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from s. to e. between 'the rivers Mechicor and St. John, and entering the sea at the mouth of the bay of Fundy.

AGRATUMATI, a river of the province and government of Darien, in the kingdom of Tierra Firme. It rises in the mountains of the ». and efiters the sea by the Little Beech, opposite Calidonia.

AGREDA, or NUEVA MA'LAGA, a city of the province and government of Popayan, in the kingdom of Quito, founded by Geronimo Aguado in 1541. It is small, and of a hot temperature, but abounds in gold mines. Forty-five leagues s. w. of its capital, 42 from Quito, and 37 to the e. of the S, sea.

AGRESINAS, a settlement founded by the Portuguese fathers of the Carmelite. order, in the country of the Amazonas, situate on the shores of the river Amazonas.

AGRIAS, a nation of Indians of the province and government of Santa Marta, to the w. of the Cienega Grande. It was formerly very numerous, but at present considerably reduced.

AGUA, Port of, on the n. coast of the island of St. Domingo, between Point Rabeland the Bay of Marques-

Agua, a small island, situate near the k. coast of the island of Vaca, in the channel formed by the island of St. Domingo, in front of the bay of Mesle.

Agua, also Ojos de Agua, two springs or fountains of the province and corregimi'ento of Cuyo, in the kingdom of Chile, near the lake of Inca, from whence the river Quillota takes its source.

Agua Blanca, a settlement of the province and government of Venezuela, situate between the rivers Sarare and Acarigua, to the e. of the town of Araure.

Agua Buena y Dulce, or Fresh Water, a bay of the strait of Magellan, near the bay of La Gente.

Agua-Caliente, a settlement of the kingdom of Guatemala.

Agua-Clara, a river of the province and government of Paraguay. It runs e. and enters the Parana on the w. side.

Agua Colorada, a river of the same province and government as the former(Paraguay), which runs e. and enters also the large river of Parana.

==Agua de Culebra, SAN FRANCISCO XAVIER DE LA==, 'a settlement of the province and government of Venezuela, a reduccionof Indians of the Capuchin fathers ; but the place is also inhabited by some Spanish families. It belongs to the

district and jurisdiction of the city of San Felipe ; and in its vicinity dwell a great number of people in the estates belonging to it, and which produce abundance of cacao, plantains, yucas, and other vegetable productions.

Agua-Dulce, Caleta de, or Creek of, on the s. coast of the strait of Magellan, on the side of the bay of San Martin.

Agua Escondida, a settlement of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva Espana, situate at the foot of a mountain, and to the n. of Santa Clara.

Agua-Verde, an island of the gulph of California, or Red sea of Cortes, situate near the coast, between the islands of Carmen and Monserrat.

AGUACAGUA, a settlement of the province of Guayana, and government of Cumana, one of those belonging to the missions of the Catalanian Capuchin fathers. It is on the shore of the river Caroni, near the mouth, through which this enters the Orinoco. Lat. 8° 22' n. Long. 62^ 42' w.

AGUACATAL, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquia, situate in the valley of Peneo, on the shore of the river Cauca. Lat. 8° n. Long. 75° 28' w.

AGUACATENANGO, a settlement of the province and alceddia mayor of Chiapa in the kingdom of Guatemala. [Lat. 16° 18' n. Long. 91° 57' a).]

AGUACATLAN, the head settlement of the district of the alcaldia mayor of Xala in N ueva Espana. In 1745 it contained 80 families of Indians, who employed themselves in the culture of maize and French beans. It has a convent of the religious order of St. Francis, and lies two leagues s. e. of its capital.

AGUACHAPA, a settlement of the province and government of Nicaragua in the kingdom of Guatemala.

AGUADA, a settlement of the island of Portorico ; situate in the bay of its name (Aguda), between the capes Boriquen and St. Francis. It serves as an inlet for ships going to Tierra Firme and Nueva Espana to take in water. [Lat. 18° 23' «. Long. 67° 6' a;.]

Aguada (Bay), the aforesaid bay (Aguda) in the above island (Porto rico).

Aguada (point), the point on the coast and at the head of the above island, 27 leagues distant from the cape of San Rafael, of the island of St. Domingo.

Aguada (river), a river near the cape (San Rafael) or former point (Aguada), and in the same island (St. Domingo), being a place where ships are accustomed to take in water.

Aguada (Small river), a small river of the province and

AGRATUMATI, Río de la Provincia y Gobierno del Darien, en el Reyno de Tierra Firme, nace en las montañas de la parte del N, y desagua en el mar, en el Playón chico, delante de la Calidonia.

AGREDA, Ciudad de la Provincia y Gobierno de Popayan, en el Reyno de Quito, fundada por Gerónimo Aguado el año de 1541: es pequeña y de temperamento cálido, pero abundante de minas de oro; está 45 leguas al SO de su Capital, 42 de Quito y 37 a levante de la mar del Sur.

AGRESINAS, Pueblo de las Misiones que tienen los Padres Carmelitas Portugueses, en el Pais de las Amazonas, situado a orillas de este rio.

AGRIAS, Nación de Indios de la Provincia y Gobierno de Santa Marta al S O de la Ciénega grande, era antes muy numerosa pero hoy está bastante reducida.

AGUA, Puerto del, en la Costa del N de la Isla de Santo Domingo, entre la punta de Rabel y la Bahía de Marqués.

Tiene este mismo nombre una Isla pequeña, situada junto a la Costa del N de la de Vaca, en el canal que forma con la de Santo Domingo, enfrente de la Bahía de Mesle.

Tiene este mismo nombre, el de ojos de agua dos manantiales o fuentes de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Cuyo, en el Reyno de Chile, cerca de la laguna del Inca, de donde nace el río Quillota.

AGUABLANCA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, situado entre los Ríos de Sarare y Acarigua, al E de la Villa de Araure.

AGUA BUENA Y DULCE, Bahía del estrecho de Magallanes, cerca de la de la Gente.

AGUACAGUA, Pueblo de la Provincia de Guayana y Gobierno de Cumaná , uno de las Misiones que en ella tienen los Padres Capuchinos Catalanes; está a la orilla del río Caroni, cerca de la boca por donde entra al Orinoco.

AGUA CALIENTE, Pueblo de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de el Reyno de Goatemala.

AGUACATAL, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Antioquia, situado en el valle de Penco, a orilla del río Cauca.

AGUACATENANGO, Pueblo de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Chiripa, en el Reyno de Goatemala.

AGUACATLAN, Pueblo y Cabecera de Partido de la Alcaldía mayor de Xala, en Nueva España; tenia por los años de 1745 80 familias de Indios, que se exercitaban en las labores del maiz y frixol; hay en él un Convento de Religiosos de San Francisco, y dista 2 leguas enrre Oriente y Sur de su Capital.

AGUACEAPA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Nicaragua, en el Reyno de Goatemala.

AGUADA, Pueblo de la Isla de Puertorrico, situado en la Bahía de su nombre, entre los cabos de Boriquen y San Francisco, sirve de escala a las embarcaciones que van a Tierra Firme y a Nueva España para hacer agua.

Tiene el mismo nombre la citada Bahía en la misma Isla.

Tiene el mismo nombre la punta de la Costa y Cabeza del O de la propia Isla, distante 27 leguas del Cabo de San Rafael de la de Santo Domingo, long. 3091 30, lat. 19.

Tiene el mismo nombre Un río cerca del Cabo o Punta antecedente, y en la misma Isla, que es a donde hacen la aguada las embarcaciones.

Tiene el mismo nombre Otro río pequeño de la Provincia y Capitanía del Río Grande, en el Brasil, que nace cerca de la Costa, y corre al S SE, saliendo al mar junto al Cabo de San Roque.

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captainship of the Rio Grande in Brazil. It rises near the coast, and runs s. s. e. entering the sea close to the cape of San Roque.

Aguada, a sharp point or small island of the S. sea, near the coast, in the province and corregimiento of Atacama.

Aguada (point in Cartagena), a point on the coast of Tierra Firme, in the province and government of Cartagena. It is one of those which form the mouth of the gulph of Uraba or Darien.

AGUADILLA, a river of the province and kingdom of Tierra Firme. It rises in the mountains on the s. and enters the large river Chagre very near its mouth, and the castle of this name. Here ships take in water, on account of the convenience of a bay, for the defence of which there is, upon the shore, a battery belonging to the same castle, which was built under the directions of Don Dionisio de Alcedo, in 1743.

AGUADORES, River of the, in the island of Cuba. It runs into the sea on the s. coast of this island, having at its mouth a watch-tower and guard to give notice of vessels which may enter the port of Santiago de Cuba, from whence it is seven leagues distant.

AGUAIO, a settlement of the province and government of Sierra Gorda, in the bay of Mexico, and kingdom of Nueva España, founded in the year 1748 by the Colonel of the militia of Queretaro, Don Joseph de Escandon, Count of Sierra Gorda.

Aguaio, another settlement, with the dedicatory title of San Miguel, in the new kingdom of Leon, inhabited by Spaniards ; 10 leagues distant from La Punta.

AGUAIUS, a settlement of the province and government of Quixos and Marcas in the kingdom of Quito.

AGUAGE, a settlement and real of mines of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España. Lat. 29°w. Long. 111° 5'

AGUAJES, a settlement of the province of Tepeguna, and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya, situate on the shore of the river of Las Nasas.

AGUALEI, a small river of the province and government of Guayana, which rises in the sierras of Usupama, and enters the Caroni on the e. side.

AGUALULCO, a settlement and capital of the jurisdiction of [Izatlan]] in Nueva Galicia. It has a convent of the religious order of St. Francis, and in 1745 it contained upwards of 100 families of Indians, including the wards of its district; 17 leagues w. of Guadalaxara. Lat. 20° 44' n. Long. 103° 33' w.

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AGUAMENA, a settlement of the jurisdiction of Santiago de las Atalayas, and government of San Juan de los Llanos, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, annexed to the curacy of that city. It is of a hot temperature, and produces the same fruits as the other settlements of this province.

AGUAMIRO, a settlement of the province and cer re gimiento of Huamalies in Peru, celebrated for some medicinal and very salutary baths.

AGUAN, a river of the province and government of Honduras, which runs into the sea at the gulph of this name.

AGUANATO, Santa Maria de, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Puruandiro, and alcaldia mayor of Valladolid, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacan. It is of a cold temperature, situate at the foot of the sierra of Curupo, and contains 36 families of Indians, who gain their livelihood by trading in dressed hides. Sixteen leagues from Pasquaro or Valladolid.

AGUANO, a lake of the province and government of Mainas in the kingdom of Quito. ' It is formed by an arm or channel of the river Guallaga, and is very near the shore of that river.

AGUANOS, San Antonio de, a settlement of the province and government of Mainas in the kingdom of Quito ; one of those which belonged to the missions held there by the Jesuits, and thus called from the nation of Indians of whom it is composed. It was founded in 1670 by the father Lorenzo Lucero.

Aguanos, another settlement, with the dedicatory title of San Francisco, in this province, and of these missions.

AGUAPAI, a river of the province and government of Paraguay. It rises between the Parana and the Uruguay, near the settleiment of San Carlos, runs j. forming a curve, and returning c. enters the last of the above rivers not far from the settlement of La Cruz.

Aguapai, another river of the same province and government, which runs w. and enters the Parana close to the Juan Gazu.

AGUAPEI, a river of the same province and government as the two former. It is very small, and rises in the mountains of Nuestra Senora de Fe ; runs from n. to s. and enters the Parana.

AGUARAU, a river of the province and government of Paraguay, which runs w. and enters the Parana between the Inau and Piray .

AGUARICO, San Pedro de, a settlement of Indians, converted by the missions of the Jesuits, in the province and government of Mainas; situate on the shore of the river Napo.

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Aguarico, another settlement of the same proyince, and belonging to the same missions, and bearing the dedicatory title of San Estanislao.

Aguarico, a river of the same province and f overnment, being one of those which enter the Napo by the n. side. At its mouth, or entrance, begins the large province of the Encabellados ; and here it was that the Portuguese attempted to establish themselves in 1732, invading it with a certain number of Piraguas, (small vessels), which came from Para. They were, however, through the well-timed precautions of the president of Quito, forced to retire without attaining their object. This river contains much gold in its sands, and its body is much increased by other streams, such as those of the Azuela, Cofanes, Sardinas, and Duino. It descends from the grand Cordillera of the Andes, near the town of San Miguel de Ibarra, washes the territory of the Sucurabios Indians, and enters the Napo in lat. 1° 23' s.

AGUARINGUA, an ancient and large settlement of the nation of the Taironas Indians, in the province and government of Santa Marta.

AGUARO, a river of the province and government of Honduras. It enters the S. sea to the e. of Aguan.

Aguaro, Cano de, a river of the province and government of Venezuela. It enters the Guarico, and is famous for abounding in fish, particularly a kind called pabon, which has a circular spot of sky-blue and gold upon its tail, resembling an eye, and which is much esteemed for its excellent flavour.

AGUAS, a small river of the province and government of Paraguay. It runs n. n. w. and enters the Uruguay close to the J uipa.

Aguas-blancas. See Yaguapiui.

Aguas-bellas, a small river of the province and government of Paraguay. It runs c. and enters the Parana.

Aguas-calientes, an alcaldia mayor of the the kingdom of Nueva Galicia, and bishopric of Guadalaxara, in Nueva España. Its jurisdiction includes four head settlements of the district, and two large estates called the Pavellon, as also the estate Del Fuerte, in which quantities of grain and seed are cultivated. The principal settlement is the town of the same name, of a moderate temperature, its inhabitants consisting of 500 Spanish families, as also of some of Mustees and Mulattoes; and although some Mexican Indians arc to be found here, they merely come to traffic with the productions of the other jurisdictions. It contains three convents ; one of the bare- footed Franciscans, a sumptuous and well-built fabric ; one of the Mercenarios; and a third of San Juan de Dios, with a well-endowed hospital ; not to mention several other chapels and altars in the vicinity. It is 140 leagues n. n. w. of Mexico, and 35 of Guadaiaxara. Long. 101° 51' 30" w. Lat. 22° 2' n.

Aguas-calientes, another settlement in the province and government of Venezuela, of the kingdom of Tierra Firme, situate upon the coast.

AGUASTELAS, San Miguel de, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of San Andres of Acatlan, and alcaldia mayor of Xalapa, in Nueva España. It is but lately established, and is one league s. of its head settlement.

AGUATEPEC, Santa Maria de, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldia mayor of Tecali in Nueva España. It contains 48 families of Indians.

AGUATLAN, the head settlement of the district of the alcadia mayor of Izucar in Nueva Espana. It was formerly a separate jurisdiction; but on account of its smallness, and the ill-favoured and craggy state of its soil, it was incorporated with another close to it. It contains 46 Indian families, and is 12 leagues e. of its capital.

AGUATUBI, a settlement of the province of Moqui in Nuevo Mexico.

AGUATULCO, a river of the province and alcaldia mayor of Tegoantepec in Nueva España. It runs e. and enters the S. sea near the Capolita.

AGUEDA, Mono de Santa, a mountain of the w. coast of the straits of Magellan, in the Sierra Nevada (snowy sierra).

Agueda, a point or cape near the above mountain.

[AGUGA Cape, on the coast of Peru, S. America, lies s. of Puira, in the 61° of s. lat. and in the 81° of w, long.]

AGUIJO, San Miguel de, a settlement of the new kingdom of Leon.

AGUILA, Villa Gutierrez de la, a town of the alcaldia mayor of Xerez in Nueva España. It was formerly very considerable, and had a numerous population of Spaniards, when it was made a fortress against the Tepehuanes and Taraumaras Indians. It is an alcaldia mayor ^ but its jurisdiction is consolidated with another, on account of its being a place of little consideration, and its population being very scanty, and living in some small wards and estates in its district. It lies at the c. entrance of the province of Nayarith, and is the boundary of the kingdom of Nueva Galicia, being nine leagues e. of Xerez.

Aguila, a very lofty mountain of the province

Otro pueblo, Otro Pueblo hay del mismo nombre en esta Provincia y Misiones, con la advocación de San Estanislao.

Tiene el mismo nombre, Un río de la misma Provincia y Gobierno, que es uno de los que entran en el Napo, por la vanda del N: en su boca o entrada empieza la gran Provincia de los Encabellados, y en él intentaron establecerse los Portugueses el año de 1732, subiendo con una porción de Piraguas, que venian del gran Para, pero se retiraron sin conseguirlo por las oportunas providencias que tomó el Presidente de Quito: este río lleva entre sus arenas mucho oro, y aumenta su caudal con el de otros varios, como Azuela, Cofanes, Sardinas y Duino; baxa de la gran cordillera de los Andes, cerca de la Villa de San Miguel de Ibarra, baña el territorio de los Indios Sucumbios, y entra en el Napo, en 1 grad. 23 de lat. aust.

AGUARINGUA, Pueblo Pintiguo y grande de la nación de Indios Tairónas, en la Provincia y Gobierno de Santa Marta.

AGUASO, Río de la Provincia y Gobierno de Honduras, entra en la mar del S, al E del de Aguan,

AGUAS, Río pequeño de la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay, corre al N NO,y entra en el Uruguay, junto al de Juipa.

AGUAS-BLANCAS. Véase Yaguapiri.

AGUAS-BELLAS, Río pequeño de la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay, corre al E, y entra en el Paraná.

AGUAS-CALIENTES, Alcaldía mayor del Reyno de Nueva Galicia, y Obispado de Guadalaxara, en Nueva España ; comprende su jurisdicción quatro Pueblos Cabeceras de Partido, y dos haciendas grandes llamadas el Pavellon, y la hacienda del Fuerte, en que se cultivan y cojen muchos granos y semillas, el Pueblo principal es la Villa del mismo nombre de temperamento templado, su vecindario se compone de 500 familias de Españoles, Mestizos y Mulatos, y aunque también viven en ella algunos Indios Mexicanos, es por el comercio que en ella hacen para expender los frutos de otras jurisdicciones: tiene 3 Conventos de Religiosos, que son: uno de Franciscos Descalzos, cuya fabrica es sumptuosa, y de muy buena arquitectura: otro de Mercenarios; y el tercero de San Juan de Dios, con un Hospital muy bien servido, sin contar otras varias Capillas y Hermitas que adornan la Población: dista 140 leguas al N NO de México, y 35 de Guadalaxara. Long. 270 20 lat. 11 30.

Otro Pueblo hay con el mismo nombre en la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela del Reyno de Tierra Firme situado en la Costa.

AGUASTELAS, San Miguel de las, Pueblo de la Cabecera de Partido deSan Andrés de Acatlán, y Alcaldía mayor de Xalapa, en Nueva España ; es Población moderna, y está una legua al S de su Cabecera.

AGUATEPEC, Santa María de, Pueblo de la Cabecera de Partido, y Alcaldía mayor de Tecali, en Nueva España, tiene 48 familias de indios.

AGUATLAN, Pueblo y Cabecera de Partido de la Alcaldía mayor de Izucar, en Nueva España, fue antes jurisdicción separada; pero por su cortedad y terreno fragoso se agregó a esta: tiene 46 familias de Indios, y está 12, leguas al Oriente de su Capital.

AGUATUBI, Pueblo de la Provincia de Moqui, en el Nuevo México.

AGUATULCO, Río de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Tegoantepec, en Nueva España, corre al E, y sale al mar del Sur, cerca del de Capolita.

AGUA-VERDE, Isla del Golfo de California, o mar roxo de Cortes, situada cerca de la costa, entre las del Carmen y de Monserrat.

AGUEDA, Morro de Santa, Monte de la Costa del N, del Estrecho de Magallanes, en la Sierra Nevada.

Tiene mismo nombre, Morro de Santa, Una Punta o Cabo hay del mismo nombre cerca del monte antecedente.

AGUIJO, San Miguel de, Pueblo del Nuevo Reyno de León.

AGUILA, Villa Gutiérrez del, Villa de la Alcaldía mayor de Xerez, en Nueva España, fue en otro tiempo muy considerable, poblada de numeroso vecindario de Españoles, quando se fundo para antemural de los Indios Tepehuanes y Taraumaras: es Alcaldía mayor; pero agregada a otra por ser de muy poca consideración, reducida a un corto vecindario, que vive en algunos barrios pequeños y haciendas de su distrito; es la entrada por la parte del Oriente de la Provincia de Nayarith y termino del Reyno de la Nueva Galicia, está 9 leguas al Oriente de Xeréz.

Tiene el mismo nombre un monte muy alto de la Provincia y Gobierno del Darien, cerca de la Costa de la vanda del N, llamado así por una águila de dos cabezas, que se cogió allí el año de 1608, y se trajo a la Reyna Doña María-Ana de Austria, muger de Felipe III; a su falda hay una ensenada o ciénega, que es circular, pero tiene la entrada muy extrecha, está 45 leguas de Cartagena.

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anti government of Darien, near the n. coast, and thus "called from an eagle Avitli two heads, which was caught here in 1608, and which Avas sent to the queen, Doha Maria-Ana of Austria, mother of Philip III. At its skirt is a bay, or swampy ground, which is round, and has a very narroAV inlet. Forty-five leagues from Cartagena.

Aguila (point), a point or cape of the larger island of the Malvinas or Falkland isles ; thus named from having been discovered by the French frigate, the Aguila, or Eagle. It is one of those whith form tlie great bay or port.

AGUILUSCO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Arantzan, and alcaldia mayor of Valladolid, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacan. It contains 32 families of Indians, who employ themselves in sowing seed, cutting Avood, manufacturing vessels of fine earth en-Avare, and saddle-trees for riding.

AGUIRRE, a river of the province and government of Venezuela. It rises by the side of the city of Niura, runs s. passes through the town of San Carlos, and enters the Sarara.

Aguirre (pastures), some pastures for young horses in the province and corregimiento of Coquimbo, of the kingdom of Chile, between the rivers Ramos and Mamas,

AGUJA, Point of the, on the coast of Tierra Firme, and of the province and government of Santa Marta, between this city and Cape Chichibacoa. It is the part of land which projects farthest into the sea.

Aguja, Point of the, another point on the coast of the S. sea,, and of the province and corregimiento of Piura in Peru.

Aguja, Point of the. See article Eguille.

AGUR, Francisco, a settlement of the province and captainship of Espiritu Santo in Brazil, situate near the coast and the bay of Espiritu Santo,

AGUSTIN, San, a capital city of the province and government of E. Florida, situate on the e. coast, in a peninsula, or narrow strip of land. It has a good port, which was discovered by Admiral Pedro Menendes de Aviles, on St. Augus-. tin’s day in the year 1565, which was his reason for giving the place this title, which has, however, been tAvice changed. He also built here a good castle for its defence. The city has a very good parish church, and a convent of the Franciscan order; and, as far as relates to its spiritual concerns, it is subject to the bishop of Cuba, who has at various times proposed the erection of an abbey, but has not obtained his wish, although it had been approved by the council of the Indies.

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It has two hospitals, one for the garrison troops, and another for the community ; it has also an hermitage, Avith the dedicatory title of Santa Barbara. It was burnt by Francis Drake in 1586; by Captain Davis, Avith the Bucaniers, in 1665 ; but it was immediately afterwards rebuilt. In 1702 it Avas besieged by the English, under the command of Colonel Moore, who, failing in his attempts to take the castle, which Avas defended by the governor, Don Joseph de Zuniga, exhibited his revenge by burning and destroying the town. In 1744 the English returned to the siege, under the command of General Oglethorp, who was equally unsuccessful, in as much as it w^as most valiantly defended by the governor, Don Manuel de Montiano, who defied the bombardment of the enemy. This fort has a curtain of 60 toises long ; the parapet is nine feet ; and the terrace, or horizontal surface of the rampart, is 20 feet high, with good bomb-proof casemates, and mounted Avith 50 pieces of cannon, having also, on the exterior, an excellent covered way. The city, although it is encompassed by a wall, is not strong, and its defence consists in 10 projecting angles. It was ceded, Avith the whole of the province, to the English, by the King ofSpain, in the peace of Versailles, in 1762 ; and it remained in their possession till 1783, when it was restored by the treaty of Paris. The breakers at the entrance of the harbour have formed two channels, whose bars have eight feet of water each. Long. 81° 40'. Lat. 29° 58'.

Agustin, San, a settlement and real of mines, of the province of Tarauraara, in the kingdotli of Nueva Vizcaya, which was formerly a population of some consequence, and wealthy withal, from the richness of its mines, Avhich -have lately fallea into decay, and thereby entailed poverty upon the inhabitants. It is 26 leagues s. of the town of S, Felipe de Chiguagua.

Agustin, San, another small settlement or w ard of the head settlement of the district of Zumpahuacan, and alcaldia mayor of Marinalco, in Nueva España.

Agustin, San, another settlement of the head settlement of the district of Nopaluca, and alcaldia mayor of Tepcaca, in Nueva España. It contains 20 families of Indians, and is distant a little more than a league from its head settlement.

Agustin, San, another, in the head settlement of the district of Pinoteca, and alcaldia mayor of Xicayan. It contains 70 families of Indians, who trade in grain, seeds, and tobacco. Four league n. of its head settlement.

Agustin, San, another settlement of the district of Cuilapa, and the alcaldia mayor of Quatro

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Una punta o cabo de la isla mayor de las Maluinas, llamada así por haberla descubierto la fragata francesa el Aguila; es una de las que forman la gran Bahía o Puerto

AGUILUSCO, Pueblo de la Cabezera de Partido y Alcaldía mayor de Tala, en Nueva España, situado al N de aquella.

AGUIRAN, San Mateo de, Pueblo de la Cabezera de Partido de Arantzan y Alcaldía mayor de Valladolid, en la Provincia y Obispado de Mechoacan ; tiene 32 familias de Indios que se ocupan en el cultivo de las semillas, labrar maderas, fabricar loza y hacer fustes dt sillas para montar.

AGUIRRE, Río de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, nace al lado de la Ciudad de Nirúa, corre al S, pasa por la Villa de S. Carlos, y entra en el de Sarara.

Tienen el mismo nombre unos potreros de criar ganado, en la Provincia y Corregimiento de Coquimbo, del Reyno de Chile, entre los rios de Ramos y de Mamas.

AGUJA, Punta de la, en la Costa de Tierra Firme y Provincia y Gobierno de Santa Marta ; entre. esta Ciudad y el Cabo de Chichibacoa; es la parte de tierra que sale mas al mar.

Tiene el mismo nombre, otra en la Costa de la mar del S y Provincia y Corregimiento de Piura en el Peru.

Otra, Véase el artículo Eguille.

AGUR, Francisco, Pueblo de la Provincia y Capitanía]] del Espíritu Santo, en el Brasil, situado cerca de la Costa y de la Bahía del Espíritu Santo.

AGUSTIN, San, Ciudad Capital de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Florida, situada en la Costa Oriental de ella, en una Península o lengua de tierra, con un buen Puerto que descubrió el Almirante Pedro Menern dea de Aviles, el dia de S. Agustín, el año de 1565 por cuya razón le dio este nombre a la Población, que fundó con un buen Castillo para su defensa; pero ha sido mudada dos veces: tiene muy buena Iglesia Parroquial, y un Convento de Religiosos de San Francisco, sujeto en lo espiritual al Obispo de Ouba, que ha propuesto varias veces la erección de una Abadía; pero no ha tenido efecto, aunque fue aprobada por el Consejo de Indias: dos Hospitales, uno para la Tropa del presidio, y otra para el vecindario, y una Hermita con la advocación de Santa Bárbara: Francisco Drack la quemó el año de 1586: el Capitán Bavis con los Bucaniers, en 1665; pero se reedificó inmediatamente: el de 170a la sitiaron los Ingleses, mandados por el Coronel Moore, que no pudiendo tomar el Castillo, defendido por el Gobernador, Don Joseph de Zúñiga, se vengaron en quemar y destruir la Población: el de 1744 volvieron a sitiarla con el General Oglethorp, que tampoco logró tomarlo, porque la defendió valerosamente su Gobernador Don Manuel de Montiano, sufriendo el bombardeo de los enemigos; esta Fortaleza tiene una cortina de 60 toesas de largo, el parapeto es de 9 pies, y el terraplén de 10 de alto, con buenas casamatas a prueba de bomba r y guarnecido con 50 cañones, y en lo exterior muy buencamino cubierto: la Ciudad, aunque está amurallada, no es muy fuerte, y su defensa consiste en 10 ángulos salientes: fue cedida con toda la Provincia a los Ingleses por el Rey de España, en la Paz de Versalles, el año de 1762, y la han poseído hasta el de 1783, que la volvieron a restituir por el Tratado de Páris. Longitud 298 30, latitud 30.

Tiene el mismo nombre un Pueblo y Real de Minas de la Provincia de Taraumara, en el Reyno del Nueva Vizcaya, que fue en otro tiempo Población de crecido vecindario, y muy rica por la opulencia de sus minas, las quales han venido a mucha decadencia, y con ellas el Pueblo: está 26 leguas al S de la Villa de S. Felipe de Chiguagua.

Otro de la Cabecera de Partido de Nopaluca, y Alcaldía mayor de Tepeaca, en Nueva España: tiene 20 familias de Indios, y dista poco mas de una legua de su Cabecera.

Otro en la Cabecera de Partido de Pinoteca, y Alcaldía mayor de Xicayán: tiene 70 familias de Indios que comercian en grana, semillas y tabaco, y dista 4 leguas al N de su Cabecera.

Otro del Partido de Cuilapa, y Alcaldía mayor de 4 Villas: tiene 34 familias de Indios, que cultivan y comercian en grana, legumbres, carbón y corte de maderas: está poco menos de 1 leguas al Poniente, con inclinación al S de su Cabecera.

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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 province and government of Tucuman in Peru ; situate on the shore of the river Tercero (third river.)

Agustin, San, another settlement of the province and alcaldia mayor of Vera Paz in the kingdom 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 Pernambuco, 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 contains 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 fertile 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 bridegroom. 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 principal 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 Guayaquil, close to the mouth of the river Colonche.

AHUACATEPEC, San Nicolas de, another settlement of the above head settlement and alcaldia 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 settlement 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 temperature, 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, situate on a small level plain, surrounded by hills and mountains. It contains 13 families of Indians, 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 Mulattoes, 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, increase to such a degree as to render all communication 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.

Otro de la Provincia y Gobierno del Tucumán, en el Perú, situado a orilla del Río Tercero.

Otro de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Vera Paz, en el Reyno de Goatemala.

Otro de la Provincia y Gobierno de Popayan en el Reyno de Quito.

Otro de la Provincia y Gobierno de Buenos Ayres, en el Perú, situado a orilla del Río Ibiquay.

Otro de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Culiacán, en Nueva España, situado cerca de la Villa del Rosario;

Otro Una Punta o Cabo de la Costa del Brasil, en la Provincia y Capitanía de Pernambuco, entre el Puerto de Antonio Vaz y el río Tapado, distante 100 leguas de la Bahía de los Muertos.

Otro Punta o Cabo de la Costa, en la Provincia y Gobierno del Río de Hacha y Reyno de Tierra Firme, junto a la Laguna de S. Juan, a la parte del E.

Otro Un Río de la Provincia y Gobierno de Antioquía, en Nuevo Reyno de Granada, corre del S al N, y con alguna inclinación después al O, entra en el de S. Juan de la Provincia y Gobierno del Chocó.

Otro Una Isla pequeña del golfo de California o Mar Rojo de Cortés, situado en lo mas interior de él, arrimada a la Costa de Nueva España, delante de la Bahía de San Juan Baptista.

AHOME Nación de Indios, que habita las orillas del río Zuaque, en la Provincia de Cinaloa, distantes 4 leguas del mar de California: fue reducida a la fe católica por el P. Andrés de Rivas, Jesuita ocupa unas grandes llanuras y terrenos fértiles, son de mejor presencia que los demás Indios de Nueva España, y de menos bárbaras costumbres en su gentilidad, repugnaban la poligamia, y conservaban con aprecio la virginidad, trayendo por distintivo las doncellas una conchita colgada al cuello hasta el dia que se casaban, que se la quitaba el novio: vestían honestamente con texidos de algodón, y lloraban durante un año la muerte de sus difuntos con exceso al anochecer y al amanecer: son dóciles y fieles con los Españoles, con quienes han conservado paz y unión desde que se redugeron: el Pueblo principal tiene su mismo nombre, y está a la boca del río Fuerte, en la Costa del golfo de California, con un buen Puerto muy cómodo y abrigado de los vientos.

AHORCADOS, Punta de los, en la Costa de la laguna grande de los Patos de la Provincia y Capitanía del Rey en el Brasil. Tienen el mismo nombre unos Islotes o Farallones de la Costa de la mar del Sur, en el partido de Santa Elena, Provincia y Gobierno de Guayaquil, junto a la boca del río de Colonche.

AHUACATES, Santa María de, Pueblo de la Cabecera de Partido y Alcaldía mayor de Cuernavaca, en Nueva España.

AHUACATEPEC, San Nicolás de, Pueblo de la misma Cabezera y Alcaldía mayor que el antecedente.

AHUACATLAN Santa María del Pueblo de la Cabecera de Partido de San Francisco del Valle y Alcaldía mayor de Zultepec, en Nueva España; es de temperamento frío, habitado por 51 familias de Indios, y distante 3 leguas al S de su Cabecera.

Otro con la advocación de San Juan, Cabecera de Partido de la Alcaldía mayor de Zacatlán, en Nueva España ; su vecindario se compone de 450 familias de Indios y 60 de Españoles, Mestizos y Mulatos, incluyendo los Pueblos de su distrito, está 5 leguas de su Capital, de un camino montuoso y áspero, mediando un caudaloso río, cuyas aguas en Invierno crecen tanto que imposibilitan el tránsito de una parte a otra.

Otro de la Cabecera de Partido de Olinalá y Alcaldía mayor de Tlapa, en el mismo Reyno, tiene 116 familias de Indios, que comercian en Chía y Grana, de que abunda su territorio; está al NO de su cabecera.

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