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INDEX. 
Indians, copper coloured, districts 
of, 1. 396 
of Cuba, iii. 237-239 
• dwarf, tribes of, ii. 463 
fair.tribesof, i. 337, ii. 463: 
country of, ii. 465 
• of the Gu,iinia, ii, 389 
• of Maguiritares, ii 471 
• of tbe Orinoco, li. 202, 
v,/riuoco, n. wz, 
23|j_^d'stribution of the Aordes, 
^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 Me.\icans. ii. 417 
■ of Aiagua, ii. 32, 33 
of Batabano, iii. 177 
of Guainia, ii. 391 
' ; of Mijagual, ii. 138 
Indies andantes, or wandering tribes 
of Indians, ii. 494 
Infanticide, Indian practice of. ii 
248, 249 
InOerno, or Hell rock, i. 37 » 
Inlieritance, laws of, iii. 89 
Insect-food, used by the Indians, ii. 
4H 
American, ii. 172, 175, 367, 
— phosphorescent, of the 
lOs"'^ 177, 363, iii. 
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, 
ui. 10 J causes of, iii. 11 12 
Isla Clara, i. 32 
— de Uruana, ii. 494 
— vieja de la Manteca, ii. 494 
Islands, origin ot; ii. 617 
of the South Sea, i. 122 
volcanic, i. 448, 464 
Islote, granite island of, ii. 7 
Italy, travels in, i. 2 
Java, ii. 498 
Javanavo, island of, ii. 218 
Jaguar tigers, i. 177; sise 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 
pNntations of,i. 479; slave trade 
of, ui. 243 ; sugar plantations of, 
lu. 251 
James, Mr. Edwin, geology of the 
Mississippi by, iii. 355 
Jardinillos, iii. 228; coral rocks 
of, ui. 186, 192 
flats of the, iii. 195 
Javanveni, island of, ii. 259; rapids 
of, ib. ^ 
Javita, the Indian chief, ii. 353 
San Antonio de, mission of. 
iiiissitju UI, 
u. 3oI ; forests of, ii. 355 ; salt 
manufactures of, ii. 365 
isthmus of, iii. 359 
Jehemani, iii. 224 
Jesuit .Missions, destruction of the, 
• 11. 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 
P^^mature death of, i. 362, iii, 
Jarumo tree, i. 482 
Juliac, M. skilful treatment of the 
yellow fever by, ii. 42 
Junction of rivers, doubts respecU 
mg the, ii. 339, 425 
Jupura, river, ii. 388 
Juruaiio, river, iii. 22 
