_Puchacay_, province of Chili, ii. 277. _Puda_, or wild goat of Chili, ii. 256. _Puebla, La_, province of New Spain, boundaries, extent, i. 138. Produce, history, climate, and ancient capital, i. 139. Present capital, 140. Mountains and antiquities, 141. Towns, 142. Rivers, 143. ---- _de los Angelos_, city of New Spain, situation, cathedral, buildings, bishopric, trade, environs, population, height, i. 140. ---- _Nueva_, city of New Granada, i. 179. _Puelches_ Indians, ii. 288. _Puerto Rico_ island, situation, extent, history, i. 180. Land-crabs, produce, 181. Population, capital, 182. ---- ----, city of, i. 182. ---- _Viejo_, district of New Granada, i. 311. _Pulque_, strong liquor made from the agave, i. 39. _Puma_, or American Lion, ii. 256. _Puna_, city of La Plata, ii. 188. ---- island, i. 312. _Punta de la Galera_, so called on account of Columbus' ship touching at it, ii. 27. ---- _de Santa Elena_, district of New Granada, i. 312. _Purace_, volcano, i. 280. ----, village of Popayan, i. 281. _Purissima Concepcion de Catorce_, mines of New Spain, profit of, i. 44. _Puros_ river, ii. 194. _Puruays_, ancient inhabitants of Quito, i. 284. _Pusambio_, or Vinegar River, i. 281. _Putacuao_, lake of Caraccas, i. 40. _Pyramid_ erected on the banks of the Paraguay, as a boundary mark between Spanish and Portuguese America, ii. 164. Q _Quaquas_ Indians, ii. 14. _Quebrada_, or crevice of Tipe, i. 254. _Quelendama_ mountain, i. 299. _Quelenes_, Indian country of Guatimala, i. 164. _Quesaltenango_, district of Guatimala, i. 163. _Queretaro_, city of New Spain, i. 133. _Quesada_, Gonzalo Ximenes de, conquest of New Granada by, i. 214. 267. _Quetlavaca_, or Cuitlahuatzin King of Mexico, i. 117. _Quiabaslan_, i. 24. _Quibo_, or Caybo isle, i. 204. _Quicaras_ isles, Pacific, i. 203. _Quichuan_, language of Peru, ii. 154. _Quillota_, province and city of Chili, ii. 267. _Quinchuan_, isle of Chiloe, ii. 287. _Quindiu_ mountain, i. 221. 276. Pass of, 277. _Quiriquina_, Isle of Chili, ii. 282. _Quispicanchi_, district of Peru, ii. 143. _Quito_, presidency of New Granada, boundaries, i. 283. Extent, districts, history, 284. Capital, 293. Features and mountains, 297. Provinces, 303. ----, city of, foundation, scite, vicinity, i. 293. Climate, earthquakes, population, 294. Manners and customs of the inhabitants, public buildings, i. 295. Trade, height, 296. Rivers, 297. ----, jurisdiction of New Granada, i. 305. _Quixos y Macas_, government of New Granada, i. 334. R _Raleigh_, Sir Walter, voyage of, to Guiana, ii. 71. _Ramirez_, isle in Lake Tamiagua, i. 193. _Rancagua_, province and city of Chili, ii. 272. _Ransom_, immense, given by Atabalipa, ii. 93. _Rapel_, village and cavern in Chili, ii. 274. _Raspadura_ canal, unites the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, i. 273.