

424. 



INDEX. 



Indians, copper coloured, districts 

 of, i. 396 



of Cuba, iii. 237-239 



dwarf, tribes of, ii. 463 



fair, tribes of, i. 337, ii. 463; 



country of, ii. 465 



of the Guainia, ii. 389 



of Maguiritares, ii 471 



of the Orinoco, ii. 202, 



232; distribution of the hordes, 

 ii. 360 



of Panapana, ii. 178 



of Pararuma, ii. 207-209 



of Rio Negro, ii. 389 



Indigo, or Anil, culture and manu- 

 facture of, i. 227, 228; exporta- 

 tion of, iii. 260 ; early use of by 

 the Mexicans, ii. 417 



of Aragua, ii. 32, 33 



of Batabano, iii. 177 



of Guainia, ii. 391 



of Mijagual, ii. 138 



Indios andantes, or wandering tribes 



of Indians, ii. 494 

 Infanticide, Indian practice of, ii. 



248, 249 



Infierno, or Hell rock, i. 37 

 Inheritance, laws of, iii. 89 

 Insect-food, used by the Indians, ii. 



389, 411 

 Insects, American, ii. 172, 175, 367, 



410 



phosphorescent, of the 



Torrid Zone, i. 177, 363, iii. 

 198 



Insects, plague of, ii. 419 

 Instruments, musical, of the In- 

 dians, ii. 449, 453, 473 

 Insurrections, Indian, ii. 466 

 Interment, Indian modes of, ii. 488 

 Interpreters, ii. 222 

 Inundations, ii. 139, 140, 164, 225,' 



iii. 10 ; causes of, iii. 11, 12 

 Isla Clara, i. 32 



de Uruana, ii. 494 



vieja de la Manteca, ii. 494 

 Islands, origin of, ii. 617 



of the South Sea, i. 122 



volcanic, i. 448, 464 



Islote, granite island of, H. 7 

 Italy, travels in, i. 2 



Java, ii. 498 



Javanavo, island of, ii. 218 



Jaguar tigers, i. 177; size of, i. 

 189, ii. 157 ; haunts of, i. 230, 

 232, ii. 154; rencontre with, ii. 

 27, 168; intrepidity of, ii. 195, 

 424 ; familiarity of, ii. 268 ; va- 

 rieties of, ii. 470 



Jamaica, iii. 199,201, 202; coffee 

 plantations of,i. 479; slave trade 

 of, iii. 243 ; sugar plantations of, 

 iii. 251 



James, Mr. Edwin, geology of the 

 Mississippi by, iii. 355 



Jardinillos, iii. 228 ; coral rockg 

 of, iii. 186, 192 



flats of the, iii. 195 



Javariveni, island of, ii. 259 ; rapids 

 of, ib. 



Javita, the Indian chief, ii. 353 



San Antonio de, mission of, 



ii. 351 ; forests of, ii. 355 ; salt 

 manufactures of, ii. 365 

 isthmus of, iii. 359 



Jehemani, iii. 224 



Jesuit Missions, destruction of the, 



ii. 291 

 Jesuits, suppression of, ii. 291 ; 



wars of the, ii. 335 

 Joval, tigers of the, ii. 157 

 Juagua, river, i. 231 

 Juan Gonzales, intelligence and 



premature death of, i. 362, iii. 



104 



Jarumo tree, i. 482 

 Juliac, M. skilful treatment of the 



yellow fever by, ii. 42 

 Junction of rivers, doubts respect* 



ing the, ii. 339, 425 

 Jupura, river, ii. 388 

 Juruario, river, iii. 22 





