Index
357
Monte la Soledad, 37 (ill), 38, 112
Monte Lindo, Riacho, 222
Montessus de Ballore, F., 143
Moquega, 90
Morro, El., 92 (with ill.)
Mossman, R. C., 52
Motor trucks, 80
Mountain sickness, 294. See also Altitude
Mountain streams, 64. See also Rivers
Mountains, 3; Argentina, northwestern, 189; as barriers between peoples, 328, 348; highest peaks, 252; interrelation with plains, 336, 337; man’s relation to, in the south, 255; old range, undissected portions, 203 (ill.); railroads as conquerors, 7; Roaring Mountain of Toledo, 155, 158 (ill.), 160 (ill.); scenery in northern Chile, 13; settlements, 26; timidity of natives, 27
Mud houses, 144, 145
Mules, 14 (ill.); forage for, across the Puna, 282, 284; mining industry and, 165; pack train, 197 (ill.); supply, 176, 194; trade and transport on eastern border, 192; value as beast of burden, 194
Muleteers, 196, 210, 242, 284
Muñoz, Santiago, 103, 200
Murphy, R. C., 76
Murray, Sir Johan, 134, 135; chinchilla farm, 140, 141 (ills.)
Nevado de Cachi, 203 (ill.), 205 (ill.), 265
Nevado Ojo de las Losas, looking northward from, 262 (ill.); panorama from, opp. 278 (ill.)
Nevado San Francisco, panorama, opp. 278 (ill.)
Newspapers, 110
Nitrate, 16, 63; Iquique and, 62; significance as a national resource, 87
Nitrate desert, 13; development, 73; population groups, 60; rains and floods, exceptional, 40
Nitrate industry, 342; labor supply, 81; provisioning, 76, 79 (ill.); relation of water supply to, 118
Nitrate works, 18, 36, 39; oases population and, 73
Nordenskiöld, Erlane, 220, 250
Nordenskjöld, Otto, 152
Nuestra Señora, 86
Oases, 14; Caya, 33; Monte la Soledad, 37 (ill.); economic life, 238; mountain shepherd and, 247; nitrate settlements and, 73; persistent character of towns, 70; piedmont, 18; sedentary character, 72; situation, 64; trade limitations, 65; two kinds, 50; water supply, 19
Obispito, 96, 165, 166
Obispo, Cuesta del, 204, 257, 261, 273; looking east and west from, 203 (ills.)
Ogilvie, A. G., 75
O’Higgins, Bernardo, 164
Oil, 219
Old customs, 247
Oruro, 81, 196, 217, 290, 345
Pabellon de Pica, 76
Pachamama, 305, 306
Paciencia, Llano de la, 34
Pack train, 14 (ill.), 197 (ill.)
Pacocha, 90
Page, T. J., 201
Paita, 93, 150; coastal terrace, 150, 151 (ill.)
Paja brava, 299
Pajonales, 45, 246, 299
Palca, Cerro, 262 (ill.)
Palermo, 204; Hacienda, 205 (ill.)
Palma, 221
Pampa, 13; Argentina, 186
Pampa Peñon, 264 (map)
Paposo, 50, 52, 59, 60, 85, 166; bay of, 86
Passes, 256, 260, 287, 289
Pastoral industry, 326, 329; Chile, 30; utilization of high pastures, 335
Pastos de cerros, 299
Pastos Grandes, 275, 285 (ill.); stone shelters near, 296 (ill.), 300
Pastos Grandes, Salina de, 265; northern border, opp. 278 (ill.)
Pastures, 22, 24, 299; alpaca in Bolivia,
