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INTERSPERSED WITH AMUSING ANECDOTES, AND CONTAINING A MINUTE
DESCRIPTION OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, DRESS,
ORNAMENTS, AND MODE OF WARFARE OF

THE INDIANS.

=བཀླུབ་་ས—

BY WILLIAM GRIMSHAW,

Author of a History of the United States; a History of England, and
of France; the Life of Napoleon, &c.

NEW-YORK:

COLLINS & HANNAY, No. 230 PEARL STREET,
AND COLLINS & Co. No. 117 MAIDEN LANE.
Stereotyped by L. Johnson.

1830.

HARVARD COLLEGE

Apv22,1937
LIBRARY

By exchange

Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the sixth day of September, in the fifty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1830, WILLIAM GRIMSHAW, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit:

"The History of South America, from the Discovery of the New World by Columbus, to the Conquest of Peru by Pizarro; interspersed with amusing Anecdotes, and containing a minute Description of the Manners and Customs, Dress, Ornaments, and Mode of Warfare of the Indians. By William Grimshaw. Author of a History of the United States; a History of England, and of France; the Life of Napoleon, &c."

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and. books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned," and also to the act, entitled, "An Act Supplementary to an Act entitled An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

A.

INDEX.

AGRICULTURE, 248.
Aguilar, Jerome de, 103, 104, 106.
Albuquerque, Rodrigo, 89.
Alcantara, Francisco, 205, 237.
Almagro, Diego de, 198, 199, 200,
201, 202, 204, 205, 206, 216, 221,
222, 223, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230,
231.

Almagro, the younger, 236, 238.
Alvarado, Pedro de, 96, 144, 156, 159,
160, 165, 177, 179, 228.
America, discovered, 20.

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why so named, 59.
Anacoana, 76, 77, 78.
Animals, domestic, 240.
Antigua, 39.
Artizans, 243.

Arts, state of the, 248.
Atahualpa, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213,
214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220.
Azores, 10.

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Cabral, Pedro Alvarez, 60, 61, 69.
California, discovered, 196.
Cano, Juan Sebastian del, 190.
Canoe, 22.

Caonabo, 47, 48, 49, 52, 77, 78.
Capac. Huana, 209.

Capac, Manco I. 208, 246.

Capac, Manco II. 220, 221, 224, 225,
226, 227.

Cape de Verd islands, 10.
Cape of Good Hope, 10, 11, 58.
Casa de Contractacion, 79.
Castro, C. Vaca de, 231, 232, 239.
Catalina, 41, 42.

Children of the Sun, 246, 248.
Chili, described, 223, 224.
Cholala, description of, 133.
Cochineal, 131.

Columbus, Bartholomew, 11, 13, 45,
46, 52, 69, 71, 72, 74.
Columbus, Christopher, 11, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41,
42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 52,
53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62,
63, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73,
74, 75, 76, 252.

Columbus, Diego, the elder, 11, 44,
55, 57, 81, 83.

Columbus, Diego, the second, 61, 76,
80, 81, 251.

Columbus, Diego, the third, 252.
Columbus, Fernando, 45, 61, 81.
Compass, 10.

Cordova, F. H. 93, 94.
Cortes, Fernando, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101,
102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109,
110, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121,
122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128, 129,
130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136,
137, 139, 140, 114, 145, 146, 147,
148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154,
155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161,
162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169,
170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176,
177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183,
184, 185, 186, 187, 191, 192, 195,
196, 197, 205, 252.

Cosa, Juan de la, 65, 68.
Cuba, discovered, 24.

ascertained to be an island, 80.

Cubagua, 56.

Cumana, 55.

Cuzco, founded, 208.

taken, 221.

D.

Davila, Pedrarias, 97, 88, 144, 199.
Deseada, 38.

Diaz, Bartholomew, 10.

Dominica, 38.

Dwelling-Houses, 249.

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Madeira, 10.

Pinzon, Francis, 15, 16.

190, 191.

Magnet, see Compass.

Magellan, Ferdinand, 187, 188, 189, Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, 15, 16, 26,

Pinzon, Vincent Yanez,15,16, 60, 80.

31.

Mandeville, sir John, 12.

Pizarro, Ferdinand, 205, 211, 212,

island of, 26.

St. Jago, in Chili, founded, 233.
St. Mary, island of, 23.
St. Salvador, 20, 21, 22.
St. Thomas, fort, 44.
Sugar-Cane, 78.
Sugar-Works, 78.

217, 218, 220, 221, 224, 225, 226, | St. Domingo, city of, 57.
227, 229, 231, 239.
Pizarro, Francisco, 83, 87, 198, 199,
200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207,
210, 211, 212, 214, 215, 216, 217,
218, 219, 220 221, 222, 223, 224,
227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 237,
238.
Pizarro, Gonzalo, 205, 221, 224, 225,
226, 227, 228, 233, 234, 235, 236,
239.

Pizarro, Juan, 205, 221, 224, 225,
226, 227.
Plata, de la, 189.

Porras, Francisco de, 73.
Porto Bello, 70.

Portocarrero, 124.

Porto Rico, 39.

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T.
Tapia, Christoval de, 191, 192.
Temple of the Sun, 215.
Time, computation of, 244.
Tlascala, description of, 131.
Trinidad, 55.

Tumbez, description of, 202.

V.

Valdivia, Pedro de, 233.

Valverde, Vincent, 212, 213, 214,219.
Velasquez, Diego, 83, 93, 95, 96, 97,
98, 99, 117, 118, 123, 153, 154, 192.
Vera Cruz, city of, 118.
Veragua, duke of, 252.
Vespucio, Americo, 59, 65.

W.

West Indies, why so named, 36.

X.

Ximenes, Cardinal, 90.

Y.

Yucatan, 80.

Z.

Zempoala, battle of, 157.

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