The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)

by Ulrich Schmidel; active 16th century Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

U.

• Unhealthy country, [50]
• Ure, Martin de, [241], [253]
• Uretabere, village, [269]
• Urquaie. See [Uruguay]
• Ursa Major, constellation of, [51]
• Urtueses (Orthuses), [47];
  • mortality among, [48], [53], [265], [266]
• Uruguay river, [83]

V.

• Vaca, Cabeza de. See [Cabeza]
• Vaca, Pedro, [260]
• Valderas, Juan, notary, [264]
• Valdivieso, Sebastian, [270]
• Valladolid, [xvii], [238]
• Valle, Pedro Diaz del, [244]
• Vanegas, Garcia, [52], [240], [245], [253];
  • threatens the governor’s life, [257];
  • kisses the governor’s feet, [260];
  • his terrible end, [262]
• Vardellesse, Germanised form of Spanish fortaleza, [24]
• Vera, Don Pedro, grandfather of Alvar Nuñez, [xiii];
  • province named after, [36]; [108]
• Vergara, Captain, [161]
• ——, Francisco Ortiz de (called by Schmidt, Fergere), [79]
• Vicenda. See [San Vicente]
• Viejo, port, [234]
• Villegaignon takes possession of Rio de Janeiro, [xxix]

W.

• Welzer, Jacob, [xxiv], [xxv], [2]
• West Indies, slaves introduced into, [xxv]
• Weybingen, no village of that name, [24], [25]
• Whale, length and capacity of, [1]
• Whales, harm done by, [86] seq.
• Wiessay. See [Mbiaçá]
• Wight, Isle of, [91]
• Wild boar, [118], [216], [229]
• Wine made of the carob bean, [18];
  • of honey, [19], [63];
  • of maize, [230]
• Women, sale and barter of, [20]
• Worms, white (weevil), fried for food, [115]
• Wydt. See [Wight]

X.

• Xaqueses, [197], [234]
• Xaquetes, [191]
• Xarayos, Xarayes or Guarayos (Scherues), [40], [41], [43];
  • King of, [44], [46], [47], [50]; [168], [205];
  • chief of, [207];
  • their dress, [209];
  • their habits, [211] seq.;
  • country of, [213], [214], [217], [225], [226], [263], [265]
• Xeme, the measure, [200]

Y.

• Yacaré, a Guaraní word for the amphibious animals, [42]
• Yacareati River, [263], [265], [269]
• Yaiva River, [263], [265]
• Yapirús or Apirus, Yaperús (Jeperis or Naperus), a tribe of Payaguás, [26], [54], [56], [57], [61], [149], [153];
  • peace made with, [156];
  • deputation from, [ib.];
  • nomadic habits of, [157]
• Yeruquihaba (Juberich Sabaiie), [58], [59];
  • distance of, from Asuncion, [59], [81], [179]
• Ygatu. See [Yguatu]
• Yguaron, an Indian chief, [122]
• Yguatú River, affluent of Paraná, [117]
• Yguatú, probably Igatu, now Jaurú River, [195];
  • crosses erected at, [196], [225], [263], [265]
• Yguazú, Iguazú, or Iguassu River, affluent of Paraná, [xxviii], [108], [118], [119];
  • fall of, [120] seq.;
  • latitude of, [123]
• Ytabucú or Itapucú River, [105], [106]