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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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