Ostentation, common South American failing, not found in Uruguay, 133
Otorgues, enters Montevideo, 71; captured, 75
Paraguay, 28; appealed to during Revolution, 64; the Paraguayan War, 122-3
Paysandú, centre of meat industry, 32, 58, 321-2
Philip V. cedes Colonia to Portuguese, 44
Plata, La, River Plate, delineation of boundaries, 34, 45
Politics, 311-23; conduct of revolutions, 316-17
Portuguese, rivalry of, with Spain, 38; founders of Colonia, 42; attempt to obtain Uruguay, 46; invade Rio Grande, 49; trouble with, 50-55; invade Uruguay during Revolution, 61; again invade Uruguay, 73. _See Brazil_
Privateering, 45; Uruguayan privateers in European waters, 75; Garibaldi, 114
Railways, 176-80, 206-7, 297-308; companies and stock, 302, 308
Revolutions: the War of Independence commences at Paysandú, 58; Portuguese intervention, 64; independence proclaimed, 71; independence recognised after expulsion of the Brazilians, 103; revolution of 1853, 119; military revolution of 1875, 124; lesser revolutions, 311-23
Rivera, department, 269; goldfields, 287-8
Rivera, General, joins the Thirty-Three, 102; jealousy of Lavalleja, 104; accused of treason and imprisoned, 105; attacked by Lavalleja, 109; elected President, 109; escapes from Lavalleja's attempt at capture, 110; chases Lavalleja into Brazil, 110; deprived of rank by Oribe, 112; returns to power assisted by French, 113; attacked by Oribe and defeated, 114; further defeat, 115; appointed as Minister to Paraguay, 116; return to power, 116; death, 117
Rondeau, defeats Portuguese, 55; at siege of Montevideo, 61, 65; made Governor, 108, 314
Rosas, Dictator of Argentina, 110; supports Lavalleja, 111-2; invades Uruguay, 113; armistice with French, 114; nine years' siege of Montevideo, 114; final defeat and flight, 117
Slaves, introduction of, 44, 243, 245. _See Negroes_
Solis, Juan Dias de, discoverer of Uruguay, killed by Indians, 37-8
Spain, turns attention to Uruguay, 38; during Revolution, 38-68; fall of Spanish power in Uruguay, 68; fall of Spanish power in America, 72; State Bank, 337-8
Thomas, General Alvarez, deposes Alvear and becomes Director of Buenos Aires, 72
Trade, 277; exports, 277, 329; general, 330; to England, 334; table of increase, 326; comparative trade in 1908, table, 327; table of commercial imports, 327; value of, 331