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part of the temples, and amongst the rest that of St. Domingo, which was rebuilt very sumptuously by the House of the Arboledas. [The population of this city, in 1802, amounted to 25,000 souls. It is 195 miles s. s. w. from Santa Fe, and the same distance n. n. e. from Quito, in lat. 2° 28′ 38′′ n. and long. 76° 31′ 30′′ w.]

Bishops who have presided in Popayán.

1. The Master, Don Juan del Valle, first bishop of the holv cathedral church of Popayán, first presented in 1547; although many do not count him among the bishops, as he died before he took possession. This, however, was not the case, as appears by the chronicles of Fr. Antonio de Zamora.

2. Don Fr. Augustin de Coruña, monk of the order of San Agustin, called from his virtues the Saint Bishop. He was a native of Coruña del Conde, passed over to America in 1554, with five other religious, was in Mexico professor of prime, prior of various convents, and provincial in 1560. He returned to Spain with the provincials of St. Francisco and St. Domingo, to treat of a remedy for the losses sustained by the Indians. Whilst in Sevilla he was presented by King Philip II. to the bishopric of Popayán; this he accepted by force, passed to his church, and founded the convent of his order, where he lived as one of the religious. Assisted at the council of Lima in 1567; and when he spoke with any one, he used to call him Angel of God; was very zealous of the ecclesiastical community. This bishop died at Timana in 1590, in the greatest poverty, as he had given away all that he possessed in charity. When his body was removed from the cathedral, it was found to be incorrupt.

3. Don Fr. Domingo de Ulloa, of the order of St. Domingo, native of Toro in Castilla, of the house of the Marquis of La Mota. He was collegiate in the college of San Gregorio de Valladolid, and its rector, prior of his convent of San Pablo in the same city, and formerly lecturer in the convent of Toro, vicar-general of the province of Castilla; presented to the bishopric of Nicaragua, promoted to Popayán in 1591, and from thence to the bishopric of Mechoacán in

1596.

4. Don Juan de la Roca, native of Lima, a man of great virtue and literature. He was doctorial canon in his native place, judge in ordinary of the Inquisition, elected bishop of Popayán in 1599: was consecrated by St. Toribius, spent all he had in rebuilding temples and in charity, and died poor in 1605.

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5. Don Diego de Vega Sarmiento, maestreescuela of the Puebla de los Angeles: elected bishop of Popayán in 1608; he did not accept the office, and died dean of Mexico.

6. Don Fr. Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza, religious of the order of San Agustin: native of Toledo. Being plenipotentiary apostolic in 1584, he was sent by Philip II. as ambassador to the Emperor of China; was bishop of Liparia in Sicily, and of Anillo in the archbishopric of Toledo; of Chiapa in 1607, and promoted to Popayán in 1608, where he died in 1618.

7. Don Fr. Ambrosio Vallejo, religious of the order of Nuestra Señora del Carmen, native of Madrid. He read arts and theology, was prior of the convents of Avila, Valladolid, Medina del Campo and Madrid, provincial of Castilla, and procurator-general of the provinces of España and kingdom of Portugal; consultor of the holy office; he was presented to the bishopric of Popayán in 1619, and promoted to the archbishopric of St. Domingo in 1628, and before he passed from thence, to the bishopric of Truxillo in 1630. He died in 1635, and his body was translated to his convent of Madrid, to which he had given 30,000 dollars.

8. Don Diego de Montoya y Mendoza, native of Mijancas in the bishopric of Calahorra. He studied grammar in the college of the company of Vergara, and arts and theology in Salamanca; was collegiate of Santa Catalina del Burgo de Osma, and graduated as doctor in Avila. He gained, by opposition, a curacy in the archbishopric of Toledo, and resigned it to oppose himself to the college of the archbishopric of Salamanca in 1623: was there professor of arts, and by opposition magisterial canon of Coria. He was sent by its church to Madrid, for the quinquennial congregation, and was presented by the king to the bishopric of Popayán in 1632, where he entered the following year. He undertook the reduction of the Indians, the Chocoes and Noanamas, whither he went in person; and was promoted to the bishopric of Truxillo in 1639, and being elected to that of Cuzco, he died exceedingly poor in 1640.

9. Don Fr. Gonzalo de Lara, of the order of Merced, who did not accept the office.

10. Don Feliciano de Vega, native of Lima, one of the wisest and most virtuous men that ever lived in Peru. Was canon, chantre and provisor in the archbishopric of that holy church, governor of the same, commissary of the holy crusade and of the inquisition, and councillor of the viceroys in the most arduous affairs, profes

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sor of canons in the university, and presented to the bishopric of Popayán in 1628. He converted many barbarian Indians; in which journeys he spent more than 20,000 dollars of his fortune, and was promoted to the bishopric of La Paz in 1639.

11. Don Fr. Francisco de la Serna, of the order of San Agustin: native of Leon de Guanuco in Peru. He studied arts and theology, the latter for four years; was master of students, lecturer and professor of theology, and noon and vespers lecturer in the university; calificador of the holy office, and twice provincial. Presented to the bishopric of Paraguay, and, before he passed thither, removed to that of Popayán in 1639; promoted to La Paz in 1645.

12. Don Fr. Bernardino de Cárdenas, of the order of San Francisco; promoted to the bishopric of Paraguay, and, through his renunciation of the same, the see was offered Doctor Don Andres Juan Gaitan, Inquisitor of Lima, who also refused it; and then to Don Juan Machado de Chaves y Mendoza, native of Quito, treasurer and archdeacon of the church of Charcas, who died before he was consecrated. The king then presented the bishopric to Don Agustin Velazquez de Tineo, native of Cuellar, in the bishopric of Segovia, friar of the order of Alcantara, doctor in theology, chaplain of honour to his majesty, and prior of Magacela, in 1653.

13. Don Luis de Betancur y Figueroa. 14. Doctor Don Vasco de Contreras, treasurer of the holy church of Lima, his native place; dean of that of Cuzco. He studied in that university, was presented to the bishopric of Popayán, and promoted to Guamanga in 1664.

15. Don Fr. Francisco de la Trinidad y Arrieta, of the order of St. Domingo: promoted from the bishopric of Santa Marta. He died before he entered his church, in 1664.

16. Don Melchon de Liñan y Cisneros, promoted from the bishopric of Santa Marta, in which catalogue of bishops he is mentioned. He was promoted to the archbishopric of Charcas in

1671.

17. Don Christoval Bernaldo de Quiros, promoted from the bishopric of Chiapa in the kingdom of Guatemala, to this of Popayán, in 1670.

18. Don Pedro Diaz de Cienfuegos, brother of the Cardinal Don Alvaro de Cienfuegos, of the Jesuits. He was elected bishop of Popayán, and promoted to the bishopric of Truxillo in Peru, in 1697.

19. Don Matco de Villafañe, who was promoted to La Paz in 1711.

20. Don Juan de Laiseca Alvarado, elected bishop of Tucumán, and, before he took possession, promoted to Popayán in 1711.

21. Don Juan Gomez de Nava y Frias, being curate of the settlement of Móstoles in the archbishopric of Toledo: presented by the king to the bishopric of Popayán in 1714; and promoted to the church of Quito in 1725.

22. Don Juan Francisco Gomez Calleja, promoted from the bishopric of Cartagena of the Indies to this of Popayán in 1725. He died in 1731.

23. Don Fr. Diego Fermin de Vergara, of the order of San Agustin: presented to the bishopric of Popayán in 1732, and removed from thence to the archbishopric of Santa Fé in 1740.

24. Don Francisco Joseph de Figueredo, maestre-escuela of the church of Popayán, and elected bishop of the same in the aforesaid year 1740; and promoted to the archbishopric of Guatemala in 1751.

25. Don Diego de Corro, maestre-escuela of the holy metropolitan church of Lima; presented to the bishopric of Popayán in 1752, and promoted to the archbishopric of Lima in 1758.

26. Don Geronimo de Obregon y Mena, native of Lima: elected bishop of Popayán in 1758. He was the bishop who governed this church for the longest time, not quitting it till his death in 1786.

27. Don Joaquin Mateo Rubio de Arévalo, native of Quito, and bishop of Cubu in the Philippine Isles: he was elected on the 16th of August, 1787, and died even before he heard the news of his election.

28. Don Angel Velarde Bustamante, archdeacon of Carrion of the cathedral of Palencia; elected on the 13th March, 1788.

Series of the Governors of Popayán.

1. Don Sebastian de Belalcazar, conqueror of this province through the commission of Don Francisco Pizarro, founder of the city, and first governor perpetual of it, by the royal title of the 10th of March, 1540, till 1550, when he died.

2. The Licentiate Francisco Briceño, native of Corral de Almagner, oidor of Santa Fé, who entered provisionally in 1551. He corrected the abuses committed in that province, and returned to Santa Fé to serve in his old situation in 1552, leaving the government to

3. The Captain Diego Delgado, justice major of Popayán, native of Alcandete in La Mancha, who chastised and cut off the head of the tyrant Alvaro de Hoyon. He governed until 1554,

when the emperor nominated Garcia del Busto, native of Ocaña; but the ship he was sailing in having the misfortune to be set on fire, he perished with his wife and five children, though his brother was saved on a raft.

4. Pedro Fernandez del Busto, who was picked up by another vessel of the fleet, and arrived at Santa Fé, where the misfortune caused such regret, that the oidors vested the government in the brother who had been saved, and who retained it until the arrival of

5. Don Luis de Guzman, who entered in 1554, and governed till 1556.

6. Don Pedro de Agreda; till 1562. 7. Don Alvaro de Mendoza Carvajal; till 1567.

8. Don Gerónimo de Silva; till 1572.

9. Don Pedro Fernandez del Busto; thrice nominated by the king. He passed promoted to the government of Cartagena.

10. Don Francisco Gamarra: nominated provisionally by the president of Santa Fé, 1575, and who, for having married without the royal licence, was separated from it the same year.

11. Don Bartolomé de Mazmela; nominated by the president as provisional governor, by a title dated 19th December, 1575.

12. Don Sancho Garcia del Espinal; who was the same that caused the imprisonment of the bishop Don Fr. Agustin de Coruña, in vengeance of an excommunication so rightly pronounced against him. He governed till 1579.

13. The captain Francisco de Mosquera Figueroa, till 1585.

14. Don Diego Orboñez de Lara, native of Salamanca. He died whilst exercising the government there, and in his place was nominated as provisional governor

15. The Licentiate Cueva Montesdoca; till

1591.

16. Don Diego de Noguera Valenzuela; who took possession in 1593, and exercised the government till his death.

17. Don Francisco de Hoyos, provisionally, in 1597. He was made secretary of the council of orders.

18. Don Franciso de Berrio, also provisionally, in 1598.

19. Don Francisco Sarmiento de Sotomayor; from 1609.

20. Don Pedro Laso de la Vega; nominated in 1619.

21. Don Juan Menendez Marquez, in 1620: he died in his employ.

22. Don Juan de Borja, of the habit of San

tiago: nominated provisionally by his father, the president of Santa Fé; of his own name. 23. Don Juan Bermudez de Castro, in 1627. 24. Don Lorenzo de Villaquirán, in 1633. 25. Don Juan de Borja, aforesaid, nominated, for the second time, governor by the king, in 1638.

26. Don Juan de Salazar; of the habit of Santiago, in 1644.

27. Don Luis de Valenzuela Faxardo, of the habit of Alcántara; in 1649.

28. Don Luis Antonio de Guzman, knight of the habit of Santiago; in 1658.

29. Don Geronimo de Ojeda: nominated governor in 1662, being at the time governor of the island of Santa Catalina: he died before he arrived.

30. Don Gabriel Diaz de la Cuesta: nominated in 1667.

31. Don Miguel Garcia; till 1675.

32. Don Fernando Martinez de Fresneda, knight of the order of Calatrava; till 1681. 33. Don Gerónimo de Berrio y Mendoza; till 1689.

34. Don Juan de Salazar.

35. Don Baltasar Carlos Perez de Vivero, Marquis of San Miguel de la Vega; till 1708. 36. Don Fernando Perez Guerrero y Peñaloso; till 1727.

37. Don Pablo Fidalgo, ensign of the regiment of the royal Spanish guards; elected in

1734.

38. Don Joseph Francisco Carreño; in 1737. 39. Don Antonio Mola de Villacorta, in 1747; and succeeded, through his promotion, to be serjeant-major of the plaza of Cartagena, by

40. Don Manuel Bernal de Huidobro, on the 10th of November, 1748. It appears that he died before he took possession; and in the interim the government fell to

41. Don Juan Francisco de Equizabal, native of Popayán; and to

42. Don Francisco Damian de Espejo; until the arrival of the right proprietor; who was

43. Don Antonio de Alcalá Galiano; nominated by the king on the 16th September, 1754.

44. Don Pedro de la Moneda, captain of the royal Spanish infantry guards, on the 27th December, 1759, finding himself at the time governor of the island of Trinidad.

45. Don Juan Antonio de Celaya; on whom the government was conferred, with the superintendancy of the royal mint, when this became incorporated with the crown rights; on the 1st February, 1770. He died exercising the au

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thority; and in the interim was nominated by the viceroy of Santa Fé

46. Don Joseph Ignacio Ortega, who kept it till the arrival of

47. Don Pedro de Becaria; who was appointed on the 6th of June, 1776, though not to the superintendancy of the mint, this being conferred upon Don Joseph Jacob Ortiz Rojano.

48. Don Joseph de Castro y Correa; by decree of the 1st of December, 1787, although he has not taken possession.

POPEGI, a settlement of the province of Taraumara and kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya in N. America.

[POPLAR Spring, in the n. w. part of Ann Arundel county, Maryland, near a brook, three miles s. of the w. branch of Patapsco River, on the high road from Baltimore to Frederick's Town, about 26 miles w. of Baltimore.]

[POPLIN, a township of New Hampshire, in Rockingham county, 12 miles w. of Exeter, and 20 w. of Portsmouth. It was incorporated in 1764, and contains 493 inhabitants.]

POPOLAPA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district and alcadia mayor of Igualapa in Nueva España; 3 leagues s. c. of its capital.

POPULO, a settlement of the province and government of Sonora in N. America: on the shore of the river of this name, between the settlements of Los Angeles and La Magdalena. POPUTLA, a settlement of the head settlement of the district of Pinoteca del Rey, and alcadia mayor of Xicayán in Nueva España: it is much reduced, and seven leagues s. w. of its head settlement.

[POQUE CHOUDIE, a low flat point between the Gut of Chepagan and the village of Caraquet, on the s. side of Chaleur Bay. It is about four leagues distant from the Gut, in a s. w. direction. The island of Caraquet, at the same distance from the Gut, lies in a w. direction from the main. The village is about three leagues in extent; its plantations, &c. has a church, and a number of inhabitants, all Roman Catholics. The oyster and cod-fisheries are carried on here.]

PORACICABA, a river of the province and captainship of San Vicente in Brazil; which runs w. and enters the Tiete or Anembi.

PORATE, ARRAYAL DE, a settlement of the province and captainship of Pará in Brazil: on the shore of the river Tocantines, at the mouth of the Taquanhuna.

PORCELADOS, Coast of, in the province and captainship of Seara in Brazil, between the Point of Peña and the Bay of Iguape.

PORC-EPI, Cape of, on the coast of the province of Nova Scotia in N. America.

PORC-EPI, a small island of this province. PORC-EPINE, Cape of, on the same coast of the province as the former, and in the Bay of Fundy: one of those which form the entrance of the basin of the mines.

PORCO, a province and corregimiento of Peru: bounded n. by that of Orura, n. w. by that of Paria, n. e. by that of Yamparaes; s. c. by that of Pomabamba; s. by that of Pilaya and Paspaya, and by that of Chichas; and w. by that of Lipes: it is 40 leagues in length from . to s. and 60 broad from e. to w. at the widest part. Its temperature, with the exception of one or two valleys contiguous to the river Pilcomayo, which is the most considerable passing through this province. This river, in the n. w. part, has a bridge of shapeable stones, and another in the e. by which is the pass to the province of Amparaes and the city of La Plata. Nearly in the centre of the province is found the city of Potosi. Its productions are similar to those of the other parts of the sierra; such as papas, barley, beans, bark, and some wheat; and in the temperate valleys are fruits and vineyards, from which they make some wine. The breeds of sheep here are considerable, as are also the flocks of native sheep, vicuñas, and huancos. It has streams of warm water; and its principal commerce consists in its many silver minerals, always celebrated for their abundance, and even now some of them producing well: in the district of Tomahave alone a miner extracted, a few years past, in a vein of metal formed by the junction of different veins, three millions of dollars. The inhabitants of this province amount to 22,000. The capital is Talavera de Puna; and its corregidor had a repartimiento of 76,365 dollars, and it used to pay an alcabala of 610 annually.

PORCO, a settlement of this same province and corregimiento.

PORCO, a mountain, also of the same, very abundant in silver; and in which is one of the most celebrated mines of this metal; and from whence the Indians, before the entrance of the Spaniards, extracted great wealth: 23 leagues from Chuquisaca.

PORCON, a settlement of the province and captainship of San Vicente in Brazil: n. of that of Frutas and s. of that of Altos.

PORCOS, a settlement of the province and captainship of Rey in the same kingdom as the former; situate w. of the town of Curituba.

PORCOS, some islands of the river of Las Amazonas, near its mouth; close to the coast of the fort and town of Macapa, at the back of the great island of Caviana.

[PORCOS, MORRO DE, or HOG's STRAND, on the w. coast of New Mexico, is n. of Point Higuerra, the s. w. point of the peninsula which forms the Bay of Panama. From thence ships usually take their departure, to go s. for the coast

of Peru.

PORCOZ, a settlement and asiento of silvermines, of the province and corregimiento of Caxamarquilla in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Chilia.

PORE, SAN JOSEPH DE, a city of the province and government of Los Llanos in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada; founded by the governor Anciso: it is of a very hot and unhealthy temperature, producing cacao, maize, yucos, plantains, &c. but its principal commerce is in dressed leathers and shamois, which they make from the deer-skins, which abound here greatly; the said hides being almost esteemed as much as those of Florida. Here are also large breeds of cattle, with which the other provinces are provided. In the swamps and lakes is a great variety of fish; and one which they call pabon or curbinata, which has above cach eye a white transparent stone of the size of an olive, of special virtue against the stricture of urine, and to dissolve the stones forming in the bladder: this city should contain about 500 inhabitants. [It is 133 miles n. e. of Santa Fé and 82 s. of Pamplona. Lat. 5° 40′ n. long. 72° 13′ 30′′ w.]

PORFICA, Cape of, a point of land of the coast of California; opposite Nueva España : one of those which form the bay of Magdalena.

PORIANAS, a barbarous nation of Indians but little known; inhabiting the woods bordering on the river Putumayu. All that is known of them is, that they use bows and arrows, and live like wild beasts, supporting themselves by the chace.

PORLAND, QUARTEL DE, a part of the island of Guadalupe, one of the Antilles, towards the great land on the n. coast.

PORLAND, a small island, near the coast of Nova Scotia; opposite the Bank Frances.

POROCOCHA, a settlement of the province and corregimiento of Yauyos in Peru; annexed to the curacy of the settlement of Tauripampa.

POROMA, à settlement of the province and corregimiento of Yamparaes, and of the archbishopric of Charcas, in the same kingdom as the former.

PORONGO, SAN JUAN BAPTISTA DE, a settlement of Chiriguanos Indians; reduced to the Catholic religion by the missionaries of Nuestra Señora de la Merced; subject to the province and government of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Peru. Its inhabitants amount to above 12,000; and they are most docile and laborious, and, inhabiting the frontiers of the infidel Yucaraes, they serve to check the incursions of the latter against the province, from the capital of which this settlement is 16 miles distant.

PORONGOS, Lakes of the, which are five; in the province and government of Tucumán and kingdom of Peru: they are very close to each other, and all of them communicate with one another; the largest of which is the depôt of the waters of the Dulec and Salado rivers. The waters of these lakes are salt; and they are 88 83 miles n.e. of the city of Cordoba, between lat. 30° and 31° s. and long. 61° and 62° w.

[PORPOISE, Cape, on the coast of York county, district of Maine, is seven leagues n. by e. of Cape Neddock, and five s. w. of Wood Island. It is known by the highlands of Kennebunk, which lie to the n. w. of it. A vessel that draws 10 feet water will be a-ground at low

water in the harbour here. It is so narrow that a vessel cannot turn round; is within 100 yards of the sea, and secure from all winds, whether you have anchor or not.]

PORQUERA, a settlement of the province and government of Cartagena in the Nuevo Reyno de Granada: situate in the road which leads to the river Grande de la Magdalena, and

not far from this river.

PORQUERA, another settlement in the province and government of Maracaibo, and of the same kingdom as the former: on the shore of the great lake, and at the point of Santa Lucia; which is formed at the s. entrance to the capital.

PORRUDOS, River of the, in the province and government of Paraguay; which runs w. and enters the Cayaba. Respecting its course there is a difference between the Father Charlevoix, in his history of that province, and Don Juan de la Cruz, in the great chart of S. Ame

rica.

PORT, a port of the w. coast of Newfoundland, between the two bays of Three Islands and that of St. George.

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