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caldia mayor of Zacattan, in Nueva España, five leagues from its head settlement.

CAXIBARI, a settlement of the province and captainship of Itamaraca in Brazil, situate near the s. side of the town of La Concepcion.

CAXICA, or Busongote, a settlement of the corregimiento of Zipaquira in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, is of a moderately cold temperature, being agreeable and healthy, and producing much wheat, maize, barley, and other productions incidental to a cold climate. Its population amounts to 150 families, and as many families of Indians, who had in it a capital fortress, in which the Zipa or king of Bogota shut himself up in order to defend the entrance into his kingdom against the Spaniards: he was, however, routed and taken by Gonzalo Ximenez de Quesada in 1537. Is five leagues to the n. of Santa Fe.

CAXITITLAN, the alcaldia mayor and district or jurisdiction of the kingdom of Nueva Galicia, and bishopric of Guadalaxara : in its district is a large, fertile valley, abounding in every kind of seed, as maize, wheat, French beans, and various sorts of pulse : is of a mild temperature, and the district of its jurisdiction consists of six settlements : in it is the great lake or sea of Chapala : it is seven leagues s, e. of Guadalaxara. Long. 102° 43'. Lat. 20° 35'.

San Luis, Istahuacan,

Cuyatan, Santa Cruz,

Coscomatitlan, Axixiqui.

CAXITLAN, a settlement of the head settlement of Almololoyan, and alcaldia mayor of Colina, in Nueva España : it contains 30 families of Spaniards, 20 of Mustees, and five of Mulattoes : in its district are various estates of palms of Cocos, (palmasde Qocos)^ and some herds of large cattle : is seven leagues to the w. of its head settlement.

(CAYAHAGA, or Cayuga, sometimes called the Great River, empties in at the s. bank of lake Erie, 40 miles e. of the mouth of Huron ; having an Indian town of the same name on its banks. It is navigable for boats ; and its mouth is wide, and deep enough to receive large sloops from the lake. Near this are the celebrated rocks which project over the lake. They are several miles in lengtl), and rise 40 or 50 feet perpendicular out of the water. Some parts of them consist of several strata of different colours, lying in a horizontal direction, and so exactly parallel, that they resemble the work of art. The view from the land is grand, but the water presents the most magnificent prospect of this sublime work of nature ; it is attended, however, with great danger ; for if the least storm Arises, the force of the surf is such that no vessel

can escape being dashed to pieces against the rocks . Colonel Broadshead suffered shipwreck here in the late war, and lost a number of his men, when a strong wind arose, so that the last canoe narrowly escaped. The heathen Indians, when they pass this impending danger, offer a sacrifice of tobacco to the water. Part of the boundary line between the United States of America and the Indians begins at the mouth of Cayahaga, and run‘< up the same to the portage between that and the Tuscarawa branch of the Muskingum. The Cayuga nation, consisting of 500 Indians, 40 of whom reside in the United States, the rest in Canada, receive of the state of New York an annuity of 2300 dollars, besides 50 dollars granted to one of their chiefs, as a consideration for lands sold by them to the state, and 500 dollars from the United States, agreeably to the treaty of 1794. See Six Nations.)

CAYENNE, a large island of the province and government of Guayana : it is six leagues in length from n. to s. and three quarters of a league in its broadest part. On the n. side it has the sea, on the VO . the river Cayenne, on thee, the Ou>ti, and on the s. an arm which is formed by this and the Orapii. The soil is excellent, fertile, and irrigated by many streams. That part whicli looks to the n. is the most pleasant and healthy ; and in it are many mountains well cultivated and covered with country seats. The part facing the s. is much lower, and abounds in meadows, called salanas, and which arc inundated in the rainy seasons. The point of the island formed by the mouth of the river Cayenne, is called Caperoux, where there is a fortress with a French garrison, and below this a convenient and large port, capable of containing in security 100 ships. The French established themselves in this island in the year 1625, and abandoned it in 1654, when the English entered it, and were routed by Mr. de la Barre, in the year 1664. The Dutch had their revenge in 1676 : but the year following it was recovered by the French, under the command of D’Estrees, on whom the celebrated Jesuit Carlos de la Rue made the following inscription :

Joanni

Comiti Eslrceo

Vice Ameralio Cayana. Tabaco VI. Captis Batavorum Americana classe deleta

Colonii. excisis.

[The capitulation of Cayenne to the English arms, in conjunction with the Portuguese, took

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CHETU, Santissima Trinidad de, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Caxamarca in Peru.

CHEUELUS, or CHAVELOS, a barbarous nation of Indians of the country of Marañon, who inhabit the woods bordeiing upon the river Aguarico, to the e. and in the vicinity of the lakes. They arc warlike, of a cruel and treacherous nature, and in eternal enmity with their neighbours. M. de la Martiniere will have it, that the name Chavelos is derived from the French wovd chevezLV, the men and the women both allowing and encouraging the growth of their hair till it reaches down to the waist ; supposing, forsooth, that these Indians must either have known French when they were discovered, or that their discoverers, at all events, must have been French.

CHEURA, a river of the province and government of Esmeraldas in the kingdom of Quito. It runs w. ?z. e. and e. washing the country of the ancient Esmeraldas Indians: it afterwards entersthe river of its name on the e. side, in lat. 1° 23' n.

CHEWOCHEE, a settlement of North Carolina ; situate on the skirt of the mountains of Tclliquo.

CHIA, a settlement of the corregimiento of Zipaquira in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; celebrated in the time of the Indians for having been the title of the kings ox npas of Bogota; the investiture of which dignity was always transferred with the greatest possible solemnity. It is of a very cold temperature, although salutary ; and is situate on a beautiful plain, on the shore of the river Bogota, four leagues to the n. of Santa F6.

CHIAMILA, a head settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Motines in Nueva España, contains SO families of Indians.

CHIAMOTO. See Seyota.

CHIANTLA, a settlement of the province and nlcaldia mayor of Chiapa in the kingdom of Guatemala.

CHIAPA, a province and alcaldia mayor of the kingdom of Guatemala ; bounded on the«. by the province of Tabasco, c. by that of Vera Paz, w. by that of Oaxaca of Nueva Espaha, and s. e. by that of Soconusco. It extends 85 leagues from e. to w. and is nearly 30 across at its widest part. It was conquered by Captain Diego Marariegos in 1531 : is divided into districts or alcaldias mayores^ which are those of Zoques, Chontales, Los Llanos, and Xiquipila ; is of a warm and moist temperature, although it has some parts in which the cold predominates. Its woods abound with large trees of pine, cypress, cedar, and walnut; and of others of a resinous kind, from which

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are extracted aromatic gums, balsams, and liquid amber, tacamaca, copal, &c. It produces also, in abundance, maize, swine, honey, cotton, cochineal, which is only made use of for the purpose of dyeing the cotton ; also cacao, and much pepper and achoie, or the heart-leaved bixa'; also vfirious kinds of domestic and wild birds, especially parrots, which are very beautiful and highly esteemed ; a small bird, called tolo, less than a young pigeon, with green wings ; this is caught by the Indians, who pluck from its tail some feathers, Avhich they prize highly, and then restoring it to liberty; it being a capital offence, according to their laws, to destroy it. The sheep, goats, and pigs, which have been brought from Europe, have multipled in this province in a most extraordinary manner ; so also have horses, which are of such an esteemed breed, that the colts are taken from hence to Mexico, a distance of 500 miles. In the woods breed many lions, leopards, tigers, and wild boars, a great number of snakes, some being 20 feet in length, and others of a beautiful crimson colour, streaked with black and white. Tlie territory is, for the most part, rugged and mountainous, and watered by different rivers : none of these, however, are of any particular consideration, although that which bears the name of this province is the medium by which the aforesaid productions are carried to the other provinces ; and although this province may be accounted comparatively poor, from being without mines of gold or silver, it is nevertheless of the greatest importance, as being the outwork or barrier to New Spain, from the facility with which this kingdom might be entered by the river Tabasco. The capital is the royal city of Chiapa, situate on a delightful plain. It is the head of a bishopric, erected in 1538; and has for arms a shield, upon which arc two sierras, with a river passing between them : above the one is a golden castle, with a lion rampant upon it ; and above the other a green palm, bearing fruit, and another lion, the whole being upon a red field. These arms were granted by the Emperor Charles V. in 1535. The cathedral is very beautiful. It contains three convents of the order of St. Francis, La Merced, and St. Domingo ; a monastery of nuns, and five hermitages. Its population is scanty and poor, and the principal commerce consists in cocoa-nuts, cotton, wool, sugar, cochineal, and other articles. Its nobility, although poor, are very proud, as having descended from some ancient families of the first nobility of Spain ; such as those of Mendoza, Velasco, Cortes, &c. The women suffer great debility at the stomach on account of the excessive heat, ami they can never

CHETU, Santísima Trinidad de, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Caxamarca en el Perú.

CHEURA, Río] de la Provincia y Gobierno de Esmeraldas en el Reyno de Quito: corre al NE y al E, bañando el Pais de los antiguos Indios Esmeraldas, y luego entra en el río de este nombre por su parte oriental en 1. gr. 23 min. de lat. bor.

CHEUELUS Chávelos, Nación bárbara de indios del País del Marañon: habita en las selvas inmediatas al río Aguarico al Levante, y en las inmediaciones de las lagunas: son belicosos, de genio cruel y traidores, y viven en guerra continua eon sus confinantes. Mr. de la Martiniere da la etimología del nombre Chávelos de la voz francesa Cheveux, porque así las mugeres como los hombres se dexan crecer el pelo hasta la cintura, como si estos Indios supieran el Francés quando se descubrieron, o sus descubridores hubieran sido Franceses.

CHEUUOCHEE, Pueblo de la Carolina Septentrional, situado a la falda de los montes de Telliquo.

CHIA, Pueblo del Corregimiento de Zipaquira en el Nuevo Reyno de Granada, célebre en tiempo de los Indios, por haber sido el título de los Reyes 6 Zipas de Bogotá, de que se le daba eon la mayor solemnidad la investidura: es de temperamento muy frío, pero muy saludable, situado en un hermoso llano, a orilla del río Bogotá 4 leguas de Santa Fe al N.

CHIAMILA, Pueblo y Cabecera de la Alcaldía mayor de Motines en Nueva España: tiene 30 familias de Indios.

CHIAMOTO, Véase Seyota.

CHIANTLA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Chiapa en el Reyno de Goatemala.

CHIAPA, Provincia y Alcaldía mayor del Reyno de Goatemala: confina por el N con la de Tabasco, por el E con la de Vera Paz, por el O con la de Oaxaca de Nueva España, y por el SE con la de Soconusco: se extiende 85 leguas de Levante a Poniente, y casi 30 por donde se estrecha mas: la conquistó el Capitán Diego Mazariegos el año de 1 5 3 1; divídese en quatro partidos 6 Alcaldías mayores, que son de los Zoques, Chontales, los Llanos y Xiquipila: es de temperamento caliente y húmedo, aunque también tiene algunos parages fríos: abunda en sus bosques de grandes árboles de pino, ciprés, cedro y nogal, y de otros resinosos de que sacan gomas aromáticas, bálsamos y ámbar líquida, tacamaca, copal, ctamp;: produce asimismo con abundancía maíz, ganado de cerda, miel, algodón y grana, que se da sin beneficio, y solo la aprovechan para teñir el algodón; algún cacao y mucha pimienta y achote, varias especies de aves domésticas y silvestres, y con particularidad papagayos, que son hermosísimos y muy estimados, y un paxarillo llamado toto, mas pequeño que un pichón, que tiene las alas verdes, y cogen los Indios por aprovechar las plumas de la cola que aprecian, y luego lo vuelven a dexar en libertad, teniendo por delito capital, según sus leyes, el matarlo: el ganado de ovejas, cabras y cerdos que se llevó de Europa ha multiplicado en esta Provincia extraordinariamente, y lo mismo los caballos, de que hay una raza tan apreciada, que llevan los potros a México, sin embargo de distar 500 millas: en los bosques se crian muchos leones, leopardos, tigres y javalíes, gran número de culebras, algunas de 20 pies de largo, y otras de un hermoso color encarnado, estriadas de blanco y negro: por lo general el terreno es áspero y montuoso: lo riegan diferentes nos; pero ninguno de consideración, aunque el que tiene su nombre le facilita el comercio con las demás Provincias de los frutos referidos, y sin embargo que se mira como pobre porque no tiene minas de oro ni plata, es de suma importancia, como antemural de la Nueva España, por la facilidad coa que se puede internar a ésta por el río de Tabasco: la Capital es: Ciudad Real de Chiapa, situada en una deliciosa llanura: es Cabeza de Obispado, erigido por Paulo III el año de 1538: tiene por armas un Escudo, dentro del qual hay dos sierras con un río que pasa por en medio; encima de la una un Castillo de oro y un León rapante arrimado a él, y en la otra una Palma verde con fruta y otro León, todo sobre campo encarnado, las quales le concedió el Emperador el año de 1 535: la Catedral es muy hermosa: tiene 3 Conventos de Religiosos de San Francisco, de la Merced y de Santo Domingo; un Monasterio de Religiosas y 5 Ermitas: su población es corta y pobre, y el principal comercio de cocos, algodón, lana, azúcar, cochinilla y otras mercancías: su nobleza, aunque pobre, conserva mucha vanidad de descender de las familias de la primera nobleza de España, como Mendoza, Velase0, Cortés, etc. Las mugeres padecen mucha debilidad de estómago por el gran calor, y así no pueden

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or country of Labrador. It runs s. e, and enters the St. Lawrence.

CODEGO. See Tierra Bomba.

CODEHUE, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Rancagna, in the kingdom of Chile, to the e. of the town of Triana.

CODERA, Cabo de, a cape on the coast of the province and government of Venezuela. Lat. 10° S5'. Long. 66° 10'.

[CODORUS, a township in York county, Pennsylvania.]

CODOSA, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru; situate on the shore of the river Quarto, and at the head of the sierra of Campanchin.

COELCHO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Chachapoyas in Peru ; annexed to the curacy of Chiliquia.

COELLO, a settlement of the province and government of Neiva in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada ; situate on the shore of the large river Magdalena.

COEMAL, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Luya and Chillaos in Peru ; annexed to the curacy of Luya, the capital.

COEURS, Bay of, bay in the island of Martinique, one of the Antilles. It is near the settlement of Carbet.

[COEYMANS, a township in Albany county. New York, 12 miles below Albany. By the state census of 1796, S89 of its inhabitants are electors.]

COFANES, a barbarous nation of Indians of the kingdom of Quito, Avhich began to be converted to the Catholic religion in 1602, through the labour and zeal of the Father Rafael Ferrer, of the extinguished company of the Jesuits, and who was killed by the same Indians. The principal settlement, founded by this martyr, with the dedicatory title of San Pedro, is now almost destroyed, though some few inhabitants still remain. The same is situate between the river of its nasne to the n. and that of Azuela to the s. The above river is large and rapid, anti takes its name from these Indians. It rises in the sierra Nevada, or Snowy, runs from u. to c. and enters the Azuela, in lat. 13° n.

COFFIN-LAND, a small island of the coast of Georgia, and one of those which are called Georgican, at the entrance of the river Ashley.

COFRE, a small river of the province and government of Buenos Aires. It runs s. and enters the sea between the rivers Favor and Del Rosario, opposite the capital.

COGUA, a settlement of the corregimiento of Zipaguira in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a very cold temperature, and abounds in the productions peculiar to its climate, particularly in fire-wood, with which it supplies, for the manufacturing of salt, the settlements of Nemocon and Zipaquira. To this last settlement it is very contiguous ; and it lies nine leagues n, of Santa Fe. Its population is reduced to 70 housekeepers, and as many other Indians.

COHANZY, a river of the province and colony of New Jersey, in the county of Cumberland. It runs s. and enters the sea in the bay of Delaware.

[CoHANZY, or Casaria, a small river, which rises in Salem county. New Jersey, and running through Cumberland county, empties into Delaware river, opposite the upper end of Bombay hook. It is about SO miles in length, and is navigable for vessels of 100 tons to Bridgetown, 20 miles from its mouth.]

COHASSER, a settlement of the province and colony of New Hampshire, to the e. of the lake Champlain.

[COHASSET, a township in Norfolk county, Massachusetts, which was incorporated in 1770, and contains 817 inhabitants. It has a Congregational church, and 126 houses, scattered on different farms. Cohasset rocks, which have been so fatal to many vessels, lie oft' this town, about a league from the shore. It lies 25 miles s. e. of Boston, but in a straight line not above half the distance.]

[COHGNAWAGA, a parish in the township of Johnstown, Montgomery county. New York, on the ay. side of Mohawk river, 26 miles w. of Schenectady. This place, which had been settled near SO years, and which was the seat of Sir William Johnson, was mostly destroyed by the British and Indians, under the command of Sir William in the year 1780; in this action Johnson evinced a want of feeling which would have disgraced a savage. The people destroyed in this ex[)cdition were his old neighbours, with whom he had formerly lived in the habits of friendship ; his estate was among them, and the inhabitants had always considered him as their friend and neighbour. These unfortunate people, after seeing their houses and property consumed to ashes, were hurried, such as could walk, into cruel captivity ; those who could not Avalk fell victims to the toraaliawk and scalping knife. See Caghnaw aga.]

[COllOEZ, or the Falls, in Mohawk river, between two and three miles from its mouth, and 10 miles n. of Albany, are a very great natural curiosity. The river above the falls is about 300 yards wide, and approaches them from the n. w. in a

CODEGO, Véase Tierra Bomba.

CODEHUE, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Raneagua en el Reyno de Chile, al E de la Villa de Triana.

CODERA, Cabo de, cabo en la Costa de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela: está en 310 gjrad. de long. y 10 grad. 30 min. de lat.

COD, Cabo de la Costa de la Nueva Inglaterra y Provincia de Masachusets: sale muchas leguas al mar haciendo un semicírculo, y retorciendo luego su extremo forma la Bahía de Barnstable.

CODOSA, Pueblo de la Provincia y, Gobierno del Tucuman en el Perú, situado a orilla del río quarto y Cabecera de la sierra de Campanchin.

COELCHO, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Chachapoyas en el Perú, anexo al Curato de Chiliquln.

COELLO, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno de Neiva en el Nuevo Reyno de Granada, situado a orilla del río grande de la Magdalena.

COEMAL, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Luya y Chillaos en el Perú, anexo al Curato de Luya la Capital.

COEURS, Ensenada de, 6 de Corazones, bahía en la Isla de la Martinica, una de las Antilles: está cerca del Pueblo de Carbet.

COFANES, Nación bárbara de Indios del Reyno de Quito, que empezó a convertirse a la Religión Católica el año de 1602 por el trabajo y zelo del Padre Rafael Ferrer, de la extinguida Compañía, célebre Misionero, que fue muerto por estos Indios: el Pueblo principal, fundado por el referido Mártir, con la advocación de San Pedro, está hoy quasi destruido, bien que lo habitan algunos: está situado entre el río de su nombre al N, y el de Azuela al Mediodía. El citado río es grande y rápido, toma su denominación de estos Indios: nace en la sierra nevada, corre de Poniente a Levante, y entra en el de Azuela en 13 min. de lat. bor.

COFFIN-LAND, Isla pequeña de la Costa de Georgia y una de las que llaman Geórgicas, a la entrada del río Ashley.

COFRE, Río pequeño de la Provincia y Gobierno de Buenos Aires: corre al S, y sale al mar entre el de Pavón y del Rosario, en la orilla opuesta a la Capital.

COGUA, Pueblo del Corregimiento de Zipaquira en el Nuevo Reyno de Granada: es de temperamento muy frío y abundante en frutos propios de él, y de leña de que se abastecen, para la labor de la sal los Pueblos de Nemocon y Zipaquira, de éste se halla muy inmediato, y de Santa Fe dista 8 leguas al N: su vecindario se reduce a 70 vecinos y otros tantos Indios.

COHANZY, Río de la Provincia y Colonia de Nueva Jersey en el Condado de Cumberlánd: corre al S, y sale al mar en la Bahía de Delawarre.

COHASSER, Pueblo de la Provincia y Colonia de Nueva Hampshire al E del lago Champlain.

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the province and captainship of Marañan, between the rivers Camindes and Paraguay.

Costa-Desierta, a large plain of the Atlantic, between cape S. Antonio to the n. and cape Blanco to the s. It is 80 leagues long, and has on the n. the llanuras ox pampas of Paraguay, on the etJ. the province of Cuyo, of the kingdom of Chile, on the s. the country of the Patagones, and on tlie c. the Atlantic. It is also called the Terras Magellanicas, or Lands of Magellan, and the whole of this coast, as well as the land of the interior territory, is barren, uncultivated, and unknoAvn.

Costa-Rica, a province and government of the kingdom of Guatemala in N. America ; bounded n. and w. by the province ot Nicaragua, e. by that of Veragua of the kingdom of Tierra Firme ; s. w. and n. w. by the S. sea, and n. e. by the N. sea. It is about 90 leagues long e. w. and 60 n. s. Here are some gold and silver mines. It has ports both in the N. and S. seas, and tAVO excellent bays, called San Geronimo and Caribaco. It is for the most part a province that is mountainous and full of rivers ; some of which enter into the N. sea, and others into the S. Its productions are similar to those of the other provinces in the kingdom ; but the cacao produced in some of the llanuras here is of an excellent quality, and held in much estimation. The Spaniards gave it the name of Costa-Rica, from the quantity of gold and silver contained in its mines. From the mine called Tisingal, no less riches have been extracted than from that of Potosi in Peru ; and a tolerable trade is carried on by its productions with the kingdom of Tierra Firme, although the navigation is not alway« practicable. The first monk Avho came hither to preach and inculcate religion amongst the natives, was the Fra_y Pedro de Betanzos, of the order of St. Francis, who came hither in 1550, when he was followed by several others, who founded in various settlements 17 convents of the above order. The capital is Cartago.

Costa-Rica, a river of the province ancT government of Nicaragua in the same kingdom, which runs n. and enters theDesaguadero, or W aste W ater of the Lake.

COSTO, a settlement of the English, in the island of Barbadoes, of the district and parish of Santiago ; situate near the w. coast.

COTA, a settlement of the corregimiento of ipaquira in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a very cold temperature, produces the fruits peculiar to its climate, contains upwards of 100 Indians, and some white inhabitants ; and is four leagues from Santa Fe.

Cota, a small river of the province and govern-

ment of Buenos Ayres in Peru. It rises in the sierras, or craggy mountains, of Nicoperas, runs w. and enters the Gil.

COTABAMBAS, a province and corregimiento of Peru ; bounded n. by the province of Abancay, s. w. and s. and even s. e. by that of Chilques and Masques or Paruro, w, by that of Chumbivilcas, and n. w. by that of Aimaraez. It is 25 leagues long e.w. and 23 wide n.s. It is for the most part of a cold temperature, as are the other provinces of the sierra; it being nearly covered Avith mountains, the tops of which are the greatest part of the year clad Avith snoAV. In the Ioav lands are many pastures, in Avhich they breed numerous herds of cattle, such as cows, horses, mules, and some small cattle. Wheat, although in no great abundance, maize, pulse, and potatoes, also groAv here. In the broken, uneven hollows, near which passes the river Apurimac, and which, after passing through the province, runs into that of Abancay, groAV plantains, figs, water melons, and other productions peculiar to the coast. Here are abundance of magueges', which is a plant, the leaves or tendrils of which, much resemble those of the savin, but being somewhat larger ; from them are made a species of hemp for the fabricating of cords, called cahuyas, and some thick ropes used in the construction of bridges across the rivers. The principal rivers are the Oropesa and the Chalhuahuacho, Avhich have bridges for the sake of communication Avith the other provinces. Tlie bridge of Apurimac is three, and that of Chuructay 86 yards across ; that of Churuc, Avhich is the most frequented, is 94 yards ; and there is another which is much smaller : all of them being built of cords, except one, called Ue Arihuanca, on the river Oropesa, which is of stone and mortar, and has been here since the time that the ferry-boat was sunk, Avith 15 men and a quantity of Spanish goods, in 1620. Although it is remembered that gold and silver mines have been worked in this province, none are at present ; notAvithstanding that in its mountains are manifest appearances of this metal, as well as of copper, and that in a part of the river Ocabamba, Avhere the stream runs witli great rapidity, are found lumps^ of silver, which are washed off from the neighbouring mountains. The inhabitants of the whole of the province amount to 10,000, who are contained in the 25 following settlements ; and the capital is Tambobamba.

Cotabambas,

Totora,

Cullurqui,

Huaillati,

Palpakachi,

Llikehavilea,

Corpahuasi,

Pituhuanca.

la Provincia y Capitanía de Marañón entre los rios de Camindes y Paraguay.

COSTA-DESIERTA, Playa grande del mar Atlántico entre el. Cabo de San Antonio al N, y el Blanco al Mediódia: tiene de largo mas de 80 leguas, y por el N las llanuras o Pampas del Paraguay, al Poniente la Provincia de Cutyo del Reyno de Chile, al Mediodía el Pais de los Patagones, y a Levante el mar Atlántico: llámanse también tierras Magallánicas, y toda esta Costa y terreno interior es estéril, inculta y desconocida.

COSTA-RICA, Provincia y Gobierno del Reyno de Goatemala en la América Septentrional: confina por el N y por el Poniente con la de Nicaragua, por el SE con la de Veragua del Reyno de Tierra-Firme, por el SO y NO con la mar del Sur, y por el NE con la del Norte: tiene de largo cerca de 90 leguas E O y 60 NS: en ella hay algunas minas de oro y plata: tiene puertos en los dos mares del Norte y del Sur, y dos excelentes Bahías llamadas de San Gerónimo y de Caribaco: es por lo general esta Provincia montuosa y llena de rios, que unos desembocan en la mar del N, y otros en la del Sur: sus producciones son las mismas que en las otras de este Reyno, pero el cacao que produce en algunas llanuras, es de excelente calidad, y tiene mucha estimación: dieron le el nombre de Costa-Rica los Españoles, por el mucho oro y plata que encierra en sus minas; y de la que llaman Tisingal se ha sacado poca menos riqueza que del cerro de Potosí en el Perú: hace bastante comercio de sus frutos con el Reyno de Tierra-Firme, aunque no es muy continua la navegación: fue el primer Religioso Fray Pedro de Betanzos, del Orden de San Francisco, que entró a predicar y reducir a la fe a sus naturales el año de 1550 que siguieron luego otros muchos, que fundaron en varios Pueblos 17 Conventos de su Orden. La Capital es Cartago.

Tiene el mismo nombre un río de la Provincia y Gobierno de Nicaragua en el propio Reyno, que corre al N y entra en el Desaguadero de la laguna.

COSTO, Pueblo de los Ingleses en la Isla de Barbada del distrito y Parroquia de Santiago, situado cerca de la Costa del O.

COTA, Pueblo del Corregimiento de Zipaquira en el Nuevo Reyno de Granada: es de temperamento muy frío, produce los frutos propios de él: tiene mas de 100 Indios y algunos vecinos blancos, y dista 4 leguas de Santa Fe.

Tiene el mismo nombre un río pequeño de la Provincia y Gobierno de Buenos-Ayres en el Perú: nace en las sierras o asperezas de Nicoperas, corre al O y entra en el de Gil.

COTABAMBAS, Provincia y Corregimiento del Perú: confina por el N con la de Abancay, por el SO y 5 hasta el SE con la de Chilques y Masques o Paruro, por el O con la de Chumbivileas, y por el NO con la de Aimaraez: tiene 25 leguas de largo E O y 23 de ancho N S: es de temperamento generalmente frío como las demás de la sierra, pues casi toda está llena de montes, cuyas cumbres lo mas del año están cubiertas de nieve: en las partes mas baxas hay bastantes pastos en que se cria mucho ganado vacuno, algunos caballos y mulas y ganado menor: aunque poco, produce trigo, maiz, legumbres y papas: en las quebradas por donde corre el río Apurimac, que desde esta Provincia pasa a la de Abancay, se cogen plátanos, higos, sandías y otros frutos de costa; tiene abundancia de magueyes, que es una planta, cuyas hojas 6 pencas son de la misma figura que la sábila, pero mayores, y de ellas hacen una especie de cáñamo para fabricar cuerdas que llaman cabuyas, y de estas son las gruesas maromas con que construyen los puentes de los rios; los principales son el de Oropesay el Chalhuahuacho: todos tienea puentes para la comunicación con las demás Provincias: el Apurimac tiene 3, el de Chuructay de 86 varas de largo, el de Chume que es el mas frecuentado de 94, y otro mas pequeño, todos de maromas, a excepción del de Air ihuanca en el río Oropesa que es de cal y canto, desde que se sumergió la barca que tenia, con 1 5 hombres, y géneros de España el año de 1620, en que también se llevó el puente por donde se pasaba de Lima para el Cuzco y otras Provincias: en ésta aunque hay memoria de haberse trabajado minas de oro y plata, ahora no se trabaja ninguna, sin embargo de que en sus cerros se manifiestan no solo de estos metales si no de cobre, y en un trecho del río de Ocabamba hacia donde corre el agua con gran rapidez, se hallan hojuelas de plata que arrastra el agua de los montes inmediatos: los habitantes de toda la Provincia son los contenidos en los 25 Pueblos siguientes, y la Capital es el de Tambobamba. Cotabambas. Totora. Cullurqui. Huaillati. Palpakachi. Llicchavilca. Corpahuasi. Pituhuanca.

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