INDEX
Names of persons in capitals.
A
Aborigines (
119-134
);
bibliography,
302-304
;
measures for civilisation of,
79
,
97
,
234
Achaba, Mt.,
220
Administrative divisions,
108
,
109
AGUIRRE, LOPE DE,
74-76
ALDAMA, JUAN DE,
200
,
201
ALFINGER, AMBROSIUS,
71
,
72
,
151
Altagracia (Zulia),
154
AMALIVACA, legend of,
64
Amazon basin, communication with Orinoco,
232-234
Amazonas territory,
223-234
;
population,
273
;
bibliography,
310
,
311
Amazons, villages and communities of,
123
,
124
Améha, Mt.,
220
,
221
AMPIES, JUAN DE,
71
,
72
Andes of Venezuela,
31
,
32
,
157-170
;
principal heights,
282
;
bibliography,
306
,
307
ANDRÉ, E.,
49
,
220
,
221
Angostura.
See
Ciudad Bolivar
ANZOÁTEGUI, General,
89
Anzoátegui, State of,
199-202
,
208
;
population of, &c.,
269
Apure, State of,
199
,
258
;
population of, &c.,
269
Aragua de Barcelona,
202
;
population and climate,
282
Aragua de Maturín,
188
Aragua, State of,
143-145
;
population of, &c.,
269
Arawak Indians,
125
,
133
Araya, Castle of,
69
,
70
,
185
;
Salina of,
244
Area of the Republic,
25
Arecuna Indians,
122
Areo,
207
,
208
ARIAS, DOMINGO,
186
Arichi, Mt.,
220
ARISMENDI, JUAN BAUTISTA,
87
,
90
Army,
117
,
118
Aroa,
173
,
174
;
copper-mines of,
246
Arrowroot.
See
Manioc
Asphalt,
45
,
46
,
150
,
188
,
190
,
191
,
202
,
203
,
245
Asunción,
182
;
foundation of,
70
;
population and climate,
281
Atabapo, River,
224
Atures Rapids,
225
,
226
Atures (town),
227
AYARES, PEDRO,
216
B
Bailadores,
167
;
copper near,
245
Balatá,
49
,
212
,
215
,
218
,
250
Baniba Indians,
125
,
130-133
,
230
Banking,
113
,
239
,
240
BARALT, R.,
97
,
152
Barbacoas,
209
Barcelona,
199-202
;
salt of,
244
;
railway to Guanta,
255
;
population and climate,
281
Baria Indians,
125
Barinas,
210
;
population and climate,
282
BARING BROTHERS,
242
Barquisimeto,
172
,
247
;
population and climate,
281
Barrancas,
192
BASTIDAS, DON RODRIGO DE,
73
BATES, H. W.,
53
Bejucal
,
48
BERMUDEZ, GEN. JUAN,
87
“Bermudez” Asphalt Lake,
188
,
203
,
245
BERRIO Y ORUÑA, DON ANTONIO DE,
78
Betijoque,
169
Bibliography,
287-314
Bifurcation of the Casiquiare (Orinoco and Amazon),
230
,
232
,
233
Birds,
55-58
Birth-customs, Indian,
128
Bishop of Coro, first,
73
BLANCO, GUZMAN,
100
,
101
BOBADILLA, DON FRANCISCO DE,
231
Bobures,
165
Boconó,
169
;
population and climate,
281
BOLIVAR, SIMON: early life and character of,
87
;
dispatched to England,
82
;
work as liberator,
87-95
;
death,
95
;
publicly honoured,
97
,
98
Bolivar Railway,
145
,
158
,
172-174
,
255
Bolivar, State of,
211-222
;
population of, &c.,
270
;
Bibliography,
308-310
Botany,
47-52
;
Bibliography,
294-297
BRASCHI, SÑR. ANTONIO,
169
Brazil, frontier with,
106
Brazil nuts,
49
,
228
British Guiana, frontier with,
107
,
108
;
dispute over,
102
,
103
British legion,
91
,
93
,
94
British trade with Venezuela,
266
,
267
.
See
Trade
Budget,
283
,
284
Burial-customs, Indian,
121
,
128
BURKE, WILLIAM,
85
C
Cable Company,
254
Cadupinapo Indians,
122
Caicara,
221
Calabozo,
209
;
population and climate,
282
Callao goldfields,
213-217
,
246
Camaguan,
209
CANADIAN-VENEZUELAN ORE CO., LTD.,
244
Cannibalism of the Conquistadores,
72
;
alleged cannibalism of Indians,
122
,
123
Caño Colorado,
203
Caños
,
29
Capatárida,
178
;
tobacco of,
249
Capital, returns on,
243
;
British capital in Venezuela,
266
Capitania General of Venezuela established,
80
Capuchin missions,
79
Carabobo, Battle of,
93
,
94
Carabobo, State of,
145-148
;
population of, &c.,
270
Carácas,
138-141
;
foundation of,
76
;
university founded,
80
;
Junta of,
82
;
brewery,
251
;
Academy of History,
251
;
telephones,
254
;
tramways,
256
;
population and climate,
281
;
bibliography,
304
,
305
Carache,
169
,
170
Carapo,
218
Caratal,
216
Carenero-Rio Chico Railway,
142
,
143
,
255
Carib Indians,
122-125
Caribbean Hills,
29
,
30
;
towns of, &c.,
135-148
,
181-192
;
bibliography,
304
,
305
,
307
,
308
Caribe
(fish),
59
Caroni, River,
213
,
218
,
219
Carora,
176
Carúpano,
188
,
189
;
sulphur near,
245
;
population and climate,
281
Caruzana Indians,
125
“
Casa Fuerte
,” Barcelona,
90
,
200
,
201
Casiquiare bifurcation,
230
,
232
,
233
Cassava.
See
Manioc
CASTELLON, JACOME DE,
70
CASTRO, CIPRIANO,
103
,
104
,
176
,
189
,
190
CASTRO, JULIAN,
99
Cataniapo, River,
227
,
228
Catatumbo, River,
33
,
153
Cattle.
See
Stock-farming
Caura, River,
219-221
Ceiba tree,
49
Central Railway,
141
,
142
,
255
,
256
Centralists.
See
Oligarca
CHALBAUD, GEN. R. D.,
226
Chama, River,
164
CHAMBERLAIN, COL. C.,
201
Chaparro,
50
Chimo
,
46
Cienagas
,
28
Cinchona,
50
,
52
Cinnabar,
222
Ciudad Bolivar,
212
;
Congress of Angostura,
91
;
population and climate,
282
Climate,
33-36
,
196
,
222
,
281
,
282
Coal,
44
,
45
,
150
,
159
,
161
,
176
,
202
,
243
,
244
Coche (island),
185
;
salt of,
244
Cocoa,
141-143
,
155
,
159
,
188
,
248
,
249
;
wild,
228
,
248
Cocuiza
(fibre).
See
Fibre
CODAZZI, COL. A.,
97
,
251
Coffee,
141-143
,
159
,
161
,
248
Coinage,
112-114
,
239
Cojedes, State,
199
,
210
;
population of, &c.,
270
Cojoro;
Harbour of,
151
Colombia;
frontier with,
106
,
107
Colombia;
Republic of Great,
92
,
94
,
95
Colón,
161
Colonisation,
234
,
263
,
264
;
Bibliography,
313
COLUMBUS,
64
,
65
Communications,
252-260
,
266
;
Bibliography,
312-314
COMPAÑÍA ANÓNIMA DE NAVEGACION FLUVIAL Y COSTANERA,
226
COMPAÑÍA DE PETROLEO DE TÁCHIRA,
161
,
245
COMPAÑÍA GUIPUZCOANA,
80
,
209
,
236
Conquistadores
;
character of the,
61
,
62
;
cruelties of,
66-70
Constitution of Venezuela;
of 1811,
85
,
86
;
of 1819,
91
;
changes in,
104
,
105
;
modern form,
109
Copaiba-balsam,
49
,
155
,
219
,
250
Copper,
45
,
143
,
159
,
173
,
174
,
228
,
245
,
246
Coro,
177
,
178
,
247
;
foundation of,
71
;
population and climate,
281
;
first bishop of,
73
;
coal of,
243
;
Coro-La Vela Railway,
178
,
256
Cotton,
144-146
,
170
,
172
,
249
CRESPO, President,
101
,
102
Cristobal Colón (Puerto),
189
,
190
Cúa,
143
Cuacua Indians,
122
Cubagua (island),
183
,
184
;
history of,
67
,
70
,
73
Cuchivero, River,
221
,
222
Cucuhy,
234
Cuestas
,
169
Cumaná,
185
,
186
;
foundation of,
69
,
70
;
population and climate,
281
Cumanacoa,
186
Cura,
218
Curaçao,
179
,
180
Curare
,
124
,
227
Curasicana Indians,
122
Curataquiche,
208
Currency,
112-114
,
239
D
Debt of Venezuela,
240-243
,
285
DE LESSEPS, F.,
138
Delta Territory,
191
,
192
;
Indians of,
125-130
,
191
;
population,
273
;
Bibliography,
307
,
308
DISKONTO GESELLSCHAFT (BERLIN),
242
Dividive.
See
Dye-woods
, &c.
Dominican missionaries,
67
,
68
D’ORBIGNY, A., on Quichuas,
130
DRAKE, SIR F.,
77
Duaca,
173
DUDLEY, SIR R.,
45
Duida, Mt.,
230
,
231
Dye-woods,
51
,
170
,
191
E
Earthquakes,
43
,
44
,
86
,
164
,
185
Education,
112
,
234
,
251
,
266
Egret-plumes,
57
Ejido,
165
El Callao,
215-217
;
goldmine of,
246
El Cobre,
162
“EL DORADO,” legend of,
73
,
78
,
79
;
origin of,
63
,
64
Erewato, River,
220
Escuque,
169
Esmeralda,
224
Estanques,
165
Ethnology,
119-134
;
Bibliography,
302-304
Executive; departments of,
110
,
117
,
118
F
Falcón, State of,
177
,
178
;
population of, &c.,
270
;
Bibliography,
307
FAXARDO, FRANCISCO,
74
Federal District,
135-141
;
population,
273
;
Bibliography,
304
,
305
Federalists.
See
Liberal
FEDERMANN, NICOLAUS,
73
Fibre,
172
,
178
,
189
Finance; National,
264-266
,
283-285
Foreigners; laws relating to,
111
Franciscan missionaries,
67
,
68
,
79
FREITES, PEDRO MARIA,
90
,
201
G
Galera; La,
41
GENERAL FINANCE AND CREDIT CO.,
242
Geology,
38-46
;
Bibliography,
292-294
German residents,
152
,
212
,
239
Gibraltar,
154
,
155
;
occupied by patriots in 1821,
93
Goajiro Indians,
119-122
,
155
Goat-farming,
150
,
176
,
178
,
247
Gold,
45
,
159
,
165
,
189
,
213-217
,
228
,
231
,
232
,
236
,
246
GOMEZ, GEN. JUAN VICENTE,
104
,
105
,
145
,
265
,
266
Government; policy of,
265
,
266
GRAMONT (buccaneer),
155
Great Táchira Railway,
154
,
256
Great Venezuelan Railway,
143-146
,
256
Guacharo
(bird),
56
,
57
;
cave of,
187
Guaharibo Indians,
125
,
231
Guahibo Indians,
125
Guaica Indians,
126
Guainia River,
233
,
234
Guaipunavi.
See
Puinabi
Guaiqueria Indians,
67
Gual and España Revolution,
80
Guanare,
210
;
population and climate,
282
Guaniamo, River,
222
Guano,
180
Guanta,
202
Guarapiche River,
203
“
Guarapo
,”
137
Guaraunos.
See
Warraus
Guareca.
See
Wareca
Guárico, River,
195
Guárico, State of,
199
,
209
;
population of, &c.,
270
Guasipati,
215
;
population and climate,
281
Guatavita Indians,
63
Guaviare, River,
224
Guayabal,
209
Guayana,
26
,
27
,
211-234
;
geology of,
38-40
;
trees and plants of,
47-50
;
goldfields of,
213-217
,
246
;
cocoa,
248
;
old roads in,
257
;
possibilities of,
263
;
bibliography,
308-311
Guayana Vieja,
192
,
210
;
foundation of,
78
;
taken by Raleigh,
79
Guayungomo.
See
Maquiritare
GUERRA, L. and C., expedition to West Indies,
66
Guipuzcoana Company.
See
Compañía Guipuzcoana
H
HARRISON, J. B.,
45
Headless men,
123
Health, public,
36
,
37
,
111
History,
61-105
;
Bibliography,
297-302
Hospitality,
115
,
165
,
166
,
205
,
206
Hot springs,
44
,
168
,
169
HUMBOLDT, F. H. A. VON,
46
,
56
,
209
,
225
HUTEN, PHILIP VON,
73
HYLACOMYLUS, MARTIN,
66
I
Imataca Mts.,
192
;
iron of,
244
IM THURN, SIR E., on Arawaks,
133
Independence, Declaration of,
83
Industries,
250
,
251
Inirida, River,
224
Insignia of the republic,
118
Iron,
45
,
192
,
228
,
244
J
Jefe Civil
; functions of,
110
Jesuit missions,
79
,
122
,
133
,
134
Justice, administration of,
111
K
KARSTEN, H.,
44
KINGSLEY, C. (“Westward Ho!”),
77
L
La Ceiba Railway,
158
,
169
,
255
La Grita,
162
,
163
La Guaira,
135-137
;
population and climate,
281
La Guaira-Carácas Railway,
137
,
138
,
255
LA GUAIRA HARBOUR CORPORATION,
136
Lagunillas,
165
“
Lajas
,”
220
;
minerals in,
228
LANDAETA ROSALES, MANUEL,
201
Languages; Indian,
126
Lara, State of,
171-173
,
175-177
;
population of, &c.,
271
Las Aves Islands,
180
LAS CASAS, BARTOLOMÉ DE,
69
,
70
,
185
“
Las Laderas
,”
166
Las Trincheras hot-springs,
44
La Vela,
178
La Victoria,
144
;
population and climate,
281
Lead,
45
LEDESMA, DON ALONSO ANDREA DE,
77
Legislature of Venezuela,
110
,
111
Liberal
party,
97
LIDUEÑA, GONZALO PIÑA,
154
Liquid fuel,
262
,
263
Llanos,
27-29
,
193-210
,
246
,
247
;
houses on,
204-207
;
commercial possibilities of,
262
;
bibliography,
308
Lobatera,
161
LOSADA, DIEGO DE, founder of Carácas,
76
Los Apartaderos,
167
Los Castillos (de Guayana),
192
Los Roques Islands,
180
Los Teques,
143
,
144
;
population and climate,
281
M
Macanao,
182
Maco or Macapure Indians,
122
Macusi Indians,
122
Macuto,
136
Mahogany,
49
Maipures Rapids,
225
,
226
Maiquetia,
136
Maiquetia-Macuto Railway,
136
,
255
Mandawak Indians,
126
Manganese,
228
Manioc,
116
,
131
,
142
Mapoyo.
See
Cuacua
Maquiritare Indians,
122
,
221
,
232
Maracaibo,
149-153
;
Indians in,
120
;
Bank of,
240
;
coal of,
243
;
Lake of,
33
,
149
,
150
,
153
,
154
,
156
;
“Lights” of,
156
;
salt of,
244
;
population and climate,
281
Maracas
(rattles),
124
,
125
Maracay,
144
,
145
Marapizano.
See
Caruzana
Margarita (island),
181-183
;
named by Columbus,
65
MARIÑO, SANTIAGO,
87-90
,
94
,
96
,
265
;
deserts Freites,
90
Maroa,
233
Marriage customs; Indian,
125
,
128
,
131-133
Marriage laws,
111
Massacre of Spaniards by Indians,
231
,
232
Maturín,
202-208
;
population and climate,
282
MEAT PRODUCTS SYNDICATE,
147
,
247
,
249
Medicine-men,
121
,
122
,
130
MENDOZA, DON JOAQUIN MORENO DE,
212
.
Merevari River,
232
.
See also
Caura
Mérida (city),
163-165
;
population and climate,
281
Mérida; Cordillera of,
32
;
Sierra Nevada of,
32
,
164
,
165
,
282
Mérida, State of,
163-167
;
population of, &c.,
271
“
Mesas
”;
28
,
163
,
194
Mestizos
; rising of,
88
;
transfer support to patriots,
92
Milk; vegetable,
155
Mineral wealth and mining,
44-46
,
148
,
159
,
173
,
174
,
243
;
early exploitation,
74
MIRANDA, DON FRANCISCO,
81
,
82
;
dictatorship and death,
86
Miranda, State of,
141-144
;
population, &c.,
271
Missions,
67
,
70
,
79
,
80
,
133
,
134
MONÁGAS; General,
89
,
98
,
99
Monágas; State of,
187
,
188
,
199
,
202-208
;
population, &c.,
271
Montalbán,
146
MONTEVERDE, DON DOMINGO DE,
86
,
88
Mora (tree),
48
,
49
MORALES; General,
89
,
94
MORGAN; SIR HENRY, sacks Gibraltar,
155
MORILLO; General,
89
,
90
,
92
Mosquitoes,
221
;
mistaken use of name,
59
Motatán,
168
Motilones Indians,
155
Mucuchíes,
167
N
Naiguatá (Peak),
29
;
height of,
282
Naricual coalmines,
202
,
244
Navy,
117
;
dockyard,
147
New Andalusia; Eastern Venezuela,
50
;
named by Ojeda,
65
New Cadiz,
70
,
73
,
183
,
184
Nichare, River,
220
NIÑO, PEDRO ALONSO,
66
Nirgua,
175
Nueva Esparta; State of,
181-185
;
population, &c.,
271
;
Bibliography,
307
,
308
O
OCAMPO; GONZALEZ DE,
69
,
70
Ocumare de la Costa,
148
Ocumare del Tuy,
141
;
population and climate,
281
Oil-bird.
See
Guacharo
Oil-fields,
263
.
See
Petroleum
, &c.
OJEDA, ALONSO DE, first to land in Venezuela,
65
,
149
;
his father,
68
O’LEARY, DANIEL F.,
91
,
201
Oligarca
party,
97
ORDAZ, DIEGO DE,
72
Orinoco,
211-234
;
steamers on,
212
,
224
,
225
,
258
;
climate of,
222
Ortiz,
209
Otomak tribe,
122
OVIEDO Y BAÑOS, the historian, quoted,
74
P
PACHECO, ALONSO DE,
73
,
151
PÁEZ, JOSÉ ANTONIO,
90
,
95-97
Pampatar,
182
Panama Canal; importance of, to Venezuela,
261-263
Pao copper-mine,
245
Pará; Falls of,
220
Paragua, River,
219
Paraguana,
178
Páramos,
162
,
167
,
169
;
vegetation of,
52
Pareca Indians,
122
Paria; Gulf and Peninsula of,
189
,
190
Parima, Mts.,
224
Pasimonabi Indians,
126
PATERSON, MAJOR S.,
222
Pauare Indians,
122
Pearl-fisheries,
182
,
184
,
236
Pedernales,
190
,
245
Pedraza,
210
Pericos,
224
Petare,
141
,
142
Petroleum,
45
,
46
,
150
,
159
,
161
,
169
,
177
,
183
,
185
,
186
,
188
,
190
,
191
,
245
,
262
,
263
Philanthropic institutions,
111
,
112
Phosphate of lime,
180
Piapoco Indians,
125
PIAR, MANUEL,
87
,
89
,
90
Piaroa Indians,
125
,
227
PIMENTEL, DON JUAN,
76
Pimichin,
234
PLASSARD, on Warraus,
129
,
130
PONCE DE LEON, DON DIEGO,
76
Population,
26
;
density of,
109
Porlamar,
182
,
183
Portuguesa chain,
31
Portuguesa, State of,
199
,
210
;
population, &c.,
272
Post Office,
252-254
Pregonero,
162
Press,
118
PRESTON, SIR AMYAS; takes Carácas,
77
,
78
Protective duties,
144
,
146
,
250
,
251
Puerto Cabello,
147
,
148
;
and Valencia Railway,
147
,
256
;
Meat Syndicate and,
247
;
population and climate,
281
Puerto San Juan,
188
Puerto Sucre,
185
Puerto Tablas,
213
,
214
Puerto Villamizar,
154
Puinabi Indians,
125
Punceres,
188
Putucual; Lake of,
30
Q
Quíbor,
176
Quichua Indians,
125
Quinine.
See
Cinchona
R
Railways,
154
,
158
,
159
,
255
,
256
,
266
;
Bibliography,
312-313
RALEIGH, SIR WALTER,
78
,
79
,
192
Raudales.
See
Rapids
Religions,
121
,
129
,
130
,
131
,
133
,
208
Revolutions; of Gual and España,
80
,
81
;
Wars of Independence,
82-94
;
internal,
95
,
98-105
Rice,
220
,
221
Rio Caribe,
189
Rio Chico,
143
Rio Negro,
233
,
234
RIVAS, FRANCISCO ESTEBAN,
201
Roads,
137
,
158
,
159
,
170
,
172
,
214
,
246
,
256-258
,
266
“
Rocas pintadas
,”
63
RODRIGUEZ, CRISTOBAL,
197
RODRIGUEZ, SEÑORITA DOLORES,
291
ROJAS, DOÑA JUANA DE JESUS,
201
ROLANDO, GEN. A.,
201
Rubber,
49
,
50
,
147
,
220
,
227
,
229
,
230
,
249
,
250
Rubio,
160
,
161
S
Saliba Indians,
125
Salón Elíptico,
139
Salt,
46
,
150
,
155
,
185
,
186
,
244
San Antonio (Monágas),
187
San Antonio (Táchira),
161
San Carlos (Cojedes),
210
;
population and climate,
282
San Carlos (Rio Negro),
233
San Carlos (Zulia),
155
San Cristobal,
159
,
160
;
population and climate,
281
San Felipe,
174
;
population and climate,
281
San Felix,
213
,
214
;
massacre of,
90
San Fernando (de Apure),
199
;
population and climate,
282
San Fernando de Atabapo,
224
;
Population,
282
San Luis,
177
San Pedro (de Coche),
185
Santa Ana,
93
,
169
Santa Barbara Railway,
154
,
158
,
256
“Santa Barbara,” Savannah,
234
Santa Rita,
154
Santa Teresa,
142
Sarrapia.
See
Tonka-bean
Sarsaparilla,
222
SCHRÖDER, MR. VICE-CONSUL (Maracaibo),
152
Seasons,
34-36
Seboruco,
163
;
copper of,
245
Segovia Highlands,
30
,
31
;
rocks of (Segovia Group),
41
.
See
Falcón
,
Lara
, &c.
Sernambi,
250
Serrania Costanera,
29
;
Heights of,
282
Serrania Interior,
29
;
Heights of,
282
Shipping,
258-260
Sicapra,
218
Sierra Nevada of Mérida,
32
;
Heights of,
282
.
See
Mérida
SIEVERS, DR. W.,
41
,
153
Silla Peak, La,
29
;
Height of,
282
Silver,
159
Sinamaica,
155
Sipapo River,
227
,
228
Siquisique,
177
Slavery, abolition of,
99
SOTO, FRANCISCO DE,
70
SOUBLETTE, President,
98
SPEYER, GEORGE VON,
73
SPIRA, JORGE DE.
See
SPEYER, GEORGE VON
Starch.
See
Manioc
Stock-farming,
143
,
150
,
197
,
198
,
227
,
232
,
246
,
247
,
262
SUCRE, JOSÉ DE,
87
,
185
Sucre, State of,
185-190
;
Population, &c.,
272
;
Bibliography,
307
,
308
Sugar,
137
,
144
,
161
,
249
Sulphur,
46
,
189
,
245
Surveys,
251
T
Táchira, State of,
159-163
;
Population, &c.,
272
;
Táchira Railway,
154
,
256
Tamanaco tribe,
122
Tanneries,
250
Tanning barks,
51
Taparita Indians,
122
Táriba,
162
TAVERA-ACOSTA, quoted,
122
,
125
,
126
,
130
,
227
Telegraphs and telephones,
254
Tierra caliente
,
templada
and
fria
,
34-36
;
vegetation of,
50-52
Timber,
150
,
155
,
159
,
219
,
228
Timotes,
168
Tobacco,
155
,
159
,
187
,
249
Tocuyo,
175
,
176
;
foundation of,
73
Tonka-beans,
49
,
219
,
220
,
250
Torbes, River,
159
,
160
,
162
Tovar,
167
Trade,
235-251
;
British trade with Venezuela,
266
,
267
;
statistics,
274-280
;
Bibliography,
312-314
Transport.
See
Shipping
,
Roads
, &c.
Travelling; difficulties of,
257
Trona.
See
Urao
Trujillo (city),
168
;
armistice of,
92
;
population and climate,
281
Trujillo, State,
168-170
;
population, &c.,
272
Tucacas,
172
,
173
,
246
Tucupita,
191
;
population and climate,
282
Tumeremo,
218
Tupuquen,
216
Turimquiri (peak),
29
;
height of,
282
U
Uaica Indians,
122
Uajiba.
See
Guahibo
Uayamara Indians,
122
Uayungomo.
See
Maquiritare
Uiquire Indians,
122
Universities,
80
,
251
Upata,
214
Uracá,
161
,
162
Uracoa; reported gold near,
45
Urao
,
46
,
165
URDANETA, GENERAL,
98
Urica,
208
URPIN, JUAN,
199
URRE, FELIPE DE.
See
HUTEN, PHILIP
von
V
Valencia,
145
,
146
;
Lake of,
30
,
145
;
population and climate,
281
Valera,
168
,
169
Vargas (town).
See
El Cobre
VARGAS, President,
96
,
97
,
265
Venamo valley,
217
Venezuela
; origin of name,
65
Venezuelan Railway.
See
Great Venezuelan Railway
Ventuari, River,
230-232
VESPUCCI, AMERIGO, fraudulent claims of,
65
,
66
Vichada River,
229
Villa de Cura,
145
;
population and climate,
281
Vineyards,
146
W
Waiomgomo.
See
Maquiritare
WALDSEEMUELLER, M.
See
HYLACOMYLUS, M.
WALL, G. P.,
40
,
42
,
44
Wareca Indians,
125
Warrau Indians,
125-130
,
191
Water power,
226
,
227
,
256
Waterways,
210
,
258
Welser, rule of the,
71-73
Wheat,
141
,
144
,
159
Women; education of,
112
Y
Yabarana Indians,
122
Yaracuy; State of,
173-175
;
population, &c.,
272
Yaritagua,
175
Yaruro Indians,
126
Yavita,
234
Yavitera Indians,
125
Z
Zamora; State of,
199
,
210
;
population, &c.,
273
ZARAZA, General,
89
Zaraza (town),
209
Zoology,
52-60
;
Bibliography,
294-297
Zulia, State of,
149-156
;
population, &c.,
273
;
Bibliography,
306