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CONTENTS..
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| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| PROGRESS IN NUEVO LEON, AND CONQUEST OF SIERRA GORDA AND TAMAULIPAS. | |
| 1601-1803. | |
| Governors Agustin de Zavala, Juan Ruiz, Martin de Zavala — Congregas — Uprising of Natives — And Final Subjection — Political Division — Secularization of Missions — And Consequent General Insurrection — Governor Barbadillo — His Prudent Measures — More Difficulties — Population of Province — Sierra Gorda — Death of Zaraza — Governor José de Escandon — His Pacification and Conquest of Sierra Gorda — Condition of Tamaulipas — Escandon is Appointed Governor — He Founds Nuevo Santander — Numerous Towns and Missions are Founded — Statistics for 1757 — General Progress of the Colonies. | 333 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| THIRTY-SEVENTH TO FORTY-THIRD VICEROYS. | |
| 1721-1760. | |
| Bi-centennial of European Occupation — Viceroy Casafuerte — He Encourages Public Improvements — Peaceful Progress — Death of the Viceroy — His Successor Archbishop Vizarron — Negro Insurrection at Córdoba — Its Suppression by the Military — Ravages of Epidemic — Viceroy Conquista's Rule — Fuenclara Arrives — Commodore Anson — He Captures the 'Covadonga' — Spanish Jealousy — Persecution of Boturini — Loss of Valuable Manuscripts — Administration of Revilla Gigedo — His Trafficking Propensities — Famine, Disease, and Earthquakes — Fuenclara Resigns — Viceroy Amarillas — His Poverty and Death — The Audiencia Rules — Short Administration of Viceroy Cruíllas | 349 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| VICEROYS FORTY-FOUR TO FORTY-SIX. | |
| 1760-1779. | |
| Viceroy Marqués de Cruillas — King Cárlos III. Proclaimed — War with Great Britain — Extensive and Costly Preparations against Possible Attacks — Visitador-general José de Galvez — His Eminent Services in Mexico and Spain — Cruillas' Relief and Harsh Treatment — Viceroy Marqués de Croix — He Supports Galvez — His Rule Approved — Promotion, Recall, and Future Career — Unjust Strictures — Viceroy Frey Antonio María Bucarelli — General Measures of his Long Rule — His Death — Temporary Rule of the Audiencia — Fourth Ecclesiastical Council — Its Acts — Archbishop Francisco Antonio Lorenzana — His Course in Mexico and Spain — He is Made a Cardinal — Future Career and Death | 363 |
