life in Montevideo, [229]-[234];
nature of the country, [234]-[235];
commerce of, [235];
favorable conditions of, for national prosperity, [236];
turbulent political history of, [236]-[237];
bellicose personality and present-day outlets for, [237]-[238];
political factions in, [238].
Uruguay River, [32], [228], [234], [235].
Uspallata Pass, [222], [279]-[280].
Valdivia, Pedro de, conquest of Chile undertaken by, [82], [97]-[107];