Index From A to L
| Aberdeen, Earl of, and Oregon controversy and Mexico, 1. 115; and California, 321, 2. 302; counsel to Mexico, 1. 434; warning on annexation, 2. 299, 508; offers mediation, 301, 503; and interposition, 302, 304, 504-6. |
| Abert, J. J., chief topographical engineer, 1. 475. |
| Aburto, Juan, guerilla, 2. 421. |
| Academy of Fine Arts, 1. 14. |
| Acapulco, as port, 1. 3; not occupied, 2. 207, 448. |
| Acordada, insurrection of the, 1. 41; building, 413. |
| Active corps in Mexican army, 1. 157. |
| Acuerdo, meaning of citation to, 2. 346 n. |
| Adams, J. Q., Texas speech, 1. 70, 111; and Oregon, 152; on secession, 2. 272; effect of death on treaty of peace, 246. |
| Aetna, in attack on Tuxpán, 2. 444; in Home Squadron, 445, 446. |
| Agiotista, as term of reproach, 2. 327. |
| Agriculture, Mexican products, 1. 12; farms, 5; conditions, 16, 410. |
| Agua Nueva, Taylor's advance at, 1. 374; Santa Anna's advance, Taylor's retreat, 381-4, 554; Santa Anna's retirement to, parley, 398, 561. Aguascalientes battalion, at Monterey, 1. 494. |
| Aguirre, J. M. de, and occupation of Saltillo, 1. 266, 508; and guerilla warfare, 2. 170; efforts to apprehend, 418. |
| Aiken, William, opposes war, 1. 188. |
| Alabama troops, first enlistments, 1. 195; at Tampico, 282, 512; at siege of Vera Cruz, 2. 343; in Alvarado expedition, 344; leave Scott, 356; call (1847), 364, 365; in Taylor's later force, 417; slow response to call, 431. |
| Alamán, Lucas, industrial scheme, 1. 16; appearance, 25; as real ruler, character, 43; and boundary negotiations, 60, 418-9; and Butler, 62, 420; and monarchy, 90, 214; on judicial system, 409; on Mexican character, 410; and American troops, 2. 230. |
| Alamo massacre, American indignation, 1. 117. |
| Albany, and Vera Cruz expedition, 2. 18; in attack on Tuxpán, 444; in Home Squadron, 445, 446. |
| Albany Statesman, on tariff for Mexican ports, 2. 500. |
| Alcorta, L. J., and executive power (1847), 2. 180; and armistice, 394; and war policy, 430. |
| Alemán, Lieutenant, at Chapultepec, 2. 410. |
| Aliens, Mexican antipathy and treatment, 1. 58, 74, 103, 416. See also Attitude towards United States. |
| Allen, G. W., at Palo Alto, 1. 164. |
| Allen, James, and Mormon battalion, 1. 290. |
| Allen, William, and war bill, 1. 183; and Democratic dissension, 2. 496. |
| Alleye de Cyprey, Baron. See Cyprey. |
| Almonte, J. N., character, 1. 26; and annexation of Texas, 84, 87; belittles American chances in war, 104, 105, 107, 110, 115; excites fear, of Spanish America, 111; and European protection, 122; and outbreak of war, 201, 442; treachery to Paredes, 215; combination with Santa Anna, 216, 222; return to Mexico with Santa Anna, 486; Presidential candidacy (1846), 2. 5, 82, 84; arrested (1846), 84; anti-peace attitude (1847), 235, 236, 466; combination against Santa Anna, 134; and privateering, 191, 192; subsides, 242; candidacy for Senate, 474. |
| Altata, blockaded, 2. 448. |
| Alvarado, J. B., leader in California, 1. 319; and American occupation, 335. |
| Alvarado, expedition, 2. 38, 344-5; blockade, 194; naval attacks, 197-9, 442; map, 198. |
| Alvarez, Juan, at Acapulco, revolt (1846), 1. 216, 2. 448; seizes California expedition, 1. 522; supports Santa Anna (1847), 2. 86, 88; character, 88; in plan of defence of capital, 90; and Scott's advance to San Agustin, 95, 97, 374; and combination against Santa Anna, 134; at Molino del Rey, 142, 146; at siege of Puebla, 174, 175, 425; force (Oct. 1847), 182; and Scott at Puebla, 363; "pintos" in force, 369; and Contreras, 380; and Chapultepec, 408; in the city, 414; later movements, 425, 433; and Santa Anna's surrender of command, 429. |
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