INDEX
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| Pedraza, Manuel Gomez, character, elected President, 1. 40; overthrow, 41; restored by Santa Anna, 44-5; as Federalist leader, 48; and Butler, 62; Paredes courts, 215; and Santa Anna (1846), 224; as leader of Moderados, 2. 2, 4; and clerical revolt, 14, 330; and peace negotiations, 132, 466. |
| Pedregal near Contreras, 2. 101, 104. Peel, Sir Robert, and California, 2. 302. |
| Peña fort near Tuxpán, 2. 202, 203. |
| Peña y Barragán, M. de la, and revolt, 2. 12, 13; at San Cosme garita, 161, 162. |
| Peña y Peña, Manuel de la, character, 1. 26, 2. 180, 427; and renewal of American intercourse, 1. 914, 435; and Slidell mission, 96, 97, 437; on Texas and war, 457; as Executive (1847), 2. 180, 427, 428; eliminates Santa Anna, 181, 428; determines to re-open peace negotiations, 235; Congress upholds, 235; and recall of Trist, 237, 465; and renewal of negotiations, 238; resumes administration, 240, 466; and insurrection and negotiations, 240, 466; and treaty before Congress, 250, 474; at exchange of ratifications, 251; on European interposition, 506. |
| Pennsylvania, and tariff of 1846, 2. 273. See also next title. |
| Pennsylvania troops, in Vera Cruz expedition, 1. 368, 2. 343; calls, 1. 537, 2. 364, 430; at Cerro Gordo, 56, 57, 353; in Scott's army, 78; at Chapultepec, 157; at Puebla, 174; at Huamantla, 425, 426; in Lane's guerilla operations, 426; at Jalapa, 361, 433. |
| Peñon Viejo. See Old Peñon. |
| Pensions, Mexican War, 2. 490. |
| Peñúñuri, F., at Churubusco, 2. 382. |
| Peonage, not displaced by slavery, 1. 188. |
| People. See Population. |
| Perdigón Garay, J. G., at Belén garita, 2. 159, 160. |
| Pérez, F., at Buena Vista, 1. 393-5, 559; at Coyoacán, 2. 101; at Contreras, 105, 379; at Churubusco, 110; at Casa Mata, 142, 145; brigade, 369. |
| Perote, castle of, occupied by Worth, 2. 61; American garrison, 65, 74, 361, 362; and relief of Puebla, 176, 425. |
| Perry, M. C., in occupation of Tampico, 1. 280; and reinforcements for it, 281, 512, 513; Taylor on, 352; at siege of Vera Cruz, 2. 30, 36, 339, 340; Tabasco expeditions, 199-200, 204-5, 443, 445; Yucatan operations, 201, 204, 443; supersedes Conner, 201-2; character as officer, 202; capture of Tuxpan, 202-3, 444; operations at small ports, 203, 445; Alvarado expedition, 344-5; squadron, distribution, 442, 444-6; and attack on Ulúa, 444. |
| Perry, damaged, 2. 449. |
| Petrel, in occupation of Tampico, 1. 279, 281; at siege of Vera Cruz, 2. 388; added to navy, 438; in Home Squadron, 442, 446; in attack on Tuxpán, 444. |
| Petrita, at Vera Cruz, 2. 23, 336; in Tabasco expedition, 199; in Home Squadron, 446. |
| Philadelphia, enlistments, 1. 195. |
| Philadelphia North American, on tariff of 1846, 2. 257; and the war. 268, 275; on war and extension of slavery, 492. Philadelphia Public Ledger, on speeches in Congress, 2. 284. |
| Physical aspect, general, of Mexico, 1. 1-3, 16; of Corpus Christi, 143; between there and Rio Grande, 146; of camps near Rio Grande, 205-7; of Camargo, 211; of Cerralvo. 229; beyond Cerralvo, 236, 496; of Monterey, 257, 2. 212; between Monterey and Saltillo, 1. 265; between the Rio Grande and Monclova, 272; of Monclova, 273; of Parras, 275; of Tampico, 276, 280, 2. 214; of Raton Pass, 1. 291; of Santa Fe, 296; of Jornada del Muerto, 300; of El Paso, 300, 302; between El |
