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which the inhabitants trade. These are composed of 34 Indian families. It is a little more than three leagues from its head settlement,

AIOZINGO, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Chaleo in Nueva España, situate on the shore of the lake of Mexico, with a good port, at which are embarked the fruits of many provinces for the supply of that capital, (Chaleo), which is within eight or ten hours sail from hence. It has a good convent of S. Augustin, where a most beautiful image of the virgin is reverenced, and supposed to be wonder-working. Its inhabitants consist of 120 Indian families and some Spanish. It is distant one league s, s. e. from its capital.

AIQUILE, a settlement of the province of Mizque in Peru.

AIRICOS, a nation of Indians who inhabit the plains of Cazanare and Meta, of the new kingdom of Granada, to the c. of the mountains of Bogota, on the borders of the river Ele. It is numerous, and feared by all its neighbours, on account of its valour and dexterity in the use of arms.

Airicos, with the dedicatory title of San Francisco Xavier, a settlement which belonged to the Jesuits, and founded in 1662 by father Antonio de Monteverde, and composed of some of those Indians who were thus reduced to the Catholic faith.

AIRIHUANCA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cotabamba in Peru.

AIRS, a small city of the province and colony of New Jersey, in the county of Burlington.

AIUDA, Nuestra Senora be la, a village and settlement of the Portuguese, in the province and captainship of Pernambuco in Brazil, situate upon the sea-coast, and on the shore of the river S. Miguel.

Aiuda, another settlement in the province and captainship of Puerto Seguro, situate upon the coast on the shore of the port.

AIUILA, a river of the province and alcaldia mayor of Soconusco, in the kingdom of Guatemala: It runs into the S. sea between the settlement of Suchitepec and the river Coatlan.

AIUINOS, a nation of Indians of the province and government of Cinaloa in Nueva Espana, converted to the faith by father Francisco Olinano, of the abolished society of the Jesuits, in 1624. They live towards the n. of the above province, and in the times of their heathenism they dwelt in the lofty mountains, in order that they might defend themselves from the other nations with whom they were at war. They are docile, well-inclined, and of good habits.

AIUN, or luMERi, a river of the province and

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viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres. It runs s. and enters the Rio Negro.

AIUNCHA, Pago BE, a settlement of the province and government of Tucuman, in the district and jurisdiction of the city of Santiago del Estero, from whence it is 22 leagues distant. It is situate on the shore of the river Dulce.

AIUTLA, the head settlement of the district of the alcaldia mayor of Villalta in Nueva Espana. It is of a cold temperature, containing 187 Indian families, and a convent of the religious order of S. Domingo ; distant 13 leagues to the e. of its capital.

Aiutla, another settlement in the head settlement of the district and alcaldia mayor of Autlan of the same kingdom, with 23 Indian families, who have large stores of pulse and fruit, so rich and fertile is their country. It is annexed to the curacy of Tenamaztlani, from whence it lies one league s,

AlUA, a small town of the island of St. Domingo, situate in the line which divides the Spanish territory from the French. It was the inhabitants of this town who chiefly contributed to ensure the victory which was gained against the Spaniards in the plain of Puerto Real, by the president Don Francisco de Segura y Sandoval, in 1691.

AIX, Palmar be, a large beach on the coast of Florida, within the channel of Bahama, near the point of Canaveral ; memorable for the shipwreck of 22 vessels, composing the fleet of Nueva Espana, which took place in 1715, being under the command of Don Antonio de Ubila ; memorable also for the loss of two galleons from Tierra Firme, commanded by Don Antonio de Echevers ; the loss of the one and the other amounting to nearly 20 million dollars.

Aix, a river of the same province, which runs into the sea very near the Palmar.

AJOIANI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Carabaya in Peru, annexed to the curacy of Coaza.

[AJOS, a parish situate on the foot of the mountains which separate the rivers Paraguay and Parana, about 24 leagues e. of Asuncion. Lat. 23° 26' 34" s. Long. 56° 30' w.~\

AJOUES, a settlement of Indians of the province and government of Louisiana, in which the French held a garrison and fort for its defence, on the shore of a lake near the Missouri.

A joues, another settlement of the same province and government, situate on the shore of the river Missouri.

AKANCEAS, a nation of savage Indians of N. America, who live at the conflux of the rivers Mississippi, and another abundant stream of its

AIOZINGO, Pueblo de la Alcaldía mayor de Chalco, en Nueva España, situado a orilla de la laguna de México, con un buen Puerto en que embarcan los frutos de muchas Provincias, para el abasto de aquella Capital, cuya navegación es de 8 u 10 horas: tiene un Convento de San Agustín, donde se venera una Imagen hermosísima de nuestra Señora, con fama de muy milagrosa; su vecindario es de 120 familias de Indios, y algunas de Españoles: dista una legua al S SE de su Capital.

AIQUILE, Pueblo de la Provincia de Mizque, en el Perú.

AIRICOS, Nación de Indios que habita en los Llanos de Cazanare y Meta, del Nuevo Reyno de Granada, al Levante de las montañas de Bogotá, en las inmediaciones del río Ele, es numerosa, y temida de todas las demás por su valor y destreza en el manejo de las armas.

Tiene el mismo nombre con la advocación de San Francisco Xavier, un Pueblo de las Misiones que tenian allí los Regulares de la extinguida Compañía, fundado el año de 1662 por el Padre Antonio de Monteverde, con algunos de estos Indios que redujo a la fe católica.

AIRIHUANCA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Cotabamba, en el Perú.

AIRS, Ciudad pequeña de la Provincia y Colonia de Nueva Jersey, en el Condado de Burlington.

AYUDA, Nuestra Señora de la, Aldea y Pueblo de los Portugueses, en la Provincia y Capitanía de Pernambuco, en el Brasil, situada sobre la Costa del mar a orilla del río de S.Miguel.

Otro Pueblo hay con el mismo nombre y advocación en la Provincia y Capitanía de Puerto Seguro, también situado en la Costa a orilla del Puerto.

AIUILA, río de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Soconusco, en el Reyno de Guatemala: sale al mar del Sur, entre el Pueblo de Suchitepec y el río de Coatlán.

AIUINOS, Nación de Indios de la Provincia y Gobierno de Cinaloa, en Nueva España, reducidos a la fe por el Padre Francisco Oliñano de la extinguida Compañía el año de 1604; habitan al N de la referida Provincia, y en tiempo de su gentilidad en los cerros mas altos, para defenderse de las demás naciones, con quienes tenían Guerra; son dóciles y bien inclinados y de buenas costumbres.

AIUN, río de la Provincia y Virreynato de Buenos Ayres, corre al S y entra en el río Negro.

AIUNCHA, Pago de, Pueblo de la Provincia y Gobierno del Tucuman, en el distrito y jurisdicción de la Ciudad de Santiago del Estero, de donde dista 11 leguas; está situado a orilla del río Dulce.

AIUTLA, Pueblo y Cabecera de Partido de la Alcaldía mayor de Villalta, en Nueva España; es de temperamento frío, tiene 187 familias de Indios y un Convento de Religiosos de Sto. Domingo; dista 13 leguas al Oriente de su Capital.

Otro Pueblo hay del mismo nombre en la Cabecera de Partido de la Alcaldía mayor de Autlán, del propio Reyno, con 23 familias de Indios, que cogen muchas legumbres y frutas, por ser el País muy fértil; es anexo al Curato de Tenamaztláni, de donde dista legua y media al S.

AIUA, Villa pequeña de la Isla de Santo Domingo, situada en la línea que divide el territorio Español del de los Franceses, cuyos vecinos fueron los que mas contribuyeron a la victoria que ganó contra aquellos en el llano de Puerto Real, el Presidente D. Francisco de Segura y Sandoval el año de 1691.

AIX, Palmar de, Playón de la Costa de la Florida, dentro del Canal de Bahama, cerca de la Punta de Cañaveral, memorable por haber naufragado en el año de 1715, navios de la flota de Nueva España, al mando de Don Antonio de Ubila, y de los Galeones de Tierra Firme al de Don Antonio de Echevers, interesados unos y otros en cerca de 20 millones de pesos.

Tiene el mismo nombre, un río de la misma Provincia, que sale al mar muy cerca del Palmar.

AJOIANI, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Carabaya, en el Perú, anexo al curato de Coaza.

AJOUES, Pueblo de Indios de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Luisiana, en que tenían los Franceses su establecimiento y fuerte para su defensa a orilla de un lago, cerca del de Missouri.

Tiene el mismo nombre, otro Pueblo de la propia Provincia y Gobierno, situado a orilla del río Missouri,

AKANCEAS, Nación de Indios Salvages de América Septentrional, que habita en el confluente del río Missisipi, y de otro muy caudaloso de su mismo nombre. La religión de estos Idólatras es muy singular, pues reconocen una sola Deidad, que creen se les manifiesta baxo la figura de algún animal que pace en sus campos, y quando muere substituyen otro después de haber hecho las mayores demostraciones de sentimiento por el difunto.

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shore of the Rio Grande Colorado, (large coloured river), or of the North.

ALCO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Chumbivilcas in Peru, annexed to the curacy of Libitaca.

ALCOHOLADES, a nation of Indians of the province of Venezuela. They are of a docile and affable disposition, and live upon the borders of the lake Maracaibo. Their numbers are much diminished, from the treatment they received from the German Weltzers, who, through a covetousness to possess the gold of these people, killed the greater part of them.

ALCOZAUCA, a settlement of the alcaldia mayor of Tlapa in Nueva Espana. It contains 104 families of Spaniards, Mulattoes, and Mustees; not a single Indian dwells in it. It is of a mild temperature, and in its district were the once celebrated mines of Cayro, which were crushed in and destroyed, having been almost unparalleled for the quantity of silver that they produced. Eight leagues from its capital.

ALDAS, a small settlement or ward of the head settlement of the district of Santa Ana, and alcaldia mayor of Zultepec, in Nueva Espana.

ALDEA, DEL Espiritu Santo, a settlement of the province and captainship of Tondos Santos in Brazil, situate on the coast, at the mouth of the river Joana.

Aldea, del Espiritu Santo, another settlement of the province and captainship of Seregipe, in the same kingdom (Brazil), situate on the shore, and at the entrance of the river Real.

[ALDEN, Fort, in Cherry Valley, in the state of New York.]

ALU WORT, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district and parish of Santiago, on the coast.

ALEBASTER, or Eleuthera, an island of the channel of Bahama. See Alabaster.

ALEGRE, a settlement of the province and captainship of S. Vincente in Brasil, situate s. of the settlement of Alto.

[ALEMPIGON, a small lake northward of lake Superior.]

ALEXANDRIA, a city of Virginia, [formerly called Belhaven, and situated on the southern bank of the Patowmac river, in Fairfax county, about five miles s. w. from the Federal city, 60 L from Baltimore, 60 n, from Fredericksburgh, 168 n. of Williamsburgh, and 290 from the. sea; 38° 54' n. lat. and 77° 10' w. long. Its situation is elevated and pleasant. The soil is clayey. The original settlers, anticipating its future growth and importance, laid out the streets

on the plan of Philadelphia. It contains about 400 houses, many of which are handsomely built, and 2748 inhabitants. This city, upon opening the navigation of Patowmac river, and in consequence of its vicinity to the future seat of the federal government, bids fair to be one of the most thriving commercial places on the continent. Nine miles from hence is Mount Vernon, the celebrated seat of the late General Washington.]

[Alexandria, a township in Grafton county. New Hampshire, containing 298 inhabitants, incorporoted in 1782.]

[Alexandria, a township in Hunterdon county. New Jersey, containing 1503 inhabitants, inclusive of 40 slaves.]

[Alexandria, a small town in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, on the Frankstown branch of Janiatta river, 192 miles n. w. of Philadelphia.]

ALEXO, S. an island of the N. sea, near the coast of Brazil, in the province and captainship of Pernambuco, between the river Formoso and Cape S. Agustin.

ALFARO, S. Miguel de, a settlement of the province and government of the Chiquitos Indians; situate on the shore of the river Ubay. It has a good port, from whence it is also known by the name of Port of the Chiquitos. It is, however, at present destroyed, and the ruins alone remain.

ALFAXAIUCA, a settlement of the alcaldia mayor of Kilotepec in Nueva Espana. It contains 171 Indian families, and is seven leagues e. n. e. of its capital.

ALFEREZ, Valley of the, in the province and correscimienlo of Bogota in the new kingdom of Granada.

Alfeuez, a river of the province and captainship Rey in Brazil; it runs w. and enters the lake of Mini.

[ALFORD, a township in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, containing 577 inhabitants ; 145 miles w. from Boston.]

[ALFORDSTOWN, a small town in Moor county, North Carolina.]

ALfjrARROBO, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquia in the new kingdom of Granada ; situate on the bank of an arm of the river Perico, in an island which it forms in th« serranias of Guamoca.

ALGODON, Island of the, one of those which are in the N. sea, between the s. point of the Cayco Grande and the Panuelo Quadrado.

Algodon, a settlement of the same name. See Biezmet.

ALGODONALES, a .settlement of the province

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