Martyr, Peter, father of American history, [7];
about Indian dwellings on tree tops, [77]

Meta river, size of, [146];
traveling on, [159];
inhabitants along, [160];
beauty of scenery along, [190], [191];
navigability of, [206];
should be open to all vessels, [230]

Milk tree, [157]

Missions, Indian, [86]

Monkey bridges, stories about, [151]

Montaña, traveling in, [201], [221]

Muiscas, [319] et seq.;
an agricultural people, [320];
commerce of, [321];
civilization and culture of, [322]–324;
trails of, [332]

Mule, Andean, idiosyncrasies of, [239], [240], [336]–337

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