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shoal of rock, Vfliich runs into the sea at the entrance of the river Maranan, in the same province.

CUMAIPI, a small river of the country of Las Amazonas, or part of Guayana possessed by the Portuguese. It runs c. under the equinoctial line, and enl^ers tlie Marailon, at its mouth or entrance into the sea.

CUMANA, a province and government of S. America, called also Nueva Andalucia ; though, properly sj)eaking, the latter is only a part of Cuinana, which contains in it also other provinces. It extends 76 geographical leagues from e. to w. from the point of Piedra, the oriental extremity of Tierra Firme, on the coast of Paria, and great mouth of Drago, as far as the mouth of the river Unare, the deep ravines of which form, as it Avere, limits to the w. between this province and that of Venezuela; the waters of the aforesaid river running for a great distance towards the serrama or settlement of Pariguan ; from wliich point the line of division is undecided as far as the river Orinoco, 20 leagues to the s. From the w. to s. it is 270 leagues, namely, from the sea-coast to the great river or country of Las Amazonas, the territory of which is divided by the renowned river Orinoco. On the e. it is terminated by the sea, which surrounds the coast of Paria, the gulf Triste, the mouths of the Orinoco, the river Esquivo and Cayenne ; on the s. no. it is bounded by the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, which extends its limits as far as the river Orinoco, being divided by this river from Guayana. It is a continued serTanitty running along the whole coast from e. to w. being nine or 10 leagues wide ; and although it is not without some llanos or extensive plains, these are but little known, and are entirely impassable, owing to the swamps and lakes caused by the inundations of the rivers which flow down from the sierra. The sierra, in that part which looks to the n. is barren, and in the vicinities of the coast the soil is impregnated with nitre, and is unfruitful. The temperature is healthy but cold, especially at night. The most common productions of this province are maize, which serves as bread, supplying the want of wheat, ^uca root, of which another kind of bread is made, cosabe, plantains, and other fruits and pulse peculiar to America ; also cacao, although with great scarcity, and only in the n. part ; and sugar-canes, which are only cultivated in a sufficient degree to supply the sugar consumed here. It has some cattle ; and although there are means of breeding and feeding many herds, the natives choose rather to supply themselves from

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the neighbouring province of Barcelona, notwithstanding the difficulty of bringing them hither over sucli rugged and almost impassable roads. Tlie whole of the coast yields an immense abundance of fish, also of shell fish of various kinds, and of the most delicate flavour. Of these the consumjitiou is very great, and a great proportion of them are salted, and carried to the inland parts ; and to the province of Venezuela alone upwards of 6000 quintals yearly. It has several convenient and secure ports and bays, and indeed the whole coast is covered with them, as the sea is here remarkably calm, and peculiarly so in the celebrated gulf of Cariaco, as also in the gulfs of the lake of Obispo, Juanantar, and Gurintar. It has many very abundant saline grounds, so much so, that the whole coast may be looked upon as forming one ; since in any part of it as many might be established as were necessary ; and this without mentioning that celebrated one of Araya, and those of the gulf Triste, between the settlements of Iraca and Soro, and the Sal Negra, (Black Salt), used only by the Indians. In this province there are only three rivers of consideration, that of Cariaco, of Cumana, and of Guarapiche : the others which flow down from the serrama are of little note, and incorporate themselves with the former before they arrive in the valley. Its jurisdiction contains six settlements belonging to the Spaniards, seven belonging to the Indians, 13 to the missions supported by the Aragonese Capuchin fathers, and 16 belonging to the regular clergy. [From the river Unare to'the city of Cumana, the soil is very fertile. From the Araya to the distance of between 20 and 25 leagues, more to the e. the coast is dry, sandy, and unfruitful. The soil is an inexhaustible mine both of marine and mineral salt. That which is near the Orinoco is fit only for grazing, and this is the use to which it is put. It is here that all the pens of the province are kept. All the rest of this country is admirably fertile. The prairies, the valleys, the hills, proclaim by their verdure and by the description of the produce, that nature has deposited here the most active principles of vegetable life. The most precious trees, the mahogany, the Brazil and Campechy woods, grow even up to the coast of Paria ; and there are found here many rare and agreeable birds. In the interior of the government of Cumana are mountains, some of Avhich are very high : the highest is the Tumeriquiri, which is 936 fathoms above the surface of the sea. The cavern of Guacharo, so famous among the Indians, is in this mountain. It is immense, and serves as an habitation for thousands of night birds, 1 4 B 2

CUMAIPI, Río] pequeño del País de las Amazonas o parte de la Guayana que poseen los Portugueses: corre al E baxo de la línea equinoccial, y entra en el Marañon en su boca 6 salida al mar.

CUMANA, Provincia y Gobierno de la América Meridional, llamada también Nueva Andalucía; pero hablando con propiedad solo es parte de ésta, que contiene otras también: su extensión es de 76 leguas geográficas E O, desde la punta de Piedra, extremo Oriental de Tierra-Firme, en la Costa de Paria y boca grande del Drago, hasta la boca del río Unare, cuyas barrancas dividen los límites al Occidente, entre esta Provincia y la de Venezuela, corriendo sus márgenes aguas arriba hasta el origen que tiene en la Serranía o Pueblo de Pariguan, desde donde está indecisa la línea que debe seguir de división hasta el río Orinoco, 20 leguas al S .: por la línea de este rumbo al N tiene 270 leguas desde la Costa del mar hasta el gran río o Pais de las Amazonas, en cuyo terreno media el famoso río Orinoco: por la parte Oriental termina con el mar, que circunda la Costa de Paria, Golfo Triste, bocas del Orinoco, río esquivo y Cayana; y por el SO confina con el Nuevo Reyno de Granada, que extiende sus límites hasta el río Orinoco, que la rodea y divide de la Guayana. Es una continuada serranía que corre toda la Costa E O y tiene de ancho nueve o diez leguas, y aunque no le faltan algunos dilatados llanos, son desconocidos é intraficables por los pantanos y lagunas que causan las inundaciones de los rios que baxan de la sierra, cuyo frente que mira al N es estéril, y en las inmediaciones de la Costa es el terreno salitroso é infructífero: el temperamento es sano, pero frío, particularmente de noche: los frutos mas comunes que produce esta Provincia son maiz, que sirve de pan, supliendo la falta de trigo, raiz de yuca, de que hacen otro pan, de cazabe, plátanos y demás frutas y legumbres de América, cacao, del qual hay muy pocas arboledas, y todas están a la parte del N, cañas dulces, que cultivan solo la que basta para el azúcar que consumen; poco ganado, aunque tiene proporción para criar mucho, porque se provee de la inmediata Provincia de Barcelona, sin embargo de la dificultad de conducirlo por la aspereza de loscaminos: toda su Costa es abundantísima de pescados y de mariscos de diferentes géneros y delicado gusto, de lo qual tienen gran consumo, y llevan porciones de él, salado tierra adentro, y a la Provincia de Venezuela mas de 30 quintales cada año. Tiene diferentes Puertos y Ensenadas cómodos y seguros, como lo es toda la Costa, por la quietud del mar que reyna en ella, y particularmente el celebrado Golfo del Cariaco, los de la laguna del Obispo, de Juanantar y de Gurintar: tiene muchas salinas abundantes, de modo, que pudiendo mirarse como una sola, que comprehende la Costa de toda la Provincia, se podrán establecer quantas se quisieran, ademas de la celebrada de Araya y las del Golfo Triste, entre los Pueblos de Iraca y Soro, que es corta, y la Sal Negra, solo útil para los Indios: no hay en ella mas que tres rios de consideración, el de Cariaco, de Cumaná, y de Guarapiche, los demás son pequeños que baxan de la Serranía, y se incorporan en aquellos antes de llegar al valle: contiene su jurisdicción 6 poblaciones de Españoles: 7 de Indios, 13 de las Misiones que tienen a su cargo los Padres Capuchinos Aragoneses, y 16 de Clérigos Regulares:

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found in the environs of Cumana what the Spaniards call til spa, a species of the Jesuits’ bark ; the calaguala, a plant, the root of which is dissolvent, aperitive, and sudorific ; the pissiphii, a species of emetic ; the caranapire, a species of sage ; and the tualua, a more powerful purgative than jalap. There arc also a great number of spices, which are suffered to rot on the spot where ' first they grew. In lat. 10° 27'. Long. 64° IS'.] The settlements of the province of Cumana are,

San Baltasar de los Cum pa,

Arias, Rio Caribes,

San Felipe de Austria, A raja.

Those of the missions,

Cocuisas, San Francisco,

San Feliz, Santa Maria de los An-

San Lorenzo, geles,

Chacaracuan, San Antonio.

Of the doctrines {dodrinas),

Cacuar,

Unare,

Punccres,

Guanaguana,

Soro,

Caicara,

Irapa,

Yaguara,

Caripe,

Teresen,

Guayuta,

Tipirin,

Amacuro,

Paro.

Cumana, a river of the above province (Cumaná) and government, which rises in the spot called Cocoyan, in the serrama. It runs n. following this course continually through the sierra until it flows down to the plain near the city, from whence it enters the gulf, first having divided itself into four arms. In the winter time it generally overflows ; but as the distance from the sierra to its mouth, or where it enters the sea, is so short, it quickly subsides within its proper bed, when it leaves water enough for the navigation of a barge ; and there w ould be sufficient for large vessels, were it not for the bar which is at its mouth and impedes its entrance. In the summer time, however, it becomes so dry, tliat it is scarcely navigable for canoes.

CUMANACOA, a city lying s. e. of Cumana 14 leagues ; in the middle of the valley of the same name. The population amounts to 4200 people ; the air is wholesome, the w aters have a diureticquality not commonly to be met with. This city wants nothing but hands to avail itself of the productions which the richness of the land would yield, if it were cultivated. The fruits have here an uneommonly fine savour, taste, and substance. The government gives this city the name of San Baltasar de los Arias, but that of Cumanacoa has so much prevailed, that it is the only one by which it is now known. See Cumana.

CUMANAGOTA, a city of the former province and government ((Cumaná), in the kingdom of Tierra Firme, called also San Baltasar de los Arias. It has a good, convenient, and secure port ; is situate on the skirts of the most elevated part of the serrama, in a fertile valley, which abounds in streams, which irrigate 26 estates of yucales, some small plantations of cacao, and some cattle. The productions of all these estates are consumed in the country ; since, through the unevenness of the roads, it is impossible to carry^them out of it, with the exception, however, of tobacco, with which Cumana is supplied. The soil is the most fertile of any in the province, especially to the n. of the sietTa, where there might be established some very good cacao estates ; but this is not to be accomplished, considering the scarcity of its inhabitants, and their great poverty. This city, just after the conquest of these countries, was noted for its famous pearl-fisheries, which were afterwards abandoned. Its vicinity was inhabited by many gentile Indians, who were at continual enmity with the Spaniards and the other inhabitants ; but these troublesome people were reduced to obedience by Don Juan de Urpin, who had held consultations for that purpose with the council of the Indies. The population amounts to 800 souls, including the Negro slaves and the people of colour.

CUMAPI, a large lake of the country of Las Amazonas. It is a waste water of the large river Caqueta, in the territory of the Guayonas Indians.

CUMARA, a river of the province and country of Las Amazonas, in the territory possessed by the Portuguese, is an arm of the Cuchivara or Purus, which enters the Maranon before the other streams which are tributary to this river.

CUMAREBO, a settlement of the province and government of Venezuela ; situate on the seacoast, and at the point of its name, with a good, though small port, and one that is much frequented by vessels.

CUMARU, Los Santos Angeles de, a settlement of the province and country of Las Amazonas, in the part possessed by the Portuguese; situate on the shore of a large river.

CUMATEN, a small river of the province and colony of Surinam, or part of Guayana possessed by the Dutch. It rises in the mountain of Areyuctuquen, and runs, collecting the waters of many others, to enter the Cuyuni on the s. side.

CUMATl, a small river of the province and government of Paraguay. It runs s. and enters the large river of the Portuguese.

CUMAYARIS, a barbarous nation of Indians,

CUMANAGOTO, Ciudad de la Provincia y Gobierno antecedente, en el Reyno de Tierra-Firme, llamada también San Baltasar de los Arias: tiene un buen Puerto cómodo y seguro; está situada en las faldas de lo mas elevado de la Serranía, en un valle fértil y abundante de aguas con que benefician 26 haciendas de yucales, unos cortos plantíos de cacao y algún ganado, cuyos frutos se consumen en el Pais, porque la fragosidad de los caminos no permite transportarlos fuera, a excepción del tabaco de que se provee Cumaná: el terreno es el mas fértil de toda la Provincia, especialmente al Norte de la sierra, donde pudiera haber muy buenas haciendas de cacao; pero la falta de gente y la suma pobreza de sus vecinos no lo permite; tuvo esta Ciudad al principio de las conquistas gran comercio de la pesquería de perlas que tenia, y luego abandonaron: en su inmediación habitaban muchos Indios gentiles, que hacían continua guerra a los Españoles y al vecindario, para cuya reducción capituló con el Rey a consulta del Consejo de Indias el Gobernador Don Juan de Urpin el modo de reducirlos y pacificarlos, como lo consiguió: el vecindario se compone hoy de 8d00 almas, inclusos los Negros esclavos y demás gente de color.

CUMAPI, Laguna grande del País de las Amazonas: es un desague del caudaloso río Caquetá en el territorio de los Indios Guayoanas.

CUMARA, río de la Provincia y Pais de las Amazonas en el territorio que poseen los Portugueses: es un brazo del Cuchivara o Purus, que entra en el Marañen antes que el resto de sus aguas.

CUMAREBO, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, situado en la Costa del mar y punta de su nombre, con un buen Puerto, aunque pequeño, muy frecuentado de embarcaciones.

CUMARU, Los Santos Angeles de, Pueblo de la Provincia y Pais de las Amazonas en la parte que poseen los Portugueses, situado a orilla de un río caudaloso.

CUMATEN, Río] pequeño de la Provincia y Colonia de Surinam o parte de la Guayana que poseen los Holandeses: nace en el monte de Areyuctuquen y corre, recogiendo las aguas de otros muchos, a entrar en el de Cuyuni por la banda del Sur.

CUMATI, Río] pequeño de la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay: corre al S, y entra en el río grande de los Portugueses.

CUMAYARIS, Nación bárbara de Indios

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Ostimiiri in Nueva Espana ; situate 45 leagues from the river Chico.

CUMPLIDA, an island of Paraguay, in the province and government of this name. It issues from an arm thrown out on the w. side of the river, and forms the lake Jayba.

CUMPLIDA, another island, of the Itenes or Guapore, in the province and country of Las Amazonas.

CUMPLIDO, Cayo, an inlet of the N. sea, near the coast of the island of Cuba, the Cayo Romano, and the Cayo de Cruz.

[CUNCHES, Indians of Chile. See index to additional history respecting that country, chap.

CUNDAUE, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquia in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada.

CUNDINAMARCA. See Granada.

Cundurmarca|CUNDURMARCA]], a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Caxamarquilla in Peru ; annexed to the curacy of its capital.

CUNEN, a settlement of the province and alcaldia mayor of Zacapula in the kingdom of Guatemala.

CUNGAYO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Angaraez in Peru.

CUNGIES, a barbarous nation of Indians, who inhabit the «. of the river Napo, between the rivers Tambur to the e. and the Blanco, a small river, to the w. These infidels are bounded n. by the Ancuteres, and dwell near to the Abijiras and the Icahuates.

[Cuniue|CUNIUE]], a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cuenca in the kingdom of Quito ; in the district of which are many estates, as those of Pillachiquir, Guanacauri, Tianorte, Pugni, Tambo de Marivina, Alparupaccha, and Chinan.

CUNIUOS, a barbarous and ferocious nation of the province and country of Las Amazonas, to the c. of the river Ucayale, and to the s. of the Maranon. It is very numerous, and extends as far as the mountain of Guanuco, and the shore of the river Beni. These Indians are the friends and allies of the Piros, and were first converted by the regulars of the company of Jesuits, the missionaries of the province of Maynas ; but in 1714 they rose against these holy fathers, and put to death the Father Bicter, a German, and the Licentiate Vazquez, a regular priest, who accompanied the said mission.

[Cuntuquita|CUNTUQUITA]], a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Carabaya ; annexed to the curacy of Coaza.

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CUNUMAL, San Geronimo de, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Luya and Chillaos in Peru ; annexed to the curacy of Olto.

[Cunuri|CUNURI]], a settlement of the province and government of Guayana, one of those belonging to the missions held there by the Capuchin fathers. It is on the shore of the river Y uruario, near the settlement of San Joseph de Leonisa.

CUNURIS, a river of the same province as the above settlement (Guyana). It rises in the mountain of Oro, or of Parima, and runs s. until it enters the Maranon, in lat. 2° SO' s. It takes its name from the barbarous nation of Indians who live in the woods bordering upon its shores.

CUPALEN, a river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres. It runs e. and enters the Uruguay, between the rivers Gualeguay and Saspoy.

CUPANDARO, Santiago de, a settlement of the head settlement and alcaldia mayor of Cuiceo in Nueva Espana ; situate on the shore of the lake. It contains 33 families of Indians, who have the peculiarity of being very white and good looking ; they live by fishing in the same lake. The settlement is two leagues from its capital.

CUPE, a large and abundant river of the province and government of Darien, and kingdom of Tierra Fir me. It rises in the mountains in the interior, runs many leagues, collecting the waters of other rivers, and enters the Tuira.

CUPENAME, a river of the province and government of Guayana, or country of the Amazonas, in the part of the Dutch colonies.

CUPl, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Chumbivilcas in the same kingdom ; annexed to the curacy of Toro.

[CUPICA, a bay or small port to the s. e. of Panama, following the coast of the Pacific ocean, from cape S. Miguel to cape Corientes, The name of this bay has acquired celebrity in the kingdom of New Granada, on account of a new plan of communication between the two seas. From Cupica we cross, for five or six marine leagues, a soil quite level and proper for a canal, which would terminate at the Embarcadero of the Rio Naipi ; this last river is navigable, and flows below the village of Zatara into the great Rio Atrato, which itself enters the Atlantic sea. A very intelligent Biscayan pilot, M. Gogueneche, was the first rvho had the merit of turning the attention of government to the bay of Cupica, which ought to be for the new continent what Suez was formerly for Asia. M. Gogueneche proposed to transport the cacao of Guayaquil by the 4 c

CUMPLIDA, Isla del río del Paraguay en la Provincia y Gobierno de este nombre: se forma de un brazo que sale del río en la banda del O, y hace la laguna Jayba.

Tiene el mismo nombre otra Isla del río Itenes o Guaporé en la Provincia y Pais de las Amazonas.

CUMPLIDO, Cayo, Islote de la mar del N, cerca de la Costa de la Isla de Cuba, entre el Cayo Romano, y el Cayo de Cruz.

CUNDAUE, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Antioquía en el Nuevo Reyno de Granada.

CUNDINAMARCA. Véase Granada.

CUNDURMARCA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Caxamarquilla en el Perú, anexo al Curato de su Capital.

CUNEN, Pueblo de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Zacapula en el Reyno de Goatemala.

CUNGAYO, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Angaraez en el Perú.

CUNGIES, Nación bárbara de Indios, que habita al N del río Napo, entre los de Tambur a Levante y el Blanco, que es pequeño, al Poniente: confinan estos infieles por el N con los Ancuteres, y estan cerca de los Abijiras y de los Icahuates.

CUNIUE, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Cuenca en el Reyno de Quito, en cuyo distrito hay muchas haciendas, como son las de Pillachiquir, Guanacauri, Tianorte, Pugni, Tambo de Mari-viña, Alparupaceña y Chinan.

CUNIUOS, Nación bárbara y feroz de la Provincia y Pais de las Amazonas, a Levante del río Ucayale y Mediodía del Marañon: es muy numerosa, y se extiende hasta el monte de Guanuco y orilla del río Beni: son amigos y aliados de los Piros: los Regulares de la extinguida Compañía, Misioneros de la Provincia de Mayns, empezaron a convertirlos; pero el año de 1714 se sublevaron, dando muerte al Padre Ricter, Alemán, y al Licenciado Vázquez, Sacerdote Regular, compañero de aquel Misionero.

CUNUMAL, San Gerónimo de, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Luya y Chillaos en el Perú]], anexo al Curato de Olto.

CUNURI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Guayana,uno de los de las Misiones que tienen allí los Padres Capuchinos: está a la orilla del río Yuruario, cerca del Pueblo do San Joseph de Leonisa.

CUNURIS, Río] de la misma Provincia que el Pueblo anterior: nace del monte de Oro u de Parimá, y corre al S, hasta que entra en el Marañon, en 2 grad. 30 rain, de lat. aust. la nación de Indios bárbaros, que vive en los bosques inmediatos a sus orillas, le da el nombre.

CUNTUQUITA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Carabaya en el Perú, anexo al Curato de Coaza.

CUPALEN, Río] de la Provincia y Gobierno de Buenos-Ayres: corre al E, y entra en el Uruguay, entre los de Gualeguay y de Saspoy.

CUPANDARO, Santiago de, Pueblo de la Cabecera y Alcaldía mayor de Cuiceo en Nueva España, situado a la orilla de la laguna: tiene 33 familias de indios, que tienen la particularidad de ser muy blancos y bien parecidos; viven del beneficio de la pesca en la misma laguna: está 2 leguas de su Capital.

CUPE, Río] grande y caudaloso de la Provincia y Oobierno del Darien y Reyno de Tierra-Firme: nace en las montañas de lo interior de ella, corre muchas leguas recogiendo las aguas de otros, y entra en el de Tuira.

CUPENAME, Río] de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Guayana o Pais de las Amazonas, en la parte de las Colonias Holandesas.

CUPI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Lampa en el Perú, anexo al Curato de Macad.

Otro Pueblo hay de este nombre en la Provincia y Corregimiento de Chumbivilcas en el mismo Reyno, anexo al Curato de Toro.

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llio Naipi to Cartagena. The same way offers the advantage of a very quick communication between Cadiz and Lima. Instead of dispatching couriers by Cartagena, Santa Fe, and Quito, or by Buenos Ayres and Mendoza, good quick-sailing packet-boats might be sent from Cupica to Peru. If this plan were carried into execution, the viceroy of Lima would have no longer to wait five or six months for the orders of his court. Besides, the environs of the bay of Cupica abounds with excellent timber fit to be carried to Lima. We might almost say that the ground between Cupica and the mouth of the Atrato is the only part of all America in which the chain of the Andes is entirely broken.]

CUPIN, a small river of the province and captainship of Para in Brazil. It runs n. n. zo and enters the Guama, before it runs into the Amazonas or Maranon.

CUPIRA, a river of the province of Barcelona, and government of Cumana, in the kingdom of Tierra Firme. It rises in the serrania, and runs f. until it enters the sea, close to the settlement of Tucuyo.

CUPITA, Cano de, an arm of the river Orinoco, which runs out by the w. side, and takes its course n. opposite the mouth of the Caura.

CUPLICOS, a river of the province and alcaldia maijor of Tabasco in Nueva Espana, which falls into the sea in the bay of Mexico, between the Dos Bocas and the Tabasco.

CUPO, a small river of the province and country of Las Amazonas, in the part possessed by the Portuguese. It rises in the territory of the Nourises Indians, runs s. and enters the Trqpibetas.

CUQUE, a large river of the province and government of Darien, and kingdom of Tierra Firme. It rises near the N. sea, to the e. of the province, and following an e. course, enters the canal of Tarena.

CUQUIARACHI, a settlement of the missions which were held by the regulars of the company of Jesuits, in the province and government of La Sonora.

CUQUIO, the alcaldia mayor and jurisdiction of Nueva Espana, in the kingdom of Nueva Galicia, and bishopric of Guadalaxara ; is one of the most civilized and fertile, abounding in fruits and seeds, and being of a mild temperature. It is watered by three rivers, which are the Verde on the e. the Mesquital on the w. and the Rio Grande on the s. in which last the two former become united.

The capital is the settlement of its name, inhabited by a large population of Indians, some

Mmtets and Mulattoes, and a few Spaniards ; is 13 leagues to the n. e. of Guadalaxara, in long. 268° ; and lat. 21° 40'. The other settlements are, Cantla== , ==Tenalucan,

Manalisco== , ==Quaquala,

Huisculco== , ==Ocotic,

Yagualica== , ==Tepunahuasco,

Acatico== , ==Yotahuacan,

Mestitlan== , ==Tacotan,

Nochistlan== , ==San Christoval,

Toyagua== , ==Iscatlan.

Apulco,

[CURA, with the surname of St. Louis de, is situate in a valley formed by mountains of a very grotesque appearance ; those on the s. w. side are capped with rocks. The valley is, however, fertile, and covered with produce, but the greater part of the property consists in animals. The temperature is warm and dry ; the soil is a reddish clay, which is extremely muddy in the rainy seasons ; the water is not limpid, although it is wholesome. The inhabitants are 4000, governed by a cabildo. In the church is an image of our Lady of Valencianosy the claim to which was long a subject of dispute between the curate of Cura and that of Sebastian de los Reynos ; and after a SO years contest, it was ordered by the bishop Don Francisco de Ibarro to be returned to this place, when it was received in a most triumphant manner. This city is in lat. 10° 2' ; twenty-two leagues s. xo. of Caracas, and eight leagues s. e, of the lake of Valencia.]

CURABICO, a river of the province and captainship of Maranan in Brazil.

CURACOA, or Curazao, an island of the N. sea, one of the Smaller Antilles ; situate near the coast of the province and government of Venezuela. It is 30 miles long, and 10 broad, and is the only island of any consideration possessed by the Dutch in America. It was settled in 1527, by the Emperor Charles V. as a property upon theliouse of Juan de Ampues ; is fertile, and abounds in sugar and tobacco, large and small cattle, also in very good saline grounds, by which the other islands are provided : but its principal commerce is in a contraband trade carried on with the coasts of Tierra Firme ; on which account its storehouses are filled with articles of every description imaginable. Formerly its ports were seldom without vessels of Cartagena and Portobelo, which were employed n the Negro trade, bringing home annually froiu 1000 to 15,000 Negroes, with various other articles of merchandise, although this branch ofcommerce has, from the time that it was taken up by the English, greatly declined. On the s. part of

CUPIN, Río] pequeño de la Provincia y Capitanía del Para en el Brasil: corre al N NO, y entra en el de Guama antes de salir al de las Amazonas o Marañon.

CUPIRA, Río] de la Provincia de Barcelona y Gobierno de Cumaná en el Reyno de Tierra-Firme: nace en la Serranía, y corre al S hasta salir al mar, junto al Pueblo de Tucuyo.

CUPITA,Cañode, Brazo del río Orinoco, que sale por la banda del N: corare a este rumbo, enfrente de la boca del Caura.

CUPLICOS, Río] de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Tabasco en Nueva España: sale al mar en el Seno Mexicano entre el de Dos Bocas y el de Tabasco.

CUPO, Río] pequeño de la Provincia y Pais de las Amazonas en la parte que poseen los Portugueses: nace en el territorio de los Indios Nourises: corre al S, y entra en el de Trombetas .

CUQUE, Río] caudaloso de la Provincia y Gobierno del Darien en el Reyno de Tierra-Firme: nace cerca de la mar del N al E de la Provincia, y siguiendo su curso a este rumbo entra en el Cano de Tarena.

CUQUIO, Alcaldía mayor] y jurisdicción de Nueva España en el Reyno de Nueva Galicia y Obispado de Guadalaxara: es una de las mas pobladas y fértiles, abundante de frutos y semillas, y de temperamento templado: la riegan tres rios, que son: el Verde por la parte de Oriente, el del Mesquital por Occidente, y por el S el río Grande, en que después se reúnen los otros dos. La Capital es el Pueblo de su nombre, habitado de crecido vecindario de Indios, algunos Mestizos y Mulatos y pocos Españoles: está distante 13 leguas al NE de Guadalaxara, en 2 63 gr. de long. y 21 gr. 40 min. de lat. los demás Pueblos Nochistlán. Tepunahuasco Toyagua. Yotahuacan. Apulco. Tacotan. Tenalucan. San Cristóval, Quaquala. Iscatlán. Ocotic. Canda. Manalisco. Huisculco. Yagualica. Acatieo. Mestitlán.

CUQUIARACHI, Pueblo de las Misiones que tenian los Regulares de la Compañía en la Provincia y Gobierno de la Sonora.

CURA, Villa de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, situado a la orilla y cerca del nacimiento del río Guaneo al S de la laguna de Tacarigua.

CURABICO, Río] de la Provincia y Capitanía de Marañan en el Brasil.

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CUR CURIBISA, a river of the province and government of Quijos and Macas, in the district of *he second, and in the kingdom of Quito. It rises in the country of the Xibaros Indians, runs inclining to the s. e. and enters the Santiago. CURICO, San Joseph de, a town of the province and corregimiento of Maule in the kingdom of Chile ; situate on the shore of the river Huaico. It is small, and but thinly peopled, its inhabitants being for the most part composed of people of colour. [The metal of the mine lately discovered here has obtained the name of natural avanturine, from its being filled with brilliant particles that give it a beautiful appearance. This metal is used by the goldsmiths for rings, bracelets, and other ornaments of jewellery.] CURICURARI, a river of the province and country of Las Amazonas, in the part possessed by the Portuguese. It runs e. between the rivers Cicayuri and Yurubechi, and enters the Negro. CURIEPE, a settlement of the province and government of Venezuela ; situate on the coast, near the point or cape of Codera, on the shore of the river of its name. Curiepe. This river rises in the mountains near the coast, runs e. and enters the sea in the bay formed by the cape Codera.

CURIES, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Yea in Peru ; annexed to one of the curacies of the Indians of its capital. CURIGUACURU, a river of Nueva Andalucia, Austral or Inferior, in the province of Guayana. It flows down from the mountains of the Caribes Indians to the n. and. running s. and increasing its waters by many other streams, enters the Maranon. CURIGUIMAR, a lake of the province and government of Guayana or Nueva Andalucia, on the shore of the river Orinoco, close to the town of Sanchez. CURIGUIRES, a barbarous nation of Indians, who inhabit the woods bordering upon the source of the river Cuchigaras, and bounded by the Indians of this name, as also by the Cumavaris. Some of these Indians are warlike, and of gigantic stature. CURIMON, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Aconcagua in the kingdom of Chile in the district of which is a convent of the religious recollects, or strict observers of the order of St. ■ Francis, bearing the title of Santa Rosa de Vfr terbo. CURINAS, a barbarous nation of Indians, who inhabit the s. part of the river Maranon. It is but little known, and all that is traced of them is, that they are in continual warfare with the Aguas ; so that their numbers are gradually diminishing. CURIPANA, a port of the coast of the N. sea, in the province and government of Cumana, to the s. of the city of Cariaco. CURIQUAXES, S. Francisco de los, a settlement of the province and government of Quixos and Macas in the kingdom of Quito. It belongs to the district of the former, and is one of those which compose the reduccion of the Sucurabos Indians, held at the charge of the regulars of the company of Jesuits. CURITI, a small settlement of the jurisdiction of the town of San Gil, and corregimiento of Tunja, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada ; annexed to the curacy of Guane. It is of a very wood temperature, pleasant and agreeable. Its natives, who should amount to 30 or 40 Indians, are docile, mild, and of good dispositions. CURITIMI see Corentin CURITUBA, a town of the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil ; situate near the coast. Curitcjba, a river, called also Yguazii, in the province and government of Paraguay. It runs w. collecting the waters of many other rivers, and enters with a large stream into the Parana. See Yguazu.

CURU, a river of the province and captainship of Seara in Brazil. It runs n. and enters the sea, between the coast of Los Humos and the point of Los Baxos or Arricifes. CURUA, a river of the province and captainship of Para in Brazil. It rises in the country of the Aritues Indians, runs to the n.n.e. and enters the river of Las Amazonas on the 5. side. CURUARI, a river of the kingdom of Brazil, in the territory of the Cayapos Indians. It rises in its mountains, runs s.s.e. and enters the n. side of the large river Parana. CURUAT, a small river of the province and government of Guayana. It runs nearly parallel with the river Caroni, collecting the waters of many others in its course, until it enters this river. CURUAU, an island of the N. sea ; situate at the mouth or entrance of the river of Las Amazonas, to the s. of the island of La Penitencia. CURUA-UASU, a village and settlement of the Portuguese, in the kingdom of Brazil ; situate on the shore of a small river which enters the Sono.

CURIBISA, Río] de la Provincia y Gobierno de Quijos y Macas en el partido de la segunda y Reyno de Quito nace en el País de los Indios Xibaros: corre con inclinación al SE y entra en el de Santiago.

CURICO, San Joseph de, Villa de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Maule en el Reyno de Chile, situada a orilla del río Huaico: es pequeña y de corto vecindario, que por la mayor parte son gentes de color.

CURICURARI, Río] de la Provincia y Pais de las Amazonas en la parte que poseen los Portugueses: corre al E entre los de Cicayuri y Yurubechi y entra en el Negro.

CURIEPE, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, situado en la Costa cerca de la Punta o Cabo de Codera a orilla del río de su nombre. Este nace en las montañas cerca de la Costa: corre al E y sale al mar en la Ensenada que forma el Cabo de Codera.

CURIES, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Yca en el Perú, anexo a uno de los Curatos de Indios de su Capital.

CURIGUACURU o Uruna, río de la Nueva Andalucía austral o inferior en la Provincia de la Guayana: baxa de las montañas de los Indios Caribes al N, y corriendo al mediodía aumentado con las aguas de otros muchos entra en el Marañon.

CURIGUIMAR, Laguna de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Guayana o Nueva Andalucía, a orilla del río Orinoco junto a la Villa de

CURIGUIRES, Nación bárbara de Indios que habita en los bosques, donde tiene su origen el río Cuchigaras: confina con los de este nombre, y con los Cumayaris: algunos de ellos son belicosos y de estatura gigantesca.

CURIMON, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Aconcagua en el Reyno de Chile, en cuyo distrito hay un Convento de Religiosos Recoletos de San Francisco, con título de Santa Rosa de Viterbo.

CURINAS, Nación bárbara de Indios que habita al S del río Marañon: es poco conocida, y solo se sabe que están en guerra continua con los Aguas, lo qual la destruye poco a poco.

CURIPANA, Puerto de la Costa del mar del N en la Provincia y Gobierno de Cumaná al S de la Ciudad de Cariaco.

CURIQUAXES, S. Francisco de los, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Quixos y Macas en el Reyno de Quito: pertenece al primer partido, y es uno de los que componen las reducciones de Indios Sucumbios que tenian a su cargo los Regulares de la Compañía.

CURITI, Pueblo pequeño de la jurisdicción de la Villa do San Gil y Corregimiento de Tunja en el Nuevo Reyno de Granada, anexo al Curato del de Guane: es de muy buen temperamento, ameno y agradable: sus naturales que serán 30 o 40 Indios Son dóciles, humildes y bien inclinados.

CURITIMI. Véase Corentin.

CURITUBA, Villa de la Provincia y Capitanía del Rey en el Brasil, situada cerca de la Costa.

Tiene el mismo nombre un río que también llaman Yguazá en la Provincia y Gobierno del Paraguay: corre al O recogiendo las aguas de otros muchos, y entra muy caudaloso en el Paraná: véase Yguazú.

CURTOTUCK, Partido y jurisdicción de la Provincia y Colonia de Virginia en la Costa y estrecho de Albemarle.

CURU, Río] de la Provincia y Capitanía de Seara en el Brasil: corre al N y sale al mar entre la Costa de los Humos y la Punta de los Baxos o Arrecifes.

CURUAI Río de la Provincia y Capitanía del Para en el Brasil: nace en el Pais de los Indios Aritues, corre al N NE y entra en el de las Amazonas por la banda del S.

CURUAT, Río] pequeño de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Guayana: corre casi paralelo al Caroni, recogiendo las aguas de otros muchos en su curso hasta entrar en éste.

CURUAU, o Qoariana, Isla de la mar del N, situada a la boca o entrada del río de las Amazonas al S de la de la Penitencia.

CURUA-UASU, Aldea y Pueblo de los Portugueses en el Reyno del Brasil, situado a orilla de un río pequeño que entra en el de Sonó.

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