TAGUIIS, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España. It is of a hot temperature, and contains 30 familes of Indians.

[TAHOORA, or TAHOOROWA, one of the smallest of the Sandwich Islands, three leagues from the s. w. part of Mowee. Lat. 20° 38′ n. long. 156° 33' w.]

TAHUENHUATO, SAN PEDRO DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of La Piedad in Nueva España. It contains 16 families of Indians, Spaniards, and Mustees, and 110 of Indians. It is surrounded by nine ranchos, at a small distance from each other, in which dwell 215 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, who trade in the grain which they cultivate. Ten leagues w. of its capital.

TAIGUEN, a river of the kingdom of Chile, which runs n. n. w. and then s. s. w. forming a curve, and enters the Quinu.

TAIJAS, a settlement of the province and government of Tejas in N. America; on the

shore of the river of La Trinidad.

TAILOR, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes, in the district of the parish of San Juan. TAIMATI, a river of the province and government of Darien and kingdom of Tierra Firme. It rises in the mountains of the s. coast, and disembogues itself into the sea at the Gulf of San Miguel, opposite the Point of Garachiné.

TAIMATI, another river in this province and kingdom. It rises in the mountains of the n. coast, runs s. w. and enters the Chucunaqui.

TAIMATI, another, in the province and government of Chocó and Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It rises in the n. part, near the mountain of Aguila, and enters the sea in the Gulf of Tucumari, or Darien.

TÁIME, a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits in the Llanos of Casanare and Meta, of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, and being now under the charge of the religious of St. Domingo.

TAIMES, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tlapujagua in Nueva España. It contains 720 families of Indians, including those of the wards of its vicinity, and a chapel of ease. Very near to it are some rocks, having two mouths, out of which issue two streams, the one of cold, the other of hot water the same becoming mingled, are of a moderate warmth, and noted for the cure of many infirmities. Sixteen leagues w. n. w. of its capital.

TAIRICHI, a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits, in the province of Taraumara and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya. Twenty-eight leagues s. w. of the town and real of mines of San Felipe de Chiguagua.

TAJACOA, a settlement of the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil; on the shore and at the source of the river Tabagi.

TAJAI, a river of the province and captainship of Rey in Brazil; which runs s. s. e. and enters the Tajaymeri just before this runs into the sea.

TAJAI, a large bay on the coast of the same province and kingdom as the former river, between two other bays; called of Combervi and of Tapicu.

TAJAI-MERI, a river of the same province and kingdom as the former; which runs e. and enters the sea in the bay of its name.

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TAJARA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Omasuyos in Peru; annexed to curacy of the settlement of Achacache. TAJIPURU, an abundant arm of the river Marañon, in the province and country of Las Amazonas and territory of the Portuguese. It becomes divided just before it enters the sea, and forming an half circle, to make another mouth, forms the large island of Marayo, or Joanes.

TAL, a river of the province and alcaldía mayor of Tecoantepec in Nueva España. It runs e. and enters the sea opposite the settlement of its capital.

TALA, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of the kingdom of Nueva Galicia and bishopric of Mechoacán in N. America: bounded s. e. by the capital of Guadalaxara, from which it is 10 leagues distant. It is of limited extent, but abounding in grain, fruit, and pulse, and is of a mild temperature. It has only four settlements, since, although it is well peopled for the size of its district, with Spaniards, Mustees, Mulattoes, and Mexican Indians, the greater part of the inhabitants dwell in the country estates, which are very luxuriant, and called Quesillos, San Nicolas, and Cabezon. Besides these estates are several others upon the banks of a river which passes through the jurisdiction, and makes its way towards the town of La Purificacion. The capital is the settlement of the same name, [22 miles s. s. w. of Guadalaxara,] and the others are Theutichan, Aguilusio, and Ameca.

TALA, another settlement, of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru, and of the jurisdiction of the city of Salta; on the shore of the river of Pasage.

TALA, a river of the same province and government as the former settlement, which runs s. s. e: and enters the Salado.

TALACUN, a settlement of the head settle ment of the district of Tamazunchale and alcaldía mayor of Valles in Nueva España; on the shore of a river which rises from the large river called Verde. It is of a hot and dry temperature, produces maize in abundance, this being the article of its commerce. It contains 25 families of Spaniards and Mustees, and 10 of Pames Indians; and is 20 leagues w. of its head settlement.

[TALAHASOCHTE, a considerable town of the Seminole Indians in Florida, situate on the elevated e. banks of the little river St. John, near the Bay of Apalache, in the Gulf of Mexico, about 75 miles from the Alachua savanna. Here are near 30 habitations, constructed of frame work, and covered with the bark of the cypress tree, after the mode of the Cuscowilla, and a spacious and neat council-house.

These Indians have large handsome canoes, which they form out of the trunks of cypress trees; some capacious enough to hold 20 or 30 warriors. In these they descend the river on trading and hunting expeditions on the sea-coast, islands, and keys, quite to the Point of Florida; and sometimes across the gulf, and go to the Bahama Islands, and even to Cuba, and bring returns of spirituous liquors, coffee, sugar, and tobacco.]

TALAGA, a settlement of the province and government of Popayán in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada.

TALAHIGUA, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada and of the district of Mompox: on the shore of the river Magdalena, at the point formed at the entrance of the Cauca.

TALALPA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Amaqueca and alcaldía mayor of Zayula in Nueva España. It contains 80 families of Indians, who, in the estates of its district, cultivate, in abundance, wheat, maize, and French beans, with which they trade; as also by cutting wood, with which their mountains are covered. Six leagues w. of its head settlement.

TALAMANCAS, RIO DE Los, a river on the coast of the province and government of Costarica and kingdom of Guatemala. It runs into the N. Sea, between the rivers Bocaces and San Antonio.

TALANJAS, a settlement of the head settlement of Aquismos and alcaldía mayor of Valles

Nueva España. It is of a hot and moist temperature, produces maize, French beans, and sugarcanes, of which it makes loaf-sugar, its article of trade; contains 160 families of Guastecos Indians, and is four leagues e. of its head settlement, and 14 from the capital.

[TALAPOOSEE, or TALLAPOOSEE, the great n. e. branch of the Alabama, or Mobile River, in Florida. It rises in the high lands near the Cherokees, and runs through the high country of the Oakfuskee tribes, in a w. direction, and is full of rocks, falls, and shoals, until it reaches the Tuckabatches, where it becomes deep and quiet; from thence the course is very serpentine to Little Tallasie, where it unites with the Coosa, or Coosa Hatcha. At Coolsome, near Otasse, a Muscogulge town, this river is 300 yards broad, and about 15 or 20 feet deep. The water is clear and salubrious. In most maps, the lower part of this river is called Oakfuskie.]

TALASSEE, or TALLASSE, a county, consisting of a tract of land bounded by E. Florida on the s. from which the head water of St. Mary's River partly separates it; n. by Alatamaha River, e. by Glynn and Camden counties, and w. by a line which extends from the w. part of Ekanfanoka Swamp, in a n. e. direction, till it strikes the Alatamaha River, at the mouth of the Oakmulgee. It is said that the State of Georgia had extinguished the Indian claim to this tract of land, but it has been given up to the Indians as the price of peace; for which that State makes a claim for £50,000, with interest, since the treaty, upon the United States.]

[TALASSEE, a town of the Upper Creeks, in the Georgia w. territory, on the s. side of Talapoose River, distant about three days journey from Apalachicola on Chata Uche River. It is also called Big Talassee.]

TALAVERA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Andahuailas in Peru.

TALAVERA, another settlement, with the addition of Puna, in the province and corregimiento of Porco in the same kingdom, and in the archbishopric of Charcas, which is the capital and residence of the corregidor.

TALAVERA, a city of the province and government of Tucumán. See ESTECO.

[TALBERT'S Island, on the coast of Georgia, the n. point of which is in lat. about 30° 44' n. where St. Mary's River empties into the ocean between this island and Amelia Island on the n.]

[TALBOT, an island on the coast of E. Florida. The sands at the entrance of Nassau lie

three miles off the s. e. point of Amelia Island, and from the n. e. point of Talbot Island.]

[TALBOT, a county of Maryland, on the e. shore of Chesapeak Bay, bounded e. by Choptank River, which divides it from Caroline County, and s. by the same river, which separates it from Dorchester. It contains 13,084 inhabitants, of which 4777 are slaves. The soil is rich and fertile.]

TALCA, a town and capital of the province and corregimiento of Maule in the kingdom of Chile: founded in 1742 by the Count de Superunda, who was then president. It has, besides the parish church, two chapels of ease in its district, and in the town two convents, the one of the Recoletans of S. Francisco, the other of La Merced; also a college, which belonged to the Jesuits. It is situate on the shore of the river Maule, and in its vicinity, to the e. on this river, is a fortress, which was built by the Spaniards, to restrain the incursions of the Infidel Indians.

[To the n. e. of this place there is a small hill, consisting almost entirely of amethysts, and in its vicinity is also another hill, which furnishes a species of cement-sand, known by the name of talca-sand. It is 193 miles n. n. e. of Conception, and 105 s. of Santiago, in lat. 35° 13' s. and long. 71° 1' w.]

TALCAGUANO, a port of the coast of the kingdom of Chile, within the bay of La Concepcion. It is much frequented by small vessels, as well for its good bottom, as for its being completely sheltered from the n. winds; and, although the disembarkation be, during the prevalence of those winds, somewhat difficult, through the breakers, it is attended with no danger. Two leagues from the city of La Concepcion; and on its shore are some houses.

TALCAPULI, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Caxamarquilla in Peru.

TALEA, a principal and head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España. It is of a hot temperature, contains 112 families of Indians, and is six leagues from its capital.

TALE-HOUMA, a river of the province and government of Louisiana in N. America; which runs s. and enters the Soulahue.

TALINA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Chichas and Tarija in Peru, belonging to the district of the former.

TALISCOYAN, a settlement of the jurisdiction and government of Vera Cruz in Nueva España. It is of a hot and dry temperature, and its trade consists in robalos (a sort of trout) which are caught by the inhabitants in the river Taco

TALISTAC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Tasco in Nueva Espana, annexed to the curacy of its capital, from whence it is five leagues to the n.w. containing 88 Indian families.

TALISTAC, another, with the dedicatory title of San Miguel, in the alcaldía mayor of Antequera, of the same kingdom. It is of a hot and dry temperature, contains 430 families of Indians, employed in the cultivatton of cochineal, and in the manufacture of cotton stuffs, of which its commerce consists; and is two leagues e. of the capital.

TALISTIPAN, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Haltenango and alcaldía mayor of Colotlán in Nueva España: three leagues s. of its head settlement.

TALKA, a small island of the straits of Magellan to the e. near the island of Talkamme : names which Mr. La Martiniere pretends were given by the natives; but which are not to be found in any maps.

[TALLOW Point, a mark for anchoring in the harbour of Port Royal, on the s. coast of the island of Jamaica.]

TALMACAHUIDA, a fortress of the kingdom of Chile; situate on the further side of the river Biobio, and on the frontier of the Araucanos Indians, who burnt and destroyed it.

TALNALIC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Zochicoatlan in Nueva España. It is of a hot and moist temperature, two leagues n. of its capital, and containing 50 families of Indians.

[TALOO Harbour, on the n. side of the island of Eimeo, in the S. Pacific Ocean. Lat. 17° 30′s. long. 150° w.]

TALPA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Ostotipac in Nueva España.

TALPICON, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Santa in Peru; at the foot of the cordillera.

TALPUJAGUA, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Valladolid, in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán and kingdom of Nueva España.

TAMA, a small river of the province and captainship of Pará in Brazil; which runs n. n. w. and enters the mouth of the arm of the river of Las Amazonas, which forms the island of Marayo.

TAMAHU, a settlement of the province and alcaldía mayor of Vera Paz in the kingdom of Guatemala.

TAMALAMEQUE, a town of the province and government of Santa Marta in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; called formerly S. Bartolomé de las Palmas founded in 1554 by Captain Lorenzo Martin on the shore of the grand river Magdalena, and in the same spot where the settlement of Barbudo had been founded in 1539 by Gonzalo Ximenez de Quesada; this name applying to the beards worn by the caziques, a very rare custom amongst the Indians. After this a Spanish colony established themselves here under Captain Luis de Manjarres, and lastly it was brought to a state of perfection, and made a regular town by Bartolomé Dávila in 1561. It is of an extremely hot temperature, but the territory is lofty and abounding in good pastures. At the present day it has fallen into such decay, as to be nothing more than a miserable settlement: [158 miles s. from Santa Marta, and 68 s. from Tenerife; in lat. 8° 40′ n. long. 74° 14' w.]

TAMALINTO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tantina and alcaldía mayor of Tampico in Nueva España. It is of an hot temperature, and contains 62 families of Indians; and is one league n. of its head settle

ment.

TAMANA, a settlement of the province and government of Antioquéa in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; on the shore of the river Ingara, where this unites with the Talama.

TAMANAES, a barbarous nation of Indians of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, who live in the woods of the grand river Magdalena, on the e. part. They are very warlike, cunning, and treacherous.

TAMAPACHE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tamazunchale and alcaldía mayor of Valles in Nueva España; situate in the roughest part of the sierra. It contains 120 families of Pames and Guastecos Indians, who live as barbarians; is of a cold and moist temperature, produces some seeds, and is 16 leagues from its head settlement.

[TAMAR, Cape, is the n. w. point of a large bay and harbour on the n. shore of the Straits of Magellan, within the cape. The s. e. point of the bay is named Providence. Lat. 52° 51's. long. 74° 10' w.]

TAMARA, a settlement of the province and government of San Juan de los Llanos in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada. It is of a fresh, delightful, and healthy temperature, and the com

mon residence of the governors; very fertile and abounding in vegetable productions, particularly cotton, in which its greatest commerce consists, as it makes very fine woven stuffs, which are esteemed in all parts as the best in the kingdom; as also flags and quilts of white and blue thread, excellently wrought; very fine towels, called here de manta, and used by people of distinction. Its natives consist of more than 400 Indians, who are either employed in the cotton manufactories, or in the cultivation of cotton, tobacco, and sugar-canes, of which they make sugar. Here are abundance of palms, which yield very exquisite dates. It is at the foot of the mountains of Bogotá, at the entrance of the llanos, [seven miles w. of the town of Pore, and about 126 n. e. of Santa Fé.]

TAMARA, another settlement, in the province and corregimiento of Yauyos in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Omas.

TAMARACA, a province and captainship of the kingdom of Brazil: bounded n. by the province of Paraiba, and s. by that of Olinda; e. by the sea; and w. by the country of the Tapuyes Indians. It is only seven leagues in extent along the coast, but 30 to 40 in the interior of the country. It takes its name from an island, which it has opposite to it near the continent; and it forms the principal part of this government. It is very fertile, and abounds in Brazil-wood, cotton, sugar, cedars, cocos, and many kinds of wood, of the which it maintains a lucrative commerce; this being facilitated by a very good port which is in the island, and which is entered by a narrow channel.

This port is commanded by a fortress which is upon an eminence, and it was taken by the Dutch, who built another fortress at its entrance with the name of Orange; the same being inac cessible for the swamps with which it was surrounded; whilst vessels seeking to enter the port were exposed to the whole fire from this fort.

The other mouth of the channel, called Catevamah, has scarcely 10 feet of water, and is fit only for flat-bottomed vessels. The island is about three leagues long, one wide, and seven or eight in circumference.

This captainship and government was founded by Pedro Lopez de Sousa, who having obtained from the king, Juan III. a grant of 50 leagues of territory as a reward for his services; took seven leagues only of the coast, and the rest from the interior to the s. This property passed by the female line to the house of the Marquises of

Cascaes. It was at first possessed by the infidel Pitiguares Indians, but who were conquered and subjected. The French took possession of this province, and kept it till 1635. It is watered by a river of the same name, and on the shores of which are 22 sugar-engines; and it pays annually to government 30,000 Portuguese ducats. Its population consists of the city of Goayana and the settlements of Tejucupapo, Tacoara, Capibaribi, and Nuestra Señora del Destierro, besides the capital, which is situate in the island, and bears the same name, with the dedicatory title of Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion.

The capital is on the top of a mountain, has a magnificent parish church, and two regular garrison companies for its defence. The whole of the territory in its vicinity is covered with cultivated estates, sugar engines, and beautiful country houses, forming a region most pleasant and delightful, and one at the same time abounding in all the necessaries and conveniences of life. The population should amount to 200 housekeepers, [and that of the whole province may amount to about 2000. The capital is 14 miles n. from Olinda, and 64 s. of Paraiba, in lat. 7° 59′ 50′′ s. and long. 35° 6' w.]

TAMARO, a small river of the province and government of Maracaibo in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada: it rises near the sea-coast, runs s. and empties itself in the great lake of Maracaibo. TAMAROAS, or TAMAROS, a large island of the province and government of Florida in N. America. On the continent is a nation of Indians of the same name.

TAMAULIPA, SAN CARLOS DE, a town of the province and government of Sierra Gorda, on the coast of the Bay of Mexico and kingdom of Nueva España: founded in 1763, by order of the Viceroy, the Marquis of Cruillas. It has not prospered as was expected, its population being still very scanty, and most of its houses being nothing but straw huts.

TAMAYO, a river of the province and government of Venezuela in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada: it rises on the side of the Lake of Maracaibo, runs nearly due e. and enters the Tucuyo.

TAMAZULA, a settlement of the head settlement and alcaldía mayor of Zapotlán in Nueva España; situate e. n. e. of the head settlement of Tuspán.

TAMAZULA, another settlement, of the missions which were held by the Jesuits in the province of Topia and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya; in the middle of the sierra of that name, and on the shore of the river Piastla.

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TAMAZULA, another, with the dedicatory title of San Juan, in the alcaldía mayor of Nochistlán, and of the kingdom of Nueva España. It contains 78 families of Indians, and is two leagues e. of its capital.

TAMAZULAPA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Aytla and alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España: it contains 150 families of Indians, and is 12 leagues from its capital.

TAMAZULAPA, another settlement, the head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tepozcolula in the same kingdom. It contains a convent of the religious of St. Domingo, and 270 families of Indians employed in agriculture and breeding goats, of which there are immense numbers, the pastures being particularly favourable to that species of cattle: three leagues n. e、 of its capital.

TAMAZUNCHALE, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Nueva España; situate near the river of Desaguadero, in which are caught quantities of fish, It produces maize, French-beans, and sugarcanes, in abundance. It contains a very good parish-church, 358 families of Indians, and 36 of Spaniards: 30 leagues from its capital.

TAMBAPALLĂ, a valley of the province and corregimiento of Arica; near the sea-coast.

TAMBILLO, a settlement of the district of Guadalabquen, of the kingdom of Chile; on the shore of a small river of the same name, which runs s. and enters the Valdivia.

TAMBILLO, another settlement, in the pro vince and government of Esmeraldas and kingdom of Quito.

TAMBILLO, another, of the province and corregimiento of Castro Virreyna in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Huaitara.

TAMBILLO, another, of the province and corregimiento of Huanta in the same kingdom.

TAMBO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Coquimbo in the kingdom of Chile; near the source of the river Choapa.

TAMBO, another settlement in the province and corregimiento of Moquehua in the same kingdom.

TAMBO, another, of the province and government of Atacames in the kingdom of Quito; on the shore of a small river which enters the Guallabamba.

TAMBO, another, of the province and government of Popayán in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; called also Alto del Rey: w. of its capital, and situate at the source of a river.

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