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Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez, his parentage, xiii, xvi; opposed by Irala, _ib._; judgment and acquittal of, xvii; Commentaries of, _ib._; xviii, xx, xxvii; route opened by, xviii, xx, xxx; referred to, 27, 35 _seq._; Schmidt's opinion of, 35, _note_, 41, 49, 51, 52; arrest and imprisonment of, 52 _seq._; is sent to Spain, 53; honesty and capacity of, _ib._, _note_; horrible treatment suffered by, _ib._; his captivity in Florida, 95; returns to Spain, _ib._; offers to lead a relief expedition, _ib._; appointed Adelantado, 96; equips at his own cost an expedition, _ib._; vessels bought by, _ib._; is detained in Cadiz, _ib._; sets sail, _ib._; arrives at La Palma, _ib._; sails towards Cape Verd, _ib._; takes possession of Cananea, 99; arrives at Santa Catalina, _ib._; disembarks his people, 100; treats Indians kindly, _ib._, 107; protects monks, 101; clothes Spanish refugees, 103 _seq._; hastens to Asuncion, 104; opens route overland, _ib._; leaves Santa Catalina, 106; begins his march, _ib._; enters the interior, 107; discovers Indian settlements, _ib._; takes possession of territory for king, 107; his name, 108; his generosity to Indians, 109; protects natives, 109 _seq._; writes to Asuncion, 118; descends the Yguazú, 120; orders rafts to be made, 121; arrives at Asuncion, 125; shows his credentials, _ib._; recognised as governor, _ib._; his orders to rebuild Buenos Ayres, 128; summons meeting of clergy, 128; assembles native vassals, 129; makes peace with Agazes, 132; clothes needy Spaniards, 134; reduces taxation, _ib._; arrests officers, _ib._; consults clergy, 136 _seq._; leads expedition against Guaycurús, 139; narrow escape of, 143; restores order in his troops, _ib._; his dispositions for attack, 146; inquires into the acts of the Agazes, 151; receives the submission of Guaycurús, 154; sends further relief to Buenos Ayres, 159; prepares to explore province, 159 _seq._; orders vessels to be built, 162; returns thanks for safety of Spaniards, 166; supplies destitute Spaniards, 167; assembles clergy and officers, 168; orders brigantines to be equipped, 169; supports friendly Indians, 170; writes to Irala, 173; animosity against, 175; orders depositions to be taken, 176; starts on voyage of discovery, 177; builds a church, _ib._; reaches Tapua, 178; stays at Itapuan, 183; treats with Payaguás, 186 _seq._; orders soundings to be taken, 191; speaks with Guaxarapos, 192; takes possession of Los Reyes, 198; cautions Spaniards and Guaranís, 198; bitten by a vampire bat, 199 _seq._; holds a council, 205; decides on an advance, 215; arrives at Rio Caliente, 216; is advised to return, 220; sends Ribera to Tapuá, 221; summons chiefs of Los Reyes, 222; sends for provisions, 223; sends Hernando Ribera to the Xarayes, 225; recalls Mendoza, 233; falls sick with fever, 236; remains at Los Reyes, 237; orders Indian girls to be restored, 237; returns to Asuncion, 238; conspiracy against, 239 _seq._; his property seized, 242; his life threatened, 245; his imprisonment, 247; corresponds with his friends, 247 _seq._; asks for a confessor, 251, 253; appoints a deputy, 257; is chained on the brigantine, 257; poison administered to, 259; his chains filed asunder, 260; arrives at the Azores, 261; in Spain, _ib._; is arrested and kept a prisoner eight years, 262; acquitted and released, _ib._; losses sustained by, _ib._

Cabeza de Vaca, Pedro Estopiñan, nephew of Alvar Nuñez, sent by sea to Buenos Ayres, 36, 106, 107; arrives at Asuncion, 164; his report, _ib._; seized and put in irons, 258; sent to Spain, _ib._

Cabot, Sebastian, expedition under, xiv, xxv; fort of, 15; referred to, 202

Cabrera (Gabrero), Alonso, arrives from Spain, 14, 32, 33, 52, 125; letter signed by, 165; 240, 243, 256, 259; files the governor's chains asunder, 260; loses his reason and kills his wife, 262

----, Antonio, 37

Caceres, Felipe de, 52; sent to the La Plata, 101, 104, 125; accompanies expedition, 177; 240

_Cacocies Chaneses._ _See_ Xarayes

Cactus hedge round Indian village, 67

Cadiz (Calles), 1, 88, 90, 98

Caguazú, Indian settlement, 136, 137

Calderon, 31

Calles. _See_ Cadiz

Camire, Indian chief, 211, 212, 265

_Camoati_, Guaraní word for beehives, 77

_Campo, el_ (the plain), 104, 107

Camus, M., his collection of voyages referred to, xxxiv

Cananea, 36, 99, 100

Canaria, 96

Canary Islands, their distance from San Lucar, 2; 4

Candelaria, port of, 102, 185; latitude of, 186; now Corumbá, _ib._

Candirées, Indian tribe, 203, 232

Cannibalism, remarks on, xxxvi _seq._; denied by the editor of this book, xxxviii; Schmidt's notices of, 20; C. de Vaca's notices of, 129, 234, 254

Canoes, 13; swiftness of, 193; large, 194

Cape Verde, 96, 261; islands, 4, 97, 98

_Capibara_, or _Capincho_, water-hog, 184; chase of, _ib._

_Capitana_, name of ship, 96, 124, 127

Captives in war, treatment of, 20, 129 _seq._

Caracas, province of, xxiv

Caravels (Karabella), 32, 35

_Carcaraes_, Indian tribe, 203, 232

Carch Karaisch. _See_ Guaycurus

_Cardas_, a kind of teasel, 155

_Cardos_ (Cardes), Spanish for thistle, 69

Carendies. _See_ Quirandis

_Carib_ and _Caniba_, name given by Indians of Hayti to their enemies, xxxvii

Carieba, 57; taken by treachery, 58

Carios, name by which Schmidt calls the Guaranís, 14, 15, 19; extent of their country, 19; their superiority for work, _ib._; their customs, 20; their cannibalism, _ib._; their treatment of prisoners, _ib._; their war, _ib._; their town, _ib._; their forts, 21; pits dug by, _ib._; their fight with the Spaniards, _ib._; their submission, 22; build a town for the Spaniards, _ib._; 27, 28, 37, 38, 40, 41; their insurrection, 54; expedition against, 55 _seq._; their fortifications, 56, 57, 59; defeat of, 59; join Irala's expedition, 62; 64, 70, 71, 76, 81, 82, 83, 102

Carob bean (_Prosopis dulcis mimosa_), 18, 135; flour and wine made of, _ib._

Casas, Bartolomé, de las, xxv; abridges Columbus' Journal, xxxvii

Casca, de. _See_ La Gasca

Cassia trees, 189; fruit of, _ib._

Castellano, gold coin, value of, 242

Castille, 258

Centenera. _See_ Barco

Ceuti, lemon of, 189

Chaco, Indians of the, xiv; xvi

Chanés (Chameses, Chaneses), Indian tribe, 65, 66, 102, 103, 191, 197, 202, 203, 231, 232

Charles V, King of Spain, xiii, xxiii; his partiality for Flemings, xxiv _seq._; abdication of, xxix

Charúas, tribe of Indians, xxxvi, 6 _seq._; 11

Chaves, Nuflo de, sent to Peru, 75, 76; 244

Cheriguanos, now named Moxos and Chiquitos, their country, xxvii, 37

_Chimencos_, Indian tribe, 203, 232

Chiquitos, xxvii

Chunchos, territory of, 73

Cipoyay, Indian chief, 107

Cock, crow of, saves a ship, 98

Coligny protects Villegaignon, xxix

Columbus, Christopher, alteration of his words _carne viva_ regarding the natives of Hayti, xxxvi _seq._

Compans, Ternaux, his Collection of Voyages referred to, xxxiv; his erroneous identifications, xxxiv, 19, 85

Cordova, or Cordoba, 100, 270

Corpus Christi, fort, 15, 29

Correa, Antonio, 207, 209

Corumbá, 186

Cotton, 19, 212

Crocodile, legend concerning, 42 _seq._

Crossbowmen, 107

Cuenca, Bishop of, 262

Ciudad Real de Guaira, 118

Curitiba, city of, 108

Cuyaba, river, 190

Cuzco (called by Schmidt, Ruessken), 76