
Piñate, Breaking the, 231-232.
Plateaus, The, 26, 295.
Plaza Mayor, 68;
de Toros, 245.
Poets and poetry, Mexican, 262-264.
Police, The, 336, 341.
Politeness, 209.
Popocatapetl, 87, 89, 113.
Popotla, Village of, 78.
Poppies, Feast of the, 235.
Population of Mexico, 9;
of states and capitals, 479.
Posadas, The, 228-232.
Pottery, Mexican, 119, 219.
Presbyterian Missions, 324, 326.
Printing press, First, 259.
Prisons, schools in, 267.
Procrastination, A land of, 203-205.
Protestantism in Mexico, 317, 324-327.
Puebla, 37-39, 113, 297, 383, 398, 407;
city of churches, 321;
house of the inquisition in, 345;
Battles at, 374, 378.
Pulque, 41, 66;
shop, 65-67.
Pyramid of Cholula, 113, 149, 150;
of the Sun, 147;
of the Moon, 147.
Quetzalcoatl, 149, 235.
Querétero, 34, 298.
Railroads, Mexican, 143, 290 _et seq._, 417-418, 481.
Rainfall, 102, 418, 435.
Real del Monte, Mines of, 282.
Rebosa, 59.
Regla, Count of, 277;
Mines of, 282.
Religion of Mexico, 308 _et seq._
Reyes, Bernardo, 407-408.
Rincon Antonio, 138.
Robbers and bandits of former days, 328-333.
Ruins of Yucatan, 146, 440 _et seq._;
of Mitla, 152 _et seq._
Rurales, 331-334, 336.
Sagrario Metropolitano, Church of, 321-322.
Saint, Mexico’s patron, 236.
Saint days, 191.
Salina Cruz, 99, 137, 139 _et seq._, 481.
Saltillo, 27, 297.
San Antonio, Texas, 22.
San Benito, 305.
San Blas, 99.
San Cristobal, Lake, 74.
San Cristobal Ecatepec, 351.
San Geronimo, 304.
San Juan de Ulua, Fort of, 98, 356.
San Juan Teotihuacan, 146-148.
San Luis Potosi, City of, 30 _et seq._, 297, 299;
State of, 30.
Santa Anita, Village of, 83.
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