Chapter V

Valparaiso, character of people of, 458, 472, 475, 480;
city of, 456;
commerce of, 455, 457;
customs peculiar to, 458, 461-464, 469, 472, 475, 480, 483, 487, 498;
female street-car conductors in, 458, 461;
harbor of, 454;
intemperance in, 458;
the prejudice against United States in, 454;
steamship communication with, 456, 480, 488;
women of, 461.

Venezuela, architecture of, 273, 284;
Blanco, Guzman, Dictator of, 269, 286, 291;
Bolivar, Simon, exiled from, 266;
Boulton, Bliss & Dallett’s steamers to, 257;
burial customs in, 280;
chocolate production in, 294;
coffee plantations in, 293;
Congress of, 274;
customs peculiar to, 270, 271, 273, 276, 277, 280, 281, 284, 292;
downfall of Romish Church in, 277, 290;
Federal Palace of, 272;
Humboldt in, 262;
Middleton, British Minister to, 265;
political progress in, 266;
population of, 266;
ruins of old Spanish forts in, 259;
schools of, 270;
social customs of, 281, 284;
telephones in, 271;
University of, 272;
voyage from New York to, 257;
women of, 281;
Yellow House, official residence of the President of, 275.

Venezuelan independence, relics of, 276.

Vicuña, the, 423.

Vidal, President of Uruguay, 596.

W.

Walker, filibuster, in Nicaragua, 152, 165.

War with Brazil and the Argentine Republic, Paraguay’s, 625;
with Chili, Peru’s, 388, 434.

Washington, town of, 569.

Watering-place, the Venezuelan, 291.

Wheelwright, Wm., in Buenos Ayres, 562.

Winslow, the forger, in Buenos Ayres, 562.

Wood, Rev. Thomas, missionary in, Uruguay, 614.

World, highest town in the, 423.

Y.

Yellow House, Venezuela, 275.

Yerba mate of Paraguay, 651.

Yturbide, family of, 9;
romance of, 13;
Theatre, 22.

Yzalco Volcano, San Salvador, 179, 188.

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Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:

the temperaature of Guayaquil=> the temperature of Guayaquil {pg 309}

This is the ofcial paper=> This is the oficial paper {pg 340}

from Alahualpa’s army=> from Atahualpa’s army {pg 344}

finds it way to the sea=> finds its way to the sea {pg 436}

“Calle Viente y Cinco de Mayo”=> “Calle Veinte y Cinco de Mayo” {pg 609}

jefe polico=> jefe politico {pg 617}