Letters from the Battlefields of Paraguay/index

Adams, Mr,, warned against harming the bricks of a fallen building, 110 Adventure, an, which might have been serious, 472 Alegre, General, at the storming of Humaita, 304 Alen, Colonel, his attempt at suicide, 334 Allied armies invest Humaita, 333 Alvim, Commodore, visit to, 341 American Gran Hotel, imposing grandeur of, 106 American Mineral Water Establishment at Buenos Aires, 181 Andrade, the Portugal patriot, death of, 142 Angostura battery surrendered, 423 Angulo Eedan attacked by the Brazilians, 360 Animated scene, remembrance of an, 403 Anti-Lopists, false reports of the, 329 Argentine army, weapons of the, 323 ; various reports on the, 324 Argentine camp at Luque, aspect of the, 464 Argentine Contingent ajumble of nationalities, 325 Argentine railway, machinery for making the, 246 Argentine soldiers, loss of, at the battle of Corrientes, 290 Argentine Voluntary Legion led into a fatal ambush, 343 Argolo, General, and his staff boasting of their prowess, 322 ; visit to, 349 ; the predictions of his friends, 350 ; his invitations to a campaigning dinner, 350 Arroyo Hondo, visit to the, 347 Artesian well in Buenos Aires, 150 Assembly of Representatives, ignorance of, 276

Asuncion, the seat of the first diocess, 24; General Congress at, 41; meeting of an Extraordinary Congress at, 55 ; fired into by Brazilian ironclads, 407 ; detailed description of, 431 ; palace of the Marshal President at, 432; the architect of the palace cruelly tormented, 433 ; pest-houses at, 435 ; landing-place and river at, 436 ; bad state of the streets at, 436 ; picturesqueness of the old cathedral at, 437 the much talked of arsenal at, 435 ; the terrible palace of Dr. Francia at, 439 ; deadly dungeons at, 440 ; fantastic palace of the elder Lopez at, 440 ; palace of D. Benigno Lopez at, 441 ; plundering the Club Nacional at, 442 ; various estimates of the population at 443 ; no pretensions to civilization at 444 ; complete change of masters at head-quarters, 445 ; candidates for the chief magistracy at, 446 ; the French consul removed from, 446 ; confiscation of the property of a foreigner at, 449 ; its changeable climate, 452 ; prices of provisions and house-rent at, 452 ; produce of the orange-trees at, 456 ; unprotected state of, 454 ; rude appliances of the railway at, 460 Atrocities of Lopez grossly exaggerated, 128 ; frightful reports concerning the, 330 Attempts to assault two ironclads, 311 Ayolas, D. Juan, attacked by canoe Indians, 424

Bajada, mother-of-pearl found at, 255 Balloons tried in the early part of the campaign, 382 Banda, miserable state of the mixed population in, 134 Barracas artesian well, curious, 150 Barranca de Bella Vista, a settlement of convicts, 263 Barreto, General, cuts up a piquet of troopers, 375 ; his retreat from the banks of the Arroyo, 375 ; he volunteers to capture the enemy, 420 Barrios, Vicente, degradation of, 476 Barros, Jose de, duped by a farcical project, 141 Barrosa, Vice-Admiral, neglects to push his victory, 267 Basque and Italian sutlers murdering one another, 367 Bateria de Cueva, the Paraguayan position of defence, 262 Bateiia Londres, the Prince of Humbugs, 319 Batlle, Colonel, seizure of, 114 Battalions of women, rumours about, 379 Batteries of Humaita, various, 319 Battle cf Abay, hard fighting at, 425 Battle of Acayuasa a great victory, 334 Battle of Corrientes, loss of Argentines and Paraguayans equal, 290 Battle of Cueva, failure of the Paraguayans at, 268 Battle of Curupaity, serious loss of soldiers at, 305; scaling ladders forgotten by the Argentines, 305 Battle of Itororo, loss of Brazilian sat, 427 Battle of Loma Valentina, loss of Paraguayans and Brazilians at, 419 ; the whole affair a mystery, 419 Battle of Monte Caseros, fall of Dictator Rosas at, 61 ; General Urquiza going to glory at, 253 Battle of Paysandu, between the Blancos and Colerados, 211 Battle of Potreiro- Sauce, surprises of the, 303 Battle of the Lomas, and escape of General Caballero, 346 Battle of Riachuelo, arrest of General Robles at, 264 Battle of Veuces, and conquer of Corrientes, 59 Battle of Yataity-Cora in 1866, 303 Battle of Yatay, defeat of Colonel Duarto at, 221 Belgrano, General, defeat of, at Corrientes, 288 Berges, D., sent to govern Corrientes, 289 Berro, D. Bernardo, grotesque appearance of, 114 ; murder of, 115 Biscayans emigrating to PotosI, 104 Blancos, rise of the, 114 Bliss and Masterman arrested for high treason, 410 Blood thirstiness of Montevideans, 122 Bonpland, herbarium of, 288; taken prisoner, 51 Bonpland, Madame, desperate adventures of, 288 "Botany Bay" of Dr. Francia, 7 Brazilian army, wrinkle offered to the, 310 Brazilian cavalry, review of, 323 Brazilian consul forgets his mother tongue, 219 Brazilian infantry stubborn and obstinate, 387 ; the soldiers not free from corruption, 389 Brazilian forces, inspecting the, 372 Brazilian Marine Hospital, embezzlement of stores at, 291 Brazilian negroes, manly fighting of the, 452 Brazilian officers maltreated by Blanco girls, 119 Brazilian soldier, curious antics of a, 468 Brazilian soldiers in camp, clean appearance of, 336 ; cost of feeding them, 337 Brazilian squadron, official list of the, 345 Brazilian subaltern officers, bullying manners of, 447 Brazilian treachery and indiscriminate massacre, 213 Brazilians and Argentines, their alliance not sympathetic, 326 Brazilians' confidence in two Paraguayan officers, 448 Brazilians, oversight of the, 449 Brazilians refuse a flag of truce, 447 Brown, Admiral, successful feat of, 191 Bruguez, General, lively little episode of, 262 Buceo admired by bathers, 94

Buenos Aires, revolutionary committee established at, 65 ; Fenian club at, 94 ; thirty people drowned in a storm, 127 ; salting houses in, 147 ; irregularity of steamers at, 152 ; savage mob at, 153; dangerous state of the new Muelle at, 153; the kiosk mania at, 154; injury to merchandize at, 155 ; difficulties in constructing a port at, 155 ; various opinions for constructing a port at, 156; Coghlan's project for improving the channel at, 156 ; increase of population at, 158; how Sunday is passed at, 159; dangerous state of streets at, 160 ; prevailing winds at, 162 ; street scandal inexcusable at, 162 ; thoroughfares imperfectly named at, 163 ; epidemic disorders at, 163 ; abusive and indecent writings on the wall at, 165 ; how a revolution begins at, 165 ; hotels, abominably bad and dear, 172 ; an Englishwoman's lodging-house at, 173 ; hideous Methodist chapel at, 173 ; Merced convent at, 170 ; Church of England temple at, 173 ; beauty and solidity of the buildings, 174 ; hideous relic of antiquity at, 176 ; scarcity of public vehicles at, 179 ; Cabildo, court of justice at, 179 ; impunity of crime at, 180 ; Mineral Water Establishment at, 181 ; museum of San Ignacio Church, 182 ; free club for travellers at, 183 ; a good opening for London publishers at, 183 ; fashionable shops in, 183 ; statue of General San Martin at, 183 ; attempts to burn the dead at, 184 ; familiarity at, 187 ; hospitality of the natives at, 188

Buenos Aires to Southampton, parting grumble of the voyage from, 481 Butter, preserving for two years, 205

Caballero, General, captured at the Battle of Lomas, 346 Cafe de Paris at Buenos Aires the great resort for bachelors, 184 ; dining at the, 169 Californian widows, how they make fortunes, 352 Calle Florida, the fashionable part of Buenos Aires, 183 Caminos, M., reported to have been shot, 428 Camp and City men, difference in the habits of, 120 Campos and Martinez de la Hoz taken prisoners, 333 Capella de Ipane, the place to enjoy picnics, 426 Carvalho, Admiral, his neglect to pursue the flying enemy, 343 Castle of S. Joseph, view of the ruins, 99 Cattle estate not pleasant to visit, 102 Caxias, Marshal, repulsed at the Cierva redoubt, 348 ; his career, 377 ; his fight at Monte Caseros, 377; employed in reducing Monte Video,377; accused of being slow in his military movements, 377 ; famous for selecting the strongest point of attack, 378 Cemetery at Humaita, 353 Census of Paraguay, 8 Cerriio station, flooding of the, 301 ; seizure of, by Paraguayans, 301 Cerro de Lambare the scene of an historic fight, 42t) Cerro, the, a fine view of Montevideo, 100 Chaco, paradise and elysium of savages at, 256; wants a serious exploration, 257 Chaco islets attributed to the agency of the earth's revolution, 259 Chain at Gran Chaco, uselessness of, 332 Charloni, Colonel, death of, 362 ChS,teau des Fleurs, the familiar devil's acre, 243 ; it has the genuine look of a penny gaff", 243 Chilenas ladies destroyed by fire in a Jesuit church, 414 Chodasiewicz, Colonel, his proposed plan of attack on Paso Pucu, 359 ; plans of his first campaign, 382 ; his projects for the future, 382 Christie, Mr., sent as Plenipotentiary to Asuncion, 64 ; fails in his mission, 64 Club for travellers free at Buenos Aires, 183 Club Nacional, Brazilian soldiers plundering the, 442 Club Progreso and its invitations, 186 ; dancing at the, 187 Colon theatre mean and ugly, 170 Colonel du Graty, a mutilated translation of procured at Luque, 462 Colonel Thompson's Guarani vocabulary, 3 Colonizing in the River Plate, 88 Colonia, La, short description of, 143 Commerce of Paraguay, 18 Comte d'Eu volunteers his services as Commander-in-Chief, 469; his promptitude on hearing a salute, 470 ; his proclamation at Luque to his men, 470 ; his Order of the Day not original, 471 Concepcion del Uruguay, description of, 196 ; provisions at, 197 ; interesting prairie gallop at, 198 Convent of San Carlos, pronouncement of the, 251 Cordillera, supposed rise of the, 5 Cordoba, wandering about the quaint city of, 414 Corpus Christi built to control the Timbu Indians, 252 Correntine tobacco preferable to Havannahs, 287

Corrientes, arrival of the Brazilian fleet at, 265 ; ridiculous fashion of naming the streets at, 271 ; savage mastiffs at, 273 ; orange-farms at, 273 ; Turks painfully transmogrified at, 274 ; scarcity of provisions at, 275 ; religious superstition at, 276 ; family vaults in the cemetery like a Californian steam-bath, 280 ; miraculous cross at, 281 ; variations of temperature at, 282 ; female beauty at, 284 ; their aversion to marriage, 284 ; bitterness of political parties at, 285 ; revolvers at night necessary, 288 ; war at once resolved at, 289 ; piratical seizure of ships at, 289

Crabtree, Mr., prevents serious national troubles, 165 Costa, Brigadier-General, visit to the tent of, 381 Courts marshal, specimens of sundry copies, 474 Cuchilla de los Palmares, glorious view from, 208 Curious party of pleasure, 253 Curious reports in Paraguay, 30 Curupaity, far-famed lines of, 361 Curuzu, bombardment of, by the Allies, 303 ; capture of, 304 Cuverville, M., ugly story concerning, 446

Dairy, experiments for a model, 204 Derivations of the word Paraguay, 2 Diamente, formation of banks of patience at, 255 Diaz, General, killed by a shell from an ironclad, 299 Discontent, suggesting a mode to prevent, 82 Discovery of an infernal machine to blow up the Ministry, 113 Documents taken at Loma Valentina, inspectiug the, 472

Elisiario, Vice-Admiral, popular rumour of, 369 ; his predictions on the campaign, 369 El Pilar, the gaol of foreigners, 367 ; Brazilian outrages at, 367 Emigrants, outward bound, description of, 86 Emigrants' colony, utter failure of the, 60 Emilio, General D., visit to, 464 ; his aptitude for warfare, 465 ; his prepossessing and military figure, 465 ; his praise of the Brazilian whites, 466 English cruisers, uselessness of, 100 English subjects enlisting in the Brazilian army, 388 Esmerata, Padre, his devotion in the cause of humanity, 338 Extractum carnis, a detestable kind of beef-tea, 193

Feminine volunteers, courage of, 380 Ferreira, Colonel, his quarters an official residence, 466 Floating hotel, life on board a, 292 Flores and his son, violent altercation between, 113 FJores, D. Manuel, supposed poisoning of, by the Blancos, 116 Flores, Don Pedro, his duties on board ship, 292 Flores, General, origin of the murder of, 110 ; the banishment of his three sons, 117 Fogs in the Boca del Guazu, 229 France annoyed by the treatment of her subjects in Paraguay, 66 Francia, Dr., his remarkable character, 39; how England derived her knowledge of, 43 ; origin of his family, 47 ; elected perpetual Dictator, 47 ; his remarkable administration, 48 ; diplomatic relations with foreign powers cut off by, 50 ; his deeds of generosity, 51 ; his death, 52 ; resting-place of, 438 Fulton's formidable defence for rivers, 342

GalvIO and his gallant wife fought to death, 144 Gastavino, Bernardino, successful manoeuvre of, 267 Garay, D. Juan de, the restorer of Buenos Aires, 233 Garibaldi considered an obscure adventurer, 259 Garibaldi's loss of his legion of cooks, 211 Gaucho and Gauchito, hideous costume of the, 277 Gaucho warfare, what it consists of, 466 Gauchos of Rozario, ugliness of the, 243 Gelly, General, his courtsey, 351 Gold mines in Uruguay, 34 Gould, Mr., his predictions, 166; his hopeless errand, 329 ; his conditions of peace between the Allies and Paraguay, 329 ; his departure from Paraguay, 330 ; his unfavourable opinion of Paraguayan resources, 330 ; his second mission to Paraguay, 330 ; his erroneous opinions on the Paraguayan cause, 330 Gomez and Braga shot, 214 Gomez demanded by the Colorados, 213 Goya famous for oranges and cheeses, 261 Gran Chaco, the visit to, after the action, 338 Grass of Paraguay poisono ii s to animals, 373 Great Chaco, loafing and di'inking of the men at, 277 Guard-houses on the Paraguay established to watch strangers, 311 Guardia Tacuara, free-and-easy system of operations at, 371 ; reconnoitring the ground at, 372 Guayquiraro, the home of the fat boy, 260 Guazu river, opinions on the formation of, 227 Guerilla warfare determined, 79 Guns of the Paraguayans a curious spectacle, 322

Handbook of the River Plate deserving of patronage, 108 Hawaii, terrible earthquake at, 127 Health-officer of Monte Viddo, arbitrary powers of, 102 Henley, Mr., his uncertain prospects of flax-growing, 217 Holy week, worship of the Montevideans in, 127 Hopkins, Mi\ E., his claims for compensation ignored, 63 Horses storming fortified and insulated posts, 191 Hotel de la Minute, its proprietor charged with receiving stolen goods, 449 Hotham, Sir Charles, his arrival at Asuncion, 61 Humaita invested by the Allied armies, 333 ; a Paraguayan sortie repulsed from, 333 ; true description of, 314 ; its importance exaggerated, 316 ; merchant fleet at, 316 ; line of shopboats at, 316 ; wants and notions sold at, 316 ; absurd entrenchments of, 448 ; disappearance of the batteries at, 471 Human Zoology, collection of, at Luque, 464 Hunting farmed out by the Oriental government, 93 Hutchinson, Mr., his heroic services during the cholera plague, 244 ; caricatured at Rozario, 244 ; presented with a medal, 244

Infernal machines, fishing up, 341 Ironclads attacked by Cimoes, 364 Isla de las Flores, fragrancy of its wild vegetation, 94 Island of Liberty, imprisonment in the, 100 Italian porters in Monte Video not to be trusted, 104 Itapiru carelessly abandoned by Lopez, 301

Jesuits in Paraguay, their influence, 26 Juquery bridge held by Brigadier Vasco Alves, 467

KiRKLAND, Lieut., a sympathizer with the Blanco party, 370 ; hindered in the performance of his duty, 370

La Ciudad, view of, 434 La Paz, a useful colony against the raids of Chaco Indians, 258 La Plata, great increase in the trade of, 151 La Trinidad celebrated for cock-fights, 461 La Union, bull-fights held at, 110 La Villeta, operations hastened by the inundation of, 295 Lasso, the, how to avoid, 148 Law and justice in the River Plate, 91 Libertat, M., accused of conspiracy, 131 Liberty Square at Corrientes, a savage caricature, 278 Libraries, billiard rooms, and drinking houses at Buenos Aires, 185 Lines defended by the Paraguayans, 353 Loma Valentina, Lopez's documents taken at, 472 Lomas, proposal to attack the last Paraguayan position on the, 450 Lopez, D. Antonio Carlo, President I., elected in 1845 56 ; his marriage with D. Juana Paula Carillo, 57; conspiracy to shoot him in a theatre, 64 ; sends to London for explanations, 65 ; undertakes negotiations with the Holy See, 66 ; his death in 1862, 67

Lopez, D. Francisco Solano, President II., elected in 1862, 67 ; his first meeting with Madame Lynch in Paris, 72 ; actively prepares for war, 75; his atrocities greatly exaggerated, 128; unfit for guerilla warfare, 128; his scheme shattered by the incapacity of his oflicers and men, 264 ; prizes piratically made figuring in his flotilla, 289 ; abandons Paso la Patria when the enemy appears, 301 ; he proposes an interview with the Allied Generals, 305 ; muzzle-loaders found in front of his palace, 322 ; he is asked to abdicate his country, 329 ; reports concerning his atrocities, 330 ; his complaint of the laws of neutrality, 331 ; his letters detained at Buenos Aires, 332 ; his victory at Acayuasa, 334 ; the wife of Colonel Martinez murdered by, 335 ; he arms the Cierva redoubt with field pieces, 347 ; his defence of Paso Pucu, 357 ; his place of concealment, 357 ; he expects to. be drawn from La Villeta, 371 ; he concentrates his forces at the Tebicuary river, 401 ; his government a model of order and progress, 407 ; his ill feeling with Mr. "Washburn, 409 ; his escape from Loma Valentina, 419 ; takes up his head-quarters at Loma Cumbarity, 421 ; his palace at La Villeta, 424 ; he purposely leaves Santo Antonio undefended, 427 ; the loss of his cavalry at the battle of Itororo, 428 ; he releases the architect of his palace from imprisonment, 433 ; ignorance of the Allies concerning his movements, 448 ; he makes all the railway officials captains and lieutenants, 359 ; his documents taken from his private carriage, 472 ; his tenderness to his children, 477 ; his letters to Major-Gen, Macmahon, 478 ; he appoints Madame Lynch universal legatee, 478 ; his sympathy, sternness, and grief, 479

Lopez, D. Benigno, doubts concerning the fate of, 476 Lopez, D. Venancio, acquitted and released, 476 Luque, journey by rail to, dangerous, 459 ; the normal settlement of, 462 Lynch, Madam, her trials throughout the campaign, 71 ; birth of her first child, 73 ; miseries of the captives mitigated by, 74 ; her ambition, 74 ; her present to Captain Xenes' soldiers, 312 ; her quarters at Humaita, 318

M 'Donald, Dr., suggests a plan for a channel across the Albardon, 333 M'Mahon demands the release of Messrs. Bliss and Masterman, 130 Madariaga, Grovernor, treachery of, 59 Maldonata and the lioness, romantic tale of, 252 Mamelukes of S. Paulo, plunder by the, 10 Mariette, Captain, arrest of, 115 Maroon settlement at La Villeta, 430 Marshall and Grant stabbed by a native, 435 Martin Garcia and her batteries, 192 Martin Garcia, an island only fit to travel on stilts, 228 Martin, General, his defeat of the Spaniards in 1810, 251 Martinez, Colonel, shot at Paso la Patria, 290 ; his wife murdered by Lopez, 335 Martins, Enrique, shot for refusing to give up his flag, 268 Masterman and Bliss, violent and illegal arrest of, 129 Memorial from the married women of Buenos Aires to the Archbishop, 186 Mendoza's tent, collection of yarns in, 390 Menna Barreto, General, his head-quarters, 212 Mercado del Puerto, market-place of, 99 Mesa, Captain, mortally wounded, 267 Metropolitan cemetery at Buenos Aires, 184 Military and mob law, struggles of, 115 Military correspondent constituted, 80 Misiones first established in Paraguay, 26 Mission of Paraguay, military organization of the, 32 Missions system, remarkable features of, 32 Mitre, President, a prominent personage, 166 Money a signal for disorders among Brazilian soldiers, 468

Monte Video, terrific gales in, 84 ; short sketch of, 95 ; Cerro, the best view of, 100 ; uselessness of English cruisers at, 100 ; importance of knowing the currency of, 103 : extortions of travellers at, 103 ; Italian porters at, 104 ; tramway in, 105 ; dishonesty of custom-house officers in, 105 ; their lodging houses, 105; bad roads in, 107 ; drainage unknown in, 107 ; old Spanish houses in, 107 ; impoverished look of the tenements at, 108 ; General Oribe's nine years' siege of, 110 ; the cause of the revolution of 1868 at, 110 ; murder of General Flores at, 111 ; danger from soldiers in, 122 ; an Englishman's head laid open by one of the vicious "bobbies" at, 123; theatres and amusements in, 123 ; the fair sex partial to bull-fighting at, 124 ; soldiers and priests in the cockpit at, 124 ; prize-fighting and fair play at, 125 ; public institutions at, 126 ; attempt to form an English club at, 126; Gormandizing club at, 126 ; terrific storm and loss of life at, 127 ; worship on Holy Saturday at, 127

Monte Video and Humaita, sketch of the route between, 136 ; names of the various writers on, 149 Montevidean shops, glitter and attractions of, 118 Montevidean soldiers, danger of, 122 Montevideans and Portenos, their jealousy, 96 Morvonnais, M. de la, regret at not being able to accept his invitation, 207 Mosquitoes, sufferings of the soldiers from, 348 Mothers and wives of officers forced to disown their sons and husbands, 474 Murder of two Spanish subjects, 116 Music Hall at Buenos Aires, nightly revels at, 185

Newkirk, Dr., and his drunken servant, 460 ; his fraudulent apothecary, 463 ; his lucrative practice, 451 Nueva Burdoes, failure of the French colony of, 454

Obes, Commander-in-chief of the Argentine army, 308 O'Connor, Mr., his narrow escape from being shot, 261 Oliveira, Admiral, out-generalled by Lopez, 63 Oriental army reduced to a remnant, 326 Osorioand Argolo badly wounded, 445 Osorio and Flores laud upon Paraguayan ground, 301 Osorio, General, repulsed from the Gran Chaco, 354 ; his popularity, 384 ; his soldierly greeting, 385 ; his charmed life, 385 ; his examples of gallantry, 385 ; shot through the mouth at the Loma Valentina, 385 ; not popular with either army, 469 Otters and sea-wolves in the Parana river, 232 Outbreak of the pronunciamento, 117

Palacios, Bishop, not shotas he deserved, 340 Pampa palace, invitation to enter the, 199 Pampas peewit, the enemy to sportsmen, 349

Paraguay, derivation of the word, 2 ; geography of, 3 ; latitude of, 4 ; area of, 5; political distribution of, 6 ; official census of, 7 ; education in, 16; newspaper first established in, 17 ; commerce of, 18 ; imports of, 21 ; taxes and revenue of, 22 ; imports and exports of, 22 ; discovered by Sebastian Cabot, 23 ; roads in, 23 ; historical sketch of, 23 ; divided into two governments, 25 ; missions established by the Jesuits in, 26 ; ignorance of the clergy in, 26; travellers deluded in, 28; pleasures and labours in, 30 ; ceremonies of worship in, 30 ; celebration of the Saint's-day in, 30 ; birth of a Republic in, 37 ; improvement of, by Dr. Francia, 45 ; its system of government, 54 ; free navigation of, a political necessity for the Brazilian Empire, 295 ; geographical details of, 295 ; reported barbarities in, 340 ; passion for money making at, 441 ; scarcity of literature in, 462

Paraguay women, arbitrary treatment of, 477 Paraguayan army, how desertion from impossible, 473 Paraguayan coat-of-arms, indiscriminate use of, 43 Paraguayan garrison surrendered, 222 Paraguayan gun-boats a feature of naval interest, 266 Paraguayan officers, their ferocity, 452 Paraguayan race, mixture of breed in the, 10 ; character of the, 12 ; diet of, 12 ; education of, 16 ; independence, ratification of, 55 Paraguayan soldiers, heroism of, 14 ; their deficient intelligence, 15 ; their ferocity at the battle of Corrientes, 290 Paraguayan subscriptions for defence of fatherland, 477 Paraguayan women, patriotism of, 380 Paraguayans, their plan of defence, 306 ; their hopeless position, 334 ; their desperate fighting, 434 ; their escape to Timbo, 334 ; grand total of the lines defended by the, 358 ; rumours of the tortures and executions of, 407 ParaguayÂ©, description of the prisoners of, 11 ; their deformities, 11 Parana abandoned by the Caravan Government, 256 Parana river, dangerous for navigation, 250 Parana river, its chief lines of navigation, 224 ; geographical glance at the, 249 ; memorable flood of the, 415 Parsons, Captain, favourable impressions of, 330 Paseo de Julio, uneducated inhabitants of, 159 Paso la Patria abandoned by Lopez, 301 Paso Pucu, an important central point of the war, 357 Passenger steamer, foul play suspected to a, 135 Passengers' lives in the hands of drunken sailors, 406

Paysandu, population of, 209 ; native mutiny at, 210 ; murdering a Sereno at, 210 ; head-quarters of D. Leandro Gomez at, 210 ; Maua bank demolished at, 211 ; the battle ground of the Blancos and Colorados, 211 ; campaign, siege, and civil war at, 211 ; hopeless attitude of her defenders, 211 ; fall of, 213 ; massacre of women and children at, 213 ; attacked by cholera, 215 ; people buried at, 215 ; imports and exports of, 215 ; Mr. O'Connor's salting-house at 215 ; female indulgences at, 216 ; flax-growing not profitable at, 217

Paulista Volunteers a distinguished corps, 387 Paupers of Europe, where they should go, 248 Peterkin, M., contractor for guns to the Brazilian army, 274 Plaza de la Cathedral, amusements in the, 438 Plaza de la Victoria, the business part of Buenos Aires, 175; dark and dingy aspect of, 176 ; pronouncements prepared at, 177 ; indignation meeting at, 177 ; ridiculous obelisk at, 177 ; architecture of the reformed cathedral at, 178 Political prisoners, amnesty of, 55 Political quarrel by the people of S. Paulo, 33 Portena beauty not dazzling, 170 Portuguese squadron destroyed by a siege, 142 Potosi, remarkable emigrating to, 104 Prize-fighting on the Cerro, 125 Progreso balls frequented by celebrities, 186 Project for improving the channel at Buenos Aires, 157 Prospect of emigrants to the River Plate, 91 Prytz, M., the furious and ferocious Brazilian, 274

RiACHUELO, defeat of the navy at, 221

Railway at Asuncion, rude appliances of, 460 Eeid, Dr., in charge of the British Hospital, 151 Eepublicof Uruguay, three hostile parties in, 112 Resquin, Francisca Z,, his severe General Order, 473 Eio Bermejo, salubriousness of its waters, 365 Rio de la Plata, first Viceroy of, 36 Rio Grande and their savages, 365 Rio Paranancito, vegetation of, 254 Rio Uruguay, on board the, 189 Rivas, General, his personal appearance, 336 River Paraguay the reservoir of a thousand streams, 138 River Plate, colonizing in the, 88 Rivera, D., his flight to the Brazil, 211 Robles, General, tried by a secret courtmartial, 264 ; prefers loss of life to loss of liberty, 264 Rosas, Dictator, outrages of, 180 ; opposes the English and French squadrons, 233 Royal mail steamers, reduction of fares in the, 83 Rozai'io, arrival at, 235 ; perspective view of, 236 ; prodigious growth of, 236 ; its site superior to Buenos Aires, 237 ; new laws introduced in, 237 ; value of land at, 237 ; column of Liberty at, 238 ; hideous attempt at classical art at, 239 ; female beauty not interesting at, 239 ; baiting- yards on the Sabbath at, 240 ; limited capacity of newspapers at, 241 ; hairless dogs used instead of warming-pans at, 243; organ-grinders might be put to honest labour, 242

Sailors demoralized by torpedoes, 332 S. Juan, failure of the French colony at, 297 SS. Philip and James, peculiar places of worship, 98 Saladillo Dulce a geographical puzzle, 256 Saltenos better in temporal than spiritual matters, 218 Salto, the picturesque terminus of Uruguay navigation, 218 ; blockaded by Commodore Pinto, 218 ; its surrender to General Flores, 219 ; precious stones found at, 220 Salto and Concordia, rivalry between the two villages, 220 San Ignacio church, art and science taught at, 182 Sanchez, Vice-President, supposed to be still breathing the upper air, 477 Santo Antonio, skilful landing of the Brazilians at, 427 Sarmiento and Mitre compared with phrenology and physiognomy, 168 Sarmiento elected President of Buenos Aires, 164 Sebastian Cabot, Paraguay discovered by, 23 Serviles sold to D. Miguel, 473 Sheep farming in the River Plate, 89 Shooting, civilized style, in a waggonette, 145 Sketch of the campaign, short abstract of the, 76 Soldiers causing explosions at Humaita, 323 Solis, De, discoverer of the Parana, 137 ; slaughtered, roasted, and eaten, by the Charruas savages, 190 South America, terrible earthquake in, 127 Souza, Marshal, visit to the State House of, 466 ; his nationality not to be mistaken, 466 ; the injurious talk of his enemies, 467 Spanish forbidden to be taught in Paraguay, 31 Speculators threatened with serious trouble, 248 Squatters kind of campaigning life, 231 Stewart, Dr., yields himself prisoner, 452; his interview with the Emperor at Rio de Janeiro, 452 ; his wife and children in danger, 452 ; restoration of the stolen charger of, 463 ; he surrenders to the enemy, 420 ; his house given up to the five great orders of knighthood, 457 Stocks in Paraguay, tortures of the, 132 Stores, free importation of, 21 Suarez, D. Gregorio, his revenge for an old private feud, 214 Suggesting a mode to prevent discontent, 82 Swamp fighting an essential part of Indian warfare, 299

Taji, batteries at, 364 ; Paraguayans dislodged at, 364 Tamandare, Admiral, serious charge against, 212 Taraqui, quaint and picturesque houses of, 272 Taxes and revenue of Paraguay, 22 Taylor, Mr., brutal treatment of, 433 Tebicuary batteries, sketch of, 400 Tigers and wild beasts, legends of, 231 Timber, growth of in Patagonia, 230 Timbo, appearance of, after the evacuation, 346 Timbo garrison, curious contrivance of the, 342 Torpedoes, construction of, 342 Torpedoes provided by the Paraguayans, 332 Travellers deluded in Paraguay, 28 Travellers made comfortable by the Argentines, 188 Travelling to the Upper Uruguay thwarted, 221 Tres Bocas, a retreat for those flying from the reign of terror, 302 Triumpho, Brigadier-General, glorious career of, 384 Tuyu-cue occupied by Brazilians, 359 Tupy-Gruarani language, three years at work at the, 208

Urqtjiza, General, introduction to, 199 ; description of, 200 ; the improvements on his estate, 200 ; his large amount of cattle, 200; the value of his property, 201 ; a bad paymaster, 201 ; curiosity excited in conversation with, 201 ; fresco representations of his battles, 202 ; his predictions on the campaign, 203 ; his going to glory, 253 ; reviewing his cavalry at Punta Gorda, 253 Urquiza, Madame, her appearance at the dinner-table, 204 ; her handsome present, 205 Uruguay, gold mines in, 34; the best place for Irish emigrants, 94 ; not fit for English emigrants, 133 ; patriarchal marriage not the law of the land at, 133 ; her richness in metals, 133 Uruguay river, studying the features of, 193 ; fed by the rains of the Empire of the Southern Cross, 194 Uruguayan national flag, description of the, 100 Uruguayan navigation compared with the Rhine, 218

Varela, D., compelled to quit France through a duel, 223 Velasco, Colonel, tactics of, 299 Vences, battle of, in 1847, 59 Veren, Baron von, evil report of, 402 ; three times arrested as a spy, 402 Villareal, Brazilian army encamped at,4 26

War-loan of Sor Riestra, 328 Wars teach nations their geography, 139 Washburn, Hon. Charles A., nonsensical abuse of, 129 ; introduction to, 408 ; he acts as mediator between the combatants, 409 ; his ill feeling with Lopez, 409 ; receives an invitation to quit his hotel, 409 ; removed by Commander Kirkland, 410 ; his violent letter to the President of Paraguay, 410 ; his diplomatic notes concerning foreigners in Paraguay, 411 ; watched by forty policemen, 411 Water-hog, operations upon the, 392 ; excess of imagination on the, 393 ; their comic air of defiance, 394 Watch-towers used for signalling, 310 Webb, General, his passion for ultimatums, 370 Wheelwright, Mr., his trading notions, 245 Whytehead, Mr., suicide of, 435 Wild maize, where grown, 6

Xenes, Captain, his night expedition, 312

Yataitt-Cora, merit of the Conference of, 305 Yungaz coffee fragrant and delicious,