INDEX

Aconcagua, Mt., 7, 48, 149, 164, 169.

Aconcagua, province of, 15.

Aconcagua River, 153.

Agriculture, 10, 93, 98, 213, 360;

school of, 232.

Aguardiente, 112, 194.

Alacaloofs, 142-4.

Albano, Elias Fernandez, 358.

Almagro, Diego de, 15.

Alpaca, the, 174.

Altitude, the lure of, 165.

Americans, 187.

Ancients, 65.

Ancon, Treaty of, 335.

Ancud, 111.

Andes, the, 6, 21, 121, 156-173.

Anglican Church, 278.

Antarctic Circle, 120.

Antarctic Sea, 3, 122.

Antofagasta, 42, 180, 254, 255;

capture of by Chile, 318;

by revolutionists, 346.

Araucanians, the, 15, 96, 196, 212 et seq., 278, 281, 341.

Arauco, 190.

Architecture, 241.

Area, 1, 393.

Arequipa, 29.

Argentina, 17, 138, 156, 159-161, 201;

dispute with, 313, 356.

Arica, 33-38, 253, 326, 327.

Aristocracy, 85.

Army, 370.

Arrieros, 158.

Arteaga, Colonel, 324.

Artistic element, 241.

Ascensors, 47.

Atacama, desert of, 315.

Australia, 190.

Aymara Indians, 323.

Bahia Blanca, 106, 257.

Balboa, 20.

Balmaceda, José Manuel, 338 et seq., 357;

death of, 353.

Balmacedists, 40.

Baltimore incident, 383.

Banking, 209, 372.

Baquedano, General, 331, 337, 352.

Bargaining, 33, 82.

Bautista, San Juan, 62.

Beagle Channel, 140.

Bible societies, 279.

Bibliography, 402.

Bio-Bio River, 8, 95, 105, 215.

Birds, 30, 113.

Boer colonies, 378.

Bolivar, 290-2.

Bolivia, 6, 17, 30, 35, 253, 315;

war with, 314 et seq.

Bomberos, 51, 134.

Borax, 180.

Brandy, 112.

Bravery, 17.

Brunswick, peninsula of, 6.

Buendia, General, 324.

Buenos Aires, 139, 161, 242, 259, 297.

Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, 160.

Bulnes, General, 204, 307.

Cabinet, the, 12.

Cacti, 148.

Cadiz, 282.

Calaguayas, 225-9.

Caldera, 43, 189.

Caleta Buena, 254.

California, 245.

Callao, 27, 290, 326, 397.

Calle-Calle River, 8.

Capricorn, Tropic of, 42.

Caracoles, 156, 189, 259.

Castro, 111.

Casuchas, 157, 286.

Cattle, 360.

Cautin River, 100.

Centennial, first, 380.

Chacabuco, battle of, 294.

Chacao, 111.

Charities, 78, 234.

Characteristics, 194.

Charles IV., 283.

Chiloé, 3, 108-111, 303.

Chimborazo, Mt., 166.

Christ of the Andes, 161.

Chimneys, absence of, 73.

Chincha Islands, 28.

Chillan, 232.

Chorrillos, battle of, 330-332.

Church, the, 84, 261 et seq., 311, 337, 364;

wealth of, 268.

Clark, John and Matthew, 259.

Climate, 2, 122, 149, 192.

Clubs, 86.

Coal, 190, 257.

Cochrane, Lord, 106, 112, 208, 298-301.

Colleges, 276.

Colombia, 290.

Comision Conservada, 344.

Commerce, 50, 372-5, 387.

Concepción, 4, 92, 105-6, 190, 286, 308.

Condors, 155.

Conductors, women, 58.

Congress, 11, 209, 365-7;

power of, 305, 340, 343, 356.

Congress, Palace of, 76.

Constitucion, city of, 103.

Constitution, 270.

Convents, 268.

Conway, Sir Martin, 167, 168.

Copiapó, 15, 43, 244, 253.

Copper, 189.

Coquimbo, 4;

province of, 255.

Cordilleras, the, 91.

Cordoba, 245.

Corral, 107.

Corruption, 368.

Corso, the, 85.

Cotopaxi, Mt., 166.

Council of State, the, 13.

Courts, 13.

Courting, 205.

Cousiño family, 74, 104.

Cousiño Park, 73, 75.

Creoles, 193.

Crimes, 197, 285.

Cross, Southern, 20.

Cruelty, 348.

Cruelties of Spaniards, 216.

Crusoe, Robinson, 61.

Cueca, La, 75.

Cumbre, El, 162.

Customs, 87, 144, 205.

Cuyo, province of, 293.

Cuzco, 29.

Darwin, Charles, 108, 178.

Debt, foreign, 376.

Deputies, chamber of, 345.

Desert, 32-40;

the nitrate, 178 et seq.

Desolation Island, 128.

Development, 377.

Disasters, ocean, 36.

Doctor, Indian, 225-229.

Dogs, 100.

Dominican Friars, 269.

Drake, Sir Francis, 34, 125.

Drunkenness, 193, 199, 201.

Earthquake, 52, 273, 363.

Easter Island, 4, 65.

Ecuador, 22, 164, 270, 290.

Education, 230 et seq., 341.

Elections, 13, 368.

Encalada Manuel Blanco, 303.

England, Church of, 278.

English, 50, 186, 192, 208-9.

Equator, 20.

Errázuriz, Federico, Sr., 311-2.

Errázuriz, Federico, 355-6.

Espinar, Colonel, 324.

Espiritu, Cafe, 123.

Exchange, 400.

Exports, 374, 387.

Falkland Islands, 134.

Famine, Port, 135.

Farms, 101.

Ferdinand VII, 283.

Fertilizers, 184.

Fiestas, 83, 273.

Fire department, 51.

Fire, Land of the, 120 et seq.

Firemen, 134.

Firelanders, 143-8.

Fish, 30, 112.

Fitzgerald, E. A., 169-171.

Forests, 114, 361.

Freire, General, 302-3.

French, 50.

Frowards, Cape, 132.

Fruits, 95, 110.

Fuegian Archipelago, 108, 120 et seq., 126.

Fuego, Tierra del, 2, 3.

Gambling, 362.

Germans, 50, 102, 192, 207, 370.

Glaciers, 128.

Gold, 129, 188.

Governors, 14.

Government, 11, 364.

Grace, W. R., & Co., 375.

Graft, 252.

Grapes, 361.

Grau, Admiral, 320-2.

Great Southern Railway, 257.

Grube, 113.

Guanaco, 132, 145, 173.

Guano, 28.

Guayaquil, 21, 25, 290, 398.

Guayacan, 44.

Guaytecas Islands, 111.

Haciendas, 69, 97, 149, 224.

Health, 378.

Hidalgo, 287.

Himalayas, the, 165.

History, 14-18, 124-5, 212 et seq., 280 et seq.

Historians, 240.

Honesty, 369.

Horn, Cape, 120-8.

Huascaran, Mt., 167.

Iglesias, General, 334.

Illimani, Mt., 167.

Immigrants, 102, 378.

Imperial, 216.

Imports, 374, 387.

Incas, 35, 168, 213, 227.

Incas, Bridge of the, 159.

Incas, Lake of the, 155.

Independence, 16, 287, 380.

Indians, 15, 94, 109, 137, 141-6, 176, 212 et seq.;

endurance of, 323.

Inquilinos, 97, 197.

Insects, 113.

Intemperance, 83.

Intendentes, 14.

Iodine, 183.

Iquique, 39-42, 254, 277;

capture of by Chile, 319;

by revolutionists, 346.

Irrigation, 95, 97, 151, 377.

Iron, 190.

Islands, 4.

Italians, 50.

Itata River, 95, 214.

Jamaica, 398.

Jesuits, 17.

Journalism, 240.

Juan Fernandez Islands, 4, 61.

Juncal, 155, 258.

Jungles, 117.

King William, peninsula of, 6.

Korner, General, 349.

La Paz, 29, 38, 43, 76, 254, 398.

La Serena, 44.

Lago del Inca, 155.

Laja, Lake, 257.

Language, 399.

Las Cadenas, 351.

Las Cuevas, 156.

Las Peñas, Gulf of, 5.

Lautaro, the Indian hero, 217.

Libraries, 77, 234.

Lima, Archbishop of, 265.

Lima, 27, 398;

capture of by Chile, 328-334.

Limache, 150.

Literature, 234-240.

Llai Llai, 150, 244.

Llama, the, 173-7.

Llanquihue, 256.

Llanquihue, Lake, 207.

Lobsters, 62.

Longitudinal Railway, 250.

Los Angeles, 150-1, 260.

Lota, 104, 189.

Luco, Ramon Barros, 358.

Lynch, Captain, 326, 328.

Mackenna, Benjamine V., 72.

Magellan, Ferdinand de, 120, 124.

Magellan, Straits of, 6, 11, 120 et seq., 244.

Mail service, 158, 284.

Maipo, battle of, 293, 296.

Maipo River, 93.

Malga Malga, 188.

Mellinca, 112.

Manta, the, 90.

Manufacturing, 362.

Mapocho River, 69.

Maritime laws, 250.

Markets, 56, 81, 107.

Mariguina, 188.

Marriage, 144, 206, 274.

Mas-a-Tierra, island of, 62.

Maule River, 213.

McKinley, Mt., 165.

Meiggs, Henry, 245-6.

Mendoza, 160, 260, 293.

Mendoza, Garcia, 281.

Mendoza River, 159.

Merchants, peripatetic, 56.

Mercedario, Mt., 164, 173.

Methodist Episcopal Church, 276-8.

Military, 370.

Milk selling, 57.

Minerals, 188, 361.

Mines, 254.

Mining Claim, 362.

Miramar, 60.

Miraflores, battle of, 330-3.

Missions, 138.

Mollendo, 29.

Monasteries, 265.

Money, 90, 376, 400.

Monroe Doctrine, 385.

Montt, Jorge, 344, 345, 354-5.

Montt, Manuel, 307-9.

Montt, Pedro, 357, 384.

Montevideo, 284.

Mortality, 378.

Mountains, 21, 395-6.

Music, 234.

Museums, 234.

Napoleon, 283.

Napoleon, Joseph, 283.

Navigation, 116, 247-9.

Navy, 371;

revolt of, 345.

Newsboys, 81.

Newspapers, 234-7.

Nitrate of soda, 38-42, 178 et seq., 360.

Novelists, 239.

Officials, 194.

Oficinas, 184.

O’Higgins, Bernardo, 288.

O’Higgins, General Don Ambrosio, 16, 286, 294 et seq.

Ollague, 254.

Onas, the, 142-7.

Opera, 79.

Oroya Railroad, 246.

Orphanage, 78.

Oruro, 254.

Osorno, 107, 223, 251.

Osorio, General, 296.

Oysters, 113.

Pacific Steam Navigation Company, 136, 244, 248, 397.

Paita, 23.

Palena River, 113.

Panama, 225.

Panama Canal, 386-390, 397.

Parasites, 115.

Pareja, Admiral, 310.

Parties, political, 339, 347, 366.

Paseo, the, 87.

Pascua Island, 4, 65.

Patagonia, 4, 116, 141, 173.

Peck, Annie S., 167.

Pelicans, 31, 113.

Peonage, 198, 282.

Peons, 97, 197.

People, 83, 191 et seq.

Penco, battle of, 216.

Penguins, 144.

Penitents, Ridge of the, 159.

Penitentas, 203.

Perez, José Joaquin, 309-311.

Peru, 17, 185, 186, 269, 290, 297;

war with, 36, 314 et seq.

Pierola, Nicolas de, 330.

Pillar, Cape, 6, 124.

Pinto, Anibal, 304, 313, 336.

Pisagua, 39, 180.

Pisco, 28, 328, 331.

Pizarro, 15, 26, 280.

Placilla, battle of, 350-2.

Politeness, 86.

Politics, 195, 364.

Polygamy, 223.

Poncho, 223.

Poopo, Lake, 35.

Pope, the, 262.

Population, 393-4.

Ports, 8, 247.

Portales, 305-6.

Porvenir, battle of, 324.

Postal service, 377.

Post-office, 284.

Poverty, 83.

Prat, Arturo, 40, 209, 320.

Presbyterian Church, 277-8.

Press, the, 234-8, 368.

Priests, 266.

Prieto, General, 304-6.

Prisons, 135, 138.

Protestantism, 271, 275-9.

Provinces, 103, 393-4.

Puente del Inca, 159.

Puerto Montt, 3, 96, 103, 107, 223, 250, 257.

Punta Arenas, 96, 123, 131-8, 190, 278, 313.

Quillota, 150, 188.

Quinta Normal, 73, 76, 232.

Quinteros, battle of, 349.

Quito, 26, 398.

Races, 60, 75.

Railways, 11, 101, 148 et seq., 243 et seq., 363.

Rain, lack of, 23.

Religion, 203, 225, 261 et seq.

Revolution, 16, 287, 344 et seq.

Riesco, Jerman, 356-7.

Rio de Janeiro, 42, 242.

Rivers, 8.

Robinson Crusoe, island of, 4.

Rodriguez, Zorobabel, 240.

Rosario, 245.

Rotos, 49, 83, 110, 196-201, 363.

Saavedra, Juan de, 46, 222.

Salitre, 180 et seq.

Saltpetre, 180 et seq.

Salto del Soldado, 154.

San Felipe, 152.

San Francisco, California, 49.

San Francisco, battle of, 323.

San Martin, José de, 258, 289 et seq., 381.

Santa Lucia, rock of, 70, 91.

Santa Maria, Domingo, 337-8.

Santiago, 16, 43, 69 et seq., 200, 270, 273, 281, 284, 295.

Sarmiento, Mt., 121, 123, 137.

Schley, Admiral, 383.

School, Naval, 233.

Schools, 51, 231, 233.

Sea lions, 31.

Selkirk, Alexander, 63.

Serfdom, 265.

Sheep, 3, 127, 136, 361.

Shopping, 89, 376.

Sierras, the, 21, 164.

Silver, 188.

Soldier’s Leap, 154.

Sorata, Mt., 167.

Spain, King of, 262.

Spain, 17;

war with, 310.

Spaniards, 14, 191, 214.

Sports, 237.

Statues, curious, 66.

Strikes, 200.

Tacna, 37, 250, 253, 365.

Talca, 94.

Talcahuano, 105, 257, 296, 345.

Taltal, 180, 188.

Tarapacá, desert of, 38, 178, 329.

Tchili, 15.

Tehuelches, 141, 212.

Telegraph, 377.

Temperature, 117.

Temuco, 96, 100, 223.

Theatres, 79, 87, 242.

Tierra del Fuego, 120 et seq., 276.

Timber, 114.

Titicaca, Lake, 29, 35, 168, 176.

Todos Santos, Lake, 9.

Trade, possibilities, 389.

Transandino Chileno Railway, 258-260.

Transandino Argentino Railway, 159.

Travel, 307-400.

Travellers, fellow, 24.

Travelling, 152.

Trinidad, Gulf of, 116.

Tucapel, 188.

Tupungato, Mt., 164, 170.

United States, 36, 50, 327, 373, 381-5.

Universities, 232.

Ushuaia, 138-140.

Uspallata pass, 159, 258, 286.

Valley, great central, 9, 92 et seq., 256, 360.

Valdivia, city of, 96, 107, 188, 300.

Valdivia, Pedro de, 16, 69, 214, 216-8, 280.

Valparaiso, 7, 21, 46-59, 148, 209, 233, 310, 348;

capture of, 351.

Vandalism, 334.

Vicuña, 35.

Vicuña, Señor, 35, 348, 354.

Villagran, 219.

Villagran, the, 281.

Viña del Mar, 59, 148, 350.

Vineyards, 99.

Virgenes, Cape, 6, 123, 124.

Virgins, Feast of the, 77.

Volcanoes, 7, 67, 94, 395-6.

War, the nitrate, 315 et seq.

Waterfalls, 10, 118.

Water power, 363.

Wheelwright, William, 243-5, 253, 258.

Whymper, Edward, 166.

Wine, 99.

Women, 58, 90, 203-7, 271-339.

Wool, 134, 361.

Wrecks, 5.

Yahgans, the, 142-4.

Yanqui, the, 382.

Zañartú, Señor, 356.