Achachibas (piles of stones), 222.
Acllahuasi (convent of Sun-Virgins), 207.
Acosta, 48, 80, 174, 179, 226, 229, 242, 280, 303.
Agassiz, L., 5, 304.
Aguarunas, 289, 291, 292.
Alameda (Lima), 106, 107;
(La Paz), 163.
Almagro, Diego de, 73, 89.
Alpacas, 54, 157, 226.
See llamas, huanacus, vicuñas.
Amahuacas, 290.
Amautas (wise men), See Incas.
Amazon, 5, 6, 10, 123, 124, 141, 233, 236, 237, 245-248, 304.
See jungle.
Amazons, 236-237.
Amiel, 61.
Andalusia, New, 84.
Andes, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 30, 36, 43, 53, 59, 60, 123, 134, 175, 247, 248, 301, 302;
animals of, 155-158;
birds of, 168;
dangers of, 147-149;
description of, 143-148;
lakes of, 166-167;
light in, 149-150;
mines of, 152-154;
storm in, 150-151;
valleys of, 165, 240-246, 265.
See condor, cordillera, Incas, Indians, mines, puna, valleys.
Andenes (terraces), 183.
Antarctic, See ocean, Pacific.
Ant-eater, 56, 263, 272.
Antis, 197.
Aqueducts, See irrigation.
Argentina, 121.
Arianza, Juan de, 92.
Arica, 78.
Armada, 91.
Armadillo, 263, 272.
Armatambo, 104.
Atahualpa, 67, 69-71, 77, 136, 188, 215.
Atlantic, See ocean.
Auto de fe, See Inquisition.
Aztlan, 113.

Badeor, Federico, 79.
Balboa, 40, 300, 301.
Balsa (boat of reeds), 41, 48, 168, 234.
Bandelier, A. F., 234, 299.
Bats, 47, 243, 273.
Betanzos, 176.
Bezoar stone, 225.
Bingham, Hiram, 161, 299.
Bolivia, 265.
See Tiahuanacu.
Borax, 32.
Bougainvillea, 35, 57, 59, 125.
Boussingault, 251.
Brazil, 229, 304.
Brehm, 264, 281, 304.
Bridges, swinging, 123, 165, 185.
Brittany, 81, 164, 265.
Buccaneers, 81, 236.
See El Dorado, freebooters, pirates.
Buenos Aires, 85.
Bull-fights, 7, 16, 87, 139.
Butterflies, 59, 65, 121, 125, 261, 273-279.

Cacafuego, 82.
Cacique (chieftain), 196, 199, 235.
Cajamarca, 69, 71, 186.
Cajamarquilla, 104.
Calancha, 50, 300.
See Chimus.
Callao, 15, 85, 86, 100, 101.
Camarones (crayfish), 121.
Candia, Pedro de, 68.
Cantut (flower of Incas), 172, 200.
Caras, 197.
Carbunculo (mythical animal), 273.
Carnac, 164.
Carranza, Angela, 93.
Carvajal, 74.
Casma, 27.
Cavillaca, 44.
Cazuela (soup), 24, 109.
Cecropia, 281, 283.
Cerro de Pasco, 153.
Chancas, 199.
Chanchan, See Chimus.
Chachapoyas, 198.
Chasca, See Dawn.
Chasqui (runners), 184.
See Sun, messengers of the.
Cheireoque (bird), 129.
Chibchas, 197.
Chicha (beverage), 45, 69, 171, 180, 207, 210, 212, 222.
Chile, 54, 89, 121, 129, 197.
Chimus, 47-52, 186, 300.
Chincha Islands, See guano.
Chinchaycocha, Lake of, 166.
Chinchilla, 4, 24, 155.
Chirimoya (fruit), 53, 57.
Chorillos, 103.
Chulpas (towers of the dead), 184.
Churches, 21, 78, 87-88, 97, 99, 100, 111, 112, 138, 215.
See convents, Dominicus, Franciscans, Indians, Inquisition, Jesuits, Lima, Santa Rosa, Spain.
Cinchona (quinine), 6, 251, 303.
Ciruelas (fruit), 23, 62.
Civilizations, ancient, See Indian races.
Coal, 7, 168.
Coast, aborigines of, 37;
birds of, see ocean;
characteristics of, 3, 4, 16-18;
climate of, 29-30;
geology of, 15, 20, 40, see earthquake;
inhabitants of, 15-16;
towns of, 21-24.
See desert.
Coati, 172.
Coca (cocaine), 6, 93, 181, 207, 212, 224.
Columbus, 76, 233.
Con, 30, 175, 177, 178.
Condamine, 236, 303.
Condor, 6, 140, 144, 157-158, 160, 199, 210.
Condorcanqui, See Tupac Amaru.
Coniapuyara, 236.
Combos, 287.
Conquerors, See Spaniards.
Conquest, Spanish, bibliography of, 302-303.
Convents, closed, 114-119;
open, 113-114, see Franciscans;
of Sun-Virgins, see Sun, Virgins of the.
Cordillera, 4, 72, 77, 103, 131, 227, 303.
See Andes.
Corequenque (bird), 190.
Coricancha, See Sun, temples of the.
Cotton, 6, 32, 35, 43, 52.
Coya (wife of Inca), 204, 207.
Coyaraymi (marriage-day), 207.
Cuculis (desert doves), 122.
Cueca (dance), 58.
Cuntisuyu, 186.
Curacas (governors), 211, 212.
Cushma (garment), 237.
Cusicuari, 290.
Cuzco, 67, 166, 174, 178, 179, 182, 184, 196, 197, 199, 200, 204, 206, 210, 217, 220, 223.

Darwin, 169, 254, 303.
Dawn (Chasca), 203, 205;
lodgings of the, 178.
Desert, 3, 4, 5, 25-26;
aborigines of, 37;
climate of, 29-30, see garuas;
emptiness of, 30;
legends of, 36;
lifelessness of, 30-31;
phenomena of, 26-29;
character of, 32;
rivers of, see rivers;
ruins of, 35;
showers in, 31;
valleys of, see valleys;
vultures of, see gallinazos.
Desaguadero, 169.
Dominicus (Santo Domingo), 88, 116, 117, 223.
Drake, Francis, 82, 302.
Dürer, Albrecht, 77.

Earthquake, 4, 15, 27-29, 41, 44, 55, 63, 67, 99-102.
Ecuador, 71, 197.
El Dorado, 85, 234-236.
Elizabeth, Queen, 82.
Elmo, fire of Saint, 167.
Enciza, 270.
Encomienda (tax), 91.
Escandalosa (bush), 62.
Eten, 49.

Falb, Rudolf, 163, 301.
Fierro, Pancho, 130.
Fish-worship, 40, 41, 44, 51.
See Chimus.
Fishes’ eyes, 17.
Franciscans, 21, 105, 107-109, 139, 153.
Freebooters, 20, 82.
See El Dorado, buccaneers, pirates.

Gallinazos (vultures), 21, 32, 43.
Garuas (mists), 30, 105.
See desert, climate of the.
Gold and silver, 9, 27, 51, 56, 64-66, 68, 71, 76-83, 84, 90, 152-155, 171, 182, 193, 199, 204-207.
See Incas, Spaniards, Sun, Treasure.
Golden Hynde, 81, 82.
Granadilla (fruit of passion-flower), 240.
Guano, 19-20, 27, 56, 76.
Guavas, 24, 57, 61, 62, 125, 133.
Guayabas (fruit), 23.
Guayaquil, 85.
Guatavitá, 234, 235.
Guenelette, 9, 244.

Hassel, Georg von, 233.
Heads, reduced, 289-290.
Heredia, José-Maria de, 9.
Huaca cachu (plant of the grave), 222.
Huacas (grave mounds), 290.
Huacho, salt lakes of, 32.
Huacos (objects in huacas), 73, 126-129.
Huadca, 104.
Hualpa, 153.
Huanacus (wild llama), 157.
Huancayo, 153.
Huayna Ccapac, 66, 166, 209.
See Incas.
Huerequeque (bird), 22.
Huguenot hermit, 104.
Huira Capcha, 153.
Humboldt, A. von, 81, 161, 169, 184, 185, 235, 303.
Humming-birds, 57, 65, 132, 146, 160, 172, 243, 263-267, 270.

Iguana, 35, 240.
Incas, aeroplane named for, 139;
amautas, 163, 215;
analogies to other races, 301-302;
arms of, 205;
books about, 300-301;
bridges of, 185;
boundaries of, 20;
campaigns of, 40, 49, 195-197;
at Chanchan, 47, 49, 51;
chinchillas valued by, 155;
clothes of, 189, 207;
coca, divine plant of, 181;
conquest of, foretold, 66-67;
contemporaries of, 37;
court of, 199;
description of, 70, 160;
in desert, 39, 47;
distinctive marks of, 189-191;
divinity of, 188-189;
dramas of, 136;
empire of, 197-199;
festivals of, 208, 210-213;
flute of, 135;
gold of, 7, 64-65, 76;
human sacrifices of, 211;
irrigation works of, 186;
in jungle, 231-232, 285;
last of, 214-221;
laws of, 19, 193-194;
llamas worshipped by, 157;
male title, 205;
mercury, a mystery to, 152;
messengers of the, 192;
myths of, 175-179;
Nature, teacher of, 183;
origin of, 178-179;
Pachacamac spared by, 41, 42;
attitude toward Pachacamac, 177;
pageants of, 163;
passion-flower carried by, 58;
pleasure gardens of, 165;
pleasure houses of, 185;
predecessors of, 160-162;
rainbow emblem of, 206, 298;
roads of, 36, 40, 184-185;
subjects of, 66, 191-193;
Sun, god of, 34, 42, 176, 282;
thunderbolt in palace of, 67;
Titicaca, Island of, 170-173;
tribute to, 192-195;
vicuña fur worn by, 24, 156;
worshipped by Indians, 174.
See Atahualpa, Huayna Ccapac, Manco Ccapac, Sayri Tupac, Tupac Amaru, Uiracocha, Yupanqui, also gold and silver, and Sun.
Inca Rocca, 231.
Indians, characteristics of, 221-224;
called Children of Israel, 93;
Christianity of, 223-224;
near Eten, 49;
saying about God of, 28;
horses terrify, 72;
lift chain of Huayna Ccapac, 166;
Incas’ attitude toward, 195;
Incas’ buildings benefit, 187;