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
Santa Anna, General, 354, 359-364;
Burial place of, 239.
Santa Lucrecia, 131, 301.
School of fine arts, 270.
Schools, Public, 264-266.
Scott, General, in Mexico, 361, 363.
Seasons, Only two, 7.
Senate, The, 18.
Señoritas, 169.
Serenos, 342.
Sheep Raising, 417.
Shoemaker, Mexican, 221.
Silver, 275 _et seq._;
Production of, 287.
Sinaloa, State of, 415, 428-431.
Society in the capital, 53.
Soldiers, Schools for, 267.
Sonora, State of, 398, 415, 427.
Southern Pacific Railway, 301.
States, The, of Mexico, 18;
Area and population of, 479.
Steamship Lines, 469-471.
Streets of the capital, 50.
Suarez, José Maria Pino, 410, 411.
Sugar cane, 109, 429.
Sun, Pyramid of, 147.
Sunday, a day of pleasure, 57.
Tablelands, 26.
Tacuba, 85.
Tacubaya, 85.
Tajo de Nochistongo, 80.
Tamales, 216.
Tampico, 99, 289.
Taotl, an Aztec god, 308.
Tarahumari Indians, 421-424.
Tasco, 277.
Taylor, General, Invasion by, 24 _et seq._;
at Palo Alto, 361.
Tecoac, 382.
Tehuacan, 114.
Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, 128, 289 _et seq._;
Town of, 132-134;
Women of, 180-181;
National Railway, 136 _et seq._, 301.
Tejada, Lerdo de (_See_ Lerdo).
Temperature of the tropics, 100, 102;
of the capital, 54.
Tenochtitlan, The ancient capital, 49.
Teocalli, the Aztec, 60, 323.
Tepic, 415, 428, 431.
Tequila (native brandy), 45.
Texcoco, Lake, 49, 74, 81;
Town of, 85.
Thieves, 338-342.
Tia Juana, 401-402, 434-435.
Tierra Blanca, 130.
Tierra caliente, 7, 94, 100-105, 128.
Tierra fria, 6, 25.
Tierra templada, 7, 93.
Tlacolulu, 154.
Tlacochahuaya, 154.
Tolpetlac, Village of, 236.
Toltecs, 12, 75;
Gods of the, 308.
Topo Chico, Springs of, 25.
Topolobampo, 418.
Torreon, 298, 400, 405.
Tortillas, Making of, 178, 215.
Transition, The, in Mexico, 456 _et seq._
Travellers, Suggestions for, 481-483.
Tropics, Vegetation of, 94, 100, 133;
Need of, 110;
Railroading in, 301-303.
Tula, 439.
Tule, Big Tree of, 153.
Tzintzuntzan, 270.
United States, War with, 359, 363.
Uxmal, 441, 448-451.
Valenciana, Conde de, 277.
Valley of Mexico, View of, 35, 79, 87.
Vera Cruz, 95-97, 297, 366, 387, 391;
Fall of, 363;
Escape of Diaz, at, 380.
Vera Cruz and Pacific Railway, 131, 301, 481.
Victoria Guadalupe, first president, 356.
Viga canal, 82-84, 235.
Villa Reyes, Great hacienda of, 29.
Volcanoes, Height of, 480.
Vomito, 95-96.
Wages of miners, 287;
of labourers, 188.
Wheat, Introduction of, 39.
Woman, 133, 162 _et seq._;
The creole, 165-166.
Xaltocan, Lake, 74.
Xochimilco, Lake, 74.
Yaqui Indians, 427.
Yellow Fever, 95-96.
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