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Mining, discoveries, ii. £51-2, 595-7; iii. 578-80; regulations, iii. 580-2, 592-7; vi. 503-8; process, iii. 582, 597; vi. 509-10; districts, iii. 588-92; hist, of, iii. 553-99; vi. 505-17; authorities on, iii. 599-601.
Miñon, Gen., capture of Borland, 1847, v. 417-18; battle of Buena Vista, v. 432.
Mint, establ., 1535, iii. 669; regulations, iii. 670; coinage, iii. 670-5; officials, iii. 672-4; buildings, iii. 673; tribunal, iii. 673-4; at Guanajuato, 1810, iv. 166; at Guadalajara, 1813, iv. 537; general mention, vi. 517-18.
Miota, Capt. J. B., defeats Ojeda, 1813, iv. 552-3.
'Miramar á Mexico,' vi. 148.
Miramon, Gen. M., battle of Ahualulco, 1858, v. 747; provis. president, 1859, v. 753; cabinets, v. 754, 766-7, 785; biog., v. 754-5; rule, v. 756-94; flight of, v. 794; battle of San Miguel Calpulálpan, 1860, v. 793; arrest of, 1862, vi. 39, supports Maximilian, vi. 239; army of, 1866, vi. 244; operations of, 1867, vi. 270; appearance, etc., of, vi. 275; siege of Querétaro, 1867, vi. 285-304; trial of 309; intercession for, vi. 316-17; execution, v. 317-20.
Miranda, Padre F. J., minister of justice, 1858, v. 745; designs of, v. 766.
Missions, royal encouragement to, ii. 409; in Yucatan, ii. 451-5; in Nayarit, iii. 229-31; in Sierra Gorda, iii. 338; in Nuevo Santander, iii. 344-8; secularization of, iii. 712-13.
Mixton war, ii. 492-511.
Miyares, Brigadier, services in Vera Cruz, 1816, iv. 640-1.
Mizteca, insurrection in, 1812, iv. 398; revolution in, 1811-12, iv. 433-40; 1814, iv. 583; 1816, iv. 642; map of, iv. 435; campaign in, 1817, iv. 653.
Miztecapan, Cortés explores, i. 320; map of, ii. 33; province of, created, 1534, ii. 391.
Miztec monarchies, brief account of, ii. 36-7.
Miztecs, early campaigns against, ii. 37-8.
Moctezuma, F., minister of war, 1829, v. 80; revolt of, 1832, v. Ill; occupies San Luis Potosí, v. 114-15; defeat at Fuerte del Gallinero, v. 117.
Mojonera, battle of, 1873, vi. 400.
Moledor, Arroyo, affair at, 1810, iv. 299-300.
Molino del Rey, battle of, 1847, v. 497-505.
Molucca Islands, Cortés' offer to conquer, 1826, ii. 256; Loaisa's exped., 1525, ii. 257; Cabot's exped., 1526, ii. 257; proposed search for, ii. 256-9; fate of Saavedra's exped., ii. 257-0.
Mon, ambassador, treaty with Almonte, 1859, v. 775-6.
Monarchists, party, v. 283.
Monasterio, minister, reply to U. S. envoy, 1836, v. 312-13; the Texan question, v. 326.
Monclova, conspiracy at, 1811, iv. 272-3; govt council at, iv. 272; revolt at, 1839, v. 209.
Monclova, Conde de, 29th viceroy, 1686, iii. 221-2.
Monopolies, commercial, effect of, iv. 16.
Monopolies, government, quicksilver, iii. 583-4, 662; salt, iii. 587; pulque, iii. 609; tobacco, iii. 613-14, 663; iv. 749; gunpowder, iii. 662; paper, iii. 663; ice, iii. 663; cards, etc., iii. 663-1.
Monsalve, Gen. P., captures Huichapan, 1813, iv. 527-9; takes Zimapan, iv. 529-30.
Montalvo, G. de, bishop of Yucatan, 1579, ii. 684; transferred to Cuzco, 1587, ii. 689; death, 1593, ii. 689.
Montañez, J. de O., 31st viceroy, 1696, iii. 256; biog., etc., iii. 256; rule, iii. 256-9; reappointed, 1701, iii. 268; rule, iii, 268-78; archbishop, 1699, iii. 276-7; death of, iii. 277-8.
Montaño, F., ascends Popocatepetl, 1521, ii. 29-31; exped. to Michoacan, ii. 45-8; map of exped., ii. 46.
Montano, Lieut-col, plan of, 1827, v. 37 — 8.
Monteagudo, Dr M., mention of, iv. 701-2.
Monteblanco, Fort, capture of, 1816, iv. 641.
Monte de Piedad, founded, 1775, iii. 761.
Montejo, F. de, Grijalva's exped., i. 16, 25; Cortés' captain, i. 70; character, etc., i. 75-6; ii. 430, 435; mission to Spain, i. 168-72; gov. of Yucatan, 1526, ii. 430; grants to, ii. 431; instructions, ii. 431; exped. to Yucatan, 1527, ii. 431-41; 1537, ii. 442-5; to Tabasco, ii. 441-2; gov. of Honduras, 1535, ii. 44i; departs for Chiapas, etc., ii. 445; residencia of, 1545, 1548, ii. 449-50; death of, ii. 450-1.
