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those which form its different mouths : also the
island of its name, inhabited by the Guaranos In-
dians.

CAPUXA, a small settlement of the jurisdiction
and alcaldía mayor of Ixmiquilpán, and of the ca-
pital of Orizava, in Nueva España.

CAQUETA, a very large and abundant river
rising in the province of Sucumbios in the kingdom
of Quito, in the mountains of Mocoa, this name
being also given to it: it runs from w. to e. On
the s. it gathers the waters of the San Pedro, Santa
Cruz, and Arevalo, and on the n. those of the
Lucia, Pato, Tango, Tabaquero, Cascabeles,
Iscanzé, and others of an inferior description. It
divides itself into two arms, the one of which takes
the name of Yupura, and which, running nearly to
the same point as the Marañon, separates itself into
other branches, which enter into this latter river in
4° of lat. and immediately become as large and
considerable as if they were the main stream : the
other arm is also divided into two, the one taking
a n. e. course, and entering the Orinoco, and the
other running s. e. and bearing the name of the Rio
Negro ; by means of which, in the year 1744, some
Portuguese came from Marañon to Orinoco, and
proved the communication of these rivers, which
before was doubted : also by one of the arms of the
Yupura, Gonzalo Ximenes de Quesada found his
way to the new kingdom of Granada when he
undertook its conquest. Some maintain that this
river was the Orinoco, and thus has Don Pedro
Maldonado represented it in his map published in
the year 1750; but that of the Father Bernado
Rosella, missionary of the abolished society of the
Jesuits in Orinoco, made after the notes and in-
structions of the Father Manuel Roman, attributes
with some confidence another origin to the Orinoco,
and speaks of the Caquetá as one of the rivers which
enter it on the w. side. The Spanish geographer
Cruz, in his General Chart of America, makes no
distinction between the Yupura and the Caquetá,
and only speaks of one stream, which runs con-
tinually to the s. s. e. through the territory of the Ca-
vauris Indians, before it enters the Marañon. He
delineates the same as throwing out four branches
to the w. and three to the e. all which join the latter
river ; and he further states, that before it becomes
thus divided, it forms on its n. side two large lakes
called Ynabavú and Cumapi ; from the whole of
which may be easily inferred how great is the
abundance of its waters.

CAQUEZA, a settlement of the corregimiento of
Ubaque in the new kingdom of Granada, situate in
a warm but pleasant and agreeable soil, although
much infested by venomous snakes called tayas :

CAR

it abounds in the productions of a warm climate,
contains more than 200 housekeepers, and is nine
leagues to the s. w. of Santa Fe, in the road which
leads from San Juan de los Llanos to this capital.

CAQUIAUIRI, a settlement of the province and
corregimiento of Pacages in Peru.

CAQUINGORA, a settlement of the province
and corregimiento of Pacages in Peru.

CARA, an ancient province of the kingdom of
Quito towards the w. It extends itself along the
coast of the Pacific sea from the point of Pajonal to
the bay of Quaquez, for the space of 19 or 20
leagues ; is watered by the rivers Tasagua and
Chonos to the s. and by the Jama to the n. The
whole of the lands lie low, and are uncultivated and
full of wood ; the climate is hot and moist. It is at
present united to the province of Esmeraldas.

CARA, the capital, which is now destroyed, was
founded by Francisco de Ribas in the year 1562.
It was situate in the bay of Cara, which is formed
by the mouths of the two rivers Tasagua and
Chones : its ruins are still to be seen, and from these
was built the settlement of Canoa, at six leagues
distance, which was the residence of the lieutenant
governor. This settlement was in 31' s. lat.

Cara, with the addition of BELLA, a small set-
tlement of the Portuguese in the province and cap-
tainship of Puerto Seguro in Brazil ; situate at the
source of the river Prieto, and in the territory or
country of the Pories Indians.

CARABAIA, a province and corregimiento of
Peru, bounded on the e. by Larecaja, w. by Quis-
picanchi, n. w. and n. by the territories of the
infidel Indians, called Carangues, Sumachuanes,
and others, who are separated by the famous river
Inambary; s. w. by the province of Canes and
Canches or Tinta, and s. by Lampa and Asangaro,
and in part by Puno or Paucarcolla. According {o
the nice measurements which were made with re-
gard to this province as well as of the others, it is
said to be 40 leagues from n. to s. and 50 at the
most from e. to w. Its furtherest limits are only 14
leagues distant from Cuzco, although on horseback
it is necessary to go a round of 60 leagues. Its
climate is various, according to the more or less
elevated situation of the country; so that it is in
some parts very cold, and in others more temperate.
The pastures are good, consequently there is no
want of cattle, and in the neighbourhood of the
Andes they gather three or four crops of coca in
the year. In this province is included that called
San Gaban, which was united to it; many settle-
ments having been at the same time added to the
provinces of Larecaja, Lampa and Asangaro. It
has abounded more in gold than any other province

CAPUXA, Pueblo pequeño de la jurisdicción y Alcaldía mayor de Ixmiquilpán y Cabecera de Orizava, en Nueva España.

CAQUETA, Río] grande y caudaloso que nace en la Provincia de Sucumbios del Reyno de Quito en las montañas de Mocoa, cuyo nombre también le dan, coire de Poniente a Levante, y por la parte del Sur recoge las aguas de los de San Pedro, Santa Cruz y de Arevalo, y por el N los de Sucia, Pato, Tango, Tabaquero, Cascabeles, Iscanzé y otros menores. Se divide en dos brazos, uno de los quales tiene el nombre de Yupura, que corriendo casi al mismo rumbo que el Marañon, se va subdividiendo en otros ramos que entran en este en 4 grados de altura, y luego lo executa tan caudaloso como si no se hubiera sangrado : el otro brazo se subdivide también en dos, uno sigue su curso al NE y entra en el Orinoco, y otro que corre al SE es el río Negro, por donde el año de 1744 subieron unos Portugueses desde; el Marañon al Orinoco, y se comprobó la comunicación de estos dos rios que antes se dudaba, por uno de los brazos del Yupura, subió Gonzalo Ximenez de Quesadaial Nuevo Reyno de Granada quando empreñendio su conquista. Algunos se persuadían que este río era el Orinoco, y así lo colocó Don Pedro Maldonado en su Carta que publicó el año de 1750; pero la del Padre Bernardo Rosella, Misionero de la extinguida Compañía en el Orinoco, hecha por las memorias del Padre Manuel Román, señala con certera otro origen al Orinoco, y pone al Caquetá como uno de los rios que le entran polla parte occidental. El geógrafo Español Cruz en su Carta general de 42 América, no distingue entre el Yupura y Caquetá, y solo hace uno que corriendo siempre al S SE por el territorio de los Indios Cavauris antes de entrar en el Marañon, destaca 4 brazos por la banda del O, y 3 por la del E por que todos entran al Marañon, y antes de estos desagues le tiene en dos lagunas grandes que forma a la parte del N con los nombres de Ynabavú y Cumapi, pero de todo resulta el inmenso caudal de aguas que recoge este rio.

CAQUEZA; Pueblo del Corregimiento de Ubaque en el Nuevo Reyno de Granada, situado en un terreno cálido, pero sano y agradable, aunque con la pensión de muchas culebras venenosas que llaman tayas; muy abundante en frutos de tierra cálida: tiene mas de 200 vecinos y está 9 leguas de Santa Fe al SO en el camino que va de San Juan de los Llanos a esta Capital.

CAQUIAUIRI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Pacages en el Perú.

CAQUINGORA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Pacages en el Perú.

CARA, Provincia antigua del Reyno de Quito al Poniente, se extiende sobre la Costa del mar Pacífico, desde la Punta del Pajonal hasta la Bahía de Quaquez, por espacio de 19 a 20 leguas; la bañan los rios Tasaguá y Chones al S, y el de Jama al N: toda es de terreno baxo, inculto y lleno de bosques, de temperamento cálido y húmedo, hoy está unida a la Provincia de Esmeraldas.
La Capital que hoy está destruida fue fundada por Francisco de Ribas el año de 1562. Estaba en la Bahía de Cara, que forman unidos los rios de Tasagua y de Chones en su salida al mar, aun permanecen sus ruinas, de las quales se formó el pequeño Pueblo de la Canoa, 6 leguas distante en que residía un Teniente de Gobernador. Esta población estaba en 33 min. de lat. aust.

CARABAIA, Provincia y Corregimiento del Perú, confinante por el E con la de Larecaja: por el O con la de Quispicanchi: por el NO y N con las tierras de los Indios infieles llamados Carangues, Sumachuanes, y otros a quienes separa el famoso río Inambary: por el SO con la de Canes y Canches o Tinta: por el S con la de Lampa y Asangaro, y algo con la de Puno o Paucarcoiía: según el tanteo prudencial que se hizo de esta Provincia como de otras, tiene 40 leguas N S y 5 o por donde mas E O. Sus últimos términos solo distan del Cuzco 14 leguas, aunque para ir en caballería se necesita rodear 60. Su temperamento es vario según lo mas o menos elevado del terreno: en unas partes muy frío y en otras mas templado: cria algún ganado por que no faltan pastos, y también cultivan en las vecindades de los Andes y de la montaña muchos cocales, que en algunos parages produce tres y quatro cosechas de yerba coca al año: en esta Provincia se comprehende la nombrada San Gabán, que se le unió agregando algunos Pueblos a las de Larecaja, Lampa y Asangaro: ha sido la mas opulenta en oro de toda la América,

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those which form its different mouths : also the
island of its name, inhabited by the Guaranos In-
dians.

CAPUXA, a small settlement of the jurisdiction
and alcaldía mayor of Ixmiquilpán, and of the ca-
pital of Orizava, in Nueva España.

CAQUETA, a very large and abundant river
rising in the province of Sucumbios in the kingdom
of Quito, in the mountains of Mocoa, this name
being also given to it: it runs from w. to e. On
the s. it gathers the waters of the San Pedro, Santa
Cruz, and Arevalo, and on the n. those of the
Lucia, Pato, Tango, Tabaquero, Cascabeles,
Iscanzé, and others of an inferior description. It
divides itself into two arms, the one of which takes
the name of Yupura, and which, running nearly to
the same point as the Marañon, separates itself into
other branches, which enter into this latter river in
4° of lat. and immediately become as large and
considerable as if they were the main stream : the
other arm is also divided into two, the one taking
a n. e. course, and entering the Orinoco, and the
other running s. e. and bearing the name of the Rio
Negro ; by means of which, in the year 1744, some
Portuguese came from Marañon to Orinoco, and
proved the communication of these rivers, which
before was doubted : also by one of the arms of the
Yupura, Gonzalo Ximenes de Quesada found his
way to the new kingdom of Granada when he
undertook its conquest. Some maintain that this
river was the Orinoco, and thus has Don Pedro
Maldonado represented it in his map published in
the year 1750; but that of the Father Bernado
Rosella, missionary of the abolished society of the
Jesuits in Orinoco, made after the notes and in-
structions of the Father Manuel Roman, attributes
with some confidence another origin to the Orinoco,
and speaks of the Caquetá as one of the rivers which
enter it on the w. side. The Spanish geographer
Cruz, in his General Chart of America, makes no
distinction between the Yupura and the Caquetá,
and only speaks of one stream, which runs con-
tinually to the s. s. e. through the territory of the Ca-
vauris Indians, before it enters the Marañon. He
delineates the same as throwing out four branches
to the w. and three to the e. all which join the latter
river ; and he further states, that before it becomes
thus divided, it forms on its n. side two large lakes
called Ynabavú and Cumapi ; from the whole of
which may be easily inferred how great is the
abundance of its waters.

CAQUEZA, a settlement of the corregimiento of
Ubaque in the new kingdom of Granada, situate in
a warm but pleasant and agreeable soil, although
much infested by venomous snakes called tayas :

CAR

it abounds in the productions of a warm climate,
contains more than 200 housekeepers, and is nine
leagues to the s. w. of Santa Fe, in the road which
leads from San Juan de los Llanos to this capital.

CAQUIAUIRI, a settlement of the province and
corregimiento of Pacages in Peru.

CAQUINGORA, a settlement of the province
and corregimiento of Pacages in Peru.

CARA, an ancient province of the kingdom of
Quito towards the w. It extends itself along the
coast of the Pacific sea from the point of Pajonal to
the bay of Quaquez, for the space of 19 or 20
leagues ; is watered by the rivers Tasagua and
Chonos to the s. and by the Jama to the n. The
whole of the lands lie low, and are uncultivated and
full of wood ; the climate is hot and moist. It is at
present united to the province of Esmeraldas.

CARA, the capital, which is now destroyed, was
founded by Francisco de Ribas in the year 1562.
It was situate in the bay of Cara, which is formed
by the mouths of the two rivers Tasagua and
Chones : its ruins are still to be seen, and from these
was built the settlement of Canoa, at six leagues
distance, which was the residence of the lieutenant
governor. This settlement was in 31' s. lat.

Cara, with the addition of BELLA, a small set-
tlement of the Portuguese in the province and cap-
tainship of Puerto Seguro in Brazil ; situate at the
source of the river Prieto, and in the territory or
country of the Pories Indians.

CARABAIA, a province and corregimiento of
Peru, bounded on the e. by Larecaja, w. by Quis-
picanchi, n. w. and n. by the territories of the
infidel Indians, called Carangues, Sumachuanes,
and others, who are separated by the famous river
Inambary; s. w. by the province of Canes and
Canches or Tinta, and s. by Lampa and Asangaro,
and in part by Puno or Paucarcolla. According {o
the nice measurements which were made with re-
gard to this province as well as of the others, it is
said to be 40 leagues from n. to s. and 50 at the
most from e. to w. Its furtherest limits are only 14
leagues distant from Cuzco, although on horseback
it is necessary to go a round of 60 leagues. Its
climate is various, according to the more or less
elevated situation of the country; so that it is in
some parts very cold, and in others more temperate.
The pastures are good, consequently there is no
want of cattle, and in the neighbourhood of the
Andes they gather three or four crops of coca in
the year. In this province is included that called
San Gaban, which was united to it; many settle-
ments having been at the same time added to the
provinces of Larecaja, Lampa and Asangaro. It
has abounded more in gold than any other province