MORELOS  , an inland See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern slope of the See also:

• GREAT

great Mexican See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau, lying S. of the Federal See also:

• DISTRICT

District, with the states of See also:

• PUEBLA
• PUEBLA (full title La Puebla de los Angeles, and more recently, Puebla de Zaragoza)

Puebla on the E. and S.E., See also:

• GUERRERO

Guerrero on the S., and Mexico on the W., N. and N.E . Pop . (19oo), 161,697, including a large percentage of See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians and mixed bloods . See also:

• AREA

Area, 2773 sq. m . Its See also:

• SURFACE

surface is roughly broken by See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain ranges extending southward from the Sierra de Ajusco, forming numerous valleys opening southward . It is drained by the Amacusac See also:

• RIVER

river, a See also:

• NORTHERN

northern tributary of the Mescala, or Balsas . There is a wide variation of See also:

• CLIMATE

climate for so small a territory, the higher elevations of the Sierra de Ajusco being See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold and humid (the Mexican Central crosses the range at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 9974 ft.); the See also:

• LOWER

lower spurs mild, temperate and healthy, the lower valleys subtropical, hot and unhealthy . The rainfall is See also:

• LIGHT

light in the lower regions and See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation is generally employed . Notwithstanding its mountainous See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, Morelos is one of the most flourishing agricultural states of Mexico, producing See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and vegetables . Although the state is supposed to have several of the minerals found in this See also:

• PART

part of Mexico (See also:

• SILVER

silver, See also:

• CINNABAR (Ger. Zinnober)

cinnabar, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum and See also:

• COAL

coal), its See also:

• MINING

mining See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries continue undeveloped and neglected . See also:

• SAN

San See also:

• ANTONIO
• ANTONIO (1429—1498)
• ANTONIO, NICOLAS (1617-1684)

Antonio, a suburb of Cuernavaca, is noted for its pottery, which is highly attractive in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and finds a ready See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market among the visitors to that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . Morelos is traversed by two railway lines—the Interoceanic from N.E. to S.W., and the Mexican Central almost N. and S., the latter affording See also:

• DIRECT

direct communication between the See also:

• NATIONAL

national and state capitals .

The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, CUERNAVACA (pop . 9584 in 1900), 47 M . S. of the city of Mexico on the Mexican Central railway, is one of the most picturesque towns in Mexico . It See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• CORTES
• CORTES, HERNAN

Cortes, who built for himself a See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence there, and had the See also:

• TOWN

town included in the royal See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant to himself in 1529 . See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian had a See also:

• VILLA

villa there, and many of the public men of Mexico, natives of the lowlands, have made their homes there rather than in the national capital . The See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Cortes is now occupied by the state legislature and by various public offices, and Maximilian's villa by a school . After the capital the largest city in the state is Cuautla Morelos, or See also:

• CIUDAD

Ciudad Morelos (pop . 6269 in 1900), 27 M. See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east by See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of Cuernavaca, on the Interoceanic railway, and in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich sugar-producing district . Some of the largest and most See also:

• MODERN

modern sugar-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills of Mexico are in the Cuautla district . There are hot See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur springs here . The town is celebrated in Mexican See also:

• HISTORY

history for the intrepid See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by Jose Maria Morelos (1765-1815), the patriot See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, against a greatly See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior royalist force, from the 19th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February to the 2nd of May 1812, when he cut his way through the attacking See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and escaped . Other important towns are Yautepec (6139 in 1900), 16 m. east of Cuernavaca, on the Interoceanic See also:

• LINE

line; Tetecala, 13 M. south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the capital, a characteristic Indian town near the See also:

• PYRAMID

pyramid of Xochicalco, and Jojutla, 21 M. south of the capital, on the Interoceanic railway near the southern boundary of the state .

An interesting See also:

• LOCAL

local phenomenon is that of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake Tequesquiten, which was formed by the subsidence of a large area of ground about the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, carrying with it an old town of the same name . The hollow filled with See also:

• WATER

water, and the See also:

• SPIRE

spire of the old See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church is still to be seen in the middle of the lake .