Babel of American ambitions, 80 Bailey, John, 197 Balboa, 6, 7, 89, 90, 333 Barnacles, 40 Beef, Price of, 166, 167 Beauregard, P. T. G., 204 Bitter, Karl, 374 Blackburn, Joseph C. S., 138, 142, 250, 252, 258 Board of consulting engineers, 32 Boswell, Helen Varick, 180 Bridles, 77 British bondholders, 365 Brooke, Mark, 133 Bryce, James, 20, 23 Buccaneers, English, 334 Bull-fighting, 328 Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 222, 230, 237, 238, 246, 327 Burke, John, 143 "Bush dwellers," 155 Cables, 78 Caisson gates, 62, 63 Caledonia, 159 Camp Fire Girls, 183 Cantilever pivot bridges, 57 Canada, Western, 20 Canal not constructed to make money, 10 Canal Zone, 6, 7, 247, 326 Canal Zone government, 256-267, 271, 312 Canals, 335-346 Canals, Isthmian, 194-205 Cargo ship, 319 Central and South American Telegraph Company, 253 Chagres River, 2, 5, 27, 32, 33, 36, 37, 40, 82, 110, 214, 280, 330 Chagres Valley, 33, 36 Chain for stopping vessels, 58, 59, 60 Channel, Sea-level, 46 Charles V, 194 Chauncey, Henry, 103 Cheops, Pyramid of, 24 Chicago Drainage Canal, 345 Childs, Orville, 199 Choice of route, 221-232 Chucunoques, 332 Civil administration, 138 Civil-service requirements, 136 Claims, Adjustment of, 323 Claims for lands, 260 Clay, Henry, 197 Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 15, 17, 198, 302, 303 Cleveland (Ship), 297 Clutches, Friction, 57 Clubhouses, 186 Coaling, 320 Coaling plants, 91, 92 Cock-fighting, 328 Cole, H. O., 143 Collisions, 60 Colombia, 227, 228, 231, 233-245 Colon Beach, 101 Columbus, Christopher, 3, 194, 347 Comber, W. G., 143 Commercial map, 347-357 Commissary, 164-175 Commissary department, 30 Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interoceanique, 213, 214 Concession, Extension of, 104 Concession to the French, 196 Concrete mixers, 54 Congress and the canal, 268-276 Conquerers, Spanish, 334 Constantinople, Capture of, 347, 348 Constantinople, Convention of, 292 Contra Costa Water Company, 43 Contract system, 13 Contractor's Hill, 79 Controversy with Colombia, 233-245 Cook, Thomas F., 144 Corozal (Dredge), 84 Corruption, 14 Corruption in building French canal, 9, 207 Cortez, Hernando, 195 Cost of canal, 5 Cost of French canal, 208 Cotton production, Center of, 355 Coupon books, 169 Court system, 261 Courtesy of West Indian Negro, 157 Courtesy of workmen, 147 Cranes, Floating, 322 Cristobal, 6, 7 Cromwell, William Nelson, 280, 287, 327 Cronstadt and St. Petersburg Canal, 343 Cruelty of natives, 329 Cruelty of Spaniards, 333 Culebra Cut, 5, 13, 21, 26, 34, 35, 40, 70-81, 214, 216, 277, 278 Culebra Mountain, 4, 20, 79, 80, 196, 277 Cullom, Shelby M., 282 Culverts, 50 Dams, Emergency, 60, 61 Davis, Charles H., 196 Davis, George W., 134, 256 Death rate, 303