Eduardo Galeano - The Memory of Fire Trilogy - Genesis, Faces and Masks, and Century of the Wind

Honduras, 150, 151

Hostos, Eugenio María de, 249

Houston, Sam, 146, 147

Huancayo, 223, 224

Huanuni, 254

Huehuetenango, 44

Huichol Indians, 19–20

Humaitá, 195

Humboldt, Alexander von, 72–73, 85, 87–88, 89, 90–91, 92–93, 94, 96, 217

Humboldt, Wilhelm von, 73

Ibiray, 162

Ignacio, Don, 88

Illinois, 190, 191

Inca Indians, 3, 51, 58, 61, 72, 217

Inca Lipe, Tomás, 63

Indiana, 190

the Indians, 5, 9, 16–17, 27–28, 43–44, 47, 51, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69–70, 71, 94, 95, 100, 101, 103, 105, 109, 113, 117, 118, 121, 129, 130, 138, 143, 144, 158, 161, 162, 171, 172, 178, 179, 188, 199, 201, 208, 215, 216, 223–24, 232, 244, 245, 252, 255–56, 258; see also specific tribes

the Inquisition, 91, 93, 100–101, 109

International Harvester, 257

Iquique, 227

Iquitos, 245,

Irrazábal, Pablo, 196

Irving, Washington, 220

Isabela, Doña, 88

Italy, 35, 50, 96

Itamaraty, Baron de, 205

Itapoã, 28

Jackson, Andrew, 146

Jamaica, 22–24, 46, 78, 79, 114

James, Jesse, 220

Jefferson, Thomas, 48

the Jesuits, 33, 34, 35, 50, 93, 176

Jesus Christ, 61–62, 79, 219

the Jews, 130

Jiménez, Manuel María, 184

Jontás (slave), 117

Joseph, Saint, 27, 143

Joseph I, king of Portugal, 34, 35

Josephine, empress of France, 95

Juan V, king of Portugal, 21

Juan VI, king of Portugal, 137

Juan Fernández Islands, 7, 24

Juan Moreira (Creole drama), 226

Juárez, Benito, 186–87, 198, 199, 200, 201, 225, 255

Junín, 127

Junta of Notables, 103

Kansas, 211

Kansas Pacific Railroad, 213–14

Kaskiyeh, 182

Kennion, John, 32

Kentucky, 146, 190

Key West, 239

Kiowa Indians, 165–66, 211

La Bagatela (newspaper), 102

Labat, Jean Baptiste, 109

La Condamine, 244

La Cruz, 176

Ladrones islands, 250

Lafargue, Paul, 202, 219

Lafitau, Joseph-François, 17

La Gioconda (Ponchielli), 245

La Girardière, Millet de, 92

La Guaira, 82, 106, 139

Laimes, Tomás, 224

Lamadrid, Gregorio, 150

Lame Devil (newspaper), 210

Langui, 56

La Paz, 63–64, 99, 127, 128, 164, 188, 189, 197, 254

La Rioja plains, 196

Larrañaga, Father, 116, 140

La Salle, René-Robert, 16

Las Brumas, 238

La Serena, 173, 174

Last of the Mohicans (Cooper), 147

Latacunga, 172

Latorre, Andrés, 121

Laurelty, camp, 121–22

Lautréamont, Count of (Isidore Ducasse), 171, 208

Lavalle, Juan, 150

Lavalleja, Juan Antonio, 120

La Vérendrye, Pierre, 16

Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, 71

Leaves of Grass (Whitman), 177

Leblanc, Admiral, 149

Leclerc, Charles, 91, 93

Lecor, General, 116, 117–18, 119

Lee, Robert E., 190, 191

Le Jeune (Frenchman), 17

Lencastre, João de, 6

Léogane, 42

Le Patriote Français (newspaper), 170

Lima, 13, 37, 38, 53, 65, 123, 125, 127, 134, 138, 139, 208, 218, 219, 224, 243

Lincoln, Abraham, 185–86, 190–91

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 190–91

Lincoln City, 219

Lingg, L., 227

Linnaeus, Carolus, 91

Lira, Eusebio, 113

Lisboa, Antonio Francisco, 79–80

Lisbon, 6, 30, 31, 70

Little Big Horn River, 212–13

Liverpool, 25, 110

Lives (Plutarch), 82

Livitaca, 58

Loayza, Pedro, 113

London, 31, 36, 83, 97, 111, 133, 137, 187, 202, 219, 223, 227

London and River Plate Bank, 253

López, Candido, 195–96

López, Carlos Antonio, 193

López, Estanislao, 121, 150

López, Julio, 201

López, Leocadia, 236

López, Pomposa, 237

López, Rafael, 119

López Rayón, Ignacio, 104, 105

López Ruiz, Sebastian, 65

Lord of the Deer, 19

Louisiana, 146, 161

Louis XVI, king of France, 71

Lovejoy, Elijah, 191

Loyano, Francisco, 85

Lynch, Elisa, 203

Lynch, Patricio), 218

Lyons, 144

Macandal, François, 26

Maceo, Antonio, 216–17, 239

Maciel, Francisco Antonio, 85–86

McKinley, William, 248, 250

Madrid, 35, 39, 66, 77, 87, 94, 111

Magdalena River, 10, 91, 138

the Mambises, 209–10

Manaos, 244, 245

Mangas Colorado, Chief, 182

Manuela, Doña, 88

Mapocho River, 115

Maracaibo, 106, 139

Marat, Jean-Paul, 76

María (Jorge Isaacs), 198

Mariana, 80

Marie Antoinette, queen of France, 71

Marmier, Xavier, 169–70

Martí, José, 210, 227, 234, 239, 240–41, 242–43

Martínez, Juan Jose, 100

“Martin Fierro” (song), 216

Marx, Karl, 187, 202

Marx, Laura, 202

the Mason, 82, 83

Massachusetts, 46

Matte, Eduardo, 234

Mauá, baron of, 205–6

Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, 187, 198–99

Mayahuel (goddess), 67

Maya Indians, 26, 27, 44, 165, 183, 184, 200–201, 256–58

Mayer Arnold, Federico, 175

Mazo, José Antonio del, 86

Mejías Bejarano, Diego, 81

Melgarejo, Mariano, 188–89, 197, 208–9

Melipilla, 116

Mellet, Julien, 109

Melo e Castro, Minister, 70–71

Melville, Herman, 178

Mendoza, 175

Mercado, Manuel, 241

Mercedes, 106

Mérida (Venezuela), 106

Mérida (Yucatán), 27, 109, 256, 257, 258

Metepec, 68

Methuen, Treatyof, 6

Mexico, 6, 50, 61, 68, 69, 86, 94, 96, 99, 104, 107, 144, 146, 155, 156, 158, 160–61, 165, 186–87, 198–99, 200, 210, 214, 215, 225, 255, 256, 257

Mexico City, 66, 67, 69, 86, 93, 114, 144, 147, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160–61, 186, 200, 201, 210, 214, 215, 224, 254, 255, 256

Mezquital valley, 68

Michelin brothers, 244

Michoacán Mountains, 101

Miguelete River, 85

Miles, General, 249

Miller, General, 127

Millicay, Ambrosio, 95

Minas Gerais, 12, 18, 28

Miraflores, 218

Miranda, Francisco de, 82, 83–84, 97, 114

Miskito Indians, 78

the Missions, 34–36

Missouri, 220

Mitre, Bartolomé, 194, 195

Mitre family, 112

Mixtec Indians, 224–25

Moby-Dick (Melville), 178

Mochica Indians, 39

Molinay, Captain, 8

Monet, General, 125

Montana, 222

Montego Bay, 78, 79

Montesquieu, 40, 51

Montevideo, 20–21, 85, 97, 98, 105, 109, 112, 116, 120, 126, 139, 140, 164, 169, 170, 171, 193, 228, 229, 231

Montevideo: or the New Troy (Dumas), 170–71

Monticello, 48

Montreal, 15

Morange, Mademoiselle, 41

Morázan, Francisco, 148, 150, 158

Morcillo de Auñón, Rubico, 13

Morelos, José María, 101, 104, 107, 108

Moreno, Mariano, 101–2

Morón, 123

Mother of Crosses, 183

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 49

Muisca Indians, 90

Murrí, 9

Murtinho, Joaquim, 253

Mutis, José Celestino, 90–91

Nabuco, Joaquim, 206, 207

Nanny (goddess), 23

Napoleon I, emperor of France, 91, 93, 95, 98, 161

Napoleon III, emperor of France, 186, 187, 198–99

Nariño, Antonio, 102–3

Natty Bumppo, 147

Navarro, Fray, 143

Nayarit Mountains, 19

New Nanny Town, 23

Newton, John, 25

New York, 97, 177, 178, 186, 191, 192, 221, 235, 250

New York Herald (newspaper), 209

Nicaragua, 78, 150, 180, 181, 242

Nicaragua, Lake, 180

Nieva y Castillo, Commander, 95

Nigeria, 29

Niquinohomo, 241

North, John Thomas, 223, 227–28, 233

Northern Pacific Railroad, 222

Northrup, Solomon, 192

Oaxaca, 68

Obes, Lucas, 112

Oblitas, Antonio, 52, 60