on Polk's reluctance to fight, 127, 133;
on Polk's ability, 129;
and war, 181;
instructions to Sloat, 530;
as secretary of the navy, =2.= 190;
and plan to attack Ulúa, 201;
and Conner, 201;
and absorption of Mexico, 243;
on war finances, 260;
on victories and foreign relations, 305;
on British and war annexations, 309;
on influence abroad of war, 324.
Bancroft, H. H., on Castro's meeting, =1.= 526;
on Gillespie, 526;
on Sloat, 530, 531.
Baneneli, J., at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 55.
Bankhead, Charles, British minister at Mexico, and annexation of
Texas, =1.= 85;
and Mexican-American relations, 91-3, 435;
and Oregon and Mexican controversies, 114-5;
on Rio Grande campaign, 179, 180;
on Mexican abandonment of California, 319, 322;
on Mexican war enthusiasm, 442;
on Santa Anna and peace (1846), 487;
on factions of Federalists, =2.= 4;
on Mexican finances, 8, 328;
on Mexican attitude toward peace (1846), 122, 386;
and Trist mission, 129-31, 133, 390;
and privateering, 192;
and mediation, 368, 504;
on evacuation of city, 415.
Bankhead, James, occupation of Córdoba and Orizaba, =2.= 184-5, 222,
433;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 335;
in command at Vera Cruz, 432, 457.
Banking, Mexican attempt, =1.= 17.
_See also_ Finances.
Baranda, Manuel, and return of Santa Anna, =1.= 221, =2.= 368;
and Trist mission, 132, 390.
Barbour, P. N. at Resaca de la Palma, =1.= 174.
Barker, E. C, acknowledgment to, =1.= 450.
Barnburners, and Polk, =2.= 270, 281.
Barrios, Colonel, at Belén garita, =2.= 159, 160.
Barron, E., British consul at Tepic, and California, =1.= 524.
Beach, Moses Y., in Mexico, intrigue, =2.= 11-4, 65;
escape, 14, 332;
and absorption of Mexico, 243;
on intrigue, 331.
Beale, E. F., and battle of San Pascual, =1.= 535.
Beale's grant, =1.= 449.
Bear Flag war, =1.= 331-3, 528-9, 531.
Beauregard, P. G. T., and landing at Vera Cruz, =2.= 23, 336;
at Cerro Gordo, 50, 350;
reconnoitres Contreras
route, 103;
on plan of attack of capital, 149;
at Belén garita, wounded, 160, 415;
engineer with Scott, 366;
at battle of Contreras, 379;
reconnoitres southern approach of capital, 408;
on Mexican soldiers, 509.
Béjar company, at Monterey, =1.= 494.
Belén garita and citadel, =2.= 147;
Quitman's attack, 158-60, 162, 412, 414-6.
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.
Boston _Atlas_, demand for war, =1.= 456;
on Polk's Cabinet, =2.= 270;
on Polk, 275, 276;
on outlook of war, 277;
encourages enemy, 280;
on tariff, 286;
on Polk's war policy, 288.
Botts, J. M., opposes war, =1.= 189.
Bouck, W. C., federal appointment, =2.= 271.
Boundaries, Mexican negotiation on Louisiana Purchase, =1.= 59-61,
418;
Sabine River, 63;
offer of compensation for proper Texan, 84-5, 88, 91, 95, 436;
southern, of Texas, 138, 449, 457, 470;
Texan, in peace negotiations, =2.= 135-6, 238, 396, 399, 463, 464,
469.
_See also_ Annexations.
Bounty in Ten Regiment Bill, =2.= 364, 490.
Bowles, W. A., at Buena Vista, =1.= 388, 390, 391, 555, 557.
Boyd, J. McH., American chargé at London, reports cited _passim_.
Bragg, Braxton, force in Texas, =1.= 146, 452;
at Fort Brown, 163;
at Monterey, 251, 254, 492, 496;
at Buena Vista, 388, 390-2, 395, 555, 557, 558;
on reports, 404;
field battery, 450;
in Harney's brigade, 541;
on Scott's order against the cabal, =2.= 436;
sent to New Mexico, 475.
Bravo, Nicolás, as partisan leader, =1.= 32;
revolt against Itúrbide, 35;
Presidential candidacy, 37;
attempted revolt (1827), 38;
pardoned, 44;
acting President (1846), reforms, 217;
and revolt, 217;
incites against United States, 418;
and Santa Anna (1847), =2.= 82, 83;
retires, 84;
at Churubusco, 113, 117;
and desire for peace, 122;
at Chapultepec, surrenders, 153, 155, 157, 408, 411;
and guerilla warfare, 173.
Bravos battalion, formation, =2.= 3;
at Churubusco, 111.
Brazito affair, =1.= 301-2, 518.
Brazos Island, camp, =1.= 205.
Breckenridge, H. M., claims commissioner, =1.= 430.
Breese, Sidney, position in Senate, =2.= 496.
Bribery money in peace negotiations, =2.= 131-2, 390.
Bridgehead at Churubusco, =2.= 111;
maps, 112, 113;
attack and capture, 114-6, 383.
Briggs, G. N., on attitude toward war, =2.= 492.
Brinkerhoff, Jacob, and advance to Rio Grande, =1.= 456;
position in House, =2.= 496;
and Wilmot Proviso, 498.
Briscoe, W. F., guerilla attack on, =2.= 423.
_Britannia_, on American army, =1.= 105;
on military titles, =2.= 295;
on people, 295;
on Polk, 300;
on conquests in India, 302;
on guerilla warfare, 306;
criticism of military operations, 307, 308;
on absorption of Mexico, 309.
British in Mexico, merchants, =1.= 5, 17;
mining companies, 15.
Broglie, Duc de, and war, =2.= 303.
Brokers, in Mexican public finances, =2.= 327.
Brooke, G. M., and reinforcement of Tampico, =1.= 282, 512;
and alarm over Buena Vista, 400.
Brooks, W. T. H., at Contreras, =2.= 108.
Brough, C. H., in Lane's march to Puebla, =2.= 426.
Brown, ----, American agent to Santa Anna, =1.= 479.
Brown, Jacob, at Fort Brown, =1.= 163;
killed, 176, 468.
Brown, Milton, on advance to Rio Grande, =1.= 457.
Brown, Fort, construction, position, map, =1.= 148, 159, 463, 468;
attack on, and battle of Resaca de la Palma, 164, 176, 467-9;
former names, 454.
Bryce, James, on justice of expansion, =2.= 323.
Buchanan, James, and Almonte, =1.= 87;
and Slidell mission, instructions, 95, 100, 127, 436-7;
on war spirit, 126;
on peaceful policy, 131;
and monarchist plans in Mexico, 135, 448;
and southern boundary of Texas, 139;
and California, 327;
and defensive-line policy, 348;
and Patterson, 351;
and war programme, 351;
and Parrott, 434;
and Gillespie, 528;
desire for peace negotiations, =2.= 121;
overtures (1846), 122, 386;
and Trist, 127, 128;
appearance, 128;
and recall of Trist, 236, 237, 464;
and absorption of Mexico, 243, 244;
opposes treaty, 246, 471;
as Cabinet officer, 282;
and Dallas faction, 282;
circular and conciliation of European opinion, 297, 502;
and British offer of mediation, 301, 504;
and Beach, 331;
and Scott-Trist, 390;
does not expect peace, 391;
on Texas and Kearny's occupation of New Mexico, 497;
and annexation and slavery, 502;
and Polk, 510.
Buena Vista, later force at, =2.= 417, 418;
mutiny, 418.
_See also_ next title.
Buena Vista campaign, Taylor's insubordinate advance to Agua Nueva,
=1.= 368, 373-4, 547-8;
carelessness and capture of Wool's scouting parties, 370-1;
lessened morale of Wool's force, 371;
Taylor's unstrategic position and carelessness, 374, 549, 550;
assembling of Santa Anna's army, 374-9, 550;
plan to attack Taylor's weak and isolated force, 379, 543, 552;
Mexican advance for surprise, 380-8, 553, 554;
map of route between Mexico and Agua Nueva, 381;
Mexican force, 381, 552;
flight of Americans to Buena Vista, 382-3, 554;
map of roads between Monterey and El Encarnación, 382;
Taylor's trips to Saltillo, 383, 388, 555, 556;
pursuit of Americans, 384, 555;
Santa Anna's failure to charge, 384;
his play for time, 385, 555;
field, 385;
American position and force, 386, 548, 555;
flank movement on American left, 386, 388;
map of field, 387;
condition of troops during night, 388;
second day: mass in Mexican army, 388;
continuation of flanking, 389, 390;
repulse of Blanco's frontal charge, 389;
Pacheco's advance on American left, 389-91, 557, 558;
repulse of flanking force, 391;
repulse of Pacheco, 391;
rout of flanking force, ruse to save it, 392-3, 558;
criticism of Santa Anna's tactics, 393, 558;
Hardin's charge and repulse, 393, 559;
repulse of Pérez's charge on centre, 394-5;
Miñón's repulse at Saltillo, 395, 555, 556, 559;
factors in American success, Taylor, 395-6, 559;
Mexican valor, 396;
losses and condition of American army, 396, 561;
Taylor's determination to hold ground, 397, 561;
condition of the Mexican army, 397;
Santa Anna's retirement to preserve organization, 397-8, 562;
parley, 398, 562;
horrors of Mexican retreat, 399;
Santa Anna credited with victory, 399;
Taylor's tardy advance, 399;
forays in his rear, 399, 562;
alarm in United States, reaction, 400;
Mexican batteries, 556;
question of Taylor's order to retreat, 558;
foreign comment, =2.= 307.
Bullion, export forbidden, =2.= 487.
Burke, Edmund, on arbitrary government, =1.= 52;
on political slavery, =2.= 311.
Burnett, E. C., acknowledgment to, =1.= 419.
Burnett, W. B., wounded at Churubusco, =2.= 117.
Burns, ----, paymaster, and Leonidas letter, =2.= 435, 437.
Burr, Aaron, and spirit of expansion, =1.= 123, 444.
Burrita, expedition, =1.= 177, 469;
camp, 206.
Burrough, Marmaduke, American consul at Vera Cruz, reports cited
_passim_.
Burton, H. S., in Lower California, =2.= 448, 449, 476.
Bustamante, Anastasio, Vice-President, revolt, =1.= 43;
as President, 43;
resigns, reëlevates Pedraza, 45;
returns to power, Santa Anna undermines, 47-51;
and California, 319;
and chief command, =2.= 182.
Butler, Andrew P., position in Senate, =2.= 496.
Butler, Anthony, as minister at Mexico, =1.= 62, 419, 420;
and Sabine River boundary, 64;
and claims, 76, 427, 428;
and Scott, 476.
Butler, B. F., on Polk, =2.= 272.
Butler, P. M., killed, =2.= 117.
_See also_ Palmetto.
Butler, W. O., division in march to Monterey, =1.= 229, 492, 496;
in battle of Monterey, 252-4, 499;
command and force at Monterey (Dec. 1846), 283, 357;
and command of Vera Cruz expedition, 351;
and expected attack, 358;
Scott's instructions on troops for Vera Cruz, 362;
in command at Saltillo, 370, 549;
at Brazos, 476;
takes reinforcements to Scott, =2.= 184;
succeeds Scott, 188, 438;
evacuates Mexico City, 252, 476;
and Price's Rosales expedition, 419;
retained in service, 432;
division garrisoned at Molino del Rey, 461;
and peace commission, 464.
Cabinet, character of Polk's, =2.= 269, 282.
Cadereita, aspect, =1.= 357.
Cadwalader, George, reinforcements for Scott, =2.= 77;
brigade in Scott's army, 78, 363;
at Contreras, 105, 108, 379;
at Churubusco, 110;
advance after armistice, 142;
at Molino del Rey, 144-6, 402, 403;
at San Cosme garita, 161, 414;
and douceur, 391;
and plan of attack on capital, 408;
at Chapultepec, 410;
occupies Toluca, 433;
leaves Mexico, 438.
Cahuenga, capitulation of, =1.= 345.
Calderón de la Barca, J. M., Spanish minister at Washington, on
Mexican army, =1.= 106.
Calhoun, J. C., and annexation of Texas, =1.= 84, 86, 433;
opposition to war, 123, 182, 183, 185-7, 189, 443, 472;
desire to supplant, 123,=2.= 257;
on unrest, =1.= 124;
and defensive-line policy, 348, =2.= 183;
and advance to the Rio Grande, =1.= 457, 458;
and Oregon question, 458;
and lieutenant generalcy for Benton, =2.= 75;
and peace, 125;
and Polk's Cabinet, 269;
encourages enemy, 281;
followers and Polk, 281, 496;
character and leadership, 282, 291;
and Wilmot Proviso, 287;
on treaty of peace, 472;
and war annexations, 499.
California, Jones at Monterey, =1.= 69, 423;
abuse and expulsion of Americans, 71, 73, 423;
misgovernment and expulsion of Mexican officials, virtual
abdication, 87, 319-22, 522, 523;
European interference feared, American precautions against it, 90,
95, 325-6, 530;
offer to purchase, 95, 436;
attitude of American government, 127, 324-5;
conditions under Mexican rule, 315;
population, 315;
character and life of Californians, 315-7;
map of coast, (1846), 316;
map of northern, 317;
foreign element, commerce, 317-9, 521;
question of future, American interest, 322-4, 444, 523;
Great Britain and, 323-5, 334, 336, 524, 527, 531, =2.= 302, 308,
505;
France and, =1.= 324, 327, 523;
expected peaceful acquisition, 325;
and cause of Mexican War, 326, 526;
attitude of Californians toward foreign control, 327-9, 526;
factional war (1846), 329, 527;
Frémont and Castro, 331, 528;
Gillespie and Frémont's return, Bear Flag war, 331-3, 528-9, 531;
its results, 333;
Sloat's hesitation, 333-4, 530, 531;
possession taken at Monterey, 334-5, 531;
defensive union of factions, 335;
Stockton-Frémont union and address, 336, 532; first southern
campaign, 336-7, 532;
Stockton's rule, 337-8;
rising in south against Gillespie's rule, 338-9, 533-4;
second southern campaign, 339-46, 534-6;
Kearny, battle of San Pascual, 341, 534;
American force, 342, 535, =2.= 219, 432;
advance and recapture of Los Angeles, =1.= 342-4;
Frémont's conduct, his capitulation with insurgents, 345-6, 535-6,
=2.= 218;
results, =1.= 346, 536;
in peace negotiations and treaty, =2.= 135, 136, 238, 240, 248, 468,
469;
under American rule, 217-20, 285, 454;
justice of acquisition, 322, 514;
friction between Kearny and Frémont, 454.
Callender, F. D., at Contreras, =2.= 104, 105.
Camargo, occupation, as camp, =1.= 210, 484;
camp broken up, 356;
troops left at, 493;
force at (Oct.), 506.
Cameron, J. A., American consul at Vera Cruz, reports cited _passim_.
Campbell, J. A., opposes war, =1.= 189.
Campbell, R. B., American consul at Havana, and Santa Anna, =1.= 221;
on strength of Ulúa, 536;
and spy for Scott, =2.= 332.
Campbell, W. B., in battle of Monterey, =1.= 249, 252;
on mistakes at Monterey, 502, 505;
on Taylor, 549, =2.= 316;
at Cerro Gordo, 56, 57, 353;
on attitude on reinlistment, 63;
on Pillow, 377, 435.
Campomanes (Campos), ----, intermediary between Scott and clergy,
=2.= 357.
Campos.
_See_ Campomanes.
Camps, Taylor's, at Corpus Christi, =1.= 143;
Texan, of Taylor's reinforcements, 205-7, 480;
Camargo, sickness, 211, 484, 493;
Cerralvo, 212, 229, 493;
Scott's, before Vera Cruz, =2.= 27;
Vergara, 222.
Campusano, Antonio, at Guaymas, =2.= 206, 209, 447.
Canales, Antonio, force at Matamoros, =1.= 158;
character, 158;
at Palo Alto, 165, 166;
at Resaca de la Palma, 171, 174;
and Fort Brown, 176;
leaves Taylor's advance unopposed, 226, 236, 495;
guerilla warfare, 479, =2.= 169-70.
Canalizo, Valentín, command below Perote, and preparations, =2.= 40,
41, 47, 61, 347;
at Cerro Gordo, 45, 352;
in the battle, 52, 55;
and Santa Anna at Orizaba, 68;
and army at capital, 88;
in plan of its defence, 90;
fails, 95;
combination against Santa Anna, 134.
Canitz, Baron von, Prussian minister of foreign relations, and the
war, =2.= 298, 403.
Canning, George, on national responsibility, =1.= 76.
Cano, Juan, at La Hoya, =2.= 42;
at Cerro Gordo, 44.
Cárdenas, J., protest to Taylor, =1.= 454.
_Carmelita_, captured, =2.= 191.
Carmen Island, occupied, =2.= 204.
Carnero Pass, Taylor and, =1.= 549.
Carpender, E. W., and loss of _Truxtun_, =2.= 445.
Carrasco, J. M., at Monterey, =1.= 252.
Carson, Kit, and battle of San Pascual, =1.= 535.
Casa Mata, defences, =2.= 140;
force, 142;
capture, 145, 146, 403;
blown up, 404.
Casey, Silas, at Chapultepec, =2.= 153, 156, 410;
wounded, 157.
Cass, Lewis, and Gaines's Texan expedition, =1.= 66;
and war bill, 183;
and Oregon, 200;
on defensive-line policy, 348;
and absorption of Mexico, =2.= 243;
and Barnburners, 281;
character and leadership, 282;
on annexation of Texas, 509.
Castillo, Pedro Fernández del, as claims commissioner, =1.= 80,
429-31.
Castillo y Lanzas, J. M. de, minister at Washington, =1.= 77;
minister of relations, and Slidell, 100, 120, 438, 439;
on approach of war, 104.
Castro, José, leader in California, =1.= 319;
comandante general, 319;
and foreign occupation, 328, 329, 526;
civil war with Pico, 329;
and Frémont, 331, 528;
and American occupation, 335-7, 530, 532;
leaves, 337, 533;
and Bear Flag war, 529;
returns, =2.= 219.
Caswell, W. R., on Pillow, =1.= 361.
Causes of the war, in general, =1.= 58-99, 102-16, 134-7, 148-50,
153-5, 158, 179, 185, 432-3, 439, 442, 448, 457-61, 470-3;
special, 189-90, 471-3;
advance to Rio Grande not cause, 154-5.
_See also_ Outbreak; Preparation.
Cavalry, Mexican, =1.= 11, 19;
in Scott's advance on Mexico, =2.= 77;
call for American volunteer, 365.
_See also_ Dragoons.
Ceballos, Ramón de, on treatment by Americans, =2.= 324.
Cedral, force at, =1.= 553.
Centralists, oligarchy as, =1.= 37;
party resentment, 38-9;
Santa Anna supports, 46-7, 415;
rule, 47-8;
and Farías (1846), =2.= 9.
_See also_ Federalism; Oligarchy.
Cerralvo, as camp, =1.= 212, 229, 493;
occupied, 229, 562;
force at, =2.= 417.
Cerro Gordo, as defensive point, =2.= 40, 41;
map of contour lines near, 40;
selected as point to resist Scott's advance, 42;
field, defences, 42-5, 347, 348;
general map of battle, 43;
size and condition of Mexican force, 44-5, 347;
Twiggs's force and artillery, 45;
Twiggs's character, 48;
his blunder into, and retreat, 48;
question of precipitous assault, 48-9;
Scott on field, 49;
reconnaissance, 50, 349;
Scott's force, 50;
advance flanking Mexican left, 50-1, 53, 55, 350-2, 354;
map of central part of battle, 51;
capture of La Atalaya, 51;
attacks on and capture of Telégrafo, 52-5, 350, 352, 354;
flight of flanked Mexicans, 54, 58-9;
Pillow's mismanaged attack, 56-8, 352-3;
pursuit to Jalapa, 58, 59, 354;
spoils, losses, 58, 353;
character of Scott's report, 59, 354;
effect on Mexicans, 80.
Chachapa conference, =2.= 70, 360.
Chalco, Worth at, =2.= 94.
Chamberlain, S. E., on retreat to Buena Vista, =1.= 554.
Chapultepec, and battle of Molino del Rey, =2.= 143, 145, 402, 403;
and approach of Mexico City, 149;
decision to attack, 149, 408;
position and defences, 149-52, 405-6, 408;
maps, 150, 151;
American dispositions and bombardment, 152-3, 409;
plan for assault, 153;
misgivings, 153-4;
attack on grove and outworks, 154, 155;
problem of Santa Anna's support, 154-5, 410;
charge to the fosse, delay, 155-6, 409;
attack on gateway, 156, 158, 411;
capture of fort, 157, 410, 411;
view from, 158;
losses, 158, 411;
Worth's advance, 160, 410;
and armistice, 394;
Mexican force, 408;
wisdom of attack, 408;
threat to American rear during attack, 410.
Character, Mexican, =1.= 3-7, 15, 18-28, 53, 57, 115, 229, 266, 285,
293, 295, 315-7, 320, 333, 339, 346, 396, 407-9, 416-8, 438,
455, =2.= 1-2, 31, 32, 45, 63, 79-87, 91-2, 132, 136, 170, 228,
230-1, 233-5, 251, 254, 297, 306, 310-2, 323, 327, 329, 346,
367, 449, 450, 461, 509.
_See also_ Population; Social condition.
Charleston _Courier_, on war spirit, =1.= 132;
and the war, 473.
Charleston _Mercury_, on Polk's alarm, =1.= 476.
Charleston _Patriot_, and the war, =1.= 473.
Chase, Franklin, consul at Tampico, and occupation of city, =1.= 279,
511.
Chase, Mrs. Franklin, and occupation of Tampico, =1.= 279, 511.
Cheatham, B. F., on mistakes at Monterey, =1.= 502.
Chew, Samuel, claim, =1.= 426.
Chihuahua, situation, =1.= 3;
plans for expedition against, 266;
gathering of Wool's force, 267-70;
his advance to Monclova, 270-3, 509;
his difficulties, 273-4, 509-10;
advance to Parras, 274-5, 510;
diversion of Wool's march, 275;
results of march, 276, 510;
and caravan trade, 286;
Doniphan's force against, 298-9, 519;
his march to El Paso, Brazito affair, 299-303, 518;
his advance to Sacramento River, 303-4, 519;
political affairs and preparations against Doniphan, Mexican force,
304-6, 519;
battle of Sacramento, 306-13, 520;
occupied, 313, 520;
Doniphan's negotiations, 313;
his march to Saltillo, 313, 521;
occupied by Price, =2.= 166, 419;
under American rule, 454.
Chihuahua Rangers, in Doniphan's expedition, =1.= 303, 519.
Childs, Thomas, at Palo Alto, =1.= 164;
at Monterey, 241, 246;
at Jalapa, =2.= 361;
command at Puebla, besieged, =2.= 174-8, 424;
as governor, 226.
Chimalpa, Pillow at, =2.= 95.
China, Mexico, proposed attack on Texans at, =1.= 235.
Chiquihuite, as defensive point, =2.= 41.
Chronology of the war, =1.= xix-xxi.
Churchill, Sylvester, in Wool's march, =1.= 270, 273.
Churchill, W. H., at Palo Alto, =1.= 164, 167, 466.
Churubusco, defences, =2.= 98, 110-1, 382;
map of battle, 111;
maps of bridgehead, 112, 113;
capture of San Antonio, 112;
pursuit of Mexicans to bridgehead, 113;
Coyoacán as American point of concentration, 112, 382, 383;
attack and capture of convent, 113-4, 117, 382, 383, 385;
map of convent, 114;
attack and capture of bridgehead, 114-6, 383;
Shields-Pierce flank attack, 115-7, 384;
pursuit of Mexicans, 117;
Kearny's charge, 118;
losses, spoils, 118;
American elation, 118-9;
Scott's army after the battle, 120;
why not followed up, 120-1, 386, 393;
Scott's probable plan, 383;
as blunder, 383;
effect on morale, 384;
Mexican force, 385;
Pillow's troops in, 385;
fate of captured American deserters, 385.
Citadel at Mexico City, =2.= 159, 160, 413, 415.
Cities of Mexico, =1.= 2.
Civil service, Mexican, character, =1.= 11, 20.
Claiborne, J. F. H., on war spirit, =1.= 444.