cross, Orlando Whitney, American builder and contractor, 232.

North American Society of the River Plata, the, 87 f.

Norway, 257, 261.

Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, 161 f.

Orient, the, 264, 270, 286.

Orizaba, Mexico, 206 f.

Oyapoc, river in South America, 27.

Pacific railroads, the, 263.

Palacio Monroe, xiii, 14.

Panama, 145-151, 166.

Panama, Isthmus of, 258, 264.

Panama Canal, the, 111, 115, 149, 159, 271, 275.

Panama Railroad, the, 260.

Panama Railroad Company, the, 258.

Pan American Commercial Conference, address of Mr. Root at, 283-293.

Pan American Conference, First, at Washington, xii, 225, 229, 252 f.,
291.

Pan American Conference, Second, at Mexico, xi, 225, 229, 253.

Pan American Conference, Third, at Rio de Janeiro, xii, xiii, 3-14,
173, 224 f., 229, 253.

Pan American Railroad, the, 272 f.

Pan American Scientific Congress, Second, address of Mr. Root at, 291 ff.

Pan American Union, the, 91, 223-234.

Para, Brazil, 44, 45 f., 258.

Paranahyba, the, river in Brazil, 41.

Pardo, Manuel, Peruvian statesman, 135.

Pardo y Barreda, Jose, president of Peru, speech of, 113 f.

Paulistas, 39, 40.

Peaceable invasion, 189.

Pernambuco, Brazil, 47 f., 54, 258.

Peru, 11, 12, 113-144, 248, 249, 257, 272, 275.

Philadelphia, 29.

Pious Fund, the, 158.

Piracy, 26.

Pizarro, Francisco, Spanish soldier, 56, 257.

Plutarch, 188.

Political science, chief contribution of the United States to, 141.

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 26.

Portugal, 221.

Prado y Ugarteche, Javier, speech of, 116-123.

Prussia, 100.

Public opinion, rule of, 220 f.

Puebla, Mexico, 204 f.

Punta Arenas, 258.

Purdie, Francis B., speech of, 86-89.

Puritan element, the, in America, 56.

Randolph, Edmund, American statesman, 21.

Recife, _see_ Pernambuco.

Religious toleration, 170.

Reyes, Rafael, Colombian president, 154, 155.

Rezende, Doctor, speech of, 41 f.

Rhodes, 188.

Ribeyro, Ramon, speech of, 136.

Riesco, Jerman, president of Chile, speech of, 103.

Rincon Gallardo, Pedro, Mexican officer, 161;
speech of, 161 f.

Rio Branco, Baron do, Brazilian minister, 18;
speeches of, 13, 14.

Rio de Janeiro, xii, xiii, 3-35, 40, 55, 58, 63, 66, 67, 68, 95, 107,
136, 257, 258.

Rio de la Plata, 27, 56, 74.

Rio Grande, the, 161, 196.