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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

U.S. Serial Set --CONTENTS.

U. S. Serial Set : Contents to Number 663 Senate Executive Document No. 36, 32nd Congress, 2nd Session
CONTENTS.

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• ... Page.
• CHAPTER I.
  INTRODUCTORY.

  United States ship Vandalia--Valparaiso--Santiago--Vicente Pazos-- Preparatory orders--Lima--Means of information--Conquests of the Incas in the Montaña--First exploration of the Spaniards--Madame Godin ... 5

• CHAPTER II.
  INTRODUCTORY.

  Orders--Investigation of routes--Lake Rogoaguado--River Beni--Chanchamayo--Cuzco route--River Madre-de-Dios--Gold mines of Carabaya--Route through the cities of Truxillo, Caxamarca, Chachapoyas, Moyobamba, &c.--Preparations for the journey--The start ... 24

• CHAPTER III.

  Passports--Means of defence--The road--Pacayar--Chaclacayo--Narrow pass--Yanacoto--Bridge--Cocachacra--Tribute money--Dividing line between the coast and the Sierra--Moyoc--Varieties of the potato--Matucana--San Mateo--Mines of Parac--Narrow valley--Summit of the Cordillera--Reflections ... 43

• CHAPTER IV.

  Mines of Morococha--A Yankee's house--Mountain of Puypuy--Splendid view--Pachachaca--Lava stream--Chain bridge at Oroya--Descent into the valley of Tarma--Tarma--American physician--Customs--Dress--Religious observances--Muleteers and mules--General Otero--Farming in the Sierra--Road to Chanchamayo--Perils of travel--Gold mines of Matichacra--View of the Montaña--Fort San Ramon--Indians of Chanchamayo--Cultivation ... 65

• CHAPTER V.

  Division of the party--Acobamba--Plain of Junin--Lake Chinchaycocha--Preservation of potatoes--Cerro Pasco--Drainage of the mines--Boliches ... 94

• CHAPTER VI.

  Departure from Cerro Pasco--Mint at Quinua--San Rafael--Ambo--Quicacan--Huanuco--Cerro de Carpis--Chinchao valley--Huallaga river ... 115

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• CHAPTER VII.

  Itinerary--Tingo Maria--Vampires--Blow guns--Canoe navigation--Shooting monkeys--Tocache--Sion--Salt hills of Pilluana ... 136

• CHAPTER VIII.

  Tarapoto--Pongo of Chasuta--Chasuta--Yurimaguas--Sta. Cruz--Antonio, the Paraguá--Laguna--Mouth of the Huallaga ... 160

• CHAPTER IX.

  Entrance into the Amazon--Nauta--Upper and lower missions of Mainas--Conversions of the Ucayali--Trade in sarsaparilla--Advantages of trade with this country ... 180

• CHAPTER X.

  Nauta--River Ucayali--Sarayacu--The missionaries--The Indians of the Ucayali ... 194

• CHAPTER XI.

  Upper Ucayali--M. Castelnau--Length of navigation--Loss of the priest--Departure from Sarayacu--Omaguas--Iquitos--Mouth of the Napo--Pebas--San José de los Yaguas--State of Indians of Peru ... 212

• CHAPTER XII.

  Chochiquinas--Caballo Cocha--Alligators--Indian incantations--Loreto--Tabatinga--River Yavari--San Paulo--River Iça--Tunantins--Making Manteiga--River Jutay--Fonteboa--River Juruá--River Japurá ... 233

• CHAPTER XIII.

  Egas--Trade--Lake Coari--Mouth of the Rio Negro--Barra--Trade--Productions ... 254

• CHAPTER XIV.

  Town of Barra--Foreign residents--Population--Rio Negro--Connexion with the Oronoco--River Purus--Rio Branco--Vegetable productions of the Amazon country ... 273

• CHAPTER XV.

  Departure from Barra--River Madeira--Serpa--Villa Nova--Maués--River Trombetas--Cocoa plantations--Obidos--Santarem ... 289

• CHAPTER XVI.

  Santarem--Population--Trade--River Tapajos--Cuiaba--Diamond region--Account of the Indians of the Tapajos ... 303

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• CHAPTER XVII.

  Departure from Santarem--Monte Alegre--Prainha--Almeirim--Gurupá--River Xingu--Great estuary of the Amazon--India-rubber country--Method of collecting and preparing the India-rubber--Bay of Limoeiro--Arrival at Pará ... 323

• CHAPTER XVIII.

  Pará ... 338

• CHAPTER XIX.

  Resumé ... 356

• APPENDIX.

  Notes--Table of approximate heights and distances from Callao to the Atlantic--Meteorological journal ... 375

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