Davis R. Dewey of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who read portions of the text, by Francis W. Halsey, Esq., of New York, who read nearly all of it, and by Dr. Edward Channing of Harvard University, who was so good as to look over more or less closely all of the proofs. To the helpers not mentioned by name the author begs leave to offer thanks no less sincere. Finally, the author desires to mention the enterprise and public spirit shown by the publishers in bringing out so expensive a work at this time of uncertainty. THE CENTURY CLUB, NEW YORK, September, 1919. CONTENTS OF VOLUME I PAGE MAPS AND PLANS IN VOLUME I xvii CONSPECTUS OF EVENTS xix PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH xxi CHAPTER I. MEXICO AND THE MEXICANS 1 II. THE POLITICAL EDUCATION OF MEXICO 29 III. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, 1825-1843 58 IV. THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, 1843-1846 82 V. THE MEXICAN ATTITUDE ON THE EVE OF WAR 102 VI. THE AMERICAN ATTITUDE ON THE EVE OF WAR 117 VII. THE PRELIMINARIES OF THE CONFLICT 138 VIII. PALO ALTO AND RESACA DE GUERRERO 156 IX. THE UNITED STATES MEETS THE CRISIS 181 X. THE CHOSEN LEADERS ADVANCE 204 XI. TAYLOR SETS OUT FOR SALTILLO 225 XII. MONTEREY 239 XIII. SALTILLO, PARRAS, AND TAMPICO 262 XIV. SANTA FE 284 XV. CHIHUAHUA 298 XVI. THE CALIFORNIA QUESTION 315 XVII. THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA 331 XVIII. THE GENESIS OF TWO CAMPAIGNS 347 XIX. SANTA ANNA PREPARES TO STRIKE 370 XX. BUENA VISTA 384 NOTES ON VOLUME I 402 APPENDIX (MANUSCRIPT SOURCES) 565 MAPS AND PLANS IN VOLUME ONE As equally good sources disagree sometimes, a few inconsistencies are unavoidable. Numerous errors have been corrected. An asterisk indicates an unpublished original. Statements, cited in the notes, have also been used. PAGE