[Illustration: URUGUAY London: T. Fisher Unwin]
Aborigines (138-150); various tribes, 138; character of, 139; ethics, 140; marriage, 141; warfare, 142; weapons, 143; burial, 143-4; superstitions, 144-5; question of cannibalism, 145-6; introduction of horses to, 147; hostility to whites, 147
_Agnes C. Donohoe_, Canadian sealing-schooner, seized, 295
Agriculture (_See Estancias_, _Industries_, _Cereals_); proportion of soil in cultivation, 331
Alvear, defeats Otorgues, 70; deposed by Thomas, 72
Argentina, provinces, occupied by Lopes, 122
Argentine, the, relations with Uruguay, 30, 63-4. See _Buenos Aires_, _Rosas_
Artigas (78-96), central figure of the Revolution, 57; joins patriots, 58; defeats Spaniards at Las Piedras, 59; besieges Montevideo, 60; superseded in command, 61; heads exodus to Argentine, 63; insists on Uruguayan autonomy, 64; separates from Argentine, 65; elected President, 67; raises siege of Montevideo, is outlawed by Argentina, but raises revolt in provinces, 68; demands surrender of Montevideo, 69; ruler of Uruguay, 71; returns hostages to Thomas, 72; defeated by Brazilians, 75; declares war upon Buenos Aires, 75; deserted by leaders, 76; escapes to Paraguay, 77; history of, 78-96; character, 79-80; early life, 81-3; ruler of Uruguay, 88; expels Spaniards, 89; horrors committed in camp, 91; simplicity of manners, 91-4
Banda Oriental, 27; subject to Artigas, 90
Beef Trust of United States, 280-1; attempt to capture South American refrigerating industry, 282
Belgrano, makes treaty with Portuguese, 64
"Blancos," or Whites, the, a political clan, 32; assassinate Flores, 123; assassinate Borda, 125; origin of term, 313, 314-5, 321-3
Brazil, relations with, 30-1; invades Uruguay in 1817, 75; annexes Uruguay, 77; alliance with Uruguay against Rosas, 117; sends troops to assist Flores, 120; alliance with Uruguay in Paraguayan War, 122
British: capital, 276; popularity of, 33; enterprise, 296-7; invade Uruguay and evacuate it, 55. _See England._
Brown, Admiral, destroys Spanish fleet, 68; destroys Uruguayan fleet, 114
Buenos Aires, taken by British, 55; Junta of, 56; action of Government during revolution, 62, 64; refuses to recognise Congress of Uruguay, 67; evacuates Montevideo, 70, 71; sends forces against Artigas which revolt and depose Alvear, 72; offers to acknowledge Uruguayan independence in return for Transplatine provinces, 73