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Cerda, D. de la, alcalde mayor Yucatan, 1594-6, ii. 650.
Cermeño, D., conspires against Cortés, i. 177; execution of, 179.
Cerralvo, Marqués de, 15th viceroy, 1624, iii. 72; character, iii. 72, 94; rule, 72-94. restores Gelves, 73; resigns, 1635, 93.
Cerro Colorado, Fortress, attack on, 1814, iv. 587; surrender of, 1817, iv. 651.
Cerro Encantado, affair at, 1814, iv. 583.
Cerro Gordo, battle of, 1847, v. 4509; plan, v. 454.
Cerro de Nadó, armory, etc., destroyed at, 1813, iv. 521.
Cerro del Gallo, siege of, 1813, iv. 518-21.
Cetina, Col, recapture of Bacalar, 1849, v. 582.
Ceynos, F. de, oidor, 1530, ii. 321; character, ii. 321-2; resignation, etc., of, ii. 380.
Chalcans, join Cortés, i. 577.
Chalchimtl, Indian name for Cortés. i. 226.
Chalco, town, capture of, 1521, 58993.
Chametla, Samaniego at, 1530, ii. 362; occupied by Spaniards, ii. 549.
Champoton, Córdoba repulsed at, 1517, i. 10; affray at, 1518, i. 20-1;
Montejo lands at, 1537, ii. 442;
Spaniards besieged at, 1539, ii. 443-5; pirates sack, 1644, iii. 1456.
Chan, J., cacique of Chancenote, 1597, ii. 652.
Chapala lake, plan of, iv. 539.
Chapultepec, as a place of resort, iii. 472; palace at, iii. 472-3; battle of, 1847, v. 506-18; descript. of, v. 503-9; national observatory at, vi. 644.
Chaquetas, enrollment of, 1808, iv. 54; disbandment, iv. 69; re-embodied, iv. 160.
Charles V., see Cárlos V.
Chautla, capture of, 1811, iv. 349.
Chavez, D. de, bishop of Michoacan, ii. 693.
Chetumal, cacique, harasses Ávila, ii. 436-8.
Chetumals, revolt of, 1547, ii. 449.
Chi, cacique, A., execution of, 1597, ii. 652-3.
Chí, cacique, C, sack of Tepich, 1847, v. 537.
Chiachacata, conference at, 1523, ii. 113-14.
Chiametla, Cortés at, 1535, ii. 423-4.
Chiapas, revolt in, 1523, ii. 127-8; 1850, v. 588; Monte jo's exped., 1540, ii. 445; Las Casas, bishop of, ii. 553; union with Mex., 1824, v. 23-4; federalist invasion of, 1841, v. 219; French invasion of, 1864, vi. 127-8.
Chichihualco, affair at, 1814, iv. 57778.
Chichimecs, empire of, i. 96; Franciscans visit, 1539, ii. 395; condition of, 1521, ii. 539-40; conquest of, 1522, ii. 539-^45; map of war, ii. 541; depredations of, ii. 655-7, 7601; iii. 271; treaty with, 1591, ii. 763-4; colonies among, ii. 764; submission of, 1598, iv. 131.
Chichimecatl, cacique, siege of Mex., i. 580, 616, 666-7.
Chico, Col B., regiment of, iv. 165-6.
Chico, F. A., procurador-gen. of Vera Cruz, 1519, i. 136.
Chico, J. M., Hidalgo's minister of justice, iv. 233; execution of, 1811, iv. 279-80.
Chico, R. A., accompanies Montejo, i. 132; messenger to Narvaez, i. 387; capture of Narvaez, i. 390.
Chicomacatl, cacique, intercourse with Cortés, etc., i. 145-8, 157-64.
Chicontla, plan of, 1834, v. . 136.
Chihuahua, city, court-martial at, 1811, 277-81; executions at, 27983.
Chihuahua, state, revolutionary plot in, 1814, iv. 656; Wool's exped. to, 1846, v. 405-6; Doniphan's incursion, 406-8; maps, v. 407; vi. 201; mining in, vi. 514.
Chila, battles at, ii. 97-100.
Chilapa, occupied by Morelos, 1811, iv. 304; 1812, iv. 468-9; revolt in, 1842, v. 241; captured by Indians, 1844, v. 264.
Chilapan, convent founded at, ii. 398-9.
Childs, Lieut-col, capture of Monterey, v. 391-3; battle of Cerro Gordo, v. 455-6; defence of Puebla, 1847, v. 528, 531.
Chile, cultivation of, vi. 568.
Chilpancingo, occupation of, 1811, iv. 302; congress at, 1813, iv. 559-67.
Chimilpa, fortress, destruction of, 1815, iv. 613.
Chinampanecs aid Cortés, i. 643-4.
