Magdalena River, 10, 91, 138
the Mambises, 209–10
Manaos, 244, 245
Mangas Colorado, Chief, 182
Manuela, Doña, 88
Mapocho River, 115
Maracaibo, 106, 139
Marat, Jean-Paul, 76
María (Jorge Isaacs), 198
Mariana, 80
Marie Antoinette, queen of France, 71
Marmier, Xavier, 169–70
Martí, José, 210, 227, 234, 239, 240–41, 242–43
Martínez, Juan Jose, 100
“Martin Fierro” (song), 216
Marx, Karl, 187, 202
Marx, Laura, 202
the Mason, 82, 83
Massachusetts, 46
Matte, Eduardo, 234
Mauá, baron of, 205–6
Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, 187, 198–99
Mayahuel (goddess), 67
Maya Indians, 26, 27, 44, 165, 183, 184, 200–201, 256–58
Mayer Arnold, Federico, 175
Mazo, José Antonio del, 86
Mejías Bejarano, Diego, 81
Melgarejo, Mariano, 188–89, 197, 208–9
Melipilla, 116
Mellet, Julien, 109
Melo e Castro, Minister, 70–71
Melville, Herman, 178
Mendoza, 175
Mercado, Manuel, 241
Mercedes, 106
Mérida (Venezuela), 106
Mérida (Yucatán), 27, 109, 256, 257, 258
Metepec, 68
Methuen, Treatyof, 6
Mexico, 6, 50, 61, 68, 69, 86, 94, 96, 99, 104, 107, 144, 146, 155, 156, 158, 160–61, 165, 186–87, 198–99, 200, 210, 214, 215, 225, 255, 256, 257
Mexico City, 66, 67, 69, 86, 93, 114, 144, 147, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160–61, 186, 200, 201, 210, 214, 215, 224, 254, 255, 256
Mezquital valley, 68
Michelin brothers, 244
Michoacán Mountains, 101
Miguelete River, 85
Miles, General, 249
Miller, General, 127
Millicay, Ambrosio, 95
Minas Gerais, 12, 18, 28
Miraflores, 218
Miranda, Francisco de, 82, 83–84, 97, 114
Miskito Indians, 78
the Missions, 34–36
Missouri, 220
Mitre, Bartolomé, 194, 195
Mitre family, 112
Mixtec Indians, 224–25
Moby-Dick (Melville), 178
Mochica Indians, 39
Molinay, Captain, 8
Monet, General, 125
Montana, 222
Montego Bay, 78, 79
Montesquieu, 40, 51
Montevideo, 20–21, 85, 97, 98, 105, 109, 112, 116, 120, 126, 139, 140, 164, 169, 170, 171, 193, 228, 229, 231
Montevideo: or the New Troy (Dumas), 170–71
Monticello, 48
Montreal, 15
Morange, Mademoiselle, 41
Morázan, Francisco, 148, 150, 158
Morcillo de Auñón, Rubico, 13
Morelos, José María, 101, 104, 107, 108
Moreno, Mariano, 101–2
Morón, 123
Mother of Crosses, 183
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 49
Muisca Indians, 90
Murrí, 9
Murtinho, Joaquim, 253
Mutis, José Celestino, 90–91
Nabuco, Joaquim, 206, 207
Nanny (goddess), 23
Napoleon I, emperor of France, 91, 93, 95, 98, 161
Napoleon III, emperor of France, 186, 187, 198–99
Nariño, Antonio, 102–3
Natty Bumppo, 147
Navarro, Fray, 143
Nayarit Mountains, 19
New Nanny Town, 23
Newton, John, 25
New York, 97, 177, 178, 186, 191, 192, 221, 235, 250
New York Herald (newspaper), 209
Nicaragua, 78, 150, 180, 181, 242
Nicaragua, Lake, 180
Nieva y Castillo, Commander, 95
Nigeria, 29
Niquinohomo, 241
North, John Thomas, 223, 227–28, 233
Northern Pacific Railroad, 222
Northrup, Solomon, 192
Oaxaca, 68
Obes, Lucas, 112
Oblitas, Antonio, 52, 60
O’Gorman, Adolfo, 163
O’Gorman, Camila, 163, 164
Ogum (god), 29
Oklahoma, 220
Oribe, Manuel, 170
Orinoco River, 4, 54, 89, 90
Oshún (goddess), 33
Osorio, Antonio de, 77
Otomaco Indians, 89–90
Ouro Preto, 6, 11, 21–22, 79, 80
Oxalá, 30
Oyá (goddess), 33
Pachamama (goddess), 14–15
Páez, José Antonio, 122
Paita, 176
Palma, Ricardo, 224
Palo Duro canyon, 211
Panama, 133, 139, 225
Panama Canal Company, 237
Panama City, 65
Pan-American conference, 234
Papeete, 243
Paraguay, 36, 121–22, 136–37, 162, 193, 194–95, 196, 202, 203, 204, 205
Paraíba River, 206
Paramaribo, 8
Paraná River, 119, 121, 136, 160, 164
Parima, Lake, 4
Paris, 4, 40, 41, 48, 71, 72, 76, 95, 109, 138, 144, 170, 199, 208, 231, 237, 249
Parmentier, Antoine, 71
Parsons, A., 227
Patagonia, 216
Patiño, Simón, 254
Pativilca, 126
Paucke, Hermann, 33–34
Pauw, Corneille de, 51
Pawnee Indians, 165–66
Payne, Daniel, 192
Paysandú, 194
Pedro I, emperor of Brazil, 137
Pedro II, emperor of Brazil, 205, 206
Pemberton, James, 226–27
Peñaloza, Chacho, 193
Pennsylvania, 46
Pérez, Juan María, 112
Pérez Holguín, Melchor, 13
Pérez Rosales, Vicente, 141, 166, 169
Pernetty, Dom, 109
Peru, 7, 39, 52, 58, 65, 71, 113, 119, 122, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 138, 143, 217, 218–19, 223, 245
Pétion, Alexandra, 114
Petit Goave, 73
Philadelphia, 47, 48, 50, 222
the Philippines, 250
Philip V, king of Spain, 21
the Physiocrats, 40–41
Picchú, Mount, 58
Pie de la Cuesta, 101
Pilcomayo River, 3
Piribebuy, 202
Pitt, William, 83
Pittsburgh, 222
Plata River: see River Plata
Platte River, 165
Playitas, 239
Plutarch, 82
Podesta brothers, 226
Foe, Edgar Allan, 168
Point-à-Pitre, 92
Polk, James K., 161
Pomacanchi, 52
Pomaire, 116
Ponchielle, Amilcare, 245
Ponsonby, John, 139
Port-au-Prince, 114, 216, 242
Portugal and the Portuguese, 4, 6, 20, 30, 34, 35, 70–71, 74–75, 98
Posada, José Guadalupe, 254–55
Potosí, 6, 13, 14, 18–19, 51, 70, 119, 128
Potosí, La Paz, and Peruvian Mining Association, 129
Pouchot (Frenchman), 16
Prestán, Pedro, 226
Progress, 257
Prosser, Gabriel, 192
Puerto Rico, 249, 250
Pumacahua, Chief, 56
Puno, 15
Purísima del Rincón, 236
the Puritans, 48
Quao, Chief, 23
Quarrell, William Dawes, 78–79
Quatro Vintens ravines, 12
Quebec, 15, 36
Quentas Zayas, Augustín de las, 86
Querétaro, 198, 199
Quesint
uu (mermaid), 15
Quetzalcoatl (god), 96
Quillota, 109
Quiroga, Facundo, 150
Quispe Tito, Diego, 13–14
Quito, 77, 78, 99, 117, 124
Rabelais, François, 15
Raleigh, Walter, 4
Ramírez, Francisco, 121
Ramirez, Pancho, 150
Rancagua, 116
Rapid City, 251
Raynal, Guillaume, 40, 51
Regeneration (newspaper), 256
Reinaga, Julián, 113
Revillagigedo, viceroy, 94
Revue des Deux Mondes (newspaper), 149
Rhode Island, 46
Rimac River, 125
Rio de Janeiro, 18, 30–31, 74, 75, 98, 116, 120, 124, 137, 140, 193, 205, 247, 253
Rivadavia, Bernardino, 111, 112, 132–33
Rivera, Fructuoso, 120–21, 144
Rivera, Juan de Mata, 215
River Plata, 20, 85, 98, 110, 132, 140, 149, 169, 229, 231
River Plate Mining Association, 132
Roberto (monk), 6
Robertson, John and William, 110
Robespierre, Maximilien, 76, 83
Robinson, Simón: see Rodríguez, Simón
Robinson Crusoe (Defoe), 7–8, 82
Roca, Julio Argentino, 216
Rockefeller, John D., 221–22
Rodríguez, Manuel, 116
Rodríguez, Simón, 81–82, 130–32, 153, 172–73, 177
Rodríguez Boves, José Tomás, 107–8
Rodríguez de Francia, Gaspar, 136–37, 193
Rogers, Captain, 7
Rome, 251, 252
Roosevelt, Teddy, 248–49
Rosario, Marcos del, 239–41
Rosas, Juan Manuel de, 149, 160, 163, 169, 194
Rossini, Gioacchino, 140
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 40, 82, 102
Russwurm, John, 192
Ruyloba, José Mariano, 127
Saavedra, Comelio, 102
Sáenz, Manuela, 117, 124–25, 134–35, 176–77
Sáenz, Simón, 117
Saint Basil’s Refuge, 10
Saint John’s, 22
Saint Joseph, 220
Saint Lawrence River, 15
Saint Louis, 252, 253
Saint Petersburg, 84
Salinas Valley, 3
Samoa, 250
San Andrés Itzapan, 43
San Benito, 257
San Borja, 182
Sánchez, Juana, 197, 208–9
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, 200
San Cristóbal Ecatepec, 108
Sandino, Augusto César, 241–42
San Felipe, 106
San Fernando, 116
San Fernando de Apure, 119
San Francisco, 166, 168, 169
San Francisco monastery, 30
Sangarara, 51, 52
San Jacinto, 146–47
San Jacinto convent, 106–7
San Javier mission, 33
San Jose, 158, 194, 237
San Juan hill, 248, 249
San Luis Conzaga mission, 35
San Martín, José de, 122–23
San Martin family, 112
San Mateo, 81, 107, 108
San Mateo Huitzilopochco, 43
San Miguel, 115
San Pablo, 115
San Pedro, 62
Sans-Souci, castle of, 114
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 146–47, 158–60, 184, 214
Santa Catalina convent, 117
Santa Cruz, Francisco, 56
Santa Cruz y Espejo, Francisco Javier Eugenio de, 76–77
Sante Fe, 119
Sante Fe, Alberto, 215
Santa Lucía hill, 115
Santa María, 258
Santa Marta, 11
Santander, Francisco de Paula, 129, 134
Santa Rosa de Lampa, 58
Santa Teresa convent, 157
Santiago de Chile, 115, 116, 141, 142, 174, 223, 233
Santo Domingo, 76–77
Santos Vargas, José, 113
San Vicente, 143
São Jose del Rei, 18
São Paulo, 206, 246
São Paulo University, 207
São Salvador de Bahia, 4, 6, 28, 29–30, 31, 80
Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino, 162, 169, 193, 194, 204, 235
Sarratea, Manuel de, 111
Saynday, Old Uncle, 165–66
Scott, Mount, 211
Seattle, Chief, 178–79
Sebastian, king of Portugal, 238
Segovia, Refugio, 237
Selkirk, Alexander, 7, 24
Servando, Fray, 96–97
Sery (slave), 8
Seville, 96
Shafter, William, 247
Shangó (god), 33
Sheridan, Philip, 211
Sicuani, 65
Sierra Gorda, 215
Sierra Leone River, 25
Sierra Nevada, 11
Sierra of Veracuz, 62
Silva, Chica da, 31–32
Silva, José Asunción, 243–44
Silva, Pedro da, 15
Silva Xavier, Joaquim Jose da (“tooth-puller”), 75–76
Sioux Indians, 212, 222, 232–33, 251
Siquiera, Jacinta de, 12
Sisa, Bartolina, 63, 64
Sitting Bull, Chief, 212, 222–23
The Slaughterhouse (Echeverría), 149–50
The Social Contract (Rousseau), 102
The Socialist (newspaper), 215
Socorro, 53–54, 64
Solano López, Francisco, 193, 203
Sorocaba monastery, 6
South American Journal (newspaper), 233–34
South Carolina, 46
Souza, Tomás de, 12
Sowersby, Lieutenant Colonel, 127
Spain and the Spaniards, 4, 9, 24, 32, 34, 58, 94, 96, 108, 109, 114, 125, 127, 161, 187, 247–48, 249
Standard Oil, 221
Statue of Liberty, 250
Stephens, John Lloyd, 151
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 192
Strangford, Lord, 111
Strauss, Levi, 168
Sucre, Antonio José de, 127, 128, 131, 138
Surinam, 8, 40, 45
Tabi, 258
Tacuabé (Indian warrior), 144
Támara. 54
Tameme Indians, 86–87
Tampa, 239
Tarabuco, 113
Tarapacá desert, 218, 223, 227
Tarascan Indians, 201
Tarata, 188, 189
Tegucigalpa, 150
Tempú, camp, 209
Teotitlán del Camino, 225
Tepehua Indians, 61–62
Tepeyac sanctuary, 99
Tequendama waterfall, 91
Terán, Francisco Alonso, 86
Texas, 146–47, 148, 160
Texmelucan, 215
Tezmalaca, 108
Thomas, Saint, 96
Thorne, James, 117, 135
Thornton, Edward, 193
Tijuco, 31
Tinta, 58
Titicaca, Lake, 15, 63
Toluca, 68
Tonalá, 68
Torre Tagle, Marquess of, 125
Toussaint L’Ouverture, 76, 91, 93
Trelawny Town, 22
Trinidad, 97
Tristán, Flora, 143, 243
Tubman, Harriet, 193
Tucumán, 51
Tudor, William, 139
Tukan Indians, 89
Tulijá River, 86
Tungasuca, 52, 58
Tunupa (god), 15
Túpac Amaru, 51
Túpac Amaru II, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56–59, 60, 61, 62, 65
Túpac Amaru, Fernando, 60–61, 87
Túpac Amaru, Hipólito, 58, 60
Túpac Catari, 63, 64
Turner, Nat, 192
Twain, Mark, 231–32, 250–51
Uc, Jacinto: see Canek, Jacinto
Umantuu (mermaid), 15
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 192
United Fruit
Company, 250
United States Marines, 226
United States of America, 46, 47, 97, 133, 139, 147, 160–61, 169, 173, 185–86, 187, 190–93, 212, 220, 244, 247–48, 250–51
United States Rubber Company, 244
Urquiza, Justo José de, 194
Uruana, 89
Uruguay, 106, 139–40, 144, 162, 193, 194, 234
Uruguay River, 20, 34, 105
Usher, Archbishop, 145
Valencia, 106, 139
Valladolid de Yucatán, 165
Valparaíso, 97, 153, 164, 166, 227
Varela, Felipe, 196
Vasco de Quiroga, Bishop, 101
Vassouras, 206
Venezuela, 82, 97, 106, 107, 114, 120, 122, 138, 139
Veracruz, 94, 97, 153
Versailles, 71
Viana, Francisco Javier de, 116
Victoria, queen of England, 228
Vieira, Antonio, 4
Vigilance Tribunal, 115
Vila Nova do Príncipe, 12
Villagrán, Rasahía, 126–27
Villa of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 161
Villarroel (lawyer), 66–67
Villasana, Eugenio, 108
Villegas, Micaela (La Perricholi), 37, 38
Virginia, 46, 48, 146, 192
Virgin Mary, 14
Virgin of Candelaria, 33
Virgin of Guadalupe, 99, 101
Virgin of Montserrat, 62
Virgin of Remedios, 99
Viricota plateau, 19
Voltaire, 15, 40, 51
Vuelta de Obligado, 160
Walker, David, 192
Walker, William, 178–80, 181
War Bonnet Creek, 213
Washington, D.C., 185, 190, 191, 234, 248, 250
Washington, George, 50
Washington Territory, 178
Washita River, 165
Weld, Theodore, 192
Wells, Ida, 248
Wheeler, John, 180
Whitman, Walt, 177–78
Wild West Show, 251, 252
Williamson, J.G., 139
Windward Indians, 23
Winiger, Joseph, 229
Wolfe, James, 36
Wounded Knee, 232, 233
Wovoka (Indian prophet), 232
Yaqui Indians, 201
Yellow Hand, Chief, 213
Yerbas Buenas, 166
Young, General, 247
Yucatán, 26, 109, 165, 171, 183, 184, 201, 256–57, 258
Zabeth (slave), 42
Zacatecas, 19, 86
Zapotec Indians, 200
Zea, Francisco Antonio, 120
Zipaquirá, 54, 91
Zorrilla, José, 184
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1900: San José de Gracia
The World Goes On
There were some who spent the savings of several generations on one last spree. Many insulted those they couldn’t afford to insult and kissed those they shouldn’t have kissed. No one wanted to end up without confession. The parish priest gave preference to the pregnant and to new mothers. This self-denying cleric lasted three days and three nights in the confessional before fainting from an indigestion of sins.
When midnight came on the last day of the century, all the inhabitants of San José de Gracia prepared to die clean. God had accumulated much wrath since the creation of the world, and no one doubted that the time had come for the final blowout. Breath held, eyes closed, teeth clenched, the people listened to the twelve chimes of the church clock, one after the other, deeply convinced that there would be no afterwards.