U.

• Unhealthy country, 50
• Ure, Martin de, 241, 253
• Uretabere, village, 269
• Urquaie. See Uruguay
• Ursa Major, constellation of, 51
• Urtueses (Orthuses), 47;
  • mortality among, 48, 53, 265, 266
• Uruguay river, 83

V.

• Vaca, Cabeza de. See Cabeza
• Vaca, Pedro, 260
• Valderas, Juan, notary, 264
• Valdivieso, Sebastian, 270
• Valladolid, xvii, 238
• Valle, Pedro Diaz del, 244
• Vanegas, Garcia, 52, 240, 245, 253;
  • threatens the governor’s life, 257;
  • kisses the governor’s feet, 260;
  • his terrible end, 262
• Vardellesse, Germanised form of Spanish fortaleza, 24
• Vera, Don Pedro, grandfather of Alvar Nuñez, xiii;
  • province named after, 36; 108
• Vergara, Captain, 161
• ——, Francisco Ortiz de (called by Schmidt, Fergere), 79
• Vicenda. See San Vicente
• Viejo, port, 234
• Villegaignon takes possession of Rio de Janeiro, xxix

W.

• Welzer, Jacob, xxiv, xxv, 2
• West Indies, slaves introduced into, xxv
• Weybingen, no village of that name, 24, 25
• Whale, length and capacity of, 1
• Whales, harm done by, 86 seq.
• Wiessay. See Mbiaçá
• Wight, Isle of, 91
• Wild boar, 118, 216, 229
• Wine made of the carob bean, 18;
  • of honey, 19, 63;
  • of maize, 230
• Women, sale and barter of, 20
• Worms, white (weevil), fried for food, 115
• Wydt. See Wight

X.

• Xaqueses, 197, 234
• Xaquetes, 191
• Xarayos, Xarayes or Guarayos (Scherues), 40, 41, 43;
  • King of, 44, 46, 47, 50; 168, 205;
  • chief of, 207;
  • their dress, 209;
  • their habits, 211 seq.;
  • country of, 213, 214, 217, 225, 226, 263, 265
• Xeme, the measure, 200

Y.

• Yacaré, a Guaraní word for the amphibious animals, 42
• Yacareati River, 263, 265, 269
• Yaiva River, 263, 265
• Yapirús or Apirus, Yaperús (Jeperis or Naperus), a tribe of Payaguás, 26, 54, 56, 57, 61, 149, 153;
  • peace made with, 156;
  • deputation from, ib.;
  • nomadic habits of, 157
• Yeruquihaba (Juberich Sabaiie), 58, 59;
  • distance of, from Asuncion, 59, 81, 179
• Ygatu. See Yguatu
• Yguaron, an Indian chief, 122
• Yguatú River, affluent of Paraná, 117
• Yguatú, probably Igatu, now Jaurú River, 195;
  • crosses erected at, 196, 225, 263, 265
• Yguazú, Iguazú, or Iguassu River, affluent of Paraná, xxviii, 108, 118, 119;
  • fall of, 120 seq.;
  • latitude of, 123
• Ytabucú or Itapucú River, 105, 106

Z.

• Zchemiaisch Saluaischo, a tribe of small people, 16, 17
• Zchemui. See Chanes
• Zchera Wassu. See Guazu
• Zechuas, 11
• Zechurias. See Charuas
• Zeeland, 91
• Zeicho Lijemii, an erroneous rendering of a chief’s name, 29
• Zeyhannis, 66, 68