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and corregimiento of Vilcas Huaman in Peru; annexed to the curacy of Hualla.

TIQUILLACHA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Paucarcolla in Peru. TIQUILIGASTI, a settlement of the province and government of Tucumán in Peru; on the shore of the river Salado.

TIQUINA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Omasuyos in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Copacavana; on the s. shore of the lake Titicaca.

TIQUIPAYA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Cochabamba in Peru. TIQUIRI, a settlement of the island of Cuba; on the s. coast, close to the point of Pedernales.

TIRAMENA, a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits in the province and government of San Juan de los Llanos of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada, and now under the charge of the religious of St. Domingo.

TIRAMUTO, a very lofty mountain of the province and government of Guayana or Nueva Andalucia; s. of Ciudad Real.

TIRANO, NUESTRA SENORA DE GUADA LUPE DE, a settlement of the corregimiento of the jurisdiction of Velez it is of a hot temperature, produces sugar-canes, yucas, maize, plantains, &c.; contains 400 housekeepers, [and is 38 miles n. e. of Velez, and 49 s. s. w. from the city of San Gil.]

TIRANO, a port of the island of Margarita; on the n. coast on the w. side of N. Cape.

TIRINIDARO, SANTOS REYES DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Valladolid in the province and bishopric of Mechoacán; situate in a plain of mild temperature, on the side of a swamp; so that its waters are thick and unwholesome. It contains 100 families of Indians, and is 10 leagues n. of its capital.

TIRIPITIO, a head settlement of the district of the same alcaldía mayor as the former. It is of a cold temperature, and contains a convent of the religious of San Agustin, four families of Spaniards, and 32 of Indians. In this settlement Alonso de Veracruz, a religious Augustin, founded the royal university, which was afterwards translated to Mexico. Six leagues e. of the capital Pasquaro.

TIRIRICO, a very lofty mountain of the province and country of the Chiquitos Indians in Peru: it is on the shore of the river Ubay, and n. n. w. of the settlement of San Francisco Xavier.

TIRREL, a settlement of the island of Barbadoes; s. of the parish Santa Lucia.

TIRUHA, a river of the district of Tolten Baxo in the kingdom of Chile: it runs with a serpentine course to w. and enters the sea near the point of its name.

TIRUMENCOS. See PATAGONES.

TISALEO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Riobamba in the kingdom of Quito.

[TISBURY, a small fishing town on the s. side of the island of Martha's Vineyard, nine miles from Chilmark, and 64 from Boston. The township was incorporated in 1671, and contains 1142 inhabitants. It is in Duke's County, Massachusetts, and in 1796 the e. part was incorporated into a separate township.]

[TISCAN, a village of Cuenca, and department of Alansis, in Quito, in S. America, which was entirely destroyed by an earthquake, but the inhabitants escaped, and removed to a safer situation. The marks of this dreadful convulsion of nature are still visible.]

TISCO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Collahuas in Peru.

TISQUI, a river of the province and government of Esmeraldas in the kingdom of Quito: it runs n. w. and empties itself into the Blanco by the n. part, opposite the mouth of the Quinindi, in lat 21' 30" n.

TITACO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Arica in Peru, annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Tarata.

TITANES, a barbarous nation of Indians of the province and government of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Peru, in the e. s. e. part. Their country is fertile, and in their mountains are found mines of copper, lead, and iron, and some of silver. These Indians are ferocious, and live constantly retired in the woods.

TITICACA. See CHUCUITO.

TITICACA, a large island of the lake of its name, and the largest of any in the same; belonging to the province and corregimiento of Omasuyos in Peru: it is three leagues long, one wide, and five in circumference, and one mile from the shore. This island was mountainous and uncultivated, but the Incas did much for it, bringing earth from other parts: it was naturally irrigated by 13 streams, is very fertile, the temperature being altogether milder here than in the province. Thus it is that in the many estates here, they gather in abundance seeds, flowers, and fruits, and bread much cattle; and in the woods are found wild rabbits and pigeons.

The Indians assert that the first Inca of Peru came from this island, his name being Manco Capac; and with him his sister and wife Mama Ollo Huacu, making the Indians believe that they were born of the Sun, and that they were sent to them to instruct them in the manners of civilized life; and here, as in a sacred place, did they build the celebrated Temple to the Sun, covered all over with gold, and certainly the most magnificent of any temple in that kingdom. At this temple the lords and vassals of the whole kingdom met annually with their presents to acknowledge this feigned deity.

It was also said that the Inca's palace was here; but this is a false assertion; since, throughout the whole island, no vestiges have been seen of that grandeur which are found in Tiahuanaco and other parts, although, upon the arrival of the Spaniards, those elegant edifices were said to be razed to the ground, and with their very foundation stones and the other riches and valuables of the Inca, to have been thrown into the lake. In this island is the grand settlement of Copacavana, celebrated for the sanctuary of Nuestra Señora, which is in it of this title.

TITUMATI, a river of the province and government of Darien and kingdom of Tierra Firmé. It has its origin in the mountains of the n. coast, runs w. and enters the Chugunaqui.

TITUMATI, another river in the same province and kingdom; which rises in the e. part, and enters the sea in the bay and gulf of Tucumari, near the mouth of the Tarena.

[TIVERTON, a township of Rhode Island, in Newport County, having the Eastern Passage and part of Mount Hope Bay on the w. and n. w. the State of Massachusetts on the n. and e. and Little Compton township on the s. It contains 2453 inhabitants, including 25 slaves. It is about 13 miles n. n. e. of Newport.]

TIVILLO, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Ica in Peru, annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Palpa.

TIXTLAN, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Nueva España; bounded by the jurisdiction of Chilapan by the e. by that of Azuchitlan by the w. by that of Acapulco by the s. and by that of Iguala by the n. It is for the most part of a mild temperature, although, in some of the settlements, hotter. It has many breeds of large cattle, and produces in abundance maize, French beans, and sugar-cane, of which they make loafsugar in its mills, and in these articles carry on a trade. Its population, which is considerable, is contained in the following settlements :

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TIXTLAN, the capital of the same name, is situate 30 leagues from the coast of the S. Sea; is of a mild temperature, has a very good parishchurch belonging to the bishopric of La Puebla de los Angeles, and has a population of 146 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and 404 of Indians; including those of the wards of its district. It is the residence of a lieutenant-governor of Acapulco, who is equally the alcaldía mayor of this jurisdiction.

TIXTLANZINCO, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Coyuca and government of Acapulco in Nueva España: six leagues n. n. e. of its capital, and containing 67 families of Indians.

TIZAPAN, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Tlajomulco in Nueva España, in which there is a convent of San Francisco.

TIZAPAN, another, in the head settlement of the district of Amaqueca and alcaldía mayor of Zayula in the same kingdom. It has in its vicinity a lake, affording water to the great number of cattle bred in its neighbourhood. population consists of 78 families of Indians. Six leagues n. of its head settlement.

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TIZAPAN, another, in the same alcaldía mayor and kingdom, of the head settlement of the district of Tecocuitlán, with the surname of Alto. It contains 30 families of Indians, all weavers by trade; and is 12 leagues n. of its capital.

TIZNADOS, a river of the province and government of Venezuela in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; which rises from a lake of its name s. of the town of S. Sebastian, runs s. and enters an arm of the river Portugueza, which forms the Saco de Santa Maria.

[TIZON, a river in the n. w. part of S. America, 600 miles from Nueva España. In a journey made thus far, in 1606, the Spaniards found some large edifices, and met with some Indians who spoke the Mexican language, and who told them, that a few days' journey from that river, towards the n. was the kingdom of Tollan, and many other inhabited places whence the Mexicans migrated. It is, indeed, confirmed by Mr. Stewart

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in his late travels, that there are civilized Indians in the interior parts of America. Beyond the Missouri, he met with powerful nations, who were courteous and hospitable, and appeared to be a polished and civilized people, having regularly built towns, and enjoying a state of society not far removed from the European; and indeed to be perfectly equal wanted only iron and steel.]

TIZONAZO, a settlement of the missions which were held by the Jesuits in the province of Tepeguana and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya; 45 leagues from the capital, Guadiana.

TLACAMA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Pinotepa and alcaldía mayor of Xicayán in Nueva España: it contains 45 families of Indians, employed in the culti vation of cochineal and cotton, and is 10 leagues w. of its head settlement.

TLACATELCO, SAN JUAN DE, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Teotiguacan in Nueva España. It is a ward united to the settlement of Tequiszitlan.

TLACAXLILLA, a settlement of the alcaldia mayor of San Luis de Potosí in the same kingdom, and of the bishopric of Mechoacán: it contains 107 families of Indians, and a convent of San Francisco; and near it are many orchards crowded with fruit-trees: n. n. e. and very n. e. and very near to its capital.

TLACHICHILCO, a settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Otupan in Nueva España.

TLACHICHILPA, SAN MATEO DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Metepec in the same kingdom: it contains 1140 families of Indians.

TLACOAZAPAN, a settlement of the head settlement and district of Mizquiahuala and alcaldía mayor of Tepetango: it contains 300 families of Indians, and some of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes.

TLACOCHAGUAYA, SAN GERONIMO DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Antequera in the province and bishopric of Oaxaca: it contains a convent of the religious of St. Domingo, and 370 families of Indians given to the cultivation of different seeds, and of magueyes for making pulque: three leagues e. of its capital.

TLACOLTEPEC, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Juxtlahuaca in the same kingdom: it contains 148 families of Indians.

TLACOLULA, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Teutitlan; it is of

a mild temperature, and contains 262 families of Indians. In its church is venerated, with particular devotion, the image of Christ crucified, of exquisite sculpture, although no one can determine of what substance it is composed. The Indians here have a tradition, that whilst a certain number of them were standing assembled, there appeared amongst them two handsome youths with the said image, and proffering it for sale; that the youths, being asked for how much, answered that theirs was an eminent Town, and that the image should go for 30 reals: it is added, that the Indians going away to fetch the sum, on their return, found nothing but the image left in the room, and with it a scroll, on which was written, "This is the Lord God of Battles." Two leagues e. by s. of its capital.

TLACOLULA, another, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Huamelula; situate in a plain surrounded by the river which flows down from the snowy sierra; and on the shores of which are various fruit trees and two estates of large cattle. It contains 116 families of Indians, who occupy themselves in the cultivation of cochineal: 12 leagues from the capital.

TLACOLULA, another, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Xalapa; situate in a rough and craggy territory, between two very lofty mountains. It is of a cold and dry temperature; the natives speak the Totonaque idiom; and its name signifies the place of writing; inasmuch as it was here that the Indians were accustomed to write their histories in the different characters and figures in use amongst them. Its population is composed of 22 families of Indians, who trade in maize, tobacco, and some purgative roots. In its district are gathered annually fine crops of the root called medicinal, in great esteem both within and without the jurisdiction, and in which a considerable traffic is carried on: five leagues n. w. of its capital.

TLACOLULA, another, of the head settlement of the district of Tepehuacan and alcaldía mayor of Meztitlan it has a convent of the religious of San Agustin, and contains 270 Indian families.

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TLACOMALTEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Teutila. It is of a cold temperature, inhabited by 100 families of Indians, who cultivate maize, the only fruit it yields, and is seven leagues w. of its capital.

TLACOMILCO, SAN ANTONIO DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Nopaluca and alcaldía mayor of Tepeaca: it

contains 66 families of Indians, and is one league from its head settlement.

TLACOTALPAN, SAN CHRISTOVAL DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Cozamaloapan: it is of a hot and moist temperature, situate on the shore of the river Alvarado; contains 81 Indian families, and is seven leagues e. of its capital.

TLACOTEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tetelzingo and alcaldía mayor of Coautla in Nueva España: it contains six families of Spaniards, eight of Mustees, and 60 of Indians, and has a convent of Augustins. Through this settlement passes the abundant river Amazinaque, the waters of which serve to fertilize many estates abounding in fruit trees six leagues e. n. e. of its head settle

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TLACOTEPEC, another, in the head settlement of the district of Totela and alcaldía mayor of Azuchitlan; s. of its head settlement, at the distance of 27 leagues, over a rugged road, consisting entirely of serrania. In its vicinity is a fountain of very sweet water, and so abundant as to supply not only all the domestic purposes of the settlement, but the agricultural of the contiguous gardens and crops. It is inhabited by 93 families of Indians, and eight of Spaniards and Mustees. By the w. and s. part it has some large, unpeopled, desert tracts of barren serranias, which could never be penetrated.

TLACOTEPEC, another, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Metepec, containing 265 families of Indians.

TLACOTEPEC, another, with the dedicatory title of Santa Cruz, the head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tepeaca; situate at the foot of some stony and barren mountains. It is of a hot and dry temperature, suffers much from drought, and profiting chiefly of the rain waters caught in a large cistern, and distributing it with the utmost care to the inhabitants. Its population is composed of 18 families of Spaniards, 27 of Mustees and Mulattoes, and 162 of Indians, who speak the Chocan and Mexican language, and maintain themselves by the breeding of large and small cattle, and by raising very considerable crops of grain. Seven leagues e. s. e. of its capital.

TLACOTEPEQUE, SAN MARTIN DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tlaxicoya and alcaldía mayor of Mizantla in Nueva España: it contains 46 families of In

dians.

TLACOTLA, a settlement of the head set

tlement of the district of San Luis de la Costa, of the alcaldía mayor of Tlapa: it contains 11 families of Indians employed in the cultivation of cotton: of which they make very beautiful woven stuffs. Two leagues s. of the capital. [TLACOTLALPAN. See TLACOTALPAN.] TLACUILOTEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Guauchinango: it contains 101 families of Totonacos Indians, in which are included those of the wards of its district. It yields some tobacco, little prized, the inhabitants not knowing how to prepare it.

TLACUILTEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Olinalá and alcaldía mayor of Tlapa: it contains 15 families of Indians, who maintain themselves by sowing maize, the only fruit it yields, and is three leagues w. of its head settlement.

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TLAHUAC, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldia mayor of Chalco; situate within the lake it contains 400 families of Indians, dispersed in several small villages, and a convent of Dominicans: five leagues w. of its capital.

TLAHUALPA, a small settlement or ward of the alcaldía mayor of Guauchinango; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Chiconcuatla. TLAHUILOTEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Ayutla and alcaldía mayor of Villalta: it contains 129 families of Indians, and is 11 leagues from its capital.

TLAJOMULCO, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Nueva España, in the kingdom of Nueva Galicia and bishopric of Guadalaxara : it is much reduced, and produces a few fruits as well in the valley in which it stands, as upon the n. shore of the great lake, or Sea of Chapala. The settlements of which it is composed are:

Jocotepec, Saqualco, Atotonilco, Colula,

Tizapan, Santa Cruz, Santa Ana.

TLAJOMULCO. The capital is the settlement of the same name; it contains a convent of the religious of S. Francisco, and a population of some Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, and many Mexican Indians. Nine leagues s. of Guadalaxara.

TLAILOTLACAN, SANTA MARIA DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tezcoco: in its vicinity are two wards, containing 412 families of Indians: a quarter of a league e. of its capital.

TLALANCALECA, SAN MATIAS DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Guejozingo, containing six families of Indians.

TLALOPA, a settlement of the head settle ment of the district and alcaldía mayor of Tlapa, containing 66 families of Indians dedicated to agriculture: two leagues n. n. w. of its head settlement.

TLACHICUAUTLA, a small settlement of the jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of Valles, between two deep ravines which are covered with fruit and other trees; it is of a mild temperature, produces maize, cotton, wax, and honey, these affording the branches of its trade; contains 22 families of Indians, and is annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Tamazunchale, from whence it is 10 leagues, and being 30 from its capital.

TLALCHICOMULA, SAN ANDRES DE, a head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Tepeaca; situate on a plain or outstretched skirt of the volcano of Órizava; of a cold and dry temperature, and well supplied with water distilled from the volcano, and conducted by a strong aqueduct. In the e. front is the parish church.

Its population consists of 248 families of Spaniards, 74 of Mustees, 34 of Mulattoes, and 345 of Indians, whose trade is in cutting wood which abounds on the mountains, whilst the trade of the Spaniards is the fattening of pigs, which they sell to the other jurisdictions. In this are 64 estates, and in some they grow wheat, though, in the most, barley, beans, and French beans: 10 leagues e. of its capital.

TLALIXCOYA, SANTA MARIA DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Mizantla: it contains 65 families of Indians in the ranchos and estates of its district, and 130 families of Spaniards and

other casts.

TLALMILILOPAN, SAN RAFAEL DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Texmelucán and alcaldía mayor of Guejozingo: it contains 28 families of Indians.

TLALNEHUALOYON, SAN ANDRES DE, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Tlacoluca and alcaldía mayor of Xalapa. It has this name, signifying, in the Mexican idiom, a place of many roots, from the abundance of zarzaparilla, and of a certain purgative root found here, for the which there is a ready sale, and particularly on the arrival of the fleets. The natives, however, are so lazy and indolent,

that, although they might derive great profit from the cultivation of maize and other grain, grow only just enough for their own consump tion. It contains 118 families of Indians, and is four leagues s. s. e. of its head settlement, and one w. n. w. of the capital.

TLALNEPLANTA, a large settlement of the alcaldía mayor of Tacuba; situate near the river of its name, and just before this unites itself with the Guadalupe to enter the lake: it contains 850 families of Indians, without counting those of Spaniards and Mustees, and a convent of Franciscans, and is two leagues n. n. w. of its capital.

TLALPUJAGUA, a jurisdiction and alcaldía mayor of the province and bishopric of Mechoacán. It is of a cold temperature; the greater part consisting of serrania, in which are many mines of silver with a mixture of gold, and which are the principal sources of its commerce, although it has in its estates considerable breeds of large and small cattle, and crops of wheat and maize, as also very good mills, both for grinding the corn and the metals. Its population consists of the following settlements:

Ucareo, Zinapequaro, Taimeo. TLALPUJAGUA. The capital is the settlement and real of mines of the same name; of a cold temperature; situate between some rough sierras, inhabited by 500 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and Mulattoes, with many families of Indians, who serve as labourers in the mines. It has, besides the parish church, an hospital of San Francisco, and at the entrance, towards the n. an hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, where, although the image be painted on the wall, and the hermitage itself almost decayed, the painting is still fresh and uninjured : [77 miles w. of Mexico.]

TLALQUIZALA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Ixteapán and alcaldia mayor of Cholula: it contains 60 families of Indians, and is three quarters of a league n. of its capital.

TLALQUIZALA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of the alcaldía mayor of Colotlán: it has a tolerable population, though the greater number is dispersed in 10 estates, situate in the w. part, where they breed cattle and sow seeds, the soil being well irrigated by the river San Pedro, which, in distinct arms, runs through the whole of the district: 34 leagues n. n. w. of Guadalaxara.

TLALTEPEC, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcaldía mayor of Xi

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