A.

Aberdeen, Lord, 276, 287; "the Ab-

erdeen line," 288.

Adams, John Quincy, 17, 242, 248, 249.
Agualarge (in Colombia), 59.
Aguire the, 274.

Alcedo, Don Dionicio, queer story of,
13.

Allegiance, ultimate, 136.

Alta-Plain of Bogotá. (See "Savannah
of Bogotá.")

Amacuro, the, 274.
Amazon, the, 173, 280.
Ambalema, 47.

Amerigo, Vespucci, 192.

Andes, the, 49, 62, 77; mule ride in,
49-62; scenery in, 52-58; temper-
atures in, 58, 59.

Anglo-Venezuelan Boundary dispute,
272, 273, 280-284, 285-305; ter-
ritories in dispute, 274, 275; Eng-
land's claim, 273, 275, 277, 281, 283,
284, 286, 292-294, 302, 311, 317;
Venezuela's claim, 273, 277-280, 289,
290, 291-293, 302-311, et seq.; status
quo ante (of 1768 and 1850), 273;
the final settlement, 306-325; the
new boundary line, 323 (see map).
Antémino or "Little Tyrol," 205-206.
Aratura, the, 274.
Arbitration, International, 326-333; in

the Venezuelan case, 291, 295, 297-
299, 303, 304, 306–310.
Archives, Dutch-Spanish, 311, 312,

321.

Aristotle on Democracy, 133.
Arsenic springs, 57.

Asphaltum, deposits of, 239.

Assassination of Bolívar attempted, 132.
Atrato, the, 13, 18.

Autocracy in Venezuela, 137, 138.
Award (of Oct. 3, 1899) by Arbitration
Tribunal, 306-323; a compromise,
324.

B.

Bacon, Sir Francis, 270.

Balance of Power, European, 243,

244.

Bamboo, the, at Guaduas, 52, 54.
Bank of England, the, 124.

Barima Point, 279, 281, 314; Barima
Caño, 279, 280; Barima River, 278;
Barima, the fable of Dutch "Post"
at, 314-317.
Barranquilla, 27, 31-35; inhabitants
of, 33-35; exports, 35, 36.
Bayard, Thos. F., 298.
Bayonne, Treaty of, 125.
"Treaties.")
Beggars, 94, 95.

(See

Blanco, Gen. Guzman, 209-211.
Bogotá, capital of Colombia, 63-76;
location and plan of city, 64, 66, 67;
when and by whom founded, 66; the
first European structure, 73; archi-
tecture, 67, 68; the poor classes in,
67, 68; streets and sidewalks, 68, 69;
plazas, 70-74; cathedrals, 70-74;
monasteries, 75; the inhabitants,
90-94.

Bolívar, General Símon, 16, 17, 70, 74,
126, 127, 130, 132, 134, 210, 212, 214-
216.

Bonaparte-Wyse Canal contract (of
1878), 15, 334, 337.

Canal Projects, Isthmian (see "Pan-
ama"), 16-19; diplomatic questions
concerning, 19-25, 334 et seq.
Canning, Mr., Prime Minister of Eng-
land, 246-248.

Caracas, capital of Venezuela, 205-219;
when and by whom founded, 205, 208,
209; origin of the name, 207, 208;
plan of the city, 208, 209; parks and
gardens, 210; the National Univer-
sity, 211, 212; some mythical stories,
213, 214, 216; Masonic Temple, 217;
Grand Opera House, 217; Church
edifices, 218, 219; Pantheon, the,
115, 216.
Carocali, 46.

Carthagena, 27-31; fortifications of, 28,
29; trade of, 29-31; the old Inqui-
sition Bastile, 29.

Cattle breeding, 83, 84.

Cauca, the, 39, 40.

Chação Valley, the, 205, 207.
Chagres River, 5, 13.

"Charleston, the, of South America," 30.
Chauncy, the steamship Henry, 2.
Chibcha Indians, 87, 88.
Chicherias (drink shops), 50.
Chimbi, 60.

Chocolate (cacao) culture, 235, 236.
Church, the, 111, 128, 141, 153, 154.
Citizenship, 156-169; who are United
States citizens, 156-160; changes of
allegiance, 160, 161, 162; naturalized
citizens, 161-164; incongruous legis-
lation, 162-164; abuses of citizen-
ship, 165, 166; the remedy, 166;
status of married women, 166, 167;
passports, how obtained, 168, 169.
Clay, Henry, 17, 127.

Clergy disfranchised in Colombia, 141.
Cleveland, President Grover, 299, 300.

Coal deposits, 85, 239, 240.

Coffee planting, 52, 55, 174, 193, 231
234.
Colombia (formerly New Granada):
topography, 170, 171, 172; rivers,
172, 173; area, 170; geologic forma-
tions, 172; exports, 177, 178; trans-
portation, 178, 179; "Revolutions,"
153-155; constitutional changes, 139–
144, 344, 345.

Colombian Union, the old (of 1819-
1821), 130-136; principles of the Con-
stitution, 130-132; mode of elections,
131; the judiciary, 131; Bugaboo of
"Centralization," 129.
"Colón-Aspinwall," 3, 4, 6.
Copper mines, 238.

Cotton planting, 83, 227-229.
Crusoe, Robinson, fiction of, 128.
Cumana, 192.

Cundinamarca, 130.

Curacao, Island of, 180-191; climate,

184, 188, 189; Willemstad, 180, 181;
soil, 183; leprosy, 184, 185, 186
(note); population, 186, 187; reli-
gion, 189.
Cushing, Caleb, 18.

D.

Death penalty abolished in Colombia,
141.

Declaration of Independence, the, of
the United States, and slavery, 116,

117.

De facto divisional line in Guayana,

273, 276, 286, 288, 289, 290.

De Lesseps, M., 15, 19, 22, 23, 246,334.
Democracy in South America, 123-145;

origin of, 123-126; perversion of,
133, 134, 144, 145.
Diplomatic controversy about name of
"Aspinwall," 4.

Dique, the, of Carthagena, 27, 30.
Disfranchisement of the clergy, 141.
Dissolution of the old Colombian Union,
136.

Drake, Sir Francis, 195, 196.
Dress, modes of, 96, 97.
Dutch, the, in Guayana, 271, 282.
Dutch Archives, 311, 312, 321.

ican Colonies, 125.

Fever, the yellow, in Caracas, 207.
First attempt at free government in

Venezuela, 129, 130.

First impressions, of the Isthmus, 1-6;

of Colón, 2, 5-7; of Salgar and Bar-
ranquilla, 32; of Bogotá, 63, 64; of
Caracas, 205-207.

Fish, Hamilton, Secretary of State, 4.
Flea, the tropical, 60, 61, 82.

Flood myths of the Chibcha Indians,
88.

Foreigners, rights of, in South America,
156-169.

Formalities of social life in Colombia,
95, 96.

French Revolution, principles of the,
112, 124, 145, 244.

G.

Gil Blas, the reading of, prohibited, 128.
Gold mines, 237, 238.
Gorgoza, Anthoine de, 14.
Granville, Earl, 291.

Gravesande, Governor van 's, of Guay-
ana, 278 (note), 319 (note).
Gresham, Walter Q., Secretary of State,
298, 299.

Greytown, in Nicaragua, 251, 265.
Guaduas, town and valley of, 52, 53-55.
Guarantees of neutrality of isthmian
transit, 24, 25, 253, 350.

Guayana, 268; discovered by Spain,

268, 312; a Spanish possession up

Idiosyncrasies of speech, 91, 92 (note).
Imataca mountains, 274.
Independence, Spanish-American, 123-
145; encouraged by England, 123, 124;
apathy of the masses, 124-126; first
pitched battle of the war, 125; internal
dissensions, 125, 126; first recognized
by the United States, 127, 128; first
Constitution of Colombia, 130, 131.
Indian tribes in America, political status
of, 115, 266, 282, 283, 317, 318.
International Arbitration, 326–333.
Inter-oceanic canal projects, 16-19, 334

et seq.

"Irish" potato, the, 82, 83.
Iron, deposits of, ore, 238.
Islands in Panama Bay, 10, 346.
Isthmus of Panama, 1-15; topography
of, 7, 12, 13; climate, 5, 6; tradi-
tions, 10, 11, 13, 15; alleged "natu-
ral pass," 13-15; status of United
States citizens on, 12, 20, 252, 253;
"joint guarantees of neutrality," 24,
25; independence of, 344 et seq.

J.

Jealousies on the Isthmus, 12.
Jefferson, Thomas, 116, 132, 136, 137,
158, 243, 249 (note).

Jirardo, 49.

Macarão, caño of, 279.

Madison, President James, 249.
Magdalena River, 38, 45, 49, 60; navi-
gation of, 43-45, 48; valley of the,
38-40, 42, 59; the negro in, 42;
the Indian in, 43; forests and rep-
tiles, 45, 46; climate, 39; agriculture,

40; trade, 41, 42; railways, 41, 47.
Manners and customs, 89-103.
Manoa, fabled city of, in Guayana, 268,
269.

Manufactures, 59, 60, 73-75.

Maracaybo, 192, 193.

Marriage laws, 153, 154.
Martin, Don Carlos, 32.

Mazaruni and Cuyuni Rivers, 274-
276, 277, 278, 302, 320.
Minerals, 237, 238, 241.
Miscegenic races, 107, 108, 114.
Mobocracy, alias "democracy," 133.

Mompox, in Magdalena Valley, 44.
Monroe, President James, 245, 249.
Monroe Doctrine, the, 25, 242-257;
what it is, 246, 249; with whom
originated, 242, 243, 246, 247; viola-
tions of, 249, 250, 253, 264, 294, 295;
legislative sanction of, 254, 255, 256;
misunderstood in South America,
256.

Monteverde, Gen. Domingo, 125.
Moroco (or Moruko) River, 275, 276,
278, 302, 314.

Mosquera, Gen. Tomás C., 141.
Mosquito Coast Controversy, the, 250-
267; the Mosquito “King," 265.
Mount San Ruiz, 52.

Mount Tolima, 52.
Mule farms, 84.

Münster, treaty of (1648), 272, 276.
Murillo, President M., 142 (note).

N.

Naiguate, peak of, 224.

Names, singular applications of, 91–93,
209 (note).

Napoleon I. and Spanish-America, 125.
Nationality, law of, 156, 157, 159, 160,
166, 167.

Navios, Boco de, main estuary of the
Orinoco, 279.

Negotiations between England and Ve-
nezuela, as to boundaries in Guayana,
287-293.

Negro slavery in the Americas, 104-
107.

Netherlands, the, Spanish, 271 (note).
New Granada (now Colombia), 17, 130,
136, 139, 140.

Nicaragua, coast of, and Great Britain,
250, 251; treaty with, 337.

North and South American colonists
contrasted, 127-129.

Nuñez, Dr. Rafael, statesman and pub-
licist, 135, 142.

O.

Occupation, British in Guayana, 317.
Ochlocracy not democracy, 133.
Ojeda, Spanish explorer, 192.
Old town of Panama, 10.