390, 391;
relations with Polk, =1.= 130, 354, =2.= 75, 188, 436, 511;
and Taylor and Bliss, =1.= 141;
and Twiggs-Worth controversy, 144;
and advance to Rio Grande, 152-4;
and command in the field, 196, 198;
character, 197, 545, =2.= 248, 316-8;
war policy and clash with administration, relegated, =1.= 198-200,
476-8;
and Taylor's intelligence system, 227;
on Monterey, 261, 505, 506;
and Taylor, 262, 352, 353, 363, 368, 544;
and defensive-line policy, 283;
and war programme, 350, 351;
selected to command Vera Cruz expedition, 351-4;
and earlier rebuff, 353, 539;
and Harney, 364-5, 545, 546;
attitude toward Pillow, 367, =2.= 186, 378;
character of reports, =1.= 404, =2.= 59, 354;
and flintlocks, =1.= 450;
on Polk's alarm at outbreak, 476;
and Taylor's advance from the Rio Grande, 490;
and Doniphan's expedition, 517;
and Taylor's insubordinate advance, 547;
on Twiggs, =2.= 48;
attitude of troops, 49;
at Cerro Gordo, 56;
at Contreras, 105, 106, 378, 379;
at Churubusco, 111, 118, 119, 383;
halt after Churubusco, on it, 121, 386;
quarrel with Trist, 128, 389;
reconciliation and harmony, 130, 392, 397;
and douceur, 131, 132, 390, 391;
and Mexican attitude toward Trist, 132, 133, 390, 393;
peace move after Churubusco, 133;
armistice then, 133, 137, 138, 394-6, 398-9;
and Molino del Rey, 143, 147, 401, 402;
decides to attack Chapultepec, 149, 408;
misgivings on it, 154;
at the battle, 158;
and advance after Chapultepec, 161, 412, 414-6;
in Mexico City, 164, 415-6;
cabal against, 185-8, 434-8;
and Worth, 186, 361;
removed, 188, 438;
orders for military government, 455-7;
and Catholic church, 221;
discipline in Mexico City, 226, 459-60;
and local government there, 229;
on conduct of his army, 231;
pessimism on war outlook, 235;
and recall of Trist, 238, 465;
and peace negotiations and de facto truce, 240, 242, 467;
promise to protect peace government, 240;
and armistice after signing of peace, 242, 471;
magnanimity, 248, 317;
and tariff for Mexican ports, 262;
and levies on Mexicans, 265, 486-7;
political effect of Polk's attitude, 272;
political effect of actions, 278;
and foreign interests, 303;
achievement, 316-8;
invited to be dictator, 323;
on plan at Cerro Gordo, 350;
rebuke of Worth at Puebla, 361;
and Semmes's mission, 389;
suspected Rejón intrigue, 390;
Scott not acting in politics, 390;
proposal to facilitate peace by halting before Mexico, 393;
at southern front, 408;
and Peña government, 428;
plea for adequate forces, 510;
contrasts regulars and volunteers, 512.
_See also_ Mexico expedition; Vera Cruz expedition.
_Scourge_, in attack on Tuxpán, =2.= 203, 444;
at Alvarado, 344;
in Home Squadron, 446.
Scouting.
_See_ Intelligence.
Scurvy, in navy, =2.= 194.
_Sea_, at Tampico, =1.= 281.
Secession, and Texan annexation, =2.= 272.
_See also_ Coalition.
Second Artillery, in Scott's army, =2.= 77;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343;
at Churubusco, 384;
in Lane's march to Puebla, 426;
garrison at Puebla, 433.
Second Dragoons, at Fort Jesup, =1.= 140;
go to Texas, 142-3;
advance to Saltillo, 264;
at Buena Vista, 388, 555;
in Monterey campaign, 492, 496;
at the battle, 497;
in Wool's march, 509;
in Harney's brigade, 541;
in Scott's army, =2.= 77;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343;
at Churubusco, 384;
in Taylor's later force, 417.
Second Infantry, in Victoria march, =1.= 357;
in Harney's brigade, 541;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 53;
in Scott's army, 77;
at Churubusco, 114, 382;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343.
Second Ligero, at Resaca de la Palma, =1.= 173, 174;
at Monterey, 494;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 52, 347.
Sedgwick, John, on Reynosa, =1.= 212;
on Scott and Pillow, =2.= 439.
Seiffart, ----, Prussian minister at Mexico, and peace negotiations,
=2.= 397.
Semmes, Raphael, at San Cosme garita, =2.= 162;
wrecked, 194;
on Worth at Puebla, 360;
bias of account, 373;
on Churubusco, 383;
and Scott, 389;
on Molino del Rey, 402, 403.
Senate, treaty of peace in, =2.= 246-8, 472-3.
_See also_ Congress, American.
Senobio, M., and siege of Vera Cruz, =2.= 31;
in preparations below Perote, 40, 41;
guerilla, 421.
Sentmanat, Francisco, executed, =1.= 117, 241.
Serfdom in Mexico, =1.= 5.
Seven Laws, =1.= 47;
failure, 50.
Seventh Infantry, in Texas, =1.= 143;
Mexican propaganda in, 161;
at Fort Brown, 163;
march to Camargo, 209;
at Monterey, 245, 247, 492, 496, 501;
left there, 508;
in Smith's brigade, 541;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 51, 54, 55, 352;
in Scott's army, 77;
at Churubusco, 114, 382;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343.
Seventh Line Infantry, Mexican, at Sacramento, =1.= 307;
at Monterey, 494.
Severance, Luther, encourages enemy, =2.= 280;
position in House, 496.
Sevier, A. H., on Polk and peace, =2.= 245;
ratification commissioner, 249, 251, 474.
Seward, W. H., on expansion, =1.= 444.
Seymour, Sir George, and California, =1.= 334, 336, 531.
Seymour, T. H., at Chapultepec, =2.= 410.
Shannon, Wilson, American minister at Mexico, and annexation of Texas,
=1.= 86, 87.
_Shark_, in Pacific squadron, =2.= 189.
Shaw, T. D., at siege of Vera Cruz, =2.= 338.
Shawnee Indians, in Kearny's expedition, =1.= 288.
Sherman, T. W., at Buena Vista, =1.= 390, 392, 395, 555;
in Smith's brigade, 541;
light artillery, =2.= 366.
Sherman, W. T., on California and independence, =1.= 321;
on treaty of peace, =2.= 246.
Shields, James, on enlistment, =1.= 195;
in Wool's march, 271, 509;
at Tampico, as governor, 282, =2.= 229, 418, 461;
Taylor on, =1.= 352;
in Vera Cruz expedition, 368, =2.= 27;
at Brazos, =1.= 476;
career, 509;
before Cerro Gordo, =2.= 49;
in the battle, 52, 53, 55;
wounded, 55, 352;
brigade in Scott's army, 78;
at Contreras, 105, 107, 108, 110, 379, 380;
at Churubusco, 115-7, 384;
force after that battle, 120;
wounded at Chapultepec, 157;
discipline, 215;
and douceur, 391;
and plan to attack Mexico City, 408;
retained in service, 432;
leaves Mexico, 438;
not West Pointer, 513.
Shiver, Captain, in Monterey campaign, =1.= 492, 496.
Shover, W. H., at Saltillo, =1.= 556, 559.
Shubrick, W. B., commands Pacific squadron, blockade order, =2.= 206,
446;
operations, 206-8, 447-9;
and occupied territory, 208.
_Siglo XIX_, on Herrera's rule, =1.= 56;
on Americans, 103;
on corruption, 417;
on Paredes revolt, 438;
on Church property and war funds, =2.= 8.
Silva, Mariano, and surrender of Monterey, Cal., =1.= 334.
Simmons, S. G., in Lane's march to Puebla, =2.= 426.
Simms, W. G., and absorption of Mexico, =2.= 243;
on Vera Cruz expedition, 336.
Simpson, Sir George, on California, =1.= 321.
Sinaloa state, and secession, =2.= 86.
Sitgreaves, Lorenzo, reconnaissance in Wool's march, =1.= 271.
Six-months men, Gaines's requisition and service, =1.= 196, 205, 452,
476, =2.= 272, 511.
Sixteenth Infantry, in Taylor's later force, =2.= 417, 418.
Sixth Infantry, in Wool's march, =1.= 509;
in Scott's army, =2.= 77;
at Churubusco, 112, 115, 116, 384;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343;
at Molino del Rey, 402;
at Belén garita, 412.
Sixth Line Infantry, Mexican, at Monterey, =1.= 494;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 44, 54, 347.
Size of Mexico, =1.= 1.
Slavery, Mexico counts on help of American slaves, =1.= 107;
European warning against expansion, 114;
interests and attitude toward Mexico, 123;
extension not cause of war, 187-9, 473;
and war annexations, =2.= 274, 289, 492, 502;
politics of Wilmot Proviso, 286-7;
and stopping of the war, 500.
Slidell, John, Mexican mission and rejection, =1.= 91, 95-8, 100-1,
127, 145, 326, 436-9, 447, 453, 460;
on Oregon and Mexican controversies, 114, 115;
effect of rejection on American opinion, 120;
on failure of mission, 133, 135, 181;
and advance to Rio Grande, 152;
report on Santa Anna's attitude, 201;
and Patterson, 351;
and peace negotiations, =2.= 126, 387;
and Conner, 202;
House demand for instructions, 500.
Sloat, J. D., pacific instructions to (1845), =1.= 131, 447;
instructions on California, 326, 526, 530;
hesitation, final occupation of Monterey, 333-5, 530-1;
gives place to Stockton, 336;
squadron, =2.= 189.
Smith, A. J., and Mormon battalion, =1.= 290.
Smith, Ashbel, on Polk and war, =1.= 446.
Smith, C. F., at Resaca de la Palma, =1.= 172;
at Monterey, 242, 244, 498;
in march to San Agustín, =2.= 98;
at Churubusco, 112, 115, 116, 384;
battalion at Molino del Rey, 144, 145, 403;
and at Chapultepec, 161.
Smith, D. W., American consul at Matamoros, reports cited _passim_.
Smith, Ephraim Kirby, mortally wounded at Molino del Rey, =2.= 403.
Smith, G. W., and Cerro Gordo, =2.= 349;
with Scott, 366.
Smith, Isaac, on mistakes at Monterey, =1.= 503.
Smith, J. L., engineer company with Scott, =2.= 349, 356, 366;
and plan of attack on Mexico City, 408.
Smith, J. M., at Churubusco, =2.= 117.
Smith, M. L., reconnoitres Old Peñón, =2.= 369.
Smith, P. F., brigade in march to Monterey, =1.= 229, 492, 496;
in the battle, 245, 498;
commands at Monterey, 508;
brigade, 541;
and Cerro Gordo, =2.= 52;
brigade in Scott's army, 77;
at Contreras, 104-10, 376, 379;
at Churubusco, 114;
at Chapultepec, 156, 158, 408, 410;
in Mexico City, 163;
as governor there, 226;
armistice negotiations, 242, 394;
and evacuation, 252, 475;
on engineers, 320;
court of inquiry on Worth, 361;
credit for Contreras, 376;
career and character, 377;
not at conference on attack on capital, 408;
not West Pointer, 513.
Smith, Sidney, and American repudiation, =2.= 256.
Smith, William, on the war, =2.= 499.
Smuggling, Mexican, =1.= 17, 410.
Social conditions, in Mexico, idleness, =1.= 15, 22;
in country, 18;
in villages and towns, 19-21;
at the capital, 21-8;
character of ruling class, 25-7;
general conclusions, 28, 410;
Mexican statement on character, 411.
_See also_ Character; Population; Roman Catholic church.
Society, Mexican, conditions, =1.= 25;
intercourse in occupied territory, =2.= 230-1, 461-2.
Soldado, Fort, at Monterey, =1.= 241;
capture, 245, 498.
_Somers_, wrecked, =2.= 194;
in Home Squadron, 197, 442.
Sotepingo, captured, =2.= 113.
Soto, Juan, and defending of Vera Cruz, =2.= 22, 31, 341;
and preparations below Perote, 41;
and Santa Anna at Orizaba, 68.
South Carolina troops, call, =1.= 537;
in Taylor's later command, =2.= 417.
_See also_ Palmetto.
_Southampton_, in Pacific squadron, =2.= 447.
_Southern Quarterly Review_, on Worth, =2.= 360.
Spain, colonial policy, =1.= 29-30;
and Mexican-American relations (1846), 100;
and monarchy for Mexico, 448, 485, 486;
and Mexican privateering, =2.= 193;
attitude, 297, 298;
and blockade, 440, 449;
and mediation, 503.
_See also_ Bermúdez de Castro; Lozano.
Spanish, as class in Mexico, =1.= 3;
merchants, 17.
_See also_ Gachupines.
Spanish America, and expected Mexican-American war, =1.= 111;
and the actual war, =2.= 298.
Spanish language, key of pronunciation, =1.= xxi.
_Spectator_, on misrule in Mexico, =2.= 509.
Speight, Jesse, position in Senate, =2.= 496.
_Spitfire_, in occupation of Tampico, =1.= 279, 281;
in attack on Tuxpán, =2.= 203, 444;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 338;
in Home Squadron, 446.
Spooner, ----, Mexican Spy Company, =2.= 362.
_Springfield Illinois State Register_, on war and expansion, =1.= 444.
Staff, Scott's, =2.= 306.
Staniford, Thomas, brigade in Monterey campaign, =1.= 492.
States, Mexican.
_See_ Federalism.
Stauffer, Mrs. W. R., acknowledgment to. =1.= 451;
on Bliss, 451.
Stearns, A. J., as trader in California, =1.= 318;
and American occupation, 337.
Stephens, A. H., on the war, =1.= 183.
Steptoe, E. J., battery in Scott's army, =2.= 77;
during Chapultepec, 152, 409;
in Mexico City, 163;
at Cerro Gordo, 348;
at Belén garita, 415.
Sterett, J. S., at siege of Vera Cruz, =2.= 338.
Stevens, I. I., on mistakes at Monterey, =1.= 502;
at Churubusco, =2.= 113, 383;
on Cerro Gordo, 350, 353;
engineer with Scott, 366;
reconnoitres Old Peñón, 369;
on Molino del Rey, 402;
reconnoitres southern approach to capital, 408;
and plan of attack on capital, 408.
Stevenson, J. D., in California, =2.= 219.
Stewart, Andrew, on Walker, =2.= 480.
Stockton, R. F., pacific instructions to (1845), =1.= 131;
command in California, character, 336, 532;
and Frémont, address, 336, 532;
first southern campaign, 336-7, 532;
rule, 337-8;
plan against Mexico, 338;
second southern campaign, 339-44, 534-5;
sends aid to Kearny, 341;
and Frémont's capitulation, 346;
and blockade, =2.= 205;
relinquishes rule, 217.
Stone, C. P., ordnance officer with Scott, =2.= 366.
Storms, Mrs., in Mexico, =2.= 11;
and Scott, 39;
and absorption of Mexico, 243.
Storrs, Augustus, claim, =1.= 425.
_Stromboli_, in Home Squadron, =2.= 446.
Sub-treasury plan restored, =2.= 257, 479.
Sumner, Charles, on cause of war, =1.= 189;
attitude, 274;
demands recall of troops, 290.
Sumner, E. V., and Harney, =1.= 365;
at Cerro Gordo, disabled, =2.= 52, 350;
in Scott's army, 77;
at Molino del Rey, 144, 146, 403;
during and after Chapultepec, 161, 408, 410, 414.
Supplies.
_See_ Transportation.
Supreme Court, on title by conquest, =2.= 241, 468.
Surnames, Spanish, =1.= 44 _n._
Sutter, J. A., trading post, =1.= 318, 522.
Swift, A. J., and engineer corps, =1.= 451.
Tabasco River, Perry's expeditions, =2.= 199-200, 204-5, 443, 445;
map, 205.
Tacitus, on a Roman general, =2.= 313.
Tacubaya, Americans at, =2.= 134;
aspect, 138.
Tacubaya, Bases of, =1.= 51.
Talbot, Theodore, escape from Santa Barbara, =1.= 534.
Talcott, G. H., battery in Scott's army, =2.= 77;
at Cerro Gordo, 348.
Talcott, George, ordnance bureau, =1.= 474.
Tamaulipas cavalry, at Monterey, =1.= 494.
Tamaulipas state, plan to occupy, =1.= 263, 507;
authorities and Urrea, =2.= 166;
attitude toward United States, 215;
general occupation, 418;
and American tariff, 484.
_See also_ Tampico; Victoria.
Tampico, as port, =1.= 2;
situation, map, 276;
defences, 277;
reasons for occupation, 277, 511;
Conner's attitude, 277;
Mexicans evacuate, 278-9, 510;
American navy occupies, 279-81, 511-2;
securing, 281-2, 512, 546;
march of troops from Victoria to, 366, 546;
assemblage for Vera Cruz expedition, 367, 546;
plans for uprising, =2.= 165;
first naval attack, 197, 441;
under American rule, 214-5, 229, 230, 452, 461;
aspect, 214;
garrison, 418;
American tariff, 484.
_Tampico_, at siege of Vera Cruz, =2.= 338;
in Home Squadron, 445.
Tariff, Mexican protective, =1.= 17;
American, and the war, 105, 130, 186;
of 1846, political effect, opposition, =2.= 257, 273, 281, 286,
478-9;
proposed, on tea and coffee, 261, 285, 482;
American, for Mexican ports, 261-3, 303, 484, 500, 505.
Tattnall, Josiah, in occupation of Tampico, =1.= 281, 512;
in attack on Tuxpán, wounded, =2.= 203;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 338, 339.
Taxation, Mexican, of mines, =1.= 15;
Mexican war, =2.= 253;
question of American war, 258, 480.
_See also_ Finances; Tariff.
Taylor, Francis, field battery, =1.= 450;
in Scott's army, =2.= 77;
at Churubusco, 114;
during Chapultepec, 152, 409;
at Cerro Gordo, 348.
Taylor, George, at Huamantla, =2.= 425, 426.
Taylor, William, American consul at Vera Cruz, reports cited _passim_.
Taylor, Zachary, at Fort Jesup, =1.= 140;
career, 140;
character and ability, 140-1, 352, =2.= 315-6, 318;
Bliss as adjutant, =1.= 141, 451, =2.= 318;
takes force to Corpus Christi, =1.= 141-3;
its original size and first reinforcements, 142, 143, 454, =2.= 511;
condition of force, =1.= 143;
and Worth-Twiggs rank controversy, 144;
attitude of officers and men, 144, 362, 372, 374, 549;
Rio Grande campaign [_see_ this title];
neglects to acquire information, 145, 161, 208, 226, 249, 374, 451,
464, 476, 478, 549;
fortifies the Mexicans, 158-61, 163, 177;
hero after Rio Grande campaign, 179;
Presidential ambition, personal effect, perverted judgments, 179,
208, 352, 363, 368, 538, 547, =2.= 284;
and volunteers, =1.= 191, 474, =2.= 212, 450;
relations with Polk, mutual hostility, =1.= 196, 263, 352-3, 507,
538, 544, 547;
continued in command, 200, 478;
feelings and problems at Matamoros, 204, 208, 481;
volunteer reinforcements, their camps and morale, 205-8, 480, 481;
Monterey campaign, [_see_ this title];
results of campaign to, 261, 506;
condition and size of force after it, 262, 506;
fears displacement, 262;
and Scott, 262, 352, 353, 363, 368, 544;
and Patterson's orders for Tamaulipas, 263, 507;
advance and occupation of Saltillo, 264-6;
and Wool's march, 275, 276, 509, 510;
entire force of department (Dec., 1846), 282, 355, 513, 537, 539;
defensive-line policy, 282-3, 347, =2.= 183;
insubordinate letter to Gaines, =1.= 347, 507;
on war programme, 349, 536;
instructed not to operate beyond Monterey, 350;
and command of Vera Cruz expedition, 351-3, 539;
and Scott's plans for expedition, 355-6, 363, 540, 543-4, 546, 552;
sets out for Victoria, 357-60, 541-2;
frustrates Scott's plan for conference, 356, 358, 541, 542;
temporary return to Monterey expecting attack, 357;
to Victoria, 362;
returns to Monterey, 365, 368;
insubordinate advance to Agua Nueva, 368, 373-4, 547;
Buena Vista campaign [_see_ this title];
belittles enemy, 374, 463;
visits to Saltillo during battle, 383, 388, 555, 556;
return to the field, 385, 391;
personal part in battle, 393, 395;
guerilla operations against, suppression of them, 399, =2.= 169-71,
421, 422;
effect of battle on Presidential chances, =1.= 400;
on capture of Tampico, 511, 512;
force at time of Buena Vista battle, 548;
and further operations, =2.= 165, 417;
Valencia's plans against, 165, 419;
leaves front, 166;
ordered policy toward inhabitants, 210-1;
failure to preserve discipline at Matamoros, 211, 450;
and levies on Mexicans, 264;
political effect of Polk's attitude, 272;
and of own actions, 278, 493;
candidacy as vindication of the war, 292;
foreign criticism, 306-7, 507;
achievement, 315-6, 318;
later force, 417;
not West Pointer, 513.
Taylor, Fort.
_See_ Brown.
Tea and coffee, proposed American impost, =2.= 261, 285, 482.
Tecolote, Kearny's expedition at, =1.= 292.
Tehuacán, and Santa Anna, =2.= 429.
Tehuantepec, in peace negotiations, =2.= 466.
_Telégrafo_, on Santa Anna as hero, =1.= 485.
Telégrafo hill at Cerro Gordo, fortifications, =2.= 42, 44;
attacks on, capture, 52-5, 350, 352, 354.
Téllez, Rafael, and California expedition, =1.= 523, =2.= 447;
at Mazatlán, 207, 447.
Temascalitos.
_See_ Brazito.
Temple, R. E., regiment in Taylor's force, =2.= 417.
Ten Regiment Bill, passage and amendment, =2.= 74-5, 363-4.
Tenería redoubt at Monterey, =1.= 249-250;
capture, 251-3, 500;
after capture, 255.
Tennessee troops, enlistments, =1.= 195;
in Texas, 205;
at Camargo, 211;
in Victoria march, 357;
in Monterey campaign, 492, 496;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 56, 57, 352, 353;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343;
leave Scott, 356;
further call, 431.
Tenth Infantry in Taylor's force, =2.= 417, 418.
Tenth Line Infantry, Mexican, at Chapultepec, =2.= 408.
Terrés, A., at Belén garita, =2.= 159, 160, 413;
brigade, 369.
Terrett, G. H., at Chapultepec, =2.= 410.
Tête de pont.
_See_ Bridgehead.
Texas, effect of revolt on Santa Anna, =1.= 47;
conditional recognition by Mexico, 55;
American efforts to purchase, 59, 62, 418, 419;
United States and revolt, recognition and neutrality, 63, 66,
422-3, 432, =2.= 311;
neutrality and Gaines's expedition, =1.= 64-6, 420-2;
British designs, 67;
Santa Anna's threatened invasions (1842-43), 67, 70, 121;
Webster's protest (1842), 69;
antislavery opposition and Mexican relations, 70;
Santa Fe expedition, 72, 118;
annexation justified, 82-3, 432, =2.= 311, 322, 509;
and European aid, =1.= 82, 86;
Mexico and expected annexation, 83-6;
American offers of indirect payment to Mexico, 84-6, 88-9, 91, 95,
433-6;
Mexican diplomatic rupture and war preparations on annexation, 87,
126, 132, 434;
as expected theatre of war, 107, 110;
Europe and annexation, 113, =2.= 295, 303, 501, 502, 506;
American resentment of Mexican outrages, =1.= 117;
protection and question of southern boundary, 138, 153, 457, 470;
Taylor's force in, 142-3, 454;
annexation as cause of the war, 189, 445-6, 448, =2.= 276;
and Jackson's message on claims, =1.= 428;
British and French recognition of republic, 432;
in peace negotiations, =2.= 135, 136, 238, 396, 398, 399, 463, 464,
469;
effect of annexation on Polk's position, 272;
justice of revolt, 311;
and Kearny's occupation of New Mexico, 497.
_See also_ Rio Grande; Texas troops.
Texas, Fort.
_See_ Brown.
Texas troops, rangers, =1.= 143, 236;
calls, 150, 480, 537;
in Monterey campaign, 237, 241-4, 256, 492, 496, 501;
and Santa Anna's advance, 382, 554;
at Buena Vista, 389, 556;
retaliation for guerillas, =2.= 169;
conduct, 212, 450;
in Taylor's later force, 417;
in Lane's operations, 427.
_See also_ Hays; Henderson, J. P.
Theatre, Mexican, =1.= 24.
Thiers, L. A., and United States, =2.= 296.
Third Artillery, in Twiggs's division, =1.= 541;
at Buena Vista, 555;
in Scott's army, =2.= 77;
in California, 219;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343;
in Taylor's later force, 417;
at Huamantla, 425.
Third Cavalry, Mexican, at Monterey, =1.= 494.
Third Dragoons, in Scott's army, =2.= 77, 364, 432;
origin, 363;
in Taylor's later force, 417;
in Lane's operations, 426, 427.
_See also_ Dragoons.
Third Infantry, at Fort Jesup, =1.= 140;
goes to Texas, 141-2;
at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, 164, 167, 467;
at Monterey, 250, 256, 492, 496, 502;
in Harney's brigade, 541;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 54, 352;
in Scott's army, 77;
at Churubusco, 117;
at siege of Vera Cruz, 343;
at Chapultepec, 410.
Third Ligero, at Monterey, =1.= 494;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 347;
at Chapultepec, 410.
Third Line Infantry, Mexican, at Monterey, =1.= 494;
at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 44, 347.
Thirteenth Infantry, in Taylor's force, =2.= 417.
Thom, George, topographical engineer with Scott, =2.= 366.
Thomas, G. H., at Reynosa, =1.= 204;
at Buena Vista, 394.
Thompson, G. L., special mission to Mexico, =1.= 84, 85, 433.
Thompson, G. W., on Democratic dissensions, =2.= 282.
Thompson, Waddy, minister at Mexico, and decree expelling Americans,
=1.= 73-4;
and claims, 80, 426, 432;
and Bocanegra's threat, 84;
on Mexico and slavery, 188;
opposes war, 189;
encourages enemy, =2.= 280.
Thornton, Edward, of British legation at Mexico, and Trist mission,
=2.= 130, 131, 390;
and peace, 133;
and reopening of negotiations, 237-9, 463;
and mediation, 506.
Thornton, S. B., force captured, =1.= 149, 455.
Thucydides, on vigilance in campaign, =1.= 371;
on power and justice, =2.= 323.
Thurman, A. G., on Delano's inconsistency, =2.= 277;
position in House, 496.
Tibbatts, J. W., regiment in Taylor's force, =2.= 417.
_Tiempo_, monarchist organ, =1.= 214;
on Americans, 484.
Tilden, D. R., on regulars, =2.= 320.
Tlacotálpam, Hunter at, =2.= 344.
Tlálpam.
_See_ San Agustín.
Tlaxcala, Americans at, =2.= 427.
Tobacco monopoly, mismanagement, =2.= 328.
Todos Santos, skirmish, =2.= 449.
Toluca, seat of Peña's government, =2.= 180;
occupied, 184, 433.
Toluca, Valley of, Americans in, =2.= 134;
aspect, 180.
Toluca battalion, at Chapultepec, =2.= 408.
Toombs, Robert, on Polk and war, =1.= 130;
opposes war, 189.
_Topaz_, claim, =1.= 424.
Topo road at Monterey, Worth's advance, =1.= 239, 241-4, 497.
Topographical engineers with Scott, =2.= 366.
Topography of Mexico, =1.= 1.
_See also_ Physical aspect.
Tornel y Mendivil, J. M., appearance, =1.= 25;
character, 46;
and Santa Anna's interests, 46, 49, =2.= 83, 85;
and Herrera, =1.= 56;
and Butler, 62;
and expulsion of Americans, 73;
and Paredes, 99;
hatred of United States, 103;
on Texas as theatre of war, 107;
and hope in privateering, 109;
and the war, 213, 484;
and attack on Taylor, 456;
and overthrow of Paredes, 485;
opposes peace negotiations (1847), =2.= 137;
and clerical crusade against Americans, 142;
and uprising in city, 167;
and riot during armistice, 396;
and Molino del Rey, 404.
Torrejón, A., attacks Thornton, =1.= 149;
force at Matamoros, 158;
on Taylor's line of communication, 162;
at Palo Alto, 165, 167, 168;
at Resaca de la Palma, 171;
at Buena Vista, 390, 557;
brigade in Monterey campaign, 494;
at Las Bocas, 553;
at Contreras, =2.= 107, 110, 378.
Totten, J. G., chief engineer, =1.= 475;
at siege of Vera Cruz, =2.= 335, 336.
Tower, Z. B., at Cerro Gordo, =2.= 50, 56, 349;
reconnoitres San Antonio, 102;
at Contreras, 107, 379;
engineer with Scott, 366;
reconnoitres southern approach of capital, 408;
and plan of attack on capital, 408.
Towns, aspect of Mexican, =1.= 19-21.
Towson, Nathan, paymaster general, =1.= 475.
Traconis, J. B., at San Juan Bautista, =2.= 200.
Trade.
_See_ Commerce.
Traill, X. F., at Buena Vista, =1.= 389.
Transportation, in Mexico, =1.= 16, 18;
in Taylor's advance to Monterey, 209, 227, 482, 490, 491, 493;
in Wool's march, 274;
Taylor's and guerilla warfare, 399-400, =2.= 169-70;
Scott's problem and guerillas, 38, 62, 77, 171, 344, 355, 365, 422,
423.
Treasury.
_See_ Finances.
Treasury notes, American war issues, =2.= 258, 260, 479-82.
Treaties and conventions, draft, of limits (1828), =1.= 60, 418;
of limits (1832), 61, 419;
of amity and commerce, 61, 419;
claims arbitration (1838, 1839), 79, 81, 431.
_See also_ Peace.
Trias, Angel, as governor of Chihuahua, =1.= 305-6;
battle of Sacramento, 306-13, 519, 520;
at Rosales, =2.= 166, 419.
Trigueros, Ignacio, conference with Santa Anna, =2.= 368.
Trist, N. P., on monks, =1.= 408;
and Texas boundary, 449;
appointment as Polk's agent, character, =2.= 127;
preconceived attitude toward Scott, 127;
papers, 128;
misunderstanding and quarrel with Scott, 128-9, 389;
British mediation with Mexicans, 129-30, 390;
reconciliation and harmony with Scott, 130, 392, 397;
and douceur, 131-2;
negotiations during armistice, 135-6, 138, 396-400;
on Pillow, 185;
reopens negotiations, 235, 463;
recall, 236, 464;
ignores it, 237-8, 465, 467;
boundary ultimatum, 238;
meetings and treaty, 239-40, 466;
criticism of Polk, Polk's hatred, 244;
ignored in ratification commission, 248, 473;
on Scott, 316, 317;
Mexican commissioners on, 323;
and plan of attack on Mexico City, 408;
on volunteers, 513.
_Triton_, blockader, =2.= 448.
Trollope, Frances E., jibes, =2.= 294.
Trousdale, William, at Chapultepec, =2.= 154, 160, 410;
regiment, 363.