Quadros. The squares. Quichua. Name given by the first Inca to the people who inhabited the quichua, or the more temperate intermediate slopes and high plateaux of Peru. A Quichua was, therefore, a person who lived in the temperate region of that country. Also applied to the language of those people. Quichuar-caucha. Quichua for temple. ¿Quién sabe? Who knows? Quinte. A duty of one fifth on all silver and gold bullion mined in the Indies. Quinua. A Peruvian cereal. Ranchería. A ranch. Ranchero. The owner of a ranch; a rancher. Rancho. A rancher's hut. Real. A Spanish coin worth about ten cents in South America and 'only half that amount in Spain. This is the real de plata, or silver real. It was worth about thirty four maravedís in Spain, and sixtyeight maravedís in America. Real hacienda. The royal revenue. Real patronato. The royal patronage. Recopilación de Leyes de los Reyes de las Indias. The Compilation of the Laws of the Kings of the Indies. Regidor. An alderman, a member of a cabildo or ayuntamiento. Repartimiento. A grant of Indians to go with the grant of land, or an encomienda. Sir Clements R. Markham was of the opinion that the two grants were separate and distinct. Later the grant covered both and came to be called an encomienda. Residencia. An official investigation of the conduct of an officer. The investigation may be made while the officer is in office or within a specified period after the official term has expired. Romana. A steelyard, that is, a Roman balance. Rurales. Mounted Mexican police. St. Jago. St. James. Salina. A salt pit, salt pan, salt work, salt mine. Salinas. A duty on the manufacture and sale of salt. Sancu. A sacrificial pudding. Sede vacante. A vacant bishopric. Seviglia. Seville. Sine qua non. Literally it means that without which something cannot be done. Hence, an indispensable condition. Tierra fría. The cold or frigid regions. In Peru the term was puna. Tierra templada. The temperate or subtropical lands. In Peru the term was quichua. Tinte. Tint, paint, color, dye. A dyer's shop. Tintes. Export duty on cochineal, indigo, and vanilla. Toiscs. A linear measure. 1920 toiscs equal two thirds of a league. Tres Garantías. The Three Guarantees. Tribunal de Cruzada. The Tribunal of the Crusade; the tribunal having control of the sale of indulgences to those supporting the crusade. Tributos de los Indios. The tribute from the Indians. Ttahuantin Suyu. The four provinces of Chincha Suyu, Cunti Suyu, Colla Suyu, and the Anti Suyu. Tupu. A measure of land equivalent to a fanegada. In Peru it was a piece of land sixty paces long by fifty wide, and was the amount of land given by the Incas to their vassals. Uchu. Quichua for the Chilean pepper. Uiracocha. Quichua for the Supreme Ulmen. An Araucanian nobleman. Usca Mayta Ayllu. The descendants Vagos. Nomadic, or wandering, Indians. Aagote, Juan Antonio Diaz, 420 INDEX Aberdeen, instructions of, to Bankhead, Academy of the Ladies, proscribed by the Academy of Spain, Royal, 373 Acapulco, port, 261, 262, 276, 294, 301, 303, 304, 307, 308, 309, 317, 319, 321, Account of the Fables and Rites of the Account of the Province of Vilcapampa, Acenoquipe, mission, 273 Acosta, Father (José de), 6, 8, 13-14, 15 Acre, controversy between Brazil and Acreans, 706-707 Actos, Count dos, last viceroy of Brazil, Acts: Aberdeen Act, 608; Rio Branco Act, 608; Panama Canal Tolls Act, 724 Adams, President John Quincy, and Address of Bolívar at the Congress of Adid, San Francisco del, mission, 270 Administrative Systems of Hispanic Alcon, Pedro, 161 Aldama, Juan de, execution of, 421 Alderete, Julian, 133, 178, 181 Alcudia, duke of, 371 Alexander VI, bull Inter caetera of, 71; bull Eximiae of, 248-249 Algarve, kingdom of Portugal, Brazil Algoas, Brazilian state of, 703 Alleghany Mountains, 370 Allende, Ignacio, execution of, 421 Alliance Treaty, the Triple, 650; text of, Almada, Ayres de, 73 Almagro, Diego de, 153-157, 160, 230 Altamirano, Catalina Pizarro de, mother of Hernán Cortés, 139 Altar River, 259 Alumbres, 340 |