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Achachibas(piles of stones),222.Acllahuasi (convent of Sun-Virgins),207.Acosta,48,80,174,179,226,229,242,280,303.Agassiz, L.,5,304.Aguarunas,289,291,292.Alameda (Lima),106,107;(La Paz),163.Almagro, Diego de,73,89.Alpacas,54,157,226.Seellamas, huanacus, vicuñas.Amahuacas,290.Amautas(wise men),SeeIncas.Amazon,5,6,10,123,124,141,233,236,237,245-248,304.Seejungle.Amazons,236-237.Amiel,61.Andalusia, New,84.Andes,3,4,5,6,7,15,30,36,43,53,59,60,123,134,175,247,248,301,302;animals of,155-158;birds of,168;dangers of,147-149;description of,143-148;lakes of,166-167;light in,149-150;mines of,152-154;storm in,150-151;valleys of,165,240-246,265.Seecondor, cordillera, Incas, Indians, mines,puna, valleys.Andenes(terraces),183.Antarctic,Seeocean, Pacific.Ant-eater,56,263,272.Antis,197.Aqueducts,Seeirrigation.Argentina,121.Arianza, Juan de,92.Arica,78.Armada,91.Armadillo,263,272.Armatambo,104.Atahualpa,67,69-71,77,136,188,215.Atlantic,Seeocean.Auto de fe,SeeInquisition.Aztlan,113.Badeor, Federico,79.Balboa,40,300,301.Balsa(boat of reeds),41,48,168,234.Bandelier, A. F.,234,299.Bats,47,243,273.Betanzos,176.Bezoar stone,225.Bingham, Hiram,161,299.Bolivia,265.SeeTiahuanacu.Borax,32.Bougainvillea,35,57,59,125.Boussingault,251.Brazil,229,304.Brehm,264,281,304.Bridges, swinging,123,165,185.Brittany,81,164,265.Buccaneers,81,236.SeeEl Dorado, freebooters, pirates.Buenos Aires,85.Bull-fights,7,16,87,139.Butterflies,59,65,121,125,261,273-279.Cacafuego,82.Cacique(chieftain),196,199,235.Cajamarca,69,71,186.Cajamarquilla,104.Calancha,50,300.SeeChimus.Callao,15,85,86,100,101.Camarones(crayfish),121.Candia, Pedro de,68.Cantut(flower of Incas),172,200.Caras,197.Carbunculo(mythical animal),273.Carnac,164.Carranza, Angela,93.Carvajal,74.Casma,27.Cavillaca,44.Cazuela(soup),24,109.Cecropia,281,283.Cerro de Pasco,153.Chancas,199.Chanchan,SeeChimus.Chachapoyas,198.Chasca,SeeDawn.Chasqui(runners),184.SeeSun, messengers of the.Cheireoque(bird),129.Chibchas,197.Chicha(beverage),45,69,171,180,207,210,212,222.Chile,54,89,121,129,197.Chimus,47-52,186,300.Chincha Islands,Seeguano.Chinchaycocha, Lake of,166.Chinchilla,4,24,155.Chirimoya(fruit),53,57.Chorillos,103.Chulpas(towers of the dead),184.Churches,21,78,87-88,97,99,100,111,112,138,215.Seeconvents, Dominicus, Franciscans, Indians, Inquisition, Jesuits, Lima, Santa Rosa, Spain.Cinchona(quinine),6,251,303.Ciruelas(fruit),23,62.Civilizations, ancient,SeeIndian races.Coal,7,168.Coast, aborigines of,37;birds of,seeocean;characteristics of,3,4,16-18;climate of,29-30;geology of,15,20,40,seeearthquake;inhabitants of,15-16;towns of,21-24.Seedesert.Coati,172.Coca(cocaine),6,93,181,207,212,224.Columbus,76,233.Con,30,175,177,178.Condamine,236,303.Condor,6,140,144,157-158,160,199,210.Condorcanqui,SeeTupac Amaru.Coniapuyara,236.Combos,287.Conquerors,SeeSpaniards.Conquest, Spanish, bibliography of,302-303.Convents, closed,114-119;open,113-114,seeFranciscans;of Sun-Virgins,seeSun, Virgins of the.Cordillera,4,72,77,103,131,227,303.SeeAndes.Corequenque(bird),190.Coricancha,SeeSun, temples of the.Cotton,6,32,35,43,52.Coya(wife of Inca),204,207.Coyaraymi(marriage-day),207.Cuculis(desert doves),122.Cueca(dance),58.Cuntisuyu,186.Curacas(governors),211,212.Cushma(garment),237.Cusicuari,290.Cuzco,67,166,174,178,179,182,184,196,197,199,200,204,206,210,217,220,223.Darwin,169,254,303.Dawn (Chasca),203,205;lodgings of the,178.Desert,3,4,5,25-26;aborigines of,37;climate of,29-30,see garuas;emptiness of,30;legends of,36;lifelessness of,30-31;phenomena of,26-29;character of,32;rivers of,seerivers;ruins of,35;showers in,31;valleys of,seevalleys;vultures of,see gallinazos.Desaguadero,169.Dominicus (Santo Domingo),88,116,117,223.Drake, Francis,82,302.Dürer, Albrecht,77.Earthquake,4,15,27-29,41,44,55,63,67,99-102.Ecuador,71,197.El Dorado,85,234-236.Elizabeth, Queen,82.Elmo, fire of Saint,167.Enciza,270.Encomienda(tax),91.Escandalosa(bush),62.Eten,49.Falb, Rudolf,163,301.Fierro, Pancho,130.Fish-worship,40,41,44,51.SeeChimus.Fishes’ eyes,17.Franciscans,21,105,107-109,139,153.Freebooters,20,82.SeeEl Dorado, buccaneers, pirates.Gallinazos(vultures),21,32,43.Garuas(mists),30,105.Seedesert, climate of the.Gold and silver,9,27,51,56,64-66,68,71,76-83,84,90,152-155,171,182,193,199,204-207.SeeIncas, Spaniards, Sun, Treasure.Golden Hynde,81,82.Granadilla(fruit of passion-flower),240.Guano,19-20,27,56,76.Guavas,24,57,61,62,125,133.Guayabas(fruit),23.Guayaquil,85.Guatavitá,234,235.Guenelette,9,244.Hassel, Georg von,233.Heads, reduced,289-290.Heredia, José-Maria de,9.Huaca cachu(plant of the grave),222.Huacas(grave mounds),290.Huacho, salt lakes of,32.Huacos(objects inhuacas),73,126-129.Huadca,104.Hualpa,153.Huanacus(wild llama),157.Huancayo,153.Huayna Ccapac,66,166,209.SeeIncas.Huerequeque(bird),22.Huguenot hermit,104.Huira Capcha,153.Humboldt, A. von,81,161,169,184,185,235,303.Humming-birds,57,65,132,146,160,172,243,263-267,270.Iguana,35,240.Incas, aeroplane named for,139;amautas,163,215;analogies to other races,301-302;arms of,205;books about,300-301;bridges of,185;boundaries of,20;campaigns of,40,49,195-197;at Chanchan,47,49,51;chinchillas valued by,155;clothes of,189,207;coca, divine plant of,181;conquest of, foretold,66-67;contemporaries of,37;court of,199;description of,70,160;in desert,39,47;distinctive marks of,189-191;divinity of,188-189;dramas of,136;empire of,197-199;festivals of,208,210-213;flute of,135;gold of,7,64-65,76;human sacrifices of,211;irrigation works of,186;in jungle,231-232,285;last of,214-221;laws of,19,193-194;llamas worshipped by,157;male title,205;mercury, a mystery to,152;messengers of the,192;myths of,175-179;Nature, teacher of,183;origin of,178-179;Pachacamac spared by,41,42;attitude toward Pachacamac,177;pageants of,163;passion-flower carried by,58;pleasure gardens of,165;pleasure houses of,185;predecessors of,160-162;rainbow emblem of,206,298;roads of,36,40,184-185;subjects of,66,191-193;Sun, god of,34,42,176,282;thunderbolt in palace of,67;Titicaca, Island of,170-173;tribute to,192-195;vicuña fur worn by,24,156;worshipped by Indians,174.SeeAtahualpa, Huayna Ccapac, Manco Ccapac, Sayri Tupac, Tupac Amaru, Uiracocha, Yupanqui, also gold and silver, and Sun.Inca Rocca,231.Indians, characteristics of,221-224;called Children of Israel,93;Christianity of,223-224;near Eten,49;saying about God of,28;horses terrify,72;lift chain of Huayna Ccapac,166;Incas’ attitude toward,195;Incas’ buildings benefit,187;


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