INDEX

Aconcagua, Mt., [201]
Aconcagua River valley, [201]
Acorta, Señor, first vice-president of Peru, 1903, [169]
Acre rubber territory, [136], [327], [328], [333], [336], [344], [346]
Adams, John Quincy, his advice to Colombia, [351];
and the Monroe Doctrine, [354]
Advertising, Chilean, [202], [204]
Agassiz, [2]
Agriculture, factor in growth of population, [8];
“cultivation in the clouds,” [67], [68];
development in Peru, [124–130], [134–136], [146], [147], [154], [158–161];
in Chile, [262–266];
in Bolivia, [307], [327–330], [341], [342]
Aguacate, or alligator pear, [28], [29]
Aguardiente, or cane rum, [27], [128]
Akers, Charles E., [364]
Alameda de las Delicias, Santiago, [204], [205]
Alausi, Ecuador, [65]
Alcohol, thirst of Indians for, [27], [121], [308];
by-product of sugar, [128];
injurious to Indians, [156];
source of revenue, [176], [346];
a possible excuse for its use, [295]
Alfaro, ——, former president of Ecuador, [71]
Alligator pear, [28], [29], [86]
Almirante Barroso, Brazilian warship, [189]
Almuerzo, mid-day breakfast, [27]
Alpaca wools, [116]
Altiplanicie, or Great Central Plateau, [279], [297]
Alzamora, Dr. Isaac, former vice-president of Peru, [96]
Amachuma, Bolivia, [293]
Amazonian, commerce affected by Canal, [6], [78];
outlet to coast, [120], [137–139], [141], [142], [145], [147], [179], [335];
railroad extension into Amazon country, [140];
Pichis road opened, [143]
Ambato, on Guayaquil and Quito Railroad, [69]
Americans, in Canal Zone, [53–56];
as railway builders in Ecuador, [65], [66];
builders of jetty at Pacasmayo, [79];
in Peruvian railway projects, [80], [106], [147], [159];
in silver mines, [107], [131], [132];
at Arequipa, [117];
composing Inca Company, [119];
irrigating Piura district, [125];
relations with local authorities, [175];
in Iquique, [185];
project a bank in Valparaiso, [270];
resident at La Paz, [312];
syndicates interested in Corocoro mines, [322];
miners at Tipuani placers, [323];
projected American school, [345];
not unwelcome in Bolivia, [345];
advantages from Americans’ investments, [347]
Amotope district, Peru, oil-producing, [131]
Ancachs, Department of, mineral wealth, [130], [133]
Ancon, Mt., [45]
Ancon, Port of, [46], [82], [83], [125]
Andes, [4], [6], [79], [81], [100], [118], [123], [130], [262], [269], [280], [321]
Otherwise called [Cordilleras]
Angaraes district, Peru, gold-producing, [132]
Angostura de Paine, narrowest part of central valley, [263], [283]
Annexes to hotels, [31]
Anona, same as [Cheremoya]
Antarctic current, see [Humboldt current]
Antofagasta, distance from Panama, [12];
commerce, [15];
bad harbor, [86];
sketch of, [187];
copper output, [228];
silver in district, [230];
town seen from hills, [293]
Apilla-pampa coal district, [326]
Apurimac River valley, southern Peru, [128]
Arana, surveys and explorations of, [142]
Araucanian Indian stock, [251], [252]
Arequipa, capital of southern Peru, [109], [110], [114–117];
district is gold-producing, [132];
sulphur-producing, [133]
Arequipa, lost in Valparaiso harbor, [191]
Argentine, [5], [6], [8], [9]
Arica, distance from Panama, [12];
minerals exported from, [16];
vicuña rug industry, [122];
sketch of, [180–182];
export port for Chilcaya borax, [326]
Army life, effect on native conscripts, [156];
the Chilean roto in the army, [254]
Aspinwall, William H., statue to, [39]
Asta-Barragua, Mr. George, [241]
Athletic sports popular in Santiago, [213]
Aullogas silver deposit, [318]
Avenida, or Avenue Brazil, Valparaiso, [190]
Avocat, or alligator pear, [28]
Aymará Indians and dialect, [154], [252], [302], [304], [307], [311], [338–340]
Aymaraes district, Peru, gold-producing, [132]
Ayoayo, Bolivia, [305]
Bacon, Francis, on sea voyages, [59]
Baggage, care of, [31]
Bailey, Professor, director of Harvard astronomical observatory, [117]
Balboa crossed Isthmus, [41]
Balmaceda, José Manuel, former Chilean president, [236], [237], [243], [246]
Balsas, or house rafts, [61], [121]
Banks and banking, [34], [72], [99], [177], [178], [256], [270], [274–276], [368]
Barandiaran, surveys and explorations of, [142]
Beauclerc, Mr., English minister to Bolivia, [346]
Beer, [26]
Beet-root industry, [265]
Beggar and political chiefs, incident concerning, [165]
Bello, Andre, author of Chilean Civil Code, [206]
Beni, territory at head-waters of, [327], [335], [344], [348]
Bertrand, Mr. Alejandro, civil engineer, [215]
Birds, on the coast, [79];
in a treeless country, [288], [292]
Birth and death rates, in Lima, [100];
in Peru, [152], [157];
in Chile, [252], [256–258];
in Bolivia, [310]
Bismuth production of Bolivia, [325]
Black Mountain Peak, on Central Railway, [103]
Blaine, Secretary, concerned in Galapagos Islands negotiations, [71]
Boer colonies in South America, [273]
Bogota, pure Spanish spoken, [24]
Bolivia, relation to Canal, [2], [3];
population, [4];
commerce, [15], [16], [86], [88];
customs, [27];
market for Peruvian goods, [126], [128];
railroad building, [141], [187];
natives, [156];
shipping points, [187], [188];
description, [278–350]
Boliviano, United States and English equivalents, [316], [317], [323], [347], [349]
Boll weevil, Peruvian cotton free from, [126]
Borax deposits, [132], [325]
Brandy, Pisco, [85]
Brazil, (tropical) coffee trade, [8];
(temperate) cattle and wheat industries, [8];
boundary disputes, [136], [146];
coffee product, [161], [328];
controversy over Acre rubber territory, [327], [333]
Bronze in Chorolque district, Bolivia, [320]
Bryce, Professor James, [164]
Buenaventura, [59]
Bull-fight, at Lima, [95];
abolished in Chile, [213]
Bulnes, General Manuel, former Chilean president, [233]
Business-letter, the terse English, [23]
Caballitos, or grass canoes, [79]
Cabildo of Quito, resolution adopted by, [66]
Cacao, or chocolate, Ecuador’s production of, [63]
Caceres, President, his plans concerning central highway, [143], [170]
Cachipuscana, Lake, [118]
Cailloma district, Peru, silver-producing, [132]
Caja de Ahorros, or Savings Bank, Santiago, [256]
Cajamarca, [80], [132]
Calamarca, [306]
Calancha, Friar, concerning the South Sea and the Southern Cross, [57]
Calca district, Peru, iron production, [133]
Calchas, Bolivia, copper deposits, [322]
Caldera, [5], [188]
Calderon, Mr. and Mrs. Ignacio, of La Paz, [312]
Calderon, Señor Manuel Alvarez, Peruvian minister to Washington, 1903, [169]
Calderon, Señor Serapio, second vice-president of Peru, [169]
Caledonian cross-cut channel projected, [42]
Caleta Buena, [222]
Caliche, nitrate layer, [220]
Callao, [6], [12–14], [83], [84]
Camache, suburb of Iquique, [185]
Camana district, Peru, copper-producing, [132];
sulphur beds, [133]
Campaign humor, instance of, [240], [241]
Campana, J. J., of Iquique, [219]
Canal Commission, [52]
Canal Zone, [18], [19], [37–56], [364];
see [Panama, Isthmus of]
Candamo, Señor Miguel, late president of Peru, [166–172]
Cane rum, or aguardiente, [27], [128]
Cangallo district, Peru, sulphur beds, [133]
Canning, George, the statesman, [352], [355]
Canta district, Peru, coal deposits, [133]
Cape Pillar, [197]
Capelo, Joaquin, Peruvian engineer of central highway, [143]
Capopo district, copper mines in, [228]
Carabaya, Province of, gold mines developed by Americans, [119], [120], [132]
Caracas, Bay of, [60]
Caracoles silver mines, [230]
Caracollo, Bolivia, [302]
Casapalca smelting-works on Central Railway of Peru, [103]
Castilla, Joaquin, Peruvian patriot, [94]
Castrovirreyna district, Peru, silver-producing, [132]
Cauca, valley of, [13], [59]
Caucho, second quality crude rubber, [134]
Caylloma district, Peru, coal deposits, [133]
Centenarians in San Juan valley, [281]
Central Cordillera, [129], [137]
Central highway, route from the Amazon to the Pacific, [142–146]
Central Plateau, or Altiplanicie, of Bolivia, [279], [297]
Central Railway, [100–105], [107], [149];
same as [Oroya Railway]
Central valley of Chile, [262–264]
Cerro de Azul, [84], [125]
Cerro de Pasco, district and mines, [105–107], [131–133], [140], [177];
railway, [106], [107], [140], [146], [159]
Chacabuco, Hill of, head of central valley, Chile, [262]
Chachani, mountain seen from Arequipa, [109], [112]
Chaco, or tropical prairie and forest region, [341]
Chagres River, used as a means of crossing Isthmus, [41];
advocated by Champlain, [42], [43];
one of three proposed by Lopez de Guevara, [43];
engineering problems presented by, [44]
Chala, Peru, [85]
Challapata, near Lake Poöpo, [298]
Chamber of Commerce, Lima, [99], [176]
Champlain, concerning Panama and possibility of canal, [43]
Chañaral, location of copper-smelting works, [188]
Chancay district, Peru, sulphur beds, [133]
Chanchamayo valley, cane-producing area, [128];
land-grants to Peruvian Corporation, [140];
development of, [146], [160]
Charqui, jerked beef, [33]
Chauncey, Henry, statue to, [39]
Chayanta, tin mines in district, [314];
copper deposits, [322];
gold claims, [324]
Checcacupe, Peru, [119]
Cheremoya, South American fruit, [28], [29]
Chicha, native drink, [26]
Chicla, on Central Railway, [101]
Chilcaya borax field, Bolivia, [325]
Chile, relation to Canal, [2], [16];
foreign trade, [9], [16];
saltpetre beds, [16], [217];
policy toward Galapagos Islands, [71];
description of, [180–277];
treaty with Bolivia, [346]
Chilete (Ancachs) district, Peru, lead deposits, [133]
Chili, valley of the river, [109], [117]
Chiloe Archipelago, [196], [273]
Chimborazo, [60]
Chimbote, [81]
Chimneys, lack of, in Santiago, [209]
Chimoré coal district, [326]
Chinchas, or guano islands, [85]
Chinese, merchants of Callao, [84];
population of Lima, [96], [97];
land-owners, [158]
Chira valley, projected irrigation, [124]
Chivalry of Chilean men, [212]
Chocaltaga, tin deposit of, [315]
Chocaya, tin district, Bolivia, [315]
Chocolate (cacao), [63]
Cholos, [105], [136], [154], [155], [157], [285], [295], [308], [311], [338], [340]
Chonta district, Peru, mercury-cinnabar production, [133]
Chorolque, tin mines in district, [315];
silver mines, [318], [320];
bismuth deposit, [325]
Chosica, on Central Railway, Peru, [103]
Christ of the Andes, [269]
Chuncho Indians, [154]
Chuni, potato eaten by natives, [33]
Chupé, native dish, [28], [292]
Chuquicamata, copper mines in the District of, [228]
Chuquisaca gold region of Bolivia, [324]
Chuquiyupu River, meaning of name, [324]
Churches, of Guayaquil, [61];
of Paita, [76];
of Lima, [91], [97], [98];
of Arequipa, [115];
of Santiago, [206]
Cinchona tree, [329]
Clay, Henry, [3], [371]
Climate, along West Coast, [59];
of Guayaquil, [62];
of Lima, [100];
of Arequipa, [109];
of Santiago, [209], [213];
of Chile, [273];
of Oruro, [300];
of Bolivia, [341–343]
Clubs, of Callao, [84];
of Lima, [96];
of Iquique, [185];
of Santiago, [211]
Coal, in Peru, [107], [131], [133];
in Chile, [194], [229];
consumption of, in nitrate industry, [222];
Bolivian deposits, [326]
Coca, plant from which cocaine is made, [156], [328], [329]
Cochabamba, Bolivia, [335]
Cochrane, Lord, statue to, [190]
Codecido, Mr. Emilio Bello, of Santiago, [211]
Coffee, from tropical Brazil, [8];
Peruvian settlers compete with Brazil in coffee culture, [161];
Bolivian trade in, [328]
Cololo, mountain peaks in Peru, [305]
Colombia, relation to Canal, [2], [3], [13];
Colombian control of Isthmus, [46];
J. Q. Adams’s advice, [351]
Colon, distance from New York, New Orleans, Panama, and Liverpool, [11], [12];
sketch of, [37–40];
Canal workers leaving, [54];
distance from foreign ports, [63]
Colonias, Territory of, Bolivia, [328], [344]
Colonization, in Peru, [138], [160];
in Chile, [272];
in Bolivia, [340]
Colquechaca silver deposits, [318]
Colquiri, tin-mining district, [314]
Columbus, statue to, at mouth of Canal, [38];
made search for passage through Isthmus, [41]
Commercial traveller’s need of Spanish, [23]
Compania Nacional de Recaudacion, Peru, [176]
Concepcion, third largest city in Chile, [196];
coal mines in district, [229]
Condor, [72]
Consequencia silver mines, Chile, [230]
Continental Divide, see [Cordilleras]
Coolies as plantation laborers, [158]
Copacabana, peninsula of, [326]
Copiapo district, silver mines, [229];
seat of revolution, [233]
Copiapo Railway, [188]
Copper, in Ecuador, [70];
in Peru, [131], [132];
in Chile, [194], [195], [228];
in Bolivia, [320–323]
Coquimbo, [189], [228], [229]
Cordilleras, [4], [42], [45], [51], [67], [74], [123], [129], [130], [143], [149], [161], [162], [188], [201], [269], [279], [297], [305], [314], [326], [342]
See also [Andes]
Cordoba, [5]
Corocoro copper mines, [183], [322], [323]
Coronel, coaling-station, [194], [195], [229]
Coropuna mountain, [109], [112]
Corpus Christi festival in Santiago, [208]
Cosmopolitan La Paz, [311], [312]
Cotagaita, tin district, Bolivia, [315]
Cotaigata Mountain, [286]
Cotopaxi, [60]
Cotton, in Peru, [69], [124–127], [147];
in Bolivia, [329]
Council of State, Peru, [173];
in Chile, [240]
Cousiño family, controllers of Lota and Coronel, [195]
Cousiño Park, Lota, [195]
Cousiño Park, Santiago, [213]
Crucero Alto, summit of divide, [118]
Cuba, compared to Canal Zone, [51];
U. S. relations toward, [361], [362]
Cuenca, Ecuador, [67]
Culebra Cut, [45], [52]
Curarey River, [69]
Currency, paper, in Peru, [178];
metal and paper, in Bolivia, [349]
Cuzco, Inca capital of Peru, [119], [129]
Darien, or Caledonian, cross-cut channel projected, [42]
Darsena at Callao, [83]
Deafness of infants in mountain regions, [310]
Death rate, see [Birth and death rates]
Debt of Chile, [274]
De Costa, Señora Angela, originator of idea of statue “Christ of the Andes,” [269]
De Faramond, Lieutenant Commander, French naval officer, [181]
De Lesseps, residence of, [38]
Departments of Bolivia, [344]
Deposits and depositors in Santiago Savings Bank, [256]
Desaguadero River, [299]
Desolation Islands, [197]
Deutsche La Plata Zeitung, [358]
Diary-making on Pacific steamer, [59]
Diseases, to be controlled by sanitation, [19];
incident to West Coast, [35];
to life in Canal Zone, [51], [52], [54], [55];
yellow fever at Guayaquil, [61];
fever at Arica, [181]
Dos de Mayo, Peru, mercury and coal district, [133]
Drake, Sir Francis, visit to Arica in 1579, [182]
Dress for travellers, [25]
Drinks, native, [26], [27]
Dudley, Minister, of Lima, [97], [100], [126]
Duran, [65]
Earthquakes which have shaken Lima, [93];
Arequipa, [116];
Arica, [182]
Ecuador, relation to Canal, [2];
trade with U. S., [9];
foreign trade, [13], [14], [63];
railway exploitation, [65], [66], [68];
topography, [67];
products, [68], [69];
minerals, [69];
population, [70];
financial standing and money, [71], [72];
banks and national debt, [72]
Editor, the ideal, [215], [216]
Edwards, Mr. Augustin, owner of El Mercurio, [214]
Elections, in Chile, [240];
in Bolivia, [344]
El Mercurio, of Santiago and Valparaiso, [214], [215], [363]
El Misti, extinct volcano, [109], [117]
Elmore, Judge Alberto, president of Council of State, Peru, 1903, [169]
El Oro, the gold country of Ecuador, [69]
Elsa mine, [324]
English ports distant from West Coast, [12], [13], [63];
commerce, [15], [16], [64], [84], [136], [196], [271], [347];
interests in oil fields, [131];
in railroads, [139], [140], [161];
at Iquique, [185];
in nitrate fields, [186], [227], [269];
at Valparaiso, [190];
advertising, [202];
in Santiago, [213];
wheat trade with Chile, [263];
diplomatic relations with Bolivia, [346];
concern with Monroe Doctrine, [352] et seq.
English spoken in South America, [22], [23]
Enock, C. Reginald, English engineer, [130]
Errazuriz, Frederico, former Chilean president, [235]
Escariano, [287], [291]
Esmeraldas, [63]
Eten, Port of, [79]
Eugenie, Empress, statue presented by, [38]
Evangelist Islands, [196], [197]
Exchange, rates of, [34]
Farmer, comprehensive term in Chile, [212], [213]
Fashions in Bolivian towns, [285], [295]
Ferrenafe, Peru, [79]
Ferrol, Bay of, [81]
Fever flower of Algiers, [181]
Fleas of Quilca, [114]
Fleteros, or boatmen, [75]
Fomento de Fabrica, or Manufacturers Association, of Chile, [272]
Foreign Commerce of the U. S., Annual Review 1904, table compiled from, [9]
Foreigners, may hold municipal offices in Peru, [175];
from colonies around Valdivia, Osorno, and Lake Llanquihue, [272];
in Uyuni, [296];
scarcity in Bolivia, [337];
rights under the government, [345]
Forest lands of southern Chile, [264]
Fortunes of Chileans, [239]
Four Years among the South Americans, [66]
France in trade with Ecuador, [64];
with Peru, [127]
Fredonia, U. S. frigate, destroyed by tidal wave, [182]
Freight rates, [16–18];
through freight along West Coast, [58];
on Peruvian sugar, [128];
affected by Canal, [188]
French community at Valparaiso, [190]
Froward, Cape, [198]
Fruits, [28], [29]
Fuel saved by Canal route, [13]
Galapagos Islands, [70], [71], [357]
Galera tunnel, Central Railway, [101]
Garland, Mr. Alejandro, of Lima, [97]
Gatun, first view of Canal obtained from railroad at, [44]
Geographical Society of Lima, [152]
German colony, [157];
immigrants desired, [159];
Germans in Valparaiso, [190];
in Bolivian rubber region, [327];
concern in Monroe Doctrine, [358] et seq.
Germany, in trade with Ecuador, [64];
with Peru, [84];
sends minister to Bolivia, [346];
trade with Bolivia, [347]
Gold, in Ecuador, [69];
in Peru, [120], [131], [132];
in Chile, [229];
in Bolivia, [282], [323–325]
Gold River of St. John, [324]
Gold standard, of Panama, [19];
of Peru, [177];
of Chile, [274];
of Bolivia, [349]
Gottschalk, United States Consul, [130]
Granadilla fruit, [85]
Grape brandy, [85]
Grape culture in Chile, [265]
Grass cross over dwellings, [307]
Guachalla, Señor Fernando, [34]
Guadalupe Mountain, [280], [286], [291];
district, [318]
Gualca, Indian who discovered silver at Potosi, [318]
Guamote, Ecuador, [65]
Guanaco skins, [182]
Guano exported from Peru, [15], [79];
Guano islands, or Chinchas, [85]
Guaqui, on Lake Titicaca, scene of Indian uprising, [339]
Guayacan copper mines, [228]
Guayaquil, distance from U. S. forts, [11], [14];
from Panama, [12];
sketch of, [61];
relation to Canal and commerce, [62], [63];
banks, [72]
Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce, [64]
Guayaquil, Gulf of, [60]
Guayas River, [60]
Guevara, Bachiler, forbidden to practise law in Quito, [67]
Gulf ports, trade with West Coast ports, [11]
Gum, see [Rubber]
Haciendas, in Peru, [85], [155];
in central valley, Chile, [263]
Hamburg, distance from West Coast ports via Panama, [13];
from Guayaquil, [63]
Harvard Astronomical Observatory, on Mt. El Misti, [117]
Hassaurek, Frederick, his impressions of Quito, [66]
Hats, Ecuador’s export trade in, [64]
Havre, distance from Guayaquil, [63]
Hay-Varilla Treaty, [46]
Hay, John, late Secretary of State, [362], [363]
Holidays in Bolivia, [345]
Hotels, [29–31]
Huaca, of Trujillo, [81];
of Supe, [82]
Hualgayoc district, Peru, silver-producing, [132]
Huallaga River, [6], [137]
Huamachuco, gold-producing district, Peru, [132]
Huamalies district, Peru, gold-producing, [132];
coal deposits, [133]
Huancavelica, silver-producing district, Peru, [132];
mercury deposits, [133];
quicksilver mines, [142]
Huanchaca, town and mines, [318]
Huanchaca Company of Bolivia, their reduction works at Antofagasta, [187], [319]
Huanchaco, Port of, [80]
Huantayaja silver region, [229]
Huanuco, German colony, [157];
district is gold-producing, [132]
Huaraz district, Peru, copper-producing, [132];
iron and sulphur deposits, [133]
Huarochiri, sulphur, coal, and lead deposits, [133]
Huaylas district, Peru, copper-producing, [132];
coal-mining district, [133]
Huayna-Potosi, tin-mining district, [314], [315]
Humboldt, Von, [2], [325]
Humboldt, or Antarctic, current, [59]
Hydraulic power of Andes to be developed, [130]
Ibarra, Ecuador, [69]
Ica district, Peru, gold and copper producing, [132]
Illampu, series of peaks in Oriental Cordilleras, [305]
Illimani, in the Bolivian Andes, [305], [306]
Immigration, [8], [138], [158], [163], [272], [340]
Inambari River basin, rubber industry, [120], [136];
gold-washings, [132]
Inca, Peruvian coin, [35], [177]
Inca Caracoles silver mines, [230]
Inca Company, headquarters in Arequipa, [116], [119], [120]
Indians, [25], [44], [75], [79], [105], [116], [121], [136], [151–157], [181], [195], [198], [199], [251], [285–287], [295], [304], [305], [308], [309], [328], [337–340]
Industrial establishments of Chile, [266]
Infiernillo (Little Hell or Devil’s Bridge), on Central Railway, [103]
Ingenia, [287]
Inquisivi, tin-mining district, [314];
bismuth deposit, [325]
Intercontinental Railway Survey, [70], [153]
Intercontinental railway, see [Pan-American trunk line]
International Sanitary Bureau, [18]
Iodine found in nitrate deposits, [222]
Iquique, distance from Panama, [12];
shipping-point for soda nitrates, [16];
one of the three worst ports on West Coast, [86];
sketch of, [184–186]
Iquitos, [6], [7], [135], [148]
Iron, in Ecuador, [70];
in Peru, [133], [147];
in Chile, [227]
Irrigation, [86], [112], [124], [125], [127], [130], [142], [159], [276]
Isla de Plata, Silver Island, [73]
Islands of Direction, same as [Evangelist Islands]
Islay, Bay of, [87];
town, [88]
Italia, wine made in Pisco district, [85]
Italians, in Lima, [96];
agricultural immigrants, [159], [160]
Ivory nut, see [Tagua]
Jauja, valley of, presents possibilities for irrigation, [142]
Jebe, best quality crude rubber, [134]
Jones, Mr. Champion, of Lima, [90]
“Journalism, The Land of,” [214]
Juliaca, on Southern Railway, Peru, [119], [121]
Junin, town and lake, [106], [222]
Kaolin, in Chorolque district, Bolivia, [320]
Kelley, Frederick M., [42]
Kraus, Jacob, Holland engineer, [192]
La Boca, railway terminus at Pacific mouth of Canal, [46]
Laborers, on Canal, [50];
in Piura cotton lands, [125];
in Peruvian rubber forests, [136];
Indian and cholo, [155];
Chinese coolies, [158];
mine workers needed, [159];
at Iquique, [185];
in nitrate fields, [223];
Chilean roto, [251–255];
in Chilean factories, [267];
Bolivian cholos, [340]
Laca-Amra River, Bolivia, [299]
L’Africaine, government railway concession, [341]
La Lei, Santiago newspaper, [215]
La Mar, gold-producing district, Peru, [132]
Lambayeque region of Peru, [79], [129], [133]
Land-owners in central valley, Chile, [263]
La Paz, Bolivia, hotels, [30];
travellers to, [300];
sketch of, [310];
tin mined in district, [315];
in gold district, [324];
Aymará inhabitants, [338];
elevation of, [341];
Department in revolution of 1898, [343]
La Quiaca, on Argentine frontier, [279]
Larecaja placers of Tipuani, Bolivia, [324]
Larez district, Peru, iron-producing, [133]
Lastarria, J. V., Chilean diplomat and historian, [250], [251]
La Vie Latine, [366]
“Law, The,” Santiago newspaper, [215]
Lead, in Ecuador, [70];
in Peru, [132];
in Chorolque district, Bolivia, [320]
Leger, Minister, of Haiti, [362], [363]
Leguia, Señor, of Peru, [171]
Le Perou, Auguste Plane, [145]
Lima, Peru, pure Spanish spoken, [24];
hotel, [30];
sketch of, [89–100];
censuses, [152];
scene of revolution, [164]
Limon, Bay of, [37]
Lipez, silver deposit, [318];
copper deposits, [321], [323]
Live-stock industry, [8], [121], [133], [134], [263]
Llai-Llai, [202]
Llama, disposition of the, [309]
Llanquihue district exports lumber, [264];
colony on lake, [272]
Lobos Islands, [79]
Loja, in mining district of Ecuador, [70]
Lomas, [85]
Lopez de Guevara had scheme for three canals, [43]
Loreto, Department of, centre of Peruvian rubber district, [134];
variations in government, [173]
Los Andes, location of spiral tunnel, [202]
Lota, [194], [195];
copper product of district, [228];
iron mines, [229]
Lottery at Lima, [95];
at Santiago, [213]
Louisiana Purchase, resources of the, [3]
Luya district, Peru, gold-producing, [132]
Machacamarca smelting works, [321]
Machala, [63], [67]
MacKenna, Benjamin V., historian, [205]
Madre de Dios rubber region, [327]
Magellan, Territory of, [264], [275]
Majo, Bolivia, [279], [280]
Malinowski, engineer of Central Railway, [101]
Manserriche, Falls of, [6], [78], [147], [148]
Manufactories, of Lima, [99];
of Chile, [266]
Manufacturers’ Association of Chile, [265], [272]
Manzanillo, Island of, [37], [40]
Mapocho River, Santiago, [207]
Marañon River, [6], [78], [80], [132], [137], [147], [148]
Maravillas, silver-smelting plant located at, [119]
Marcapata valley, [136]
Marriage customs among Indians, [155], [309]
Martinez, Mr. Juan Walker, [211], [219]
Mathieu, Mr., former Secretary of Chilean Legation, [312]
Matte, Mr. Auguste, [211]
Matucana, [104]
Meals, customs concerning, [27]
Meier, Mr., American consul at Mollendo, [114]
Meiggs, Henry, builder of Central Railway of Peru, [100], [101], [110], [149], [203]
Meiggs, Mt., on Central Railway, Peru, [104]
Merchant marine of Chile, [270], [271]
“Mercury, The,” of Santiago and Valparaiso, [214], [215]
Mercury-cinnabar, Peruvian districts which produce, [133]
Mestizos, [27], [151], [154], [155], [337];
compare with [Cholos]
Methodist Mission at Iquique, [185]
Mexico of South America, Bolivia, [313–330]
Mica deposits near Quilca, [114]
Military party in Chile, [260]
Mills, cotton, in Peru, [126]
Milluni, tin-mining district, [314], [315]
Mineral waters, [26]
Mineral wealth, of Andes, [4];
of Ecuador, [69], [78], [81];
Peruvian deposits, [106], [107], [117], [120], [122], [130–133], [146];
Chilean deposits, [217–231], [276];
Bolivian deposits, [282], [294], [313–326]
Mining-code, the Peruvian, [133]
Mississippi Valley will benefit from Canal, [12]
Molina, Father, Jesuit naturalist, [205]
Mollendo, distance from Panama, [12];
trade passing through, [14];
relation to Arica, [16];
one of three worst ports on West Coast, [86];
railway terminus and harbor improvements, [88];
trade, [88];
use of Panama Canal, [88]
Monastery of San Francisco, Lima, [97], [98]
Money, South American, [34];
Ecuadorian, [72]
Monroe Doctrine in South America, [70], [351–371]
Montaña region, [68], [123]
Monte Cristo, from Bay of Caracas, [60]
Montes, President Ismael, of Bolivia, [314], [332], [343], [345]
Montt, Director of National Library, Santiago, [207]
Montt, Captain Jorge, Chilean insurrectionist, [237]
Montt, Manuel, former Chilean president, [233]
Moquegua district, Peru, sulphur-producing, [133]
Morgan, Sir John, sacked Panama, [41], [45]
Mountain travel, supplies for, [32], [33]
Mule in Andean use, [33]
National Library, Lima, [97]
National Library, Santiago, [206]
National Tax Collection Society, [176]
Naturalization of foreigners in Peru, [176]
Naval school at Talcahuano, [195]
Nazarene, on San Juan River, [280]
Negro element, in Panameñans, [44];
blacks engaged in Canal excavation, [50];
in railway building, [66];
in Peruvian population, [157], [158]
Neill, Mr. Richard, Secretary American Legation, Lima, [96]
New Orleans, distance from West Coast ports, [7], [11], [14], [63]
New York, relative position with reference to West Coast ports, [7], [11];
distance from Colon, [12];
from Valparaiso, [12];
from Guayaquil, [14], [62];
from Callao, [14]
New York Chamber of Commerce, statistics from, [13]
Newspapers, Chilean, [199], [213–216]
Nicaragua Canal, one of three proposed by Lopez de Guevara, [43]
Nitrate kings, [184], [219]
Nitrates of soda, exports from Chile, [16];
shipments from Iquique, [16], [186];
the product, [217–231], [276], [277]
Noco, plain of, [86], [125]
North, Colonel, the nitrate king, [184]
Nudos in inter-Andine region, [67]
Oaths, Spanish, [24]
O’Higgins, liberator of Chile, [204], [232], [355]
Old age attained by Bolivian peasants, [281]
Olney, ex-Secretary, [357]
Oranges of Pacasmayo, [79]
Orcoma, nitrate district, [224]
Oregon, Webster’s valuation of, [3]
Oropesa, S. S., [191], [196]
Oroya, on Central Railway, Peru, [101], [105], [107]
Oroya Railway, same as [Central Railway]
Oruro, hotel at, [30];
town seen from hills, [293];
sketch of, [299];
tin and silver mines in vicinity, [314–317], [320]
Osorno, colony at, [272]
Otuzco district, Peru, gold-producing, [132]
Ovalle, copper mines in the district of, [228]
Pacasmayo, [79], [80]
Pacific Company, concessions to, [147]
Pacific Ocean, trade influenced by Canal, [1–20];
described by Friar Calancha, [57];
Pacific steamers, [57];
Southern ocean rough, [194]
Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Valparaiso office, [249]
Paita, distance from New York, [7];
from Panama, [12];
sketch of, [74–78];
selected as terminus of projected railroad, [147];
district, sulphur deposits, [133]
Paita, Bay of, [6], [74]
Pallasca district, Peru, silver-producing, [132];
lead deposits, [133]
Palma, Dr. Ricardo, Director National Library, Lima, [97]
Palta, or alligator pear, [28]
Panama Bay, [58]
Panama Canal, industrial development due to the, [1–20];
toll rates, [11], [15];
relation to Chilean trade, [16];
entrance, [37];
proposed routes, [40–43];
route adopted, [44];
villages and inhabitants along course, [44];
Culebra Cut, [45];
U. S. authority in Canal Zone, [46–50];
sanitation and hygiene in Canal Zone, [50–53];
American employees, [53–55];
instrument in development of Panama, [55];
Guayaquil trade will pass through, [62], [64];
Amazon traffic will pass through, via Paita, [78];
effect upon Callao, [84];
Peruvian traffic, [88], [125], [128], [131], [135], [139], [145], [183];
outlet for Cerro de Pasco mines, [107];
will further Italian immigration, [160];
relation to Iquique and the nitrates, [186], [227];
will tend to lower ocean freight charges, [188];
bearing on Valparaiso as harbor, [193];
relation to Punta Arenas, [199];
effect on Chilean commerce, [270];
value to Bolivia, [331], [332], [350]
Panama, City of, distance from Colon, Guayaquil, Paita, Callao, Mollendo, Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, and Valparaiso, [12];
growth of, [39];
sacking by Morgan’s buccaneers, [41], [45];
sketch of, [45];
distance from Guayaquil, [62]
Panama, Isthmus of, [3];
sanitary conditions on, [18];
gold standard in, [19];
waterways which have been projected, [41];
Champlain conceived project of cutting through, [43];
geographical position, [43];
natives and villages, [44];
government of, [46], [47];
area, wealth, industries, and agriculture, [48];
good to be derived from Canal, [49]
Panama Railway, [17];
statue to builders, [39];
hygienic work of, [39]
Panameñans, the, [44]
Pan-American Conference, [18]
Pan-American trunk line, [4]
Pando, General, former President of Bolivia, [345]
Pandura, [303]
Pansio silver mines, Chile, [230]
Paper money prohibited in Peru, [178]
Para, Peruvian rubber metropolis, [7]
Pardo, Señor José, President of Peru, [169–172]
Parties, political, in Chile, [246]
Pataz district, Peru, silver-producing, [132]
Patterson, William, his scheme for canal through Isthmus, [42]
Paucartambo district, gold-producing, [132]
Peachy, American traveller in Peru, [153]
Pelicans, [79]
Perez, Carlos, surveys and explorations of, [142]
Perez, José Joaquin, former Chilean president, [233]
Permanent Industrial Exhibition, [266]
Pernambuco, distance from the Cape and New York, [12]
Peru, relation to Canal, [2];
rubber industry, [7];
foreign commerce, [14], [15];
description, [73] et seq.
Peruvian Congress, [175]
Peruvian Corporation of London, [101], [107], [119], [139], [140], [142], [143], [160], [161], [333]
Peso, value of, [274]
Petacas, or leather trunks, [32]
Petroleum, fields of Peru, [78], [122], [131], [132];
districts which produce, [133];
deposits along shores of Lake Titicaca, [326];
crude product used in Caupolican Province, [326]
Phillips, Mr., editor of La Lei, Santiago, [215], [216]
Pichis, or central highway, [142–146]
Pierola, General, President in 1896, [143], [167], [170], [177]
Pinto, Anibal, former Chilean president, [235]
Pisagua, in nitrate and guano region, [184]
Pisco, [85]
Piura, in northern Peru, [78]
Piura region, aridity of, [76], [77];
cotton cultivation, [124], [147];
American project for irrigating, [125];
district produces petroleum and iron, [133]
Pizarro, [41], [74], [80], [90], [92], [116]
Plane, A., French engineer in Peru, [145]
Playa Blanca, ore-smelters of Huanchaca Company at, [320]
Political history of Chile, [232–247]
Political parties in Chile, [246]
Poöpo, Lake, [298];
tin mines in Province of, [314]
Population, growth in South America, [3], [4];
in valley and mountain regions, [6];
in cereal region, [8];
in Ecuador, [70];
in trans-Andine country, [138];
in Peru, [151–163];
of Chile, [271], [272];
region between Oruro and La Paz, [306];
of Bolivia, [336–341]
Porco, tin-mining district of Bolivia, [315];
silver deposits, [318];
copper, [322]
Portugalete Pass, [291];
silver mines in district, [318]
Postal service, [144]
Potosi, silver mines, [293], [318], [319];
tin mines, [314–316];
need for railroad facilities, [319], [335]
Prat, naval hero, statue to, [190]
Presidential office, in Chile, [239];
in Bolivia, [344]
Priests, in Chilean social life, [212];
Bolivian priesthood, [307]
Prieto, Joaquin, former Chilean president, [233]
Professional classes, dress of, [25]
Projects for cutting through Isthmus, [40], [41]
Protective policy of Chile, [266]
Protestant churches in Peru, [174]
Puchero, Spanish dish, [28]
Pulacayo, most productive silver mine in South America, [294], [319]
Puna, customs and quarantine port, [60]
Puno, on Lake Titicaca, [121], [122];
district produces coal, petroleum, and mercury, [133]
Punta Arenas, southernmost town, [198–200]
Quail in barren country, [288], [292]
Quarantine regulations, [33], [34], [63]
Quiaca River, on Bolivian boundary, [379]
Quichua, or aboriginal Indian race of Peru, [105], [154], [157], [281], [292], [293], [304], [338]
Quicksilver mines of Huancavelica, [142]
Quilca, [113], [114]
Quinine industry, [329]
Quinta Normal, or Agricultural Experiment Station, Santiago, [213]
Quinua, native cereal, [307]
Quiros River, irrigation from, [125]
Quisma Cruz, or Three Crosses, in Oriental Cordilleras, [305]
Quito, [65], [66]
Racing a feature at Santiago, [213]
Railroads, through Andes, [4], [162], [188];
line joining Buenos Ayres and Valparaiso, [5];
proposed Argentine and Bolivian lines, [5], [15];
passenger rates, [31];
development in Panama, [49];
lines and projects in Ecuador, [65–69];
survey through mining region, [70];
Peruvian line, [78];
road from Eten, [79];
project for road from Cajamarca, [80];
line from Chimbote, [82];
from Pisco to Ica, [85];
Central (Oroya) Railway, [100–107];
American syndicate road between Oroya and Cerro de Pasco, [107];
line to Lake Titicaca, [110];
extension from Sicuani, [119];
engineering in Province of Carabaya, [119];
projected line along Inambari River, [120];
motive power furnished by river Rimac, [130];
use of oil as fuel, [131];
Peruvian lines, [138–142], [145–150];
proposed line out from coffee district, [161];
road from Arica to Tacna, [182];
extension to La Paz, [183];
lines in nitrate district, [187], [219], [221], [222];
Copiapo Railway, [188];
passenger accommodations, [202];
William Wheelright’s road, [203];
Chilean railroad policy, [267–269], [275];
Bolivian roads, [278], [314], [332–336];
mines await railroads, [319–321];
Antofagasta and Oruro Railway, [336];
concession granted by Bolivia, [341];
treaty with Chile, [347], [348];
West Coast railway development, [351] et seq.
Raimondi, surveys of Department of Anacho, [130];
description of central plateau of Bolivia, [297]
Raspadura channel, possible route across Isthmus, [43]
Rates of transportation of products, [17], [18]
Reclus, representing French company in exploiting Darien route, [42]
Reconnaissance Report upon the Proposed System of Bolivian Railways, Sisson, [335]
Recuay district, Peru, silver and coal producing, [132]
Reloncavi, Bay of, at the head of Gulf of Ancud, [262]
Revenue, of Peruvian government, [176];
of Bolivian, [346]
Revolutions, in Peru, [164];
in Bolivia, [343]
Rice product of Peru, [79], [129]
Richest woman in the world, the widow Cousiño, [195]
Riesco, President Jerman, of Chile, [247]
Rimac valley, Peru, [103], [130]
Rivadavia mission to Europe, [355]
Road-building, in Panama, [49];
in Peru, [120]
Roman Catholic Church, in Peru, [157], [174];
in Chile, [208], [242], [243];
attitude of roto toward, [253], [254];
in Bolivia, [307], [308]
Romaña, ex-President Edward, of Peru, [115]
Roosevelt, President, [47], [70], [357], [358]
Root, Mr. Elihu, [357]
Roto, [248–259], [264]
Royal Andes, [280]
Rubber, demand for, [7];
Ecuador’s product, [68], [69];
shipped through Mollendo, [88];
on San Gaban River, [120];
in Coast Region, Peru, [124];
Peruvian forests, [134–136], [138];
Bolivian product, [327], [328]
Saddles for mountain travel, [32]
Sailors, members of Chilean roto as, [254]
Sala, Father, surveys and explorations of, [142]
Salaverry, Peru, sugar from, [14];
volume of trade and unique inscription, [81]
Salisbury, Lord, [357]
Salt fields east of Punta de Lobos, [223]
Saltpetre fertilizers, see [nitrates]
Sambo, origin of name, [158]
San Bartholomew, tunnel in Chorolque district, [320]
San Bartolomew, on Central Railway of Peru, [103]
San Blas route proposed for Canal, [42]
Sandia district, gold in, [120], [132]
San Gaban River, [120]
Sanitary conditions along Canal, [18], [50–52], [54], [55];
in Lima, [99], [100];
among Peruvian Indians, [157];
in Santiago, [207], [258], [259]
San José mine, near Oruro, [300], [321]
San Juan River, [324]
San Leon, tunnel at entrance of Pulacayo mine, [319]
San Lorenzo, Island of, in harbor of Callao, [85]
San Martin, statue to, Santiago, [205]
San Mateo, on Central Railway of Peru, [103]
San Miguel Bay named, [41]
Santa Cruz, Department of, gum forests awaiting development, [327];
the capital, [341]
Santa Lucia, mountain in Santiago, [203–205]
Santa Maria, Domingo, former Chilean executive, [236]
Santa Rosa, ranch of, near Arequipa, [110]
Santa Rosa valley, Bolivia, [282]
Santiago, hotels at, [30], [31];
sketch of, [203–216];
social questions, [250];
savings bank, [256];
birth and death rates in province, [257]
Santo Domingo, U. S. policy toward, [359]
Santo Domingo gold mines, Province of Carabaya, [116], [119], [122]
San Vicente, Sierra of, [292]
Saracocha, Lake, [118]
Savedro, Señor Don Angel, projected waterway through Isthmus, [42]
Savings Bank, Santiago, [256]
School system of Peru, [157];
school conducted in Aymará language, [304], [305];
Bolivian school system, [344], [345]
Selfridge, Commander, [42]
Sexes, even ratio of the, [337]
Sheep-raising, [133], [264]
Shipping interests of Chile, [270], [271]
Sicasica, at an altitude of 14,000 feet, [304]
Sicuani, [119]
Silva, Mr., leader writer on El Mercurio, [215]
Silver, in Ecuador, [70];
in Peru, [107], [131], [132];
in Chile, [229];
in Bolivia, [304], [318–321]
Sinopsis Estadistica y Geografica de la Republica de Bolivia, [342]
Siroche, or mountain sickness, [104], [118], [288–291]
Sisson, W. L., [335]
Smythe’s Channel, [196]
Socavon of the Virgin, silver mine in Oruro district, [321]
Social question in Chile, [207], [248–261]
Socialistic doctrines at work in Chile, [254]
Society, in Lima, [95], [96];
in Santiago, [210–213]
Sol, Peruvian coin, [35], [177]
Solano, Father Francis, founder of Franciscan Order in Peru, [98]
Sorsby, Minister, of La Paz, [311]
South America, 1854–1904, Akers, [364]
South American Steamship Company offices burned by mob, [249]
Southern Cross, [57]
Southern Railway, [101], [120], [149], [334]
Southernmost town of world, Punta Arenas, [198–200]
Spanish administrative system to be moulded on American model, [48]
Spanish-American, the, [2]
Spanish language, needed by travellers, [21–25];
spoken in its purity at Lima, [95];
native hostility toward, [157], [338], [339]
State ownership of Chilean railways, [267]
Steamships, in West Coast foreign trade, [11];
in nitrate trade, [16];
in West Coast passenger service, [57], [58];
in Guayaquil trade, [62];
trading at Callao, [84];
at Valparaiso, [191];
in Chilean trade, [270], [271]
Stephens, John L., statue to, [39]
Strike in Valparaiso, [248], [249]
Stumpff, engineer Elsa Mine, [324]
Succession in office in Peru, [168]
Suches, placer washings in gold district, Bolivia, [323]
Sucre, [72]
Sucre, old capital of Bolivia, [298], [311]
Sugar-beet industry, [265]
Sugar industry, in Peru, [14], [18], [127], [128];
in Ecuador, [69];
amount shipped via Pacasmayo, [79];
through Huanchaco, [80];
industry in Chile, [265], [266]
Suipacha, on San Juan River, [280]
Sulphur beds, near Bay of Sechura, [78];
on Lake Titicaca Railroad, [117];
Peruvian provinces which produce, [133]
Supe, the landing-place, [82]
Superunda, Count, memoirs of, [93]
Taboga Isle, [45]
Tacna, Pampas of, [224];
tin mines in district, [315]
Tacora, Mt., in Bolivia, [183]
Taft, Secretary, [47]
Tagua, or ivory nut, Ecuador’s production of, [64]
Talcahuano, naval port, [195]
Taltal, nitrate shipping-port, [188]
Tambilla, [292]
Tambo de Mora, [86]
Tambos, or inns, [31];
one at Majo, Bolivia, [279]
Tarapacá, Province of, lost to Chile, [152], [217];
saltpetre region, [217–226]
Tarata, sulphur-producing district, Peru, [133]
Tarija, capital of agricultural region in southeast Bolivia, [341]
Tarma, coal-mining district, Peru, [133]
Taxes, in Peru, [176];
in Bolivia, [346]
Tayacaja district, Peru, gold-producing, [132]
Tehuantepec Canal, one of three proposed by Lopez de Guevara, [43]
Telegraph line from Lima to Bermudez, [144]
Telegraph line, monument commemorating completion of, Santiago, [205]
Timber lands of southern Chile, [264]
Tin product of Bolivia, [314–317], [320]
Tipuani placer washings in gold district, Bolivia, [323]
Tirapata, railroad station for mines of Carabaya Province, [119]
Titicaca, Lake, trip from Arequipa to, [117–122]
Tobacco, crop in Ecuador, [69];
tax in Peru set aside for railroads, [141]
Toll rates through Canal, [13], [15]
Tombs at Caracollo, [302], [303], [305]
Trades unions in Chile, [250], [251]
Travellers, should practise customs of natives, [21];
need for knowledge of Spanish, [21–25];
dress, [25];
eating and drinking, [26–29];
hotels, [29–31];
care of baggage, [31];
railroad fares and night trains, [31];
charges for embarkation and disembarkation, [32];
supplies for mountain travel, [32], [33];
fodder for animals, [33];
quarantine regulations, [33], [34];
money, [34];
diseases, [35];
friction with natives and officials in Peru, [175]
Treasure islands, [73]
Treaty between Bolivia and Chile ratified 1905, [347], [348]
Treaty of Ancon, [83]
Trujillo, [81]
Trunks carried on pack animals, [32]
Tucapel, West Coast vessel, [82]
Tucker, surveys and explorations of, [142]
Tucuman, [5], [188]
Tumbez, [73], [74];
district, oil-producing, [131];
sulphur and petroleum deposits, [133]
Tupiza, Bolivia, hotel at, [30];
sketch of, [283–286]
Ubina Mountain, [286]
Ucayali River, [137], [146]
Union Club, Santiago, [211]
Union district, Peru, gold-producing, [132]
United States, trade with Argentine, [9];
with West Coast countries, [10];
policy toward Canal, [11];
direct benefit derived, [12];
authority in Canal Zone, [17–20], [37–40]
University of San Marcos, Lima, [97]
Uruguay, grain and cattle industries in, [8]
Uyuni, Bolivia, [293–296], [315]
V’s and VV’s, [102]
Valdivia, Pedro, statue to, at Santiago, [203]
Valdivia Province, [229], [264];
town, [272]
Valparaiso, distance from Panama and New York, [12];
from Liverpool, [13];
hotels, [31];
sketch of, [189–194]
Vegetable ivory, same as [Ivory nut]
Verrugas, on Central Railway of Peru, [103]
Verrugas, or bleeding warts, [103]
Vice-presidency in Chile, [243]
Vicuña, Archbishop, memorials to, at Santiago, [204]
Vicuña high-grade wool and rugs, [116], [122], [182]
Vicuñas, [118], [133]
Vilcanota River, [119]
Village life in Bolivian Andes, [280] et seq.
Villamil family controlled Larecaja properties, [324]
Villa Villa, Bolivia, [303]
Villazon, Señor, Vice-president of Bolivia, [343]
Viña del Mar, seashore resort near Valparaiso, [213]
Vincocaya, [118]
Vineyards of Pisco, [85]
Vitor, [110]
Vitor River, [113]
Von Bülow, Chancellor, [358]
Von Hassel, surveyor and explorer, [146]
Von Sternberg, Baron, [358]
Washington, Booker T., his work a subject of discussion, [215]
Wateree, U. S. frigate, carried inland by tidal wave, [182]
Water-fowl, [117]
Watermelons of Pisco, [86]
Webster, Daniel, [3]
Weed-killing plant in use on tropical railway, [65]
Werthemann, surveys and explorations of, [142]
Wetherill system in San José smelting works, [321]
Wheat shipped from central valley, [263]
Wheelright, William, pioneer railroad builder of Chile and Argentina, [188], [190], [203]
White Spirit of the Illimani, ancient deity of Bolivian Indians, [308]
Whitehead, American traveller in Peru, [153]
Wines, imported and native, [26];
Italia, wine made in Pisco district, [85]
Wireless telegraphy station at southernmost town of the world, [199]
Wolfe, surveys and explorations of, [142]
Wolfram in Chorolque district, Bolivia, [203]
Women, conductors on Santiago tramways, [205];
Chilean, [212];
Bolivian Indian, [309]
Wood, Rev. Dr., Methodist clergyman in Lima, [162]
Wool trade, [12], [264]
Woollens needed by travellers, [25]
Wyse, representing French company in exploiting Darien route, [42]
Yani River placer washings, [324]
Yauli, on Central Railway, Peru, [103];
silver and copper deposits, [132];
lead deposits, [133]
Yauyos, coal-mining district, Peru, [133]
Yavari River, frontier, rubber industry, [136]
Yunca Indians, [154]
Yura, iron and sulphur springs, [115]
Yuracares, department of Cochabamba, produces a species of rubber tree, [327]
Yurimaguas on the Huallaga River, [6], [80]
Yuruma, village in Royal Andes, [280]
Zambo, same as [Sambo]
Zaruma, centre of gold-mining region, [69]
Zarzuela, or one-act comedy, [212]