Bolivar: American Liberator (107 page)

Italian trip of,
61
–66

Jackson on,
386

in Jamaica,
174
–77

J. Q. Adams on,
386

as lacking troops for Peruvian campaign,
314

in La Paz,
345

La Quinta home of,
377
,
381
,
382
,
394
,
406
,
432
,
544

legacy of,
457
–59,
463
–64

legend of,
455
,
459
–60

“Letter from Jamaica” of,
175
–77,
222

and liberation of Peru,
309
,
310
–36

in Lima,
348
,
349
,
356
–57

llaneros’ respect for,
209
–10

in London,
272
–73

loneliness of,
250
–51

as lover of nature,
292
–93

Machado, “Pepita,” and,
147
–48,
149
,
151
,
160
,
183
–84,
187
,
188
,
213
,
220
–21,
240
,
244
,
453
,
500

in Madrid,
42
–43

Magdalena campaign of,
132
–34,
136

mass execution of Spanish prisoners ordered by,
157
,
185
,
493
,
494

in meetings with Wellesley,
89
–91

as military strategist,
458
–59

Miranda arrested by,
121
–22,
123

Miranda seen as traitor by,
119
,
124

Monte Sacro vow of,
66
,
82
,
256
,
270

Monteverde’s seizure of property of,
127

Morillo’s meeting with,
255
–57

named president-liberator of Colombia,
394

in New Granada,
167
–71

New Granada campaign of,
220
–21,
229
,
230
–35

New Granada command resigned by,
170
–71

Páez’s alliance with,
203
,
207
–11,
213
,
215
,
220

on Páez’s ambition,
370

Páez’s disputes with,
211

Páez’s personality issues and,
249
–50

Páez’s reunion with,
367
–68

Panama Canal envisioned by,
389

in Paris,
52
,
66
–67,
71

in peace negotiations with Peru,
418
,
420

in peace negotiations with Spain,
261
–62

penury of,
433
–35,
438
,
455

as persona non grata in Colombia,
434
–36,
455

Peruvian assassination plot against,
357

Peruvian criticisms of,
356
–57

Peruvian government reorganized by,
338

on Peruvian national character,
344
,
533

Peruvian strategy of,
298
–99

as Peruvian supreme military commander,
312

Piar and,
162
,
163
,
193
,
195
–98,
202

portrayed as crypto-monarchist,
419
–20,
424
,
427
,
553
,
555
,
556

in Potosí,
361

property expropriated from,
182

as Puerto Cabello commander,
112
,
114
–17,
119
,
124
,
126
,
129
,
157

in Quito,
287
,
289

in Quito campaign,
278

racial background of,
14
–15

recruiting by,
132
,
137
,
140
,
185
,
238
,
243
,
244

as regent of Caracas,
9

in return to Europe,
51
–52

Ribas’s exile of,
163

Sáenz and,
289
,
307
–8,
316
–17,
322
–23,
329
,
340
,
342
,
359
–60,
361
–62,
381
,
382
,
394
–405,
432
,
436
,
438
,
453

San Martín and,
277
–78,
291
–92

San Martín’s meetings with,
294
,
296
–97

in Santa Marta,
450

Santander’s break with,
371
,
377
,
380
,
394

Santander’s jealousy of,
330

Santander’s reunion with,
365
,
366

and scheme to impose monarchy in Colombia,
415
,
416
,
553
,
556
,
562

and shortage of guns,
155

slavery abolished by,
350
,
351

slaves freed by,
186
,
200
,
224
,
249
,
270
,
457

social graces of,
3
–4,
40
,
45
,
54
–55

social reforms by,
344

soldiers’ hardships shared by,
227
–28,
231
,
447
–48,
457
–58

on Sucre,
285

and Sucre’s assassination,
441
,
445
–46

Sucre’s political disagreements with,
345

Sucre’s reunion with,
344
–45

sworn in as president of Colombia,
378

third Venezuelan republic proclaimed by,
184

in Trujillo,
319

tuberculosis of,
315
,
391
,
406
,
418
,
432
,
441
,
445
–46,
448
,
451
–53,
455
–56

unified South America as goal of,
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,
5
,
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–5,
240
,
246
,
271
,
301
,
314
,
331
–32,
338
,
353
–55,
359
,
409
,
463

Ustáriz and,
44
–45,
46

U.S. trip of,
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–72

Venezuelan constitutional proposals of,
222
,
225

Venezuelan invasion planned by,
136
–37,
138
–39

“war to the death” proclaimed by,
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,
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–43,
151
,
154
,
157
,
165
,
184
,
185
,
196
,
233
,
235
,
254
,
458
,
495

Washington compared with,
4
–5,
447

wealth of,
23

womanizing by,
4
,
147
,
239
–40,
244
,
250
,
316
–17,
322
–23,
360
–61

writings of,
130
,
175
,
215

Bolívar, Simón de (El Viejo),
8
,
9
,
13
,
15

Bolívar family:

as Creoles,
13
,
19

as Mantuanos,
17
–18

Bolívar y Ponte, Don Juan Vicente de (SB’s father),
14
,
37
,
68
,
472
,
480

anti-Creole laws and,
18
–19

death of,
21
–22

marriage of Concepción and,
17
–18

as procurator of Caracas,
15

wealth of,
7
,
15

womanizing by,
17
,
55
–57

Bolivia,
343
,
354
,
454
,
456
,
463

congress of,
352

founding of,
345
–46,
349

post-liberation discord in,
376
,
411

SB elected president of,
346

SB’s constitution for,
350
–52

Sucre elected president of,
352

Sucre’s liberation of,
342
,
344
–45

Bomboná, Battle of (1822),
281
–83,
285

Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain,
78
,
79

Bonpland, Aimé,
54
,
57
,
58

Boussingault, Jean-Baptiste,
341
–42

Boves, Benito,
306

Boves, José Tomás,
151
–53,
155
,
156
,
158
,
159
,
166
,
173
,
186
,
193
,
206
,
212

barbarism of,
152
,
163
,
165

in Caracas,
163
–64

death of,
164

Bowles, W.,
516

Boyacá, Battle of (1819),
1
,
233
–34,
237
,
238
,
244
,
288

Brazil,
353
,
354

in border disputes with Argentina,
347
–48

Briceño, Antonio Nicolás,
77
,
81
,
129
,
139
,
140
–41,
142
,
173

Briceño, Justo,
449

Briceño Méndez, Pedro,
229
,
356
,
373
–74,
393
,
540

Brion, Luis,
175
,
177
,
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,
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,
187
,
188
,
191
,
193
,
198
,
201
,
202
,
216
,
500

British Army, postwar reduction in,
217

British Legion,
263
,
264

British mercenaries,
252
,
257
–58,
264
,
265

in patriot army,
217
–20,
225
,
228
,
231
–32,
234
,
247
,
263
,
387

Bucaramanga, Colombia,
243
,
390
–92

Buenos Aires, Argentina,
86
,
88
,
171
,
272
,
273
,
276
,
304
,
419

Bustamante, José,
372
–73,
380
,
532
,
540
,
541

in Guayaquil invasion,
373

Byron, George Gordon, Lord,
4
,
181

Caballero y Gongora, Antonio, Archbishop-Viceroy of New Granada,
519

Cádiz, Spain,
46
,
48
,
51
–52,
253

Caicedo, Domingo,
432
,
436
,
437
,
444
,
445

Cajigal, Juan Manuel,
107
,
135
,
153
,
158
–59,
163
,
172

Calabozo, Venezuela,
210
–11,
230

Cali, Colombia,
279

Callao, Peru,
308
,
310
–11,
328
,
329
,
331

Argentine mutiny in,
317
,
318

surrender of,
348

Callejón de Huaylas,
321
–22

Campbell, Patrick,
387
–88

Campo Elías, Vicente,
140
,
152
,
156

Campusano, Rosa de,
291
,
316

Canning, George,
316
,
347

Canterac, José de,
298
,
305
,
311
,
324
–25,
332
,
335
,
531

in Battle of Junín,
326
–27,
528
–29

Carabaño, Miguel,
175
,
178

Carabaño brothers,
129

Carabobo, Battle of (1821),
263
–65,
288

Carabobo Province, Venezuela,
158

Caracas, Bishop of,
15
–17,
40

Caracas, University of,
9
,
453

Caracas, Venezuela,
6
–7,
9
,
17
–18,
76
,
79
,
83
,
95
,
191
,
193
,
230
,
247
,
267
,
299
,
306
,
314
,
347
,
427

Bermúdez’s capture of,
263

blacks and mixed-races in,
28

Boves in,
163
–64

contraband trade in,
27

1812 earthquake in,
107
–8,
485
,
486

republican evacuation of,
159
–61

revolutionary euphoria in,
102

royalist surrender of (1813),
145
–46

SB’s reinterment in,
461

SB’s return to,
369

Spanish evacuation of,
149

Spanish occupation of,
172
,
173
,
186
,
193
,
211
–12,
227
,
228
–29,
238
,
248
,
252
,
262