INDEX
567
| Béjar company, at Monterey, 1. 494. |
| Belén garita and citadel, 2. 147; Quitman's attack, 158-60, 162, 412, 4146. |
| Belknap, W. G., at Palo Alto, 1. 164 ; at Resaca de la Palma, 174. |
| Belknap, Camp, 1. 206. |
| Belmont, August, and American funds in Mexico, 2. 266, 488; and war loans, 482. |
| Belton, F. M., at Tampico, 1. 281, 512. |
| Benham, F. G., at siege of Vera Cruz, 2. 338. |
| Benham, H. W., on Taylor's carelessness at Agua Nueva, 1. 549. |
| Benjamin, Calvin, at Chapultepec, 2. 156; at Belén garita, killed; 160. |
| Benjamin, Park, on call to arms, 1. 193. |
| Bentinck, Lord George, and interposition, 2. 302. |
| Benton, T. H., on Polk and war, 1. 130; and war, 182, 183, 471; on cause of war, 189; and Scott, 197, 354; welcome to Doniphan's force, 314; war plan, 349, 351; on advance to Rio Grande, 458; and Doniphan's expedition, 517; on Gillespie's mission to Frémont, 528; and lieutenant generalcy, 2. 75, 363 ; and peace, 123; opposes Slidell as peace commissioner, 126; and treaty of peace, 247, 473, 475; public land gradation policy, 261, 482; and tariff for Mexican ports, 261; character and leadership, 282, 291; and major-generalcy, 365. |
| Bent's Fort, Kearny's expedition at, 1. 288-9, 515. |
| Bermúdez de Castro, Salvador, Spanish minister at Mexico, and Slidell mission, 1. 100; on Mexican aggression, 455; on Mexican finances, 2. 8; on difficulties of march to Mexico City, 37; on Trist mission, 132; and peace, 133; and privateering, 192; and war, 298; on American army, 321; on Scott's expedition, 357. |
| Berra, F., at Monterey, 1. 248. |
| Berrien, J. M., and war bill, 1. 183; and treaty of peace, 2. 247; no annexation plan, 287-8, 498. |
| Biddle, James, on Asia station, 2. 189: commands Pacific squadron, vessels, 206, 447. |
| Bidwell, John, and Bear Flag war, 1. 529. |
| Bishop's Palace at Monterey, in battle, capture, 1. 239, 245, 247-8. |
| Bissell, W. H., at Buena Vista, 1. 390, 391, 394. |
| Black, John, American consul at Mexico, and restoration of intercourse, 1.89, 91, 96; and Slidell mission, 145, 453; report on Santa Anna's attitude, 201; expelled, 2. 41; and peace negotiations, 122. |
| Black, S. W., at siege of Puebla, 2. 174, 424. |
| Black Pass. See Hoya. |
| Blair, F. P., Sr., warning on political effect of war, 1. 353; on Polk, 2. 270; on excesses in New Mexico, 453. |
| Blake, J. E., at Palo Alto, 1. 165. |
| Blanchard, A. G., in Monterey campaign, 1. 241, 245, 247, 492, 496-8; advance to Saltillo, 264. |
| Blanco, Colonel, and Wool's march, 1. 273, 274, 510; guerilla, 274, 283. Blanco, S., at Buena Vista, 1. 389. |
| Bliss, W. W. S., as Taylor's adjutant, 1. 141, 261, 451, 2. 318; on Rio Grande campaign, 1. 179; parley after Buena Vista, 398; at Palo Alto, 466. |
| Blockade, not feared by Mexico, 1. 110; expected European difficulty, 114; policy, character, 2. 193, 208, 303, 440; physical difficulties, 194-5 ; on Pacific coast, 205-6, 446, 448. |
| Bloomington (Muscatine), Iowa, on good will toward Mexico, 2. 508. |
| Boca Chica, 1. 205, 480. |
| Bocanegra, J. M., character, 1. 25 ; American correspondence, 68; and decree expelling Americans, 73 ; and Texas, 84, 85, 419, 433. |
| Bocas, force at, 1. 553. |
| Boletín Oficial, on Mexican army, 1. 106; on Santa Anna, 487. |
| Bonham, M. L., regiment, 2. 363 ; leaves Mexico City, 476. |
| Bonita, captured, 1. 511; at siege of Vera Cruz, 2. 238; added to navy, 438; in Home Squadron, 442, 446 ; in attack at Tuxpán, 444. |
| Bonneville, B. L. E., and Wool, 1. 509. |
| Borland, Solon, carelessness and capture, 1. 370-1. See also Encarnación prisoners. |
| Boston, wrecked, 2. 449. |
