[INDEX]
A
Aborigines ([138]-150);
various tribes, [138];
character of, [139];
ethics, [140];
marriage, [141];
warfare, [142];
weapons, [143];
burial, [143]-4;
superstitions, [144]-5;
question of cannibalism, [145]-6;
introduction of horses to, [147];
hostility to whites, [147]
Administration, [312]-3.
Agnes C. Donohoe, Canadian sealing-schooner, seized, [295]
Agricultural societies, [259]
Agriculture (See Estancias, Industries, Cereals);
proportion of soil in cultivation, [331]
Alfalfa, [205]
Alvear, defeats Otorgues, [70];
deposed by Thomas, [72]
Amethysts, [235], [289]
Aguirre, President, [121]
Arachanes Indians, [150]
Architecture, [193]-4, [201], [208], [216]
Argentina, provinces, occupied by Lopes, [122]
Argentine, the, relations with Uruguay, [30], [63]-4.
See Buenos Aires, Rosas
Artigas ([78]-96), central figure of the Revolution, [57];
joins patriots, [58];
defeats Spaniards at Las Piedras, [59];
besieges Montevideo, [60];
superseded in command, [61];
heads exodus to Argentine, [63];
insists on Uruguayan autonomy, [64];
separates from Argentine, [65];
elected President, [67];
raises siege of Montevideo, is outlawed by Argentina, but raises revolt in provinces, [68];
demands surrender of Montevideo, [69];
ruler of Uruguay, [71];
returns hostages to Thomas, [72];
defeated by Brazilians, [75];
declares war upon Buenos Aires, [75];
deserted by leaders, [76];
escapes to Paraguay, [77];
history of, [78]-96;
character, [79]-80;
early life, [81]-3;
ruler of Uruguay, [88];
expels Spaniards, [89];
horrors committed in camp, [91];
simplicity of manners, [91]-4
B
Banda Oriental, [27];
subject to Artigas, [90]
Barley, [285]
Bathing-places, [167]
Batlle, President, [123], [126]
Beef Trust of United States, [280]-1;
attempt to capture South American refrigerating industry, [282]
Belgrano, makes treaty with Portuguese, [64]
"Blancos," or Whites, the, a political clan, [32];
assassinate Flores, [123];
assassinate Borda, [125];
origin of term, [313], [314]-5, [321]-3
Bohanes Indians, [148]
Borda, President, assassinated, [125]
Brazil, relations with, [30]-1;
invades Uruguay in 1817, [75];
annexes Uruguay, [77];
alliance with Uruguay against Rosas, [117];
sends troops to assist Flores, [120];
alliance with Uruguay in Paraguayan War, [122]
British: capital, [276];
popularity of, [33];
enterprise, [296]-7;
invade Uruguay and evacuate it, [55].
See England.
Brown, Admiral, destroys Spanish fleet, [68];
destroys Uruguayan fleet, [114]
Budget, the, [335]
Buenos Aires, taken by British, [55];
Junta of, [56];
action of Government during revolution, [62], [64];
refuses to recognise Congress of Uruguay, [67];
evacuates Montevideo, [70], [71];
sends forces against Artigas which revolt and depose Alvear, [72];
offers to acknowledge Uruguayan independence in return for Transplatine provinces, [73]
Bull-fighting, [133]-4, [223]-4
Burnett, Mr. Henry, British Vice-Consul, [203]
Bustamente, President, [120]
C
Cabildo, official, [73]
Cabot founds San Sebastian, [38]
Campo, the, [72], [114], [175]-7, [137], [237]-45
Canaries, immigrants from, [48]-9, [53]
Canelones, [265]
Caudillo, severity of, [74]
Carlos II. of Spain, surrenders Colonia to Portugal, [42]
Carlota, Queen of Portugal, [61]
Casas, Padre de las, recommends introduction of negro slaves, [44]
Cattle, introduced by Hernandarias, [40];
superabundance of, [153], [247]-8, [250], [254]-264;
census, [332];
distribution of, [333]
Cereals, [284]-5
Changadores, or early buccaneers, [40]
Charity, Commission of, [313]
Charrúa Indians, kill de Solis, [37];
destroy S. Sebastian, [38];
attempt to sack Montevideo, [49];
practically exterminated, [110], [139]-47
Cheese, [175]
Chilled meat. See Refrigerating Industry
Cholera, [124]
Civil War, [28];
after War of Independence, [108];
Rosas intervenes, [112];
the French intervene, [113].
See Revolution, Revolutions
Climate, [272]
Clubs, [158]-9
Colón, [166]
Colonia, foundation of, [42];
in hands of Portuguese, [43];
captured by Spanish, [44];
given back to Portugal by Philip V., [44];
besieged by Salcedo, [49];
exchanged for Jesuit missions, [50];
again becomes Portuguese, is retaken, and again falls to Portuguese, [51];
captured by Ceballos, [53];
siege of, during Revolution, [60]
Colonia, department, [267]
Colonia Suiza, [211]-5
Colonies, [212]-3, [220]-244
"Colorados" or Reds, a political clan, [32];
formation of, [120];
origin of, [313], [314]-5, [321]-3
Communications, [296]-308. See Railways, Shipping
"Conciliation Ministry," the, [125]
Constitution of Uruguay, [109], [311]
Coronilla, seal islands, [294]
Corrales, goldfields, [287]
Costume, [180]
Cuestas, [125]
Culta, besieges Montevideo, [65]
Customs revenue, [336]
Customs service, [83]
D
Dairies, [214], [261]
Darwin, discovers fulgurites at Maldonado, [203]
Departments, [265];
budgets of, [335]
Diamonds, [288]
Diaz, General, revolt of, [119];
policy of, [120];
second revolt and execution, [121]
Dolores, taken by the Thirty-Three, [101]
Domestics, [180]-1
Durazno, department, [266]
E
Eden, [185]
Education, [32], [165]
Elio, appeals to Queen Carlota for help during siege of Montevideo, [61], [88]
England, intervenes during Rosas' invasion, [116];
exports to, [334];
exports from, [334].
See British.
English colony, the, [159]
Estancias, [246]-53
Exports, [277], [329];
general, [330];
to England, [334]
F
Faeneros, early trafficking in hides by, [40]
Fauna of Uruguay, [273]-5
Ferdinand VI. of Spain, cedes northern Uruguay and the Missions to Portugal in return for Colonia, [50]
Feuds, [137].
See Politics, Revolutions
Finance, a crisis, [124];
increased cost of living, [131]-2;
English capital, [276];
imports and exports, [277];
the Budget, [335];
special revenue, [336];
principal sources of revenue, [336]
Flores, Dictator, [120]-1;
assassinated, [123]
Florida, department, [205]
Football, [133]
Foreigners, position of, [32]
France, blockades Buenos Aires, [113];
forms armistice with Rosas, [114];
intervenes during invasion by Rosas, [116]
Francia, Dictator of Paraguay, [77]
Fray Bentos, [229]
Frigorifica Uruguaya, [263]
Frozen Meat trade, [263], [280]-2
Fulgurites, [203]
G
Garay, Juan de, defeats Zapicán, [39]
Garibaldi, as privateer, [114]
Garro, de, Governor of Buenos Aires, expels Portuguese from Colonia, [42];
removed from post and promoted, [43]
Gauchos, [240]-2, [251]-3
Gems, [288]-9
Giro, fourth President, [119]
Gold, [287]
Government, policy of, [35];
established by Lavalleja, [104]
Guarani Indians, [149]
Guenoa Indians, [149]
H
Hares, [207]
Herán, Padre, Jesuit, [49]
Hernandarias, defeated by Charrúa Indians, [39];
ships cattle and horses to Colonia to breed in wild state, [40]
Hervidero, headquarters of Artigas, [90]
Highways, [195]-6
History, [37]-127
Horses, introduced by Hernandarias, [40], [256], [258]
Hotels, [159]-60
I
Immigration, modern methods in use in eighteenth century, [48]
Imports, [277];
commercial, [327];
industrial, [328];
value of, [329]
Independence, War of, [28].
See History, Revolutions
Indians, Charrúas, [37];
become carnivorous and equestrians, [42];
campaign against, [43];
rising crushed, [50];
they resist treaty of 1750, [50].
See Aborigines
International troubles, [28]
Irala orders Romero to settle Uruguay, [38]
J
Jesuits, in Uruguay, [50];
expelled by Carlos III., [51]
K
Kennedy, Mr. R. J., British Minister Plenipotentiary, [34]
L
Landscape, of Uruguay, [173]-5, [184]-7, [197], [206]-7, [222];
of the Campo, [238]-45, [251]
Latorre, dictator, [124]
Lavalleja, Juan Antonio, liberator of Uruguay, [98];
head of the Thirty-Three, [99];
takes Dolores, [100]-2;
besieges Montevideo with 100 men, [102];
sets up Government, [103];
General-in-Chief of Army of Liberation, [104];
deposes Junta, [105];
character as ruler, [108];
turns upon Rivera, [109]-110;
enters Montevideo but is forced to retire;
appointed President, the appointment is refused by Assembly, [110];
takes refuge in Brazil, [111];
supports Oribe, [112];
death of, [117]
Law, [312]
Lemco, [229], [283]
Liebig. See Lemco
Livestock, census of, [255];
cattle census, [332];
distribution, [333];
Lopes, Dictator of Paraguay, declares war upon Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina, [123]
Lottery, [313]
Luxury, Uruguayan free from common South American habit, [133]
M
Magellan, [38]
Maldonado department, fulgurites in dunes of, [203], [270]-1;
mines and mineral products of, [288]
Manners and customs, [128]-137
Marriage, laws of, [312]
Meat, dried, [261]-2, [278]-9.
See Tasajo
Meat, frozen. See Refrigerating
Meat trade, the, [261]-2, [278], [279], [280]-2.
See Beef Trust
Mercedes, captured by Gauchos, [58], [205], [208]-9;
port of, [210]
Minas, department, [271]
Minuanes, Indians, [150]
Monte Caseros, battle of, [117]
Montevideo, city of, [46], [48]-9;
a Governor appointed, [50];
seat of Viceroy after the revolution of Buenos Aires, [56];
siege during revolution, [60], [62];
a fresh siege, [64]-5;
capitulation, [68];
occupied by Alvear, [70];
evacuated, [70];
entered by Otorgues, [71];
captured by Brazilians, [75];
besieged by the Thirty-Three, [103];
entered by provisional Government, [106];
in revolt, [110];
the Nine Years' Siege, [114]-5;
revolution of 1851, [120];
seized by the Colorados, [121];
population of, [151];
description of, [152]-60;
surroundings of, [161]-2;
port works, [304]
Montevideo, department, [271]
Moreau, French adventurer, [45]
Museum at Montevideo, [157]
Mutton, despised, [156]
N
National Assembly, confirms and then vetoes appointment of Lavalleja, [111]
Negroes, first introduced into Uruguay, [44], [243];
troops, [243];
treatment of, in slavery, [245]
O
Oats, [285]
Oribe, General, [108];
second President, [111];
deprives Rivera of command, [112];
resigns upon intervention of France, [113];
joins Rosas, [114], [120], [314]
Ostentation, common South American failing, not found in Uruguay, [133]
Ostrich, the, [275]-6
Otorgues, enters Montevideo, [71];
captured, [75]
P
Palomas, seal islands, [295]
Pan de Azucar, [201]
Pando, agricultural centre, [197]-8
Paraguay, [28];
appealed to during Revolution, [64];
the Paraguayan War, [122]-3
Paysandú, centre of meat industry, [32], [58], [321]-2
Paysandú, department, [268]
Pelota, [223]
Pereira, President, [120]-1
Philip V. cedes Colonia to Portuguese, [44]
Pines, [203]
Piracy in eighteenth century, [45]
Piria, Señor, [199]-200, [202]
Piriapolis, [197]
Plata, La, River Plate, delineation of boundaries, [34], [45]
Police, [136]-7
Politics, [311]-23;
conduct of revolutions, [316]-17
Portuguese, rivalry of, with Spain, [38];
founders of Colonia, [42];
attempt to obtain Uruguay, [46];
invade Rio Grande, [49];
trouble with, [50]-55;
invade Uruguay during Revolution, [61];
again invade Uruguay, [73].
See Brazil
Posts, Telegraphs, Telephones, [340]-1
Prado, the, [162]
Privateering, [45];
Uruguayan privateers in European waters, [75];
Garibaldi, [114]
Progress, [36]
R
Race-meetings, [131]
Railways, [176]-80, [206]-7, [297]-308;
companies and stock, [302], [308]
Ramirez, deserts and defeats Artigas, [76]
Ranchos, primitive, [177], [211]
Rats, in Montevideo, [155]
Real de San Carlo, [223]
Refrigerating industry, [263], [280]-2
Republican Constitution, the, [312]
Revenue, tables of, [335]-6
Revolutions: the War of Independence commences at Paysandú, [58];
Portuguese intervention, [64];
independence proclaimed, [71];
independence recognised after expulsion of the Brazilians, [103];
revolution of 1853, [119];
military revolution of 1875, [124];
lesser revolutions, [311]-23
Rhodesia, [283]
Rio Negro, department, [267]
Rivera, department, [269];
goldfields, [287]-8
Rivera, General, joins the Thirty-Three, [102];
jealousy of Lavalleja, [104];
accused of treason and imprisoned, [105];
attacked by Lavalleja, [109];
elected President, [109];
escapes from Lavalleja's attempt at capture, [110];
chases Lavalleja into Brazil, [110];
deprived of rank by Oribe, [112];
returns to power assisted by French, [113];
attacked by Oribe and defeated, [114];
further defeat, [115];
appointed as Minister to Paraguay, [116];
return to power, [116];
death, [117]
Rivera, town, [193]
Rondeau, defeats Portuguese, [55];
at siege of Montevideo, [61], [65];
made Governor, [108], [314]
Rosario, [53]
Rosas, Dictator of Argentina, [110];
supports Lavalleja, [111]-2;
invades Uruguay, [113];
armistice with French, [114];
nine years' siege of Montevideo, [114];
final defeat and flight, [117]
S
Saladeros, dried meat factories, [261]
Salto, department, [268]
Salto, town, [234]
San José, [207]
San Juan, department, [266]
San Juan, estancia, [248]-9
Santa Ana, [193]-4
Santa Lucia, [207]
Santos, [125]
Seal fisheries, [291]-5
Sheep, [258]
Shipping, [308]-9
Sierra de Mal Abrigo, [207]
Slaves, introduction of, [44], [243], [245].
See Negroes
Solis, Juan Dias de, discoverer of Uruguay, killed by Indians, [37]-8
Soriano, department, [267]
Spain, turns attention to Uruguay, [38];
during Revolution, [38]-68;
fall of Spanish power in Uruguay, [68];
fall of Spanish power in America, [72];
State Bank, [337]-8
Steamer traffic. See Shipping.
Suárez, [115]
Swine, [258]
Swiss Colony, [212]
T
Tacuarembo, department, [269]
Tacuarembo, town, [187]
Tajes, President, [125]
Tambores, [178]-9
Tasajo, dried meat, [261]-2, [278]-9
Tea-Garden Restaurant, [166]-7
Theatres, [131]
Thomas, General Alvarez, deposes Alvear and becomes Director of Buenos Aires, [72]
Topaz, [235], [289]
Trade, [277];
exports, [277], [329];
general, [330];
to England, [334];
table of increase, [326];
comparative trade in 1908, table, [327];
table of commercial imports, [327];
value of, [331]
Treinta y Tres, the "Thirty-Three," set out from Buenos Aires, [99];
capture Dolores, [101];
win over Rivera, [102];
besiege Montevideo, [102];
obtain general support, [103]
Treinta y Tres, department, [270]
Triumvirate, the abortive, [119]
Tunnel, Bañada de Rocha, [191]
U
Urquiza, General, defeats Rivera, [115];
defeats Rosas, [117]
Uruguay: general description of, [27]-36;
history of, [37]-127;
manners and customs, [128]-137;
continued warfare in the past, [29];
present conditions, [34];
War of Independence, [38], et seq.;
independence proclaimed, [71];
evils of new regime, [71];
partitioned, [73];
invaded by Portuguese, [73];
annexed to Brazil, [77];
Lavalleja sets up National Government, [104];
independence recognised, [105];
alliance with France, [113];
at mercy of Rosas, [116];
alliance with Brazil and defeat of Rosas, [117];
warlike history of, [126];
life in, [138];
landscape, [174]-5;
the Campo, [237]-246;
departments of, [265]
Uruguayans, heroism of, [29];
fighting qualities, [31];
character as troops, [94]-5;
character of people, [128];
hospitality and democratic feeling, [115], [130]-3;
physique of, [133];
honesty, [136];
sobriety, [137];
types of, [181]-90;
a Paladin of the Campo, [190]
V
Varela, Dictator, [124]
Vidal, President, [124]-5
Vigodet, [65]
Villa del Cerro, [168]
Viticulture, [289]-91
W
War of Independence, [58].
See Revolutions
Water-stone, [235]
Whale fishery, [54]
Wheat, [278]
Whitelocke, General, incapacity of, [55]
Wild, A., dealer in gems, [289]
Williman, President, [126]
Wines, [289]-291
Women, Uruguayan, [135], [180]
Y
Yaros Indians, [148]
Z
Zapicán, famous Indian chief, defeats Zarate, is defeated and killed by J. de Garay, [39]
Zarate, founds a settlement, and is defeated by Zapicán, [39]
Zavala, captures Montevideo, [47]
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