INDEX

• Abipones, 12
• Aboriginal tribes, 145, 146
• Alberdi, Manuel, 167
• Alfinger, 28, 33
• Almagro, 47, 48, 52, 54
• Almagro, Diego (the Younger), 112
• Alvarado, Pedro de, 51, 52
• Alvear, 170, 172, 255, 276
• Andradas, the, 198, 203, 204, 211-214
• "Araucana, La," 23
• Araucanians, 13, 56, 58, 122, 128
• Artigas, 172, 193, 201, 275
• Asuncion, 67, 69, 73
• Atahualpa, 48-51
• Ayacucho, Battle of, 184
• Aymaras, tribe of the, 56
• Ayolas, Juan de, 66-68

• Bahia, 40, 42, 96-98, 103, 107, 186, 194, 198, 200
• Balboa, Nuñez de, 31, 32, 33
• Balcarce, 168
• Balmaceda, 271
• Belgrano, 159, 167-170, 173, 245
• Benalcazar, 34
• Bogotá, Santa Fé de, 115, 147, 149, 223
• Bolivar, Simon, 154-156, 159-166, 175, 182-184, 229, 232-235
• Bolivia, 283-285
• Brazil, 36-46, 79, 80, 185-227
• Brazil wood, 37
• British mariners, 95-98
• British, hardships endured on northern campaign, 161, 162
• British settlers, methods of, 43
• British invasion of the River Plate, 139-141
• Brouwer, 126
• Buccaneers, 93, 94, 146
• Buenos Aires, first settlements at, 65
• Buenos Aires, 71, 115, 118, 167-173, 208, 209, 234, 236
• Buonaparte, Joseph, 156, 157
• Buonaparte, Napoleon, 156, 157

• Cabot Sebastian, 64
• Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, 24, 37
• Caceres, 244
• Carabobo, Battle of, 165, 166
• Caracas, 90, 147-149, 159
• Caribs, 12
• Carrera, the Brothers, 173, 174, 266
• Casa de Contratacion de los Indias, 75, 76
• Casas, Bartolomé de Las, 61, 63
• Caseros, Battle of, 280
• Castelfuerte, Viceroy, 179
• Castelli, 167, 168
• Castilla, Ramon, 241
• Castro, Cristobal Vaca, 112, 113
• Castro, President, 290
• Caupolicán, Araucanian Chief, 58, 59, 124
• Cavendish, 93, 96
• Chacabuco, Battle of, 176
• Charles I. of England, 108
• Charles V. of Spain, 28, 33
• Chibcha, Indians, 11, 34, 56, 149
• Chile, 13, 64-71
• Chiquitos, 12
• Chiriguanos, 12
• Chunchos, 12
• Cisneros, Baltasar, Hidalgo de, 167
• Cocapac, 5, 6
• Cochabamba, 169
• Cochrane, Lord, 175, 177, 200, 201
• Coelho, Duarte, 39
• Colombia, 186, 187
• Colonia, 80
• Columbus, Bartholomew, 23
• Columbus, Christopher, 13-25
• Columbus, Diego, 31
• Conquistadores, 2, 26-31, 57, 58, 60, 67, 68, 159
• Correia, 40
• Crespo, President, 289, 290
• Criminals used to explore fresh countries, 19, 20, 38, 39
• Cuzco, 4, 6, 50, 53

• Da Cunha, Paulo, 102
• Darwin, 278
• Davis, 93
• Devereux, General, 161
• Dorrego, 276
• Drake, Sir Francis, 86, 89, 90, 125
• Dutch, 40, 44, 95, 97-109, 126, 127, 129, 148
• Dutch method of colonization, 44, 45

• Earthquakes, 122, 166
• Ecuador, 286-288
• Encomiendas, 70, 121
• English, General, 161
• Ercilla, 73, 124

• Fenton, Edward, 96
• Ferdinand of Spain, 17-19, 21-24
• Fernandes, João, 106
• Fernando de Noronha, 108
• Flores, General Juan José, 287
• Fonseca, General Deodoro, 218, 220-223
• Francia, José Gaspar Rodriguez de, 236, 245-250
• French in Brazil, 40, 98

• Gallado, Antonio, 116
• Gama, Admiral da, 224, 225
• Gama, Vasco da, 38
• Gamarra, President, 240
• Garay, Juan de, 71
• Gasca, Pedro de la, 113, 114
• Gran Réunion Americana, the, 170
• Guaraní, Indians, the, 11, 67, 81
• Guarayos, Indians, 12
• Guatavita, Lake of, 60
• Guëmes, 159, 171, 173
• Gueneche, 168, 169
• Guianas, the, 12
• Guido, 167
• Guzman-Blanco, 289

• Hawkins, Sir John, 87-89
• Henry, Prince, the Navigator, 15
• Hernandarias, 135, 136
• Hispaniola, or Haiti, 19, 21-23, 29, 61
• Hoogstraten, Dirk van, 105, 107
• Huasca, 48, 51
• Huguenots, 41
• Huitotos, 12

• Iberian, colonization system of, 44, 45
• Incas, 1, 2, 4-11, 56
• Incas, origin of, 4-7
• Incas, revolt of, 53, 54
• Inquisition, 128, 129
• Inter-marriage, 45
• Ipurines, 12
• Irala, Domingo Martinez de, 68-71
• Isabella, Princess of Brazil, 211, 213, 215-218
• Isabella of Spain, Queen, 16, 17, 21, 23, 24, 34

• Jamamaries, 12
• Jesuits, 8, 81, 148
• Jews in Brazil, 97, 100
• João VI., 186-196, 199, 209
• Junin, Battle of, 183, 184
• Junot, 186
• Junta of Argentina, 167

• Knight, 93

• Lancaster, James, 96
• Lautaro, 59, 123
• Lavalle, General, 276
• Lavalleja, General, 276
• Ledesma, Alonso, Andrea de, 92
• Leopoldina, wife of Pedro I. of Brazil, 193, 205, 206
• L'Ermite, Jaques, 94
• Lima, Regent of Brazil, 212, 213
• Lima, town of, 52, 110, 111, 117, 118, 182, 270
• Liniers, General, 140, 166, 168, 236
• L'Ollonais, François, 94
• Lopez, Carlos Antonio, 250
• Lopez, Francisco Solano, 215, 250-263
• Luques, Hernando, 47
• Lynch, Madame, 251, 261

• Maciel, 103
• Maipú, Battle of, 174, 176, 180
• Mamelucos, 81
• Manco-Capac, 5
• Manco-Capac, brother to Huasca, 51, 52, 54
• Maranhão, 103, 104
• Marie I. of Portugal, 188, 193
• Marie II. of Portugal, 194, 209
• Mauritz, Prince of Nassau, 99, 100, 102-105
• Mello, Admiral Custodio de, 223, 225
• Mendoza, Andres Hurtado de, 114
• Mendoza, Garcia Hurtado de, 123, 124
• Mendoza, Pedro de, 27, 65, 66
• Miguel, Dom, of Portugal, 194, 209
• Miranda, Francisco, General, 154-156, 159-160, 164, 264, 265
• Mitre, Bartolomé, General, 153, 281
• Mojos, 12
• Monagas, José Tadeo, 288, 289
• Monte Video, 168, 170-172, 193, 201
• Moraes, Prudente Barros de, Dr., 226
• Moreau, 137
• Moreno, Garcia, 288
• Moreno, Mariano, 170
• Morgan, Captain, 146, 209

• Narborough, Sir John, 127
• Navarro, Deputy, 213, 214
• Negro slaves, 81
• New Granada, 145, 148, 160, 238, 286
• Nicuesa, 31
• Noorte, van, 94
• Nuñez, Raphael, 287

• O'Higgins, Ambrose, 119, 120, 265
• O'Higgins, Bernardo, 120, 173, 174, 233, 235, 264, 268
• Ojeda, Alonso, 23, 31
• Olinda, capture of, 99
• Omaguas, Indians, 12
• Origin of the Incas, 2, 3
• Ovando, Nicolas de, 24, 29, 31

• Paez, General, 162-165, 288-289
• Pampa Indians, 57, 66
• Panama, exploration of, 47
• Pando, General, 185
• Paraguay, 67-71, 215, 245-263
• Pardo, Manuel, 242, 243
• Pedrarias, 32, 33
• Pedro I. of Brazil, 194-210, 212
• Pedro II. of Brazil, 210-219
• Peixoto, General Floriana, 218, 223, 226
• Peña Nicolas Rodriguez, 167
• Penna, Affonso, Dr., 227
• Pernambuco, 95, 194, 205, 215
• Peru, 3-5, 47-55, 65, 110-114, 237-244
• Pierola, Nicolas de, 243, 244
• Pinzon, Admiral, 241, 242
• Pinzon, Vincente, 24, 36
• Pizarro, Francisco, 47-54
• Pizarro, Gonzales, 113, 114
• Popham, Admiral Home, 139, 140
• Portugues, Bartholomew, 94
• Portuguese settlers, methods of, 42, 45, 46
• Prado, General, 242, 243
• Puyrredon, 173

• Quesada, Gonzalo Jimines de, 34, 35, 142-144
• Quiroga, 231, 232, 279
• Quito, 7, 146, 147, 148

• Raleigh, Sir Walter, 92, 93
• Recife, 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 105, 108
• Repartemiento, 61
• Rio de Janeiro, 41, 42, 65, 187-190, 205, 221-223
• Rio Grande, 215, 222, 223-225
• Rivadavia, 172, 235, 275, 276
• Rivera, 278
• River Plate, 12, 27, 64, 65, 69, 82, 159, 166, 205, 230, 272-281
• River Plate, colonization of, 65
• River Plate, discovery of, 64
• Rolt, extract from, 127
• Rondeau, General, 173
• Rosario, 65, 171
• Rosas, 215, 274, 276-281
• Royal audience, 113

• Saavedra, Cornelio de, 167, 170
• Salles, Campos, Dr., 226, 227
• San Martin, General, 159, 170-172, 175-177, 182, 183, 229, 232, 233, 235
• Santa Cruz, Andreas, 240, 241, 284, 285
• Santander, General, 286
• Santiago, town of, 72, 180, 181
• São Paulo, town of, 80, 81, 198, 215, 216
• Sharpe, 93
• Slave trade abolished in Brazil, 217
• Smith, Sir Sydney, 186, 189
• Smuggling, 78, 79
• Sobremonte, Viceroy, 140
• Socialism of the tribes, 13
• Solis, Juan de, 64
• Sousa, Martin Affonso de, 39
• Souza, Thomé de, 42
• Spanish gunboats captured by cavalry, 163, 164
• Spanish methods of settling, 44, 45
• Suarez, 184
• Sucre, General, 159, 175, 184, 284
• Suipacha, victory of, 168
• Sun, worship of the, 5, 7, 8, 11

• Tacanas, 12
• Tamayo, newspaper, 203
• Teixeira, Bishop Marcos, 98
• Terra Firma, 110
• Titicaca, Lake, 4, 5, 56
• Titles, 152
• Treaties with Araucanians, 128
• Tribes, names of, 12
• Tupac-Amaru (Condorcanqui), 114, 116, 117
• Tupis, 12
• Tuyuti, Battle of, 257

• Uraba, 31, 32
• Urquiza, 215, 280, 281
• Ursua, Francisco de Paula Bucareli y, 138
• Uruguay, disputed territory, 80
• Uruguay, rival parties, 282

• Vaca, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de, 69, 70
• Valdivia, Pedro de, 59, 65, 72
• Valdivia, town, 125, 127, 129
• Vasconcellos, 214
• Vela, Blasco Nuñez, 113
• Venezuela, 148, 150, 155, 288-290
• Venner, Captain, 96
• Vespucci, Amerigo, 23, 36
• Viamonte, 167
• Viceregal functions, Peru, 110-112
• Villagran, Francisco, 122, 124
• Villanueva, Colonel Alonzo de, 125
• Villegagnon, Nicolas Durant de, 41

• War of Independence, 118, 159-184
• Welzers, the, 28, 33
• West India Company (Dutch), 97, 99, 105, 106
• Whitelocke, General, 140, 141
• Willikens, Jacob, 97

• Yegros, Fulgencio, 246, 247

• Zapiola, Matias, 170

Errata.—Page 188, lines 6 and 7, for "Queen Francisca Isabel," read "Queen Maria."

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