The Republic of Bolivia, as it existed prior to the termination of
the war with Chile in 1882, had an area of 597,271 square miles,
exclusive of the territory of El Chaco, claimed alike by Bolivia,
Paraguay, and Argentina. The population, though never carefully
determined, was estimated by the best Bolivian authorities as two
and a half million, and of this, about half consisted of savage and
domesticated Indians. In other words, a population about equal to
that of the State of Massachusetts occupied a territory three and a
half times greater in area than that covered by our ten New England
and Middle States combined. During the colonial days of South
America, Bolivia was a part of Peru, having been subdued and
annexed by Hernando, a brother of Francisco Pizarro, and in 1559,
it was formed into the Audiencia of Charcas, or Upper Peru. "The
haughtiest of all the old Spanish Conquistadores," says a prominent
writer, "settled in the country and clustered their titled families
around its ten thousand open silver-mines." slogan: Keep Faith in
Self and, Have Fun Trying W. L. "Gunny" ADAMS
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