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Villas. It contains 34 families of Indians, who
cultivate and trade in grain, pulse, coal, and the
bark of trees. A little more than two leagues to
the w. with a slight inclination to the s. of its head
settlement.
Agustin, San, another setttlement of the pro-
vince and government of Tucuman in Peru ; si-
tuate on the shore of the river Tercero (third river.)
Agustin, San, another settlement of the pro-
vince and alcaldia mayor of Vera Paz in the king-
dom of Guatemala.
Agustin, San, another of the province and
government of Popayan in the kingdom of Quito.
Agustin, San, another of the province and
government of Buenos Ayres in Peru, on the shore
of the river Ibiquay.
Agustin, San, another of the province and
alcaldia mayor of Culiacan in Nueva España,
situate near the town of Rosario.
Agustin, San, a point or cape of the coast of
Brazil, in the province and captainship of Per-
nambuco, between the port Antonio Vaz and the
river Tapado. One hundred leagues from the
bay of Los Miiertos ; [300 miles n. e. from the bay
of All Souls. Lat. 8° 38' s. Long. 35° 11' tc.]
Agustin, San, another point or cape of the
coast of the province and government of Rio de
Hacha, and kingdom of Tierra Firme, close to the
lake of San Juan, on the e. side.
Agustin, San, a river of the province and
government of Antioquia, in the new kingdom of
Granada. It runs from s. to n. and afterwards,
with a slight inclination to the w. enters the river
S. Juan, of the province of Choco.
Agustin, San, a small island of the gulph of
California, or Red Sea of Cortes ; situate in the
most interior part of it, and near upon the coast of
Nueva España, opposite the bay of San Juan
Baptista.
[ AGWORTH, a township in Cheshire county.
New Hampshire, incorporated in 1766, and con-
tains 704 inhabitants ; eight miles e. by n. from
Charlestown, and 73n. w. by a), from Portsmouth.]
AHOME, a nation of Indians, who inhabit the
shores of the river Zuaque, in the province of
Cinaloa, and who are distant four leagues from
the sea of California : they were converted to the
Catholic faith by father Andres de Rivas, a Jesuit.
Their country consists of some extensive and fer-
tile plains, and they are by nature superior to the
other Indians of Nueva España. Moreover, their
Heathenish customs do not partake so much of the
spirit of barbarism. They abhorred polygamy,
and held virginity in the highest estimation : and
thus, by way of distinction, unmarried girls wore
a small shell suspended to their neck, until the day
of their nuptials, when it was taken off by the bride-
groom. Their clothes were decent, composed of
wove cotton, and'they had a custom of bewailing
their dead for a whole year, night and morning,
with an apparently excessive grief. They are
gentle and faithful towards the Spaniards, with
whom they have continued in peace and unity
from the time of their first subjection. The prin-
cipal settlement is of the same name, and lies at
the mouth of the river Fuerte, on the coast of the
gulph of California,* having a good, convenient,
and well sheltered port.
AHORCADOS, Point of the, on the shore of
the large lake of Los Patos, of the province and
captainship of Rey in Brazil.
Ahorcados, some small islands or points on
the coast of the S. sea, in the district of Santa
Elena, of the province and government of Guay-
aquil, close to the mouth of the river Colonche.
AHUACATEPEC, San Nicolas de, another
settlement of the above head settlement and alcal-
dia mayor.
AHUACATES, Santa Maria de, a branch
of the head settlement of the district and alcaldia
mayor of Cuernavaca in Nueva España.
AHUACATLAN, Santa Maria de, a set-
tlement of the head settlement of the district of
San Francisco del Talle, and alcaldia mayor of
Zultepec, in Nueva España. It is of a cold tem-
perature, inhabited by 51 families of Indians, and
distant three leagues s. of its head settlement.
Ahuacatlan (Zochicoatlan), another settlement of’the head
settlement and alcaldia mayor of Zochicoatlan in
Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, si-
tuate on a small level plain, surrounded by hills
and mountains. It contains 13 families of In-
dians, and is seven leagues to the n. of its capital.
Ahuacatlan, with the dedicatory title of San
Juan, the head settlement of the district of the
alcaldia mayor of Zacatlan in Nueva España.
Its inhabitants are composed of 450 families of
Indians, and 60 of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mu-
lattoes, including the settlements of the district.
Five leagues from its capital, and separated by a
mountainous and rugged road, as also by a very
broad river, whose waters, in the winter time, in-
crease to such a degree as to render all communi-
cation between the above places impracticable.
Ahuacatlan, another, of the head settlement
of the district of Olinala, and alcaldia mayor of
Tlapa, in the above kingdom. It contains 160
families of Indians, who trade in chia^ (a white
medicinal earth), and grain, with which its territory
abounds. It lies n, w. of its head settlement.
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