Uruguay: general description of, 27-36;
history of, 37-127;
manners and customs, 128-137;
continued warfare in the past, 29;
present conditions, 34;
War of Independence, 38, _et seq._;
independence proclaimed, 71;
evils of new regime, 71;
partitioned, 73;
invaded by Portuguese, 73;
annexed to Brazil, 77;
Lavalleja sets up National Government, 104;
independence recognised, 105;
alliance with France, 113;
at mercy of Rosas, 116;
alliance with Brazil and defeat of Rosas, 117;
warlike history of, 126;
life in, 138;
landscape, 174-5;
the Campo, 237-246;
departments of, 265
Uruguayans, heroism of, 29;
fighting qualities, 31;
character as troops, 94-5;
character of people, 128;
hospitality and democratic feeling, 115, 130-3;
physique of, 133;
honesty, 136;
sobriety, 137;
types of, 181-90;
a Paladin of the Campo, 190
V
Varela, Dictator, 124
Vidal, President, 124-5
Vigodet, 65
Villa del Cerro, 168
Viticulture, 289-91
W
War of Independence, 58.
_See Revolutions_
Water-stone, 235
Whale fishery, 54
Wheat, 278
Whitelocke, General, incapacity of, 55
Wild, A., dealer in gems, 289
Williman, President, 126
Wines, 289-291
Women, Uruguayan, 135, 180
Y
Yaros Indians, 148
Z
Zapicán, famous Indian chief, defeats Zarate,
is defeated and killed by J. de Garay, 39
Zarate, founds a settlement, and is defeated by Zapicán, 39
Zavala, captures Montevideo, 47
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