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Dam, 132; territory trav-
ersed, 133-134; lock struc-
tures, 134-136; excavation,
136-137; expenditures, 137-
138; equipment, 138-140.
Canal, Saavedra's early sugges-
tion of a, 11-12.
Canal zone, 133-134.
Cemeteries, 312-314.
Center, Colonel, 53-54.
Charles V., 12-13.
Chauncey, Henry, 41.
Childs, Colonel, 31-32.
Chiriqui, 158, 328-347, 396;
as a health resort, 158; an-
cient graves of, 348-362; jour-
ney from Panama to, 363-381;
journeyings in, 382-396; vide
resources of the country.
Churches of Panama, 314-325.
Clay, Henry, 23-24.
Colon, 158-161, 164-168; its
relation to Canal Zone and
American occupation, 133-
134; improvements in, 138,
159, 160-161; as the terminus
of the Panama Railroad, 164;
in the revolution of 1885,
165-166; land ownership in,
167-168; in the revolution of
1903, 90-96.

Colombia, The revolt against,
90-99.

Columbus, His search for a west-

ern passage, 1-4.
Comité Technique, 82-83, 112;
purpose and accomplishment,
82; report and plan, 82-83;
plan in relation to present
project, 112.

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Esquemeling's narrative of the
sack of Panama, 181-282.

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Harding, Major Chester, 143.
Harrod, Benjamin M., 103.
Hay, Secretary, 90.
Hayes, President, 39-40.
Hecker, Frank J., 103.
Herren, Dr., 90.
Hise, Elijah, 29-30.

Ferdinand and Isabella, 2.
French enterprise, The, 63-90;
extravagance and graft at the
inception, 63-67, 70-74; tech-Hoadley, David, 49.
nical plans, 74, 76-77, 82-84;
receiver appointed for Pan-
ama Canal Company, 77-78;
statement of receipts and ex-
penditures, 78; new Panama
Canal Company organized, 81;
appointment of Comité Tech
nique, 81-83 sale of proper-
ties to the United States, 86-
90.
Froude, 69.

Holmes, Wm. H., 350-354.
Hodges, Colonel H. F., 142, 144.
Hubbard, Commander

G
Gaillard, Colonel D. D., 142, 143.
Gama, Vasco de, 4, 9.

John,

93-96.
Huertas, General, 106-107.
Humboldt's suggestions for a
canal, 20-22.
Hunter, Henry, 117-120.

I

Isthmian Canal Commission, 86-
89, 103-104, 113-115, 142-
145; the first Commission ap-
pointed, 86; it makes a com-
parative investigation of Nic-

araguan and Panaman routes, Louis Philippe, 26.
86-87; ultimately recom- Lull, Captain E. P., 33.
mends purchase of New

Panama Company's rights and

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properties, 86-89; Commis- Magellan, Ferdinand, 9.
sion takes charge of operation, Magoon, Judge, 115.

its composition and duties, Marriage Laws, Peculiar, 306-
103-104; reorganization of 307.

Commission, 113-115; com- McNeil, 351.
position of present Commis-
sion, 142; reorganization of
duties, 142-145.

Menocal, A. G., 33, 38.

J

Jackson, President, 25.

K

Kane, Commander, 165–166.

L

Labor on the Isthmus, 45-46,
139-140, 145-148; various
kinds that have been tried,
45-46; composition and
strength of the present force,
139; expensive and ineffi-
cient character of, 145-148.
Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 35-40,

63-68, 70-76, 79; promotes
the Canal project, 35-40; his
methods, 63-68, 70-73; his
plan, 74; his failure, 74-79.
Lock, or sea level canal, 111-
113, 116-120; the Walker
Commission's plan, 111-113;
the findings of the Board of
Consulting Engineers, 118-
119, 121-123.

Locks of the Canal, 134-136,
171; description of, 134–135;
method and time of passage,
135-136; material required
for, 171.

Lock-canal plans, 121-140; the
plan of the minority of Board
of Consulting Engineers, 121-
123; present plan, 123-140.
Lombardi, Señor, 385.

Milla, Manuel, 19.

Morgan's raid on Panama, 15,
181-282, 314, 318.

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Napoleon, Louis, 27.

Nashville, The affair of the, 92-
96.

Nelson, Lord, 18-19.
Nelson, William, 51.
Nelson, Dr. Wolfred, 70-72.
New Panama Canal Company,
81-90; organized, 81; Comité
Technique appointed, 81-82,
its report, 83; sale of its rights
and property to the United
States, 86-90.

Nicaraguan Route, 15, 18-19,
23-27, 29-32, 34, 36, 38, 84-
89, 100-102; first transit line
at Nicaragua, 15; British de-
signs for acquisition of, 18-
19; Aaron Palmer's project,
23-25; investigations by the
United States, 25-26; French
interests in, 26-27; United
States secures right of way by,
29; Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
30-31; transportation line
established by an American
company, 31-32; the Inter-
national Canal Commission
recommends the, 34; another
French attempt, 36; a con-
cession granted to Americans,
38; French oppose American
projects, 83-84: Nicaragua
and the United States make a

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Palmer, Aaron H., 23-25.
Panama Canal Company, 63-
90; vide "French Enterprise,
The."

Panama, City of, 158-161, 283-
304; sanitation by the United
States, 158-161; relocation
of, 283-285; old walls of, 284-
287; strange working of the
law in, 287-294; the people,
295; the police, 296-299; the
houses of the, 299-304.

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Panama, Definition of American Quellenec, M. L., 117-120.
policy toward, 105-106.
Panama, Independence of, 99.
Panama Railroad, 32, 41-62,
164-174; the undertaking by
an American syndicate, 41-
47; labor difficulties, 45-46;
prosperous operation, 47-50;
decline and transfer to the
French, 50-58; acquisition by
the United States, 58; im-
provement and relocation, 59-
62; the Company's holdings
in Colon, 167-168; descrip-
tion of line from Colon to La
Boca, 168-173.
Panama Route, 27-29, 33-40,
99-101; first French conces-

Randolph, Isham, 117-120.
Reclus, Lieutenant, 36, 38.
Resources of the country, 328-
347; hardwoods, 328-330;
rubber, 330-332; cattle lands,
335-337; sugar lands, 337;
tobacco, 338; coffee, 338;
fibres, 338; fruits, 339-340;
minerals, 340-341.
Ripley, Joseph, 117-120.
Roosevelt, President, 97-99, 103,
106, 114-120, 126, 136, 141.
Rourke, L. K., 143.
Rousseau, H. H., 142, 144, 161–
163.

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Saavedra, Alvaro de, 11.

T

Taft, President, 104, 119, 141,
149.

Sage, Russell, 57.
Sanitation on the Isthmus, 69- Tehuantepec Route, 11.
70, 138, 141-142, 149-163; Thatcher, Maurice H., 142.
difficulties of the French, Tincauser, Eugene, 117-120.
69-70; outlay by United Totten, G. M., 32, 42-44, 51.
States in Colon and Panama, Trautwine, J. C., 44.
138; splendid work of Colonel Türr, Etienne, 35.
Gorgas, 141-142, 150-151;

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former condition of Panama Van Buren, President, 26.
and Colon, 149-150; cam-
paign against the mosquito,
Vespucci, Amerigo, 4-5.
152-154; comparison of past
and present conditions, 156-

163.

Saville, C. M., 144.

Shonts, Theodore P., 115, 145.
Sibert, Colonel Wm. L.,

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Wahl, Christian, 394-395.
Walker, Admiral John C., 86,
103, 113.
Wallace, Dr., 149.
Wallace, John, 104, 115–116.
Watt, J. M. G., 144.

142,

143.

Soto, De, 9.

Welcker, J. W., 117-120.

Squiers, 292.

Williams, J. J., 44.

Stearns,

Frederick P.,

117-

120.

Stevens, John F., 116, 119, 141,
147, 171.

Stevens, John L., 26, 41.

Stockwell, Alden B., 57.

Williamson, S. B., 143.
Wilson, Leslie, 388-390.

Wyse, Lieutenant L. N. B., 35–
36, 38, 68, 81.


Zeltner, De, 355.

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