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CARACAS.
ico, of the religious order of St. Dominic ; elected bishop in 1610, and was from thence translated to the bishopric of Oaxaca.
10. Don Fr. Gonzalo de Angulo, of the order of St. Francis, native of Valladolid ; he was superior of the convent of Segovia, difinidor of the province of Castilla, qualificator of the inquisition ; elected bishop in 1617, visited his bishopric, where he spent more than three years, confirmed 3000 persons, and founded many grammar-schools ; he died in 1633.
11. Don Juan Lopez Agurto de la Mata, native of the Mandof Tenerife, canon of the church of the Puebla de los Angeles, prebendary of that of Mexico, rector of the college of Los Santos, and lecturer in its university ; he was elected bishop of Puertorico in 1630, and promoted to this in 1634 ; in which time the cathedral was removed for the sake of security: in 1637 he died.
19. Don Fr. Mauro de Tobar, of the order of St. Benedict, native of Villacastin, prior and abbot of the monastery of Valladolid, and afterwards of Monforte, preacher to Philip IV. ; elected to this bishopric in 1639: immediately upon his taking possession of it a great earthquake happened, and destroyed the cathedral, which he was rebuilding, when he was translated to the bishopric of Chiapa in 1655.
13. Don Fr. Alonso Briceño, of the order of La Merced, of the province and kingdom of Chile; he entered Caracas in the year 1659, and died in 1667.
14. Don Fr. Antonio Gonzales de Acuña, of the order of St. Dominic, postulador in the court of Rome ; he was elected bishop in 1676, and died in 1682.
15. The Doctor Don Diego de Baños and Sotomayor, native of Santa Fe of Bogotá, head collegiate of the college of the Rosario in this city, honorary chaplain to Charles II. and canon of Cuenca ; he was promoted to the mitre of Santa Marta in 1684 ; he founded the Tridentine college, having endowed the same with professorships and revenues ; and being removed to the archbishopric of Santa Fe, he died in the year 1706.
16. Don Fr. Francisco del Rincon, of the religious order of the Minims of St. Francis de Paula, native of Valladolid ; he was promoted to the archbishopric of Domingo in 1711, and from thence to that of Santa Fe in 1717.
17. Don Juan Joseph de Escalona y Calatayud, was born at Rioja, became doctor of theology at Salamanca, canon of Calahorra, and first chaplain in the court of Madrid ; he was elected bishop
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of Caracas, for his charity to the poor, in the year 1719, and thence translated to the bishopric of Mechoacau in 1728.
18. Don Joseph Feliz Valverde, native of Granada ; he passed his youth at Mexico, where he was collegiate of the college of San lldefonso, doctor of theology, and of both laws, magistrate and dean of the church of Oaxaca ; elected bishop in 1731, and promoted to the church of Mechoácan ; which last appointment he declined : he died in 1741.
19. Don Juan Garcia Padiano ; who took possession in 1742, and died in 1746.
20. Don Manuel Breton, doctoral canon of the church of Badajos ; he died in going over to be consecrated at Cordova in 1749.
21. Don Manuel Machado y Luna, honorary chaplain to his Majesty, and administrator of the college of Santa Isabel, native of Estremadura : he studied at Salamanca, obtained the title of primate of canons ; reputed for one of the wisest in ecclesiastical discipline ; was made bishop of Caracas in 1750, and died in 1752.
22. Don Francisco Julian Antolino, native of Zamora, an eminent theologist, penitentiary canon of Badajoz, and bishop of Caracas in 1753 : he died in 1755.
23. Don Miguel Argüelles, principal theologist, and curate in the archbishopric of Toledo ; elected bishop in 1756, and immediately after auxiliary bishop of Madrid.
24. Don Diego Antonio Diaz Madroñero, native of Talarrubias in Estremadura, vicar of the city of Alcalá ; he entered upon his functions in 1757, and died in 1769.
25. Don Mariano Marti, of the principality of Cataluña, ecclesiastical judge and vicar-general of the archbishopric of Tarragona, doctor in the university of Cervera ; he was promoted to the bishopric of Puertorico in 1770.
Governors and Captains-General of the province of Caracas, or Venezuela.
1. Ambrosio de Alfinge ; nominated first governor, and elected by the Weltzers: he drew up the articles of stipulation with the Emperor in the conquest of Venezuela ; was founder of the city of Coro ; took possession of the government in 1528, and retained it till 1531, when he was killed by the Indians in satisfaction of the cruelties he had committed.
2. Juan Aleman, related to the Welzers ; he, by way of precaution, assumed the title of governor while the place was vacant, and held it until the arrival of the proper person.
[1803 amounted to 5,500,000, and the exports consisted of produce to the value of 4,000,000 dollars. He also states the population in 1808 at 900,000 souls. The receipts of Caracas, Guatemala, and Chile, are consumed within the country. The population of some of the chief cities is thus stated ; Caracas 40,000, La Guaira 6000, Puerto Cabello 7600, Coro 10,000. The harbour, or La Vela de Coro, as it is commonly called, and its environs, are supposed to contain not less than 2000. In 1797 three state prisoners were sent from Spain to Caracas, on account of their revolutionary propensities. Being treated with great indulgence by the officers and soldiers to whose care they were committed, they formed the project of a conspiracy against the government. They engaged a number of persons, some of them of consequence, in their party. After gaining their first converts, the spirit did not spread. The coldness and apathy of the people did not admit of the effervescene they desired. After the plot had been kept a secret for many months it was disclosed to the government. Some of the ringleaders escaped, and others were taken. It was found that seventy-two had entered into the conspiracy; six were executed. The rest either escaped, or were sent to the galleys or banished from the country. For an account of the recent revolution in Caracas, see Venezuela.]
Caracas, some islands of the N. sea near the coast of the kingdom of Tierra Firme, in the province and government of Cumana. They are six in number, all small and desert, serving as places of shelter to the Dutch traders, who carry on an illicit commerce on that coast.
Caracas, a small port of the coast of Tierra Firme, in the province and government of Vene;zuela, between the capital and cape Codera.
CARACHE, a settlement of the province and government of Maracaibo, situate n. of the city of Truxillo, on the shore of a small river which enters the Matazan.
CARACHIS, San Carlos de a settlement of the province and country of the Amazonas ; a reduccion of the missions which belonged to the abolished order of the Jesuits. It is at the mouth of the river Huerari, where this enters the Maranon.
CARACOA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Parinacoche in Peru, where there is a spring of warm medicinal water.
CARACOL, Port, on the coast of the S. sea, and of the province and government of Panamá ; it is near the point of Garachine, behind mount Zapo.
CARACOLI, a port of the coast of the kingdom of Tierra Firme, and of the province and government of Venezuela, to the w., of cape Codera.
Caracoli, a bay formed by the s. coast, in the province and government of Darien, of the kingdom of Tierra Firme ; it lies at the back of point Garachine.
Caracoli, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena, situate on the shore of the Rio Grande de la Magdalena, and on the n, of the town of Maria.
CARACOLLO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Oruro in Peru, eight leagues distant from its capital.
=CARACOTO== a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Lampa in Peru.
Caracoto, another, in the province and corregimienlo of Sicasica in the same kingdom.
==CARAGAIAS, a town of the island of Cuba, situate on the n. coast between Cadiz and Nizao,
CARAGUATAI, a river of the province and government of Buenos Ayres ; it runs s. s. w. and enters the Ayum or Yumeri.
CARAGUET, a small river of Nova Scotia or Acadia ; it runs e. and enters the sea in the gulf of St. Lawrence, opposite the island of its name.
CARAHUACRA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Huarochiri in Peru; annexed to the curacy ofYauli.
CARAIBAMBA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Aimaraez in Peru ; annexed to the curacy of Chalvanca.
CARAIMA Alta, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Quillota in the kingdom of Chile ; situate on the coast between point Caraimilia and point Pena Blanca.
CARAIMILLA, a settlement on the coast of the province and corregimiento aforementioned, between point Caraima Alta, and the isle of Obispo.
CARAMA, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquia in the new kingdom of Granada.
CARAMANTA, a city of the province and government of Antioquia in the new kingdom of Gratiada ; founded by Sebastian de Benalcazar in 1543, near the river Cauca. Its temperature is hot and unhealthy, but it is fertile in maize, vegetables, grain, and abounds with herds of swine : near it are many small rivers which enter the Cauca, and some salt pits of the whitest salt. On the mountains within its jurisdiction, are some settlements of barbarian Indians very little known. This city is indifferently peopled, and is 65 leagues distant to the n. e. of Popayan, and 50 from Antioquia. Long. 75° 33' w. Lat. 5° 58' «.
CARAMATIBA, a settlement of the province and captainship of Rio Grande in Brazil ; situate on the shore of the river Carabatang.
CARAMBABA, a settlement of the province and captainship of Para in Brazil; situate at the mouth of the river Tocantines.
CARAMPANGUE, a river of the province and corregimiento of Quillota in the kingdom of Chile ; it runs n. n. w. near the coast, and enters the sea between the rivers Laraquite and Tibiil. At its entrance the Spaniards have the fort of Arauco.
CARAMPOMA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Huarochiri in Peru.
CARANDAITI, a river of the province and goyernment of Paraguay ; it enters the head of the Uruguay, between the Pirati and Uruguaypita,
CARANGAS, a province and corregimiento of Peru, bounded on the n. by the province of Pacages, e. by Paria, s. by Lipes, and w. by Arica ; it is 36 leagues in length, n. to s. and 30 in width at the most. Its climate is extremely cold and subject to winds, so that it produces no other fruits than such as are found upon the sierra. It has considerable breeds of cattle both of the large and small kind, huacanos^ sheep peculiar to the country, called llamas, and no small quantity of vicunas ; also in that part which borders upon the province of Pacages are some herds of swine. Its silver mines are much worked, and of these the most esteemed is that called Turco, in which is found the metal mazizo. Towards the w. are some unpeopled sandy plains, in which pieces of silver are frequently found, commonly called of these,
lumps have been picked of such a size as to weigh 150 marks. It is watered by some streams, but by no considerable rivers ; the corregidor used here to have a repartimiento of 340,526 dollars, and it used to pay annually 436 dollars for alcavala. The inhabitants, who are almost all Indians, amount • to 1100, ajid they are divided into 25 settlements. The capital is Tarapaca, and the others are.
Turco,
Cosapa,
Turquiri,
Chillahua,
Carahuara,
Totora,
Huaillamarca,
Llanquera,
Chuquicota,
Chuquichambi,
Undavi,
Cortfuemar,
San Miguel,
Carangas, Asiento
Coro,
Tunquiri,
Chipaya,
Andamarca,
Orinoca,
Belen,
Huachacalla,
Iscara,
Sabaya,
Asiento de Carangas, Ribera de Todos Santos. Negrillo.
Carangas, Asiento de, belonging to the bishopric of Charcas, and a settlement of the aforesaid province, having formerly been its capital, where were kept the royal coffers, and where the
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corregidor used to reside, until they were removed to Tarapaca, at 30 leagues distance. It thus became reduced to a scanty population of Indians, annexed to the curacy of Huachacalla.
CARANGUES, formerly a barbarous nation of Indians, to the n. of the kingdom of Quito ; the district of which at present belongs to the corregi~ miento of the town of Ibarra, wliere, on a large plain, are still to be seen the ruins of a magnificent palace which belonged to the Incas : in its vicinity is a settlement called Carangui, distant 23 leagues s. of the town of Ibarra.
Carangues, with the dedicatory title of St. An.tonio, another settlement of the same province and corregimiento, situate in the road which leads down from Popayan.
CARANIA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Yauyos in Peru ; annexed to the curacy of Laraos.
(CARANKOUAS, Indians of N. America, who live on an island or peninsula in the bay of St. Bernard, in length about 10 miles, and five in breadth ; the soil here is extremely rich and pleasant ; on one side of which there is a high bluff, or mountain of coal, which has been on fire for many years, affording always a light at night, and a strong thick smoke by day, by which vessels are sometimes deceived and lost on the shoally coast, which shoals are said to extend nearly out of sight of land. From this burning coal, there is emitted a gummy substance the Spaniards call cheta, which is thrown on the shore by the surf, and collected by them in considerable quantities, which they are fond of chewing; it has the appearance and consistence of pitch, of a strong, aromatic, and not disagreeable smell. These Indians are irreconcileable enemies to the Spaniards, always at war with them, and kill them whenever they can. The Spaniards call them cannibals, but the French give them a different character, who have always been treated kindly by them since Mons. de Salle and his party were in their neighbourhood. They are said to be 500 men strong, but we have not been able to estimate their numbers from any very accurate information. They speak the Attakapo language ; are friendly and kind to all other Indians, and, we presume, are much like all others, notwithstanding what the Spaniards say of them.)
CARANQUE, an ancient province of the Indians, in the kingdom ofQuito, towards the «. From the same race is at the present day composed the town of St. Miguel de Ibarra. The natives rose against the Inca Huaina Capac, but he succeeded in reducing them to obedience by force of arms, causing the authors and accomplices of the insur-