Uruguay, 34, 75, 227-284; Indians in, 62, 71, 74; first settlement, 68; Spanish territory, 77, 100; Portuguese troops in, 110; war with Brazil, 120, 209, 256, 260, 470; war with Paraguay, 141, 142, 206-219, 276, 471; area of, 229; settlement of, 238, 239, 242, 386; population of, 247, 265, 273, 278; war with Argentina, 255, 267; independence of, 255, 259, 260, 263, 430, 461, 463, 476; Brazilian occupation of, 258, 408; constitution of, 264; Brazilian intervention in, 270, 274, 407, 462; Paulistas in, 348; rebellion against Pedro, 427; Brazilian protectorate of, 468 Uruguay River, the, explored, 22; harbours, 31; course of, 38; Jesuit missions along, 60, 68; navigation of, 134, 464 Uruguayana, capture of, 212 Uspallata Pass, 106 V Vasco da Gama. _See_ Gama, Vasco da. Vasconcellos, Bernardo, in Congress of Brazil, 430, 446; absent from Rio, 433; result of work, 440, 441, 443; death, 461 Veiga, Evaristo da, 430, 433 Venezuela, 100 Vespucci, Amerigo, 302, 306 Viceroyalties, divided into provinces, 53; Peru, 61, 74, 176; Buenos Aires, 74, 75, 80; Atlantic slope of Spanish South America, 246 Victoria, 311, 320, 378 Vidal, guerrilla chief, 362 Vieira, Antonio, 374 Vieira, Fernandes. _See_ Fernandes Vieira. Vilapugio, battle of, 97 Villegagnon, French adventurer, 334 Visigoths, 3, 290 W _Water Witch_, incident, 203 Wheat, 148, 159, 278, 340 Whitelocke, General, 85 X Xingu River, 314 Y Yellow fever, 461 Z Zeballos, Pedro de, 77 * * * * * _A Selection from the Catalogue of_ G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Complete Catalogues sent on application The Story of the Nations In the story form the current of each National life is distinctly indicated, and its picturesque and noteworthy periods and episodes are presented for the reader in their philosophical relation to each other as well as to universal history. It is the plan of the writers of the different volumes to enter into the real life of the peoples, and to bring them before the reader as they actually lived, labored, and struggled--as they studied and wrote, and as they amused themselves. In carrying out this plan, the myths, with which the history of all lands begins, are not overlooked, though they are carefully distinguished from the actual history, so far as the labors of the accepted historical authorities have resulted in definite conclusions. The subjects of the different volumes have been planned to cover connecting and, as far as possible, consecutive epochs or periods, so that the set when completed will present in a comprehensive narrative the chief events in the great STORY OF THE NATIONS; but it is, of course, not always practicable to issue the several volumes in their chronological order.