D.

Dabere. _See_ Tabaré

_Dantas._ _See_ Sheep

Danube, river, 60

Darts, tipped with flint, 8, 54, 67

De Bry, his collection referred to, xxii; publishes Schmidt's voyage, xxx

Deer, 44, 45, 66, 68, 118, 148, 149

Demerieff. _See_ Teneriffe

Desumsion. _See_ Asuncion

Diaz, Ruy, 62

Diembus. _See_ Timbus

Diess. _See_ Diaz

Doberim Carolus. _See_ Dubrin

Domingo, an Indian, 176

Dorantes, Pedro (the factor), reconnoitres a way inland, 104; his report, 125; joins expedition, 177; returns to Asuncion, 181; 240, 256, 258

Dryandri, Dr. Johann, Stade's work written by, xxx

Duarte, Lope, a confederate of Irala, 259

Dubrin, Carlos, 14

Duechkamin, town of, 19; M. Ternaux, erroneous identification of, _ib._; probably Tomina, _ib._, _note_

E.

Ear ornaments, 40

Earthquake, 165

_El Golondrino_ (the Swallow), name of vessel, 265

Escalera, Antonio d', 251

Espinosa. _See_ Salazar

Espiritu Santo, province and port of, 86

Estopiñan, Pedro. _See_ Cabeza de Vaca

Eyolla. _See_ Irala

Eyollas, Johann. _See_ Ayolas

F.

_Farol_, Spanish for lantern, 90

Fenugreek, 18; _not_ the herb from which the wine was made, _ib._, 24, 25

Ferdinand and Isabella, xiii

Fish, 5, 87; extraordinary numbers of, 189, 194; gold, 195

Flemings, funds supplied by, xxiv; favours shown to, xxv; take part in expedition, _ib._; their struggle for independence, xxx

Flemish merchants, xv

Flooded land, marching through, 47

Floods on Paraguai, 41, 47, 193, 194

Florida, xvii, 35

Flying-fishes, 5

Francisco, a converted Indian, succours the Christians, 122, 127

Franck, Sebastian, his Collection of Voyages, xvi, xxix, xxx

Frio, cape, 99

_Fucar_, the word, xxiv

Fuegians, cannibalism attributed to, xxxviii

Fuggers, family of wealthy merchants, xxiv, xxviii

Furs of the Indians, 9

G.

Gabaretha, 81

Gabrero. _See_ Cabrera

Galan, Francisco Ruiz, 29

Game, abundance of, 229

Garcia, Alejo, the fabulous, 202

Garcia, the interpreter, 190 _seq._; his expedition into the interior, 191, 202; not the pilot of that name, 202; 209, 231

Garcia Diego, the pilot, xiv, 202

Garcia, Ruy, sent by Irala to Peru, 75

Gastra, de. _See_ Caceres

Geese, 15, 19, 63, 66, 68, 118; kept by Indians to destroy crickets, 168

Germans take part in Mendoza's expedition, xxv

Gold and silver, 45, 48, 49, 90, 212, 214, 232, 244

Gold plates worn for ornaments, 48

Gomara, Francisco Lopez de, xxvii

Gomera, island, 2

Gonzales, Bartolomé, 241

Gonzalo, an Indian, 103

Gran Canaria, 100

Guaçani, an Indian chief, his hostility to the Spaniards, 170, 180, 181, 191

Guadalquivir, comparison with, 117

Guadix, 253

Guaira (or Paraná), Jesuit missions in, 111; province of, xix, xxii, xxviii, xxxiii, 36, 81

Guanacos, 63

Guapay, river, 65, 73.

Guaraní family, xx

Guaraní language, xxxiii, 16, 129, 206

Guaranís, only one nation of, xxxv; divisions of, _ib._; 107; their cannibalism, _ib._; 110, 111, 112, 114; settlements of, 117; arrayed for battle, 121; 123; pillaged by Agazes, 131 _seq._, 133; 140; march to battle, 141; panic among 144; timidity of, 146; 148, 149, 150; chiefs sent for, 152, 153, 155; attack Buenos Ayres, 165; extreme point occupied by, 182, 184

Guaranís, of the interior, 203, 204, 206, 210 _seq._, 213, 215, 217, 228, 231; suffer from fever, 233; 234, 238

Guatatas, 142, 146, 153

Guatos, a tribe of Indians, 213, 227, 234

Guaycurús (Guaicurús), a tribe of warriors and hunters, 15, 16, 25; their food, _ib._; their habits, 135; feared by other tribes, _ib._; kind to their wives, _ib._; injuries committed by, 136; proclaimed enemies, 137; message sent to, _ib._; their movements watched, 138, 140; 142, 144; their mode of beheading prisoners, 147; defeat of, _ib._; allow liberty to their women, 148; 149, 150; captives set free, 152; submission of, 153 _seq._; their barter with the Spaniards, 155, 157

Guayviaño, port of, 177, 182, 183

Guaxarapos, country of, 189; submission of, 190; 192, 193, 213; attack Spaniards, 222, 227, 234, 235, 238

Guazú, Chera, an Indian chief, 13

Gulgaises. _See_ Guaicurús

Guzman, Alonso Riquelme de (called by Schmidt, Richkell), father of Ruy Diaz, 79

Guzman, Ruy Diaz, author of _La Argentina_, xxvii, 27, 73, 79

H.

Hammocks, 84

Hannego. _See_ Vanegas

Hayti, xxxvi

Heads of enemies, how preserved, 55

Hens, 15, 19, 63, 66, 68

Hernandez, Andres, 245

----, Juan, 29

----, Pero, or Pedro, secretary of Cabeza de Vaca, 37; arrested, 241, 260, 270

Herrera, Antonio de, the historian, referred to, xxv, xxvii, 1, 15, 27

----, Rodrigo de, 251

Herrezuelo, Luiz de, a monk, 159

Hidalgo, the word, 252

Hieronimus, 70

Hoces, Juan de, 270

Honey, abundance of, 77; 110, 124

Horses and mares brought from Spain, 7; fears excited by, 117; 147, 181, 183

Hortigosa, Gaspar de, 270

_Hulcken_, large merchantmen, 88

Hulsius, Levinus, his edition of Schmidt's voyage referred to, xxx, xxxiii; note by, 50

Hulst, or Hulsen, Johann von, a merchant, 81, 86