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tlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Metepec in Nueva España. It contains 420 families of Indians.

TEPEQUE, a settlement of the province and alcaldía mayor of Chiapa in the kingdom of Guatemala.

TEPESTLAHUACA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tututepec, and alcaldia mayor of Xicayan in Nueva España. It contains 60 families of Indians, and is 14 leagues from its capital.

TEPETATES, a settlement and real of silvermines, of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España.

TEPETISLAN, S. ANDRES DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district, and alcaldía mayor of Zultepec in the same kingdom. It contains 39 families of Indians, and, in its vicinity, a ward called Santiago, with 12 other families, whose trade is in the cultivation of grain and other productions. Half a league s. e. of its capital. TEPETISQUI, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tlazintla, and alcaldía mayor of Ixmiquilpan in Nueva España.

TEPETITLAN, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Chiantla, and alcaldía mayor of Tezcoco in Nueva España. Of a mild temperature, abounding in maize and other seeds; containing 164 families of Indians, and 12 of Spaniards.

TEPETITLAN, another settlement, in the alcaldía mayor of Tula of the same kingdom; annexed to the curacy of its capital, from whence it lies three leagues to n. It contains 69 families of Indians.

TEPETLACINCO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district, and alcaldía mayor of Tlapa in Nueva España. It contains 24 families of Indians, and is a little more than two leagues n. e. of its capital.

TEPETLACINCO, another, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Acatlán in the same kingdom. It contains 470 families of Indians.

TEPETLAN, S. ANTONIO DE, a small settlement of the head settlement of the district of Naulingo, and alcaldía mayor of Xalapa, in Nueva España, in the midst of various sierras; of a hot and sickly temperature, and peopled by Indians who had forsaken the old settlement of S. Lorenzo, two leagues off; the greater part of the inhabitants of the same having perished by an epidemy. Two leagues n. e. of its head settlement.

TEPETLASTOC, SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA DE, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tezcoco; situate in a narrow vale between two lofty mountains, with a good convent of Franciscans, and having the wards of its district inhabited by 785 families of Indians, and 89 of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, who, for the greater part, are employed as agriculturists in the estates, sowing wheat, maize, and other seeds. Four miles n. e. of Tezcuco.

TEPETLATA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Xocotla, and alcaldía mayor of Tlapa in Nueva España. It contains 104 families of Indians, and is five leagues n. n. e. of its head settlement.

TEPETLATALCO, S.GERONIMO DE, a small settlement of the alcaldía mayor Tacuba in Nueva España.

TEPETLATONGA, a small settlement or ward of the head settlement of Mixtépec, and alcaldía mayor of Juxtlahuaca in Nueva España.

TEPETLAXCO, S. CHRISTOVAL DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of S. Martin de Texmelucán, and alcaldía mayor of Guejocinco in Nueva España. It contains 44 families of Indians, and is n. of its capital.

TEPETOTUTLA, a principal and head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Teutila in Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, inhabited by 100 Indian families, who cultivate maize, of which they gather abundant crops. Twelve leagues n. of its capital.

TEPETUXPAN, S. ESTEVAN DE, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Chalco in Nueva España; situate five leagues s. of the same, and containing 120 Indian families.

TEPEUZILA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Papalotipac, and alcaldía mayor of Cuicatlán in the same kingdom; of a cold and moist temperature, and containing 106 families of Indians, who trade in saltpetre, cochineal, and cotton, of which they make good woven articles. Five leagues s. of its capital.

TEPEXCO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district, and alcaldía mayor of Zacatlán in Nueva España. Four leagues from its capital.

TEPEXI, or TEPEXE, DE LA SEDA, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Nueva España. It has this name from the quantity of silk which was formerly made in its district; but at present nothing but the reputation of its wealth in this ar

ticle remains; not that this falling off can be traced to any other source than that of the indolence of the natives, the territory being in itself rich and fertile. Its jurisdiction is reduced to nearly the capital and to some few small surrounding settle

ments.

It has several rivers, by which it is irrigated, produces a good quantity of seeds, and has fine breeds of large and small cattle, of the which, with its cotton manufactures, it carries on a tolerable trade. The want of regular settlements is compensated by the number of its country estates, and in the sierras there are sufficient indications of mines, although none have been worked, and no diligence has been used in searching for them.

TEPEXI, the capital, is the settlement of the same name; of a hot and moist temperature. It contains a convent of Franciscans, and is inhabited by 100 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and by 1570 of Mexican Indians, in which are included the wards with which it is surrounded. It is very fertile in flowers, fruits, and garden herbs, for the culture of which they profit by the irrigation of the rivers. [Ninetyone miles s. e. of Mexico, in lat. 18° 21' n. and long. 97° 59' w.]

TEPEXI, another, with the addition of Del Rio, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Zula in the same kingdom; annexed to the curacy of its capital, from whence it is 24 leagues to s. s. w. It contains 164 families of Indians.

TEPEXIC, SANTA MARIA DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Ixmiquilpan in Nueva España; eight leagues n. of its capital.

TEPEXILLO, a settlement of the head settle ment of the district, and alcaldía mayor of Juxtlahuaca in Nueva España. It contains 48 families of Indians.

TEPEXOXUMA, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Izuca in Nueva España. It contains 296 families of Indians, including those of the settlements in its vicinity, and 173 of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes. Its temperature is the most benign of the whole jurisdiction, and the soil fertile in many productions, both in the cultivated estates and sugarengines which it possesses. Three leagues n.n.e. of its capital.

TEPEXOYUCA, ASUNCION DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Metepec in Nueva España. It contains 192 families of Indians, and is three leagues s. w. of its capital.

TEPEXPAN, SANTA MARIA DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Teotihuacan in Nueva España. It contains a convent of Augustins and 261 families of Indians, including those of four wards. Three leagues w. of its capital.

TEPEZIMATLAN, a head settlement of the district, and alcaldía mayor of Chichicapa in the province and bishopric of Oaxaca. It is of a mild temperature, produces cochineal and seeds, in the cultivation of which its natives, consisting of 34 families of Indians, are employed; and is six leagues s. w. of its capital.

TEPEZITLA, a small settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Guauchinango in Nueva España; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Thampacachi. It contains 122 families of Indians, who trade in chile, common wax, pita, fish, and neat cattle. East of its head settlement.

TEPEZOZOLCO, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Chalco, in the same kingdom as the former, and five leagues s. of the same. It contains 120 Indian families.

TEPIC, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Nueva España, in the kingdom of Nueva Galicia and bishopric of Guadalaxara. It enjoys various temperatures, produces much maize, cotton, and other seeds, which are cultivated in the ranchos and estates, and its district extends as far as the coast of the S. Sea, in which is the port of Matanchel.

TEPIC, the capital, is the settlement of its name; of a cold temperature, it being situate on the top of a mountain, inhabited by 95 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and 65 of Mexican Indians. It has a good convent of Franciscans, and is 97 miles w. with a slight inclination to the n. of the capital Guadalaxara, and 344 n. w. from Mexico, in lat. 21° 36′ n. long. 104° 45′ w.

The other settlements are,
Xalisco,
Xaltocán,

Mecatlan,

Guainamota,

Guaristemba,

Tepehuacán, San Andres, Simochiqui,

Zapotlán, Mazatlán.

TEPICHITAN, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tlaltenango, and alcaldia mayor of Colotlan in Nueva España. Four leagues s. of its head settlement.

TEPIQUE, an abundant river of Nueva España, in the jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Compostela, and kingdom of Nueva Galicia. It rises near the settlement of Santiago de Calimaya, 14 leagues from Mexico. It runs more

than 200 leagues from e. to w. making different curves, until it unites itself with the Guadalaxara, and disembogues itself into the S. Sea, six leagues n. w. of the Port of Matanchel, just after that of the Guadalaxara. [Its course, however, is but little ascertained, and the name is at present very little known. It is supposed to be a branch of what is now called the river Grande Santiago.]

TEPIKU, a settlement of the province and goverment of Tucumán in Peru, of the jurisdiction of Santiago del Estero, on the shore of the river Dolce.

TEPITONGO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Totontepec, and alcaldía mayor of Villalta in Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, contains 54 families of Indians, and is a little more than seven leagues e. of its capital.

TEPOCAS, a settlement of the province and government of Sonora in Nueva España, in the Gulf of California, and near the swamp of Los Ceres.

TEPOLULA, S. JUAN TENANGO DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Chalco in Nueva España, two leagues s. e. of its capital. It contains 178 families of Indians, besides a great population of Mustees and Mulattoes, and a good convent of Dominicans.

TEPONASTLA, S. JUAN DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Papalotipac, and alcaldía mayor of Cuicatlan in Nueva España. It is of a mild temperature, contains 56 families of Indians, employed in the trade of saltpetre, cochineal, and cotton, of which they make various woven stuffs, and is five leagues e. of its head settlement.

TEPOTE, a river of the province and government of Paraguay, which runs w. and enters the river of this name, between that of Corrientes and the settlement of Pan de Azucar.

TEPOTLAN, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tequepespa in Nueva España. It contains 25 families of Indians, who employ themselves in agriculture, and with the fruits of the same carrying on a trade.

TEPOXTLAN, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Cuernavaco in Nueva España. It is one of the most populous of its jurisdiction, containing in it and in six wards annexed to it, 963 families of Indians. It has a good convent of Dominicans, produces much maize, French beans, and wood, by the cutting of which it carries on a great commerce,

as well as by the sale of fruit gathered from 14,000 trees. Three leagues n. of its capital.

TEPOXTLAN, another settlement, of the head settlement of the district of Atengo, and alcaldía mayor of Chilapa in the same kingdom. Three leagues e. of its head settlement.

TEPOZCOLULA, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Nueva España, one of those of the first class, and of the greatest estimation both as to its quality and extent; since it comprehends that of Yanguitlan, and as there are, in both, 32 settlements, which are head settlements of the district. It is generally of a cold temperature, very fertile in cochineal, maize, and other seeds, as well as in cotton, of which they make very good woven stuffs; as also excellent chamois, from the stags which they hunt on the mountains.

In the same mountains are found eagles with two heads and of great size, as was that which was presented to the viceroy of that kingdom, the Marquis de Valero, who sent it to the king.

TEPOZCOLULA, the capital, is of the same name, of a cold temperature, contains a convent of Dominicans, and 160 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and 717 of Mistecos Indians, who cultivate cochineal, manufacture cotton stuffs and chamois. [One hundred and fifty miles s. s. e. of Mexico, in lat. 17° 16′ 30′′ n. long. 79° 51'w.

The other settlements are,
Xattepetón,
Apuala,

Santiago Fexupa,
S. Miguel Guatla,
Concepcion de Atoya-

que,
S. Juan,
Santo Tomas de Oco-
tepéc,

S. Andres Chicahu-
axtla,
Santa Maria Tlaltepec,
Tlaxiaco,

Santa Maria Cuiquila,
Santa Maria Yolote-

pec,

Natividad de Chacal-
tongo,
Asuncion Tecaltitlan,
S. Juan Copala,
S. Andres de los Reyes,
Santa Cruz Yunduza,
Monte Leon,
Chilapa,

S. Miguel A chiautla, S. Bartolomé Malinaltepec,

S. Miguel Tulanzinco, S.Francisco Petlastla- S. Mateo del Peñasco,

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name and a stream which, at a small distance, runs to enter the Lake of Zumpango. It has a very good bridge opposite the deposit of waters. One league n. w. of its capital.

TEPOZOZUCA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Zoquizinco, and alcaldía mayor of Marinalco in Nueva España. It is very close to its head settlement, and five leagues n. of the capital.

TEPQUIS, a barbarous nation of Indians of Peru, who dwell to the n. of the city of Guanuco. They are very rational, observe monogamy, and respect the laws of hospitality; and have a settlement of their name, with the dedicatory title of La Santisima Trinidad, which was first founded in 1732.

TEPUNAHUASCO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Cuquio in Nueva España. One league s. of its head settlement.

[TEQUAJO, or TIQUAS, a province of Mexico; according to some Spanish travellers, being about lat. 37°, where they found 16 villages.]

TEQUALA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Acaponeta in Nueva España. Three leagues s. w. of its capital.

TEQUALTICHI, or TECOALTICHE, a district and alcaldía mayor of the kingdom of Nueva Galicia, of a very limited jurisdiction, the same comprehending only the territory lying between the river Verde, which comes from the district of Aguas Calientes, and the river Aljojuca: this, as well as the other, running from n. to s. and being three leagues distant from each other: the same distance forms the width of the territory, which has only three settlements, inhabited by many Spaniards, Indians, and Mulattoes, although there are some living in the estates of Aljojuca and Guadalupe; situate in the bay formed by the rivers Chico and Aljojuca, and where they gather abundant crops of wheat, maize, and other seeds.

It has silver mines, in which is found an abundance of tin in very soft and polished stones, with shades and tints approaching to black, in globular, oval, and triangular figures, and of so solid and smooth a contexture, that they supply the place of smoothing iron.

TEQUALTICHI, the capital, is the settlement of the same name: [33 miles e. of Guadalaxara, in lat. 21° 10' n. long. 102° 30' w.]

The other settlements are,
Michoacanejo,
Iluejotitlan,

Thecoaltitlan.

TEQUALTITLAN, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Tecpatitlan in the kingdom and bishopric of Nueva Galicia. Seven leagues e. of its capital.

TEQUANAPA, S. JUAN DE, a settlement of the jurisdiction of the government of Acapulco in Nueva España, and of the bishopric of La Puebla de los Angeles; situate in the boundaries which divide this jurisdiction from that of Yagualica. It contains 182 families of Indians, and is 12 leagues e. of its capital.

TEQUENDAMA, a celebrated fall of the river Bogotá, in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada ; and which is looked upon as a prodigy of nature: for the impetuous current of this river being confined within very narrow limits, bursts forth through an opening at the top of the sierra as it were through a spout, forming by its waters a bow of 220 fathoms in length, and altogether with a noise so tremendous as to be heard at seven leagues distance.

The water falls into a basin of more than a league in circumference. The quantity and force of the falling water causes thick clouds to arise around this spot, insomuch as that it is impossible to examine it in the evening; but, in the morning it forms a spectacle the most delightful, for the rays of the sun beaming upon the spray of the waters, a thousand beautiful rainbows are formed; and the whole prospect is rendered grand and sublime by the immense square stones which form the basin, and which are as perfect as though they had been cut by the chisel and with the greatest labour.

The tops of these stones are covered with beautiful trees and flowers, and the whole prospect, with the delightful song of a multitude of birds, forms a complete paradise.

[TEQUEPA, a part of the coast of Nuevo Mexico, about 18 leagues n. w. of Acapulco.]

TEQUEPEXPA, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of the kingdom of Nueva Galicia and bishopric of Guadalaxara. Its jurisdiction is very limited, containing only two settlements, which are head settlements of the district, and some small wards. It is equally scarce in productions; for, although the soil is fertile, and yields whatever is sown, the Indians are so slothful as to cultivate only some maize and Frenchbeans.

TEQUEPEXPA. The principal settlement of the same name, of a cold temperature, and inhabited by 65 families of Indians and 10 of Mustees and Mulattoes, who cultivate nothing but

the productions aforesaid: 44 leagues w. s. w. of Guadalaxara. The other settlements are :

Santa Maria,

Santa Pedro de La

San Luis, Conatlan, Tepotlan.

gunilla, [TEQUERY Bay, on the s. e. part of the coast of the island of Cuba, between Cape Cruiz and Cape Maizi, at the e. end. It affords good anchorage and shelter for ships, but is not much frequented.]

TEQUIA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Tunja in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; situate where Gerónimo de Aguayo founded, by order of the captain, Gonzalo Suarez Rondon, the city of San Gerónimo de Málaga in 1541, but which was a few years after depopulated. Its temperature is mild, and the country pleasant and delightful; it produces in abundance fruits of a warm and cold climate, and excellent flour: also they make here much sugar and sweetmeats, and breed much neat cattle, sheep, goats, and mules, highly esteemed; carrying on in all the above a great trade with all the other provinces at the market, which is held on Saturdays.

It contains 15,000 housekeepers of the most respectable kind, and who are docile and of good character: [99 miles n. n. e. of Tunja, and 32 s. s. w. from Pamplona,] in the high road leading to this city, to Merida, and to Caracas.

TEQUIA, another settlement, in the same province and kingdom; eight leagues from the former. It enjoys the same temperature, and has the same productions, and is inhabited only by Indians, who amount to 60, and maintain themselves by making straw-hats, very fine and much esteemed in all parts, and therefore are they little solicitous about agriculture. Forty leagues n. of its capital.

TEQUIARI, a river of the province and corregimiento of Pomabamba in Peru. It rises in the mountains of the Andes of Cuchao, runs nearly e. and enters the abundant river of Beni. TEQUILA, or RIO HONDO, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Chiapa, in the province and bishopric of Oaxaca in Nueva España. It contains 400 families of Indians, applied to the culture of cochineal and seeds, especially maize, and is seven leagues e. of its capital.

TEQUILAN, SAN PEDRO DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Orizava in Nueva España, on the top of an extensive sierra. It contains 338 families of Indians, and is seven leagues s. s. e. of its capital.

TEQUISISTEPEC, SAN MIGUEL DE, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Yanguitlan in Nueva España. It is of a cold temperature, contains 88 families, who breed cattle, and make woven cotton stuffs; has a convent of Dominicans, and is eight leagues w. by n. of the head settlement of Zoyaltepec.

TEQUISISTEPEC, another settlement, with the dedicatory title of San Pedro, the head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Gujuapa in Nueva España. It contains 480 families of Indians, and a convent of religious of St. Domingo.

TEQUISISTLAN, SAN BARTOLOME de, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Teotihuacán. It is of a cold and moist temperature, has united to it six small settlements, of which its population is composed; the whole of the same amounting to 126 families of Indians, 15 of Spaniards, and 20 of Mustees and Mulattoes. Three leagues s. of its capital.

TEQUISISTLAN, another, a head settlement of the district, in the alcaldía mayor of Tehuantepec. It is of a hot temperature, situate in the middle of the high road which leads from the capital of this jurisdiction to the city of Oaxaca. It contains 180 families of Indians, including those of the wards of its district, and 20 of Mustees and Mulattoes, who trade in cochineal and seeds. Twelve leagues e. of the capital.

TEQUISQUIAC, SANTIAGO DE, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Zumpango in Nueva España. It contains 125 families of Indians of the Otomi nation, four of Spaniards, 23 of Mustees, and 10 of Mulattoes, who trade, some of them in pulque, and others as muleteers, though the greatest part are agriculturists. Three leagues n. of its capital.

TEQUISQUIAPAN, SANTA MARIA DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of San Juan del Rio, and alcaldía mayor of Queretaro in Nueva España; annexed to the curacy of its head settlement. It contains 283 families of Indians.

TEQUISQUIAPAN, another, a small settlement in the alcaldía mayor of San Luis de Potosi and bishopric of Mechoacán. It contains 20 families of Mustees and Mulattoes, and 70 of Indians, who employ themselves in the gardens of its district: w. of the city.

TEQUISQUINAHUAC, SANTA MARIA DE, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Tezcoco in Nueva España; of a mild temperature, annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Huejutla, from

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