C
Cabuyaro, village on the Meta, [186]
Calabash tree, utility of, [179]
Callao, Venezuela, mines of, [90], [91]
Canoes used by the Indians, [174], [175]
Caqueza, experience in, [254];
climate of, [256], [257]
Caracas, [41], [42];
compared with Taormina, [42]
Carib Indians, [95], [98];
misrepresentations of, [97], [98];
language of, [99]–101
Carib fish, remarkable teeth of, [181]
Cariben, Raudal de, scenery about, [144]
Cartagena, location and past history of, [380]–385
Cassiquiare river, first explorer of, [142], [143]
Castellanos, Juan de, on the Fountain of Youth, [11], [12];
his work as poet and historian, [139], [299], [318]
Castle, Morro, in Havana, [20];
in Santiago, [28]
Cayman, numbers of, [366]–369
Chibchas. See Muiscas
Chicha, how made and general use of, [333]–335
Chinchona trees in Colombia, [231], [232]
Churches, large and beautiful, in South America, [260]
Ciudad Bolivar, [102];
foundation and description of, [102]–107
Colombians of the eastern Cordilleras, characteristics of, [240]–244;
of Bogotá, [313]
Columbus, Christopher, regards Cuba as Cathay and Española as Japan, [21];
on scenery of Cuba, [23];
notions of, about Española, [29], [30];
remains of, in Cathedral of Santo Domingo, [35]–37;
Humboldt’s estimate of, [37];
monument for, [37];
view of, regarding the shape of the earth, [67];
view of, regarding the location of the Garden of Paradise, [68];
experience of, with storms, [386];
visits Costa Rica, [402]–404;
at Veragua, [425]
Cordillera, eastern, temperature on summit of, [275];
hardships endured by Bolivar’s army while crossing, [276], [277]
Costa Rica, origin of name, [402];
scenery in, [408], [409];
railways of, [409], [423], [424];
fruits of, [410], [416]–419;
negroes of, [411], [412];
coffee of, [413];
curious beliefs in, [422], [433]
Couvade, the, among the Indians of South America, [152] et seq.
Crocodile. See Cayman
Cross section of oriental Andes, [326]
Crosses, before houses along the Meta, [185], [186]
Cuba, regarded as Cathay by Columbus, [21]
Curaçao, island of, [38]
Curare poison, composition and manufacture of, [169]
Currency, Colombian, depreciation of, [314]–316