South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure, Brady [guided reading books txt] 📗

los Rios, governor of, 62

    referred to, 63, 65, 66

    States, 116

Parnell, W. R., 306-311

"Pearl Coast," the, 4

Pedrarias, 32-35; 42-50; 107

Perez, Gomez, 111, 112

Peru, 40, 53, 63, 64, 66, 68, 93, 95, 105, 109, 237

Peruvians, the, 69-102

Pettis, Congressman Spencer, 255

Philip II., 65

Pizarrists, the, 106

Pizarro, Francisco, 9, 16, 18, 38-40; 48, 54, 55-107

    Hernando, 54, 55, 67, 79, 93, 96-108

    Juan, 54, 96-99

    Gonzalo, the father, 53, 54

    Gonzalo, the son, 54, 96-101

    Pedro, 90

Pizarros, the, 46, 67, 96, 104, 105, 108-110

Pizons, the, explorers, 5

Pollard, James, captain of the Essex, 231

Popocatepetl, 144

Popotla, 190

Porto Rico, 5

Potosi, the mines of, 65, 109, 110

Prescott, the historian, referred to, 63 (footnote)

    reference to account of Inca civilization by, 69

    reference to amount of Inca's ransom, according to, 87

Q

Quarequa, Indian chief, 39

Quetzalcoatl, Toltec god, 129, 136

Quevedo, Bishop of Darien, 33

Quichua, the language of Peru, 82

Quinones, Antonio de, 202

Quito, 71, 91, 105, 109

Quiz-Quiz, 72, 85

R

Rada, Juan de, 105-112

Ranger, the, one of Jones's ships, 284

Ribero, Diego de, 21, 22

Rios, Pedro de los, 62, 65

Ruiz, 60-63 (and footnote), 65, 66

S

Sacsahuaman, 94, 97-99

Salamanca, University of, 117

Salinas, the plains of, 103

San Mateo, 67

San Miguel, 41, 56, 73

San Sebastian, 14, 16, 17, 19

Santiago River, 66

Santo Domingo, 8, 14, 19, 118

"Scourge of God," the, name given to Pedrarias, 43

Sea, Caribbean, 3

Sea of the South, so called by Balboa, 39

Serapis, the battle with the, 285-287

Shoshone nation, 301-304

Slavery, human, introduced into Peru by Christians, 95

South Sea, the, so called by Balboa, 39

    voyage, 44

    Pizarro's first sight of, 56

Spanish, Main, the, 3, 5

    Court, the, 6, 7

    rule in Mexico, 226

    in Peru, 226

"Starvation Harbor," 58, 59

T

Tabascans, the, 116, 123, 134

Tabasco, 122

Tacuba, 190, 199, 206, 216

Tafur, Pedro, 62-65

Talavera, 16, 17

Temixtitan, name for Mexico, 147, 148, 162

Temple of the Sun, at Cuzco, 87

Tenochtitlan, or City of Mexico, 125

the march to, 130-137

Teocalli, 145

Terry, Ex-chief Justice, 256-258

Teules, Aztec name for Cortes and his followers, 136

Texcoco, 136

Tezcatlipoca, Aztec god, 127

Tezcocans, the, 194

Tezcoco, province of, 194; lake of, 195

Thorn, Jonathan, 261-275

Tianguizco, 199

Tlacopan, 128

Tlaloc, Aztec god of waters, 126

Tlaltelulco, 199

Tlascala, 136, 138-140, 141, 190-192

Tascalans, the, 140-144, 166, 191-219

Toltecs, the, 125, 129, 130

Tonquin, the ship, 261-277

Toparca, 92

Torquemada, referred to, 179 (footnote)

Totonacs, the, 136

Toulon, Napoleon at, 74 (footnote)

Treasure, the, of Peru, 64

Trujillo, 53, 66

Tumbez, town of, 65

    Almagro made Governor of, 66

    Pizarro lands at, 68

U

Uraba, Gulf of, 7

V

Valdivia, lieutenant of Francisco Pizarro, 31, 109

Valparaiso, 240, 242

Valsa, the river, 45

Valverde, Fra Vincente de, 80-83; 90, 91, 111

Vega, Garcilasso de la, 63 (footnote)

Vela, Blasco Nu�ez, 109

Velasquez, Diego de, 118-121; 131

    Juan, 183-186

Venezuela, Gulf of, 7

Veragua, 5, 13, 27

Vera Cruz, 116, 130, 134, 135

Vespucci, Amerigo, 4

W

Wallace, Lew, quoted, 131, 178

Weeks, Armorer, 269-277

Wells, Samuel, 252

Winsor, 4

X

Xaquixaguana, valley of, 110, 111

Xicalango, traders of, 116

Xicotencatl, 141-143

Xuaca, 85

Y

Yucatan coast, 122

Yucay, mountains of, 100

Z

Zamudio, 20, 31, 32, 35, 38