Herrera, Antonio de, a short account of his life and
writings, 279; Vossius' eulogium on, ib.
Herrera, Don Lepo de, his mission to the court of
Lisbon, 76.

Hayti (see Hispaniola), discovery of, 51.
Haytians, description of their manners, customs, re-
ligion, etc., 96; their character, 98: defeated in
the battle of the Vega, 121; subjugated, 122;
a tribute imposed upon them, ib. ; their despair,
ib.; they enter into an association to destroy
the crops, 172; the evils fall upon themselves,
ib.
Hidalgos, compelled at Hayti to share the common

labors of the settlement, 99; character of the, 100;
form a faction against Diego Columbus, during the
absence of his brother, 115.
Higuamota, daughter of Caonabo, falls in love with
Don Hernando de Guevara, 167.
Higuanama, a female Cacique, hanged by order of
Ovando, 217.

Higuey, domain of, 114; character of its inhabitants,

ib.; Ovando's war with the natives, 217; martial
character of the people, ib.; multitudes of them
destroyed, ib.; sue for peace, ib.; again revolt,
218; and slaughter their tyrants, ib.; situation of
their towns, ib.; are defeated and compelled to
conceal themselves in the fastnesses, ib.; are
hunted like wild beasts, 219.

Hipparchus, error of, in respect of Africa and India,

257.

Hispaniola, discovery of, 51; cause of its being so
called, 52; description of the inhabitants, ib.; of
the country, 55; transactions with the natives, 57;
form of government, 58; alarm created by a dis-
charge of cannon, ib.; general description of, 95, 96;
domains into which it was divided, 114; made the
metropolis of the New World, ib.; thought to have
been the ancient Ophir, 128; an account of the
numbers of the natives who perished, victims to
the avarice of the whites, 215; ceded to the French,
235.

Honduras, Cape of, discovered by Columbus, 188;
inhabitants, ib.

Honey and wax found at Guadaloupe, 82, 129.
Horses, fear of the Haytians of, 99, 101; terror in-
spired by them at the battle of the Vega, 121; a re-
markable one which moved in curvets to the music
of a viol, 216.

Huelva, Alonzo Sanchez de, the pilot, fabled to have
died in the house of Columbus, 253.

Huerta, La, delightful island of, 189; inhabitants of,
ib.

Humboldt, his account of the present condition of the
southern side of Cuba, 106; account of the route of
Columbus, 263.

Hurricanes, seldom known in Cuba, 47; a violent
one in Hayti, 127; reflections of the Haytians pre-
vious to it, ib.

Iron, a pan of, seen at Guadaloupe, 81.
Isabella, discovery of the island of, 89.

Princess, marriage of, with the heir-apparent of
Portugal, 28.

Queen of Arragon and Castile, character of, 23;
engagements of, on the arrival of Columbus in Spain,
ib.; repairs to the seat of war in Granada, ib. ;
thence to Gallicia and Salamanca, 24; an at-
tempt to assassinate her, 27; Columbus recom-
mended to her by the Marchioness of Moya, ib. ;
her ability in military affairs, 28; receives a letter

from the prior of La Rabida, 29; invites Colum-
bus to court, 30; Luis de St. Angel reasons with
her, 31; signifies her assent, ib.; declares her
resolution to pawn her jewels to defray the ex-
penses, ib.; her enthusiasm in the cause, ib.; her
motives, 32; her joy at learning the success of
Columbus, 71; her reception of him, 72; her
zeal for the welfare of the Indians, 75; her anxiety
in respect to the conversion of the Haytians, 125;
humanely prevents the Haytian slaves from being
sold to slavery, ib. ; orders them to be sent back to
Hayti, ib.; enters into the views of Columbus in re-
spect to a third voyage, 132; her humane directions,
133; death of her son, Prince Juan, 134; makes
Columbus's two sons her pages, ib. ; begins to
doubt the conduct of Columbus, 169; offended at
his pertinacity in making slaves of the Indians
taken in war, 170; orders all those sent to Spain to
be restored to their country and friends, ib.; con-
sents to the sending out a commission to investigate
his conduct, ib.; filled with sympathy and indig-
nation on reading Columbus's letter to Doña de la
Torre, 176; invites him to court, 177; is moved to
tears at beholding him, ib.; her concern for the
welfare of the Indians, 181; listens with com-
placency to the proposition of Columbus for a fourth
voyage, 183; receives the news of the sanguinary
acts of Ovando with horror and indignation, 222;
exacts a promise from the king that he shall be
superseded in the government, ib. ; causes of the
melancholy under which she labored, 224; her
death, ib. ; and character, ib.

J.

Jamaica discovered by Columbus, 103; the natives
receive Columbus in a hostile manner, 103; Colum-
bus takes possession of it, ib.; amicable inter-
course with the natives, ib.; their character, ib. ;
their canoes, ib. ; subjugated by Don Diego, 238.
--, Cacique of, visits Columbus, and offers to go
and do homage to the king and queen of Spain, 111 ;.
this offer evaded by Columbus, ib.

Japan (Cipango), Marco Polo's account of it, 268.
Jasper, specimens found among the mountains of
Cibao, 94.

Jerez, Rodrigo de, sent up the island of Cuba by
Columbus, 48; account of his journey, 49.
Jews not allowed to establish themselves in the colo-
nies, or undertake voyages of discovery, 181.
John of Anjou, an account of his expedition against
Naples, 246.

--

II., King of Portugal, the passion for maritime
discovery revives under, 19; sends missions in quest
of Prester-John, ib.; receives a proposition of a
voyage of discovery from Columbus, 20; refers it
to a junto and his council, who report it to be vision-
ary, ib.; consents to use an unwarrantable strata-
gem, 21; desires to renew the negotiation with
Columbus, ib.; who refuses, and quits Portugal, ib.;
invites Columbus to Portugal, and promises protec-
tion, 27 invites Columbus on his return from the
New World, 68; his jealousy excited, ib.; his
armament, 76; his negotiations with Ferdinand in
respect to the new discoveries, ib. ; his idea in re-
spect to a continent in the southern ocean, ib.
Josephus, his opinion relative to the gold used in the
Juan, Prince, his nuptials, 132; his death, 134.
Temple of Jerusalem, 196.
Juana, Queen of Castile, arrival of, 227; promises a
prosperous termination to the suit of Columbus, ib.
Junta de Descargos, the claims of Columbus referred
to the, 226.

K.

Kings, Moorish, of Granada, one of them surrenders
his pretensions to Ferdinand, 28; the other sur-
renders Granada, 30.

Kircher, Athanasius, his opinion relative to the trav
els of Marco Polo, 267.

L.

Labrador, discovered by Sebastian Cabot, 178.
Lactantius, passage quoted from, to prove the impos-
sibility of there being antipodes, 25.

Lapis lazuli, specimens found among the moun-
tains of Cibao, 94.

Ledesma, Pedro, his gallant conduct, 199; involves
himself in Porras's mutiny, and receives a multi-
tude of wounds, 212; is assassinated, ib.
Lepe, Diego de, discovers more of the southern con-
tinent than any voyager of his day, 178.
Lineage of Christopher Columbus, an account of, 242.
Lombards, the extent of their trade, II.

Lopez, Juan, his rencontre with Cotabanama, 219.
Lots for pilgrimages, drawing of, 65.

Luxan, Juan de, his excursion among the mountains
of Cibao, 95.

M.

Macham, his discovery of Madeira, 10; an account
of his adventures, 273.

Madeira, an account of the discovery of the island of,

272.

Magellan, electrical lights seen during his voyage on
the masts of ships, 80.

Maguana, domain of, an account of, 114.
Mahogany, canoes made of, 103.
Maize, cultivated in Hayti, 98.

Maladies of the Spaniards in Hayti, 89, 99.
Malaga, siege and capture of, 27.

Maldonado, Don Alonzo, appointed Alguazil-mayor in
the place of Roldan, in Hispaniola, 181.

Melchor, visits Guacanagari, 86; proceeds
along the coast, 88.

Malte-Brun, his conjecture relative to Columbus con-
sidered, 257.

Man, origin of, according to the Haytians, 97.
Manicaotex, succeeds Caonabo, 120; commands in a

battle, 121; is conquered and sues for peace, 122;
compelled to pay half a calabash of gold every three
months, ib.; assembly of the Caciques at his house
to prefer complaints against Columbus, 127.
Mandeville, Sir John, a short account of his travels,
268; held in great authority by Columbus, 269.
Mangon, a province of Cuba, 105.

Map, Paulo Toscanelli's, used by Columbus on his
first voyage, 16.

Maps, a great improvement made in, 12.

Marble, masses of, found among the mountains of
Cibao, 94.

Marcolini, his account of Estotiland and Drogeo, 256.
Margarita, island of, discovery of, 141.

of Austria, her nuptials with Prince Juan, 132.
Margarite, Pedro, recommended to a command by
Columbus, 90; made commander of the fortress
of St. Thomas, 95; sends an account of the con-
duct of his colony, etc., 99; is invested with the
command of the forces, 100; disregards his in-
structions, 101; his misconduct during the absence
of Columbus, 114; is censured by Diego Colum-
bus, 115; forms a plan of returning to Spain, ib.;
sets sail, ib.; his accusations of Columbus at Ma-
drid, 124.

Marque, Diego, missed at Guadaloupe, 81; his re-
turn, 82; is placed under arrest, ib.
Maria, Santa, discovery of, 82.
Marien, domain, account of, 114.

Martin V., Pope, concedes to the crown of Portugal
all the lands it might discover from Cape Bajador
to the Indies, 74.

Marta, Santa, discovery of, 105.
Martin, San, island of, discovered, 82.
Martyr, Peter, his account of Cuba, 50; his descrip-
tion of the natives of Hispaniola, 55; sent to the
Soldan of Egypt to make arrangements for the con-
servation of the holy sepulchre, 184; short account
of his life and writings, 276; passages from his let-
ters relative to Columbus, ib.; his character of
Amerigo Vespucci, 247.

Marigalante, island of, discovery of, 80.
Mateo, Juan, a Haytian converted to Christianity,
147.

Mauro, constructs a celebrated map, 13.
Mayobanex, Cacique of the Ciguayans, 63; Guario-
nex flies to him for refuge, 154; his answer to the
Adelantado, when desired to give up Guarionex,
ib.; is deserted in his need, 155; compelled to fly,
ib.; is seized with his wife and children, ib.
Medina Celi, Duke of, entertains Columbus, 22;
application of Columbus to, ib.; writes to the
queen, ib.

Sidonia, Duke of, application of Columbus to,
22; plan rejected, ib.

Melons introduced into Hayti, 99.

Mendez, Diego, his bold conduct at Veragua, 196,
198; his reward, 201; his meritorious conduct at
Jamaica, 203; his conversation with Columbus, ib.
undertakes to go in a canoe to St. Domingo, ib.
departs with one Spaniard and six Indians, ib.
narrowly escapes being murdered by the Indians
of the coast, and returns, 204; account of his voy-
age, 209; sails for Spain, 213; his subsequent his-
tory, ib.

Mendoza, Pedro Gonzalez de. See Toledo, Arch-
bishop of.

Meneses, Don Pedro de, his answer to the Bishop of
Ceuta in respect to the propriety of maritime dis-
coveries, 20.

Mermaids, three supposed, seen by Columbus, 62.
Mexiatrillo, Rodrigo, commands the soldiery at the
massacre of Xaragua, 216.

Misa, Rio de la, so called from mass performed on its
banks, 110.

Monis de Palestrello, Doña Felipa, her marriage with
Columbus, 12.

Monte Christi, description of, 88; Columbus founds
the city of Isabella, ib.
Montserrat, discovery of, 82.
Moors, war against the, 23.

none permitted to establish themselves in the
colonies or go on voyages of discovery, 281.
Morales, Caspar, expedition of, to the Pacific, 59.
-, Francisco, his evidence relative to the discovery
of the coast of Paria by Columbus, 250.
Mother-of-pearl found on the coast of Paria, 139.
Moxica, Adrian de, conspiracy of, 166; meditates the
death of the admiral and of Roldan, ib. ; is seized,
168; and flung headlong from the battlements of
Fort Conception, ib.

Moya, Marchioness of, becomes a friend to Colum-
bus, 27; and recommends his suit to the queen, ib. ;
also, 30, 31.

Mulatas, islands of, discovered, 201.

Mules, the employment of, under the saddle pro-
hibited in Spain, 225.

Music of the Haytians, 98.

Musicians sent to Hayti to enliven the spirits of the
colony, 134.

N.

Names, exchanging, an Indian league of fraternity,

218.

Navarrete, his opinion relative to the island first dis-
covered by Columbus, 259.

Navasa, island of, 210; fountain near, ib.
Navidad, La, or the Nativity, construction of the
fortress of, 60; disasters at the fortress, 84; aban-
doned by Columbus, 88.

Needle, variation of the, first noticed, 29; inclines a
whole point, 142; Columbus's speculation in re-
spect to, 143.

Negroes of Africa introduced into Hispaniola, 239;
their first revolt, ib.

Negotiations, diplomatic, between the courts of Spain
and Portugal, with respect to the new discoveries,
76.
Newfoundland, assertions relative to the discovery of,
by the Scandinavians, 255.
Nicholas, St., harbor of, 52.

Nicuesa, Diego de, appointed governor of Golden
Castile, 238.

Niño, Pedro Alonzo, sails for Hayti, 130; undertakes
a voyage of discovery, and returns from the pearl
coast after a lucrative voyage, ib.; arrives at Cadiz
from Hispaniola, with a number of Indian pris-

oners, 132.

Noya, Juan de, his escape by diving, 199.

O.

Ocean, line of demarkation of the, between Spain and
Portugal, 79.

Oderigo, documents in the possession of the family
of, relative to Columbus, 185.

Ojeda, Don Alonzo de, goes in search of Diego
Marque, at Guadaloupe, 82; his expedition to ex-
plore the interior of Hispaniola, 89; sallies from
Isabella, 101; character of, ib.; his conduct in re-
spect to some Haytian thieves, ib.; character of,
116; is besieged by Caonabo, ib.; anecdote of, ib. ;
undertakes to seize Caonabo, and deliver him alive
into the hands of Columbus, 118; visits him, ib. ;
offers him the hell of Isabella, ib.; his stratagem to
take him off, ib.; conquers in an engagement with a
brother of Caonabo, 119; his conduct at the battle
of the Vega, 121; arrives at the western part of
Hispaniola on a voyage of discovery, 164; cause
of his voyage, 165; his manoeuvres with Roldan,
166; leaves the island with a threat, ib. ; returns

to Spain with a drove of slaves, ib.; appointed
governor of New Andalusia, 238; fails in his un-
dertaking to colonize that country, ib.; his evidence
relative to the discovery of the coast of Paria by
Columbus, 250.

Oro, Rio del, or Santiago, discovered, 62.

Otto, Mons., remarks on his letter to Dr. Franklin
relative to Martin Behem, 255.

Ovando, Don Nicholas de, chosen to supersede
Bobadilla, 179; character of, ib. ; great privileges
granted to, ib.; his fleet, 181; allowed to wear
silk, precious stones, etc., ib.; sails, ib. ; reaches
St. Domingo and assumes the government, 186;
refuses to let Columbus take shelter, ib. ; his mys-
terious conduct to Columbus in his distress at
Jamaica, 210; an account of his administration
and oppression, 213; sufferings of the natives
under the civil policy of, ib.; view of the military
operations of, 215; visits Anacaona, 215; takes it
into his head that she intends to massacre him and
all his attendants, 216; seizes Anacaona and burns
all the Caciques, ib.; massacres the populace,
ib.; and causes Anacaona to be ignominiously
hanged, 217; his further atrocious conduct to the
unfortunate Indians, ib. ; founds Santa Maria in
commemoration of his atrocities, ib.; wages war
against the natives of Higuey, ib. ; causes many of
them to be slaughtered and their chieftains to be
burnt, ib.; hangs a female Cacique of distinction,
ib.; causes 600 Indians of Saona to be imprisoned
in one dwelling and put to the sword, ib.; receives
Columbus on his arrival at St. Domingo with an
hypocritical politeness, 221.

Oviedo, Gonzalo Fernandez de, a short account of his
life and writings, 278.

Oysters, in the Gulf of Paria, round the roots of the
mangrove trees, 139.

Ozema, river of, and the country through which it
flows, 144.

P.

Palos, the port, whence Columbus sailed on his first
expedition, 33; present state of, 70.

Palms, Cape of, discovered, 48.

Pane, Roman, labors to convert the Haytians, 147.
Paradise, observations on the situation of the terres-
trial, 281; of the Haytians, 97.

Paria, Gulf of, Columbus's voyage through the, 138:
:description of the coast of, 137; manners of the
natives, ib.; current of the sea, 143.

Parrots, first seen in the western hemisphere, 43;
large flights of seen, 45; found on the coast of
Paria, 139.

Partition, papal bull of, 73; line of removed, 79.
Passamonte, Miguel, becomes an enemy to Don
Diego Columbus, 237.
Pearls, the Gulf of, 140.

of Cubagua, 139, 141.
Pedrarias. See Davila.
Pepper, Agi, 64.

Perez, Alonzo, discovers land in Columbus's third
voyage, 137.

-, Fray Juan, prior of the convent of La Rabida,
entertains Columbus on his first entry into Spain,
29 gives him letters of introduction to the queen's
confessor, and educates his son, ib.; reception of
Columbus, ib. ; writes to Queen Isabella, ib. ; in-
vited to court, ib.; pleads the cause of Columbus,
30; receives a visit from Columbus after his suc-
cess, 33.

Philip, King of Castile, listens to the request of
Columbus, and promises a prosperous termination
to his suit, 227.

Pigeons, wood, vast numbers seen on the south side
of Cuba, 107.

Pilgrimages, lots for, drawing of, 65, 67.

Pilot, observations on the rumor of a pilot having died
in the house of Columbus, 251.

Pineapple first met with, 81.

Pines, island of, discovered by Columbus, 108.
Pinos, Isla de, discovery of, 187.
Pinta, desertion of, 51.

note.

Pinzons, family of, they enable Columbus to offer to
bear one eighth of the charge of the expedition, and
to add a third ship to the armament, 32; their
activity and interest in the voyage, 33: furnish
Columbus with money to defray the eighth share of
the expense, ib. ; account of their family, 70,
Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, offers to bear the expenses of
Columbus in a renewed application to the court,
29; his opinion relative to the nearness of land,
40; begins to lose confidence in the course they
are pursuing, ib. ; crediting the accounts of the
Indians in respect to a very rich island, deserts
and goes in search of it, 51; Columbus meets him,
62; his apology, ib.; account of his proceedings,
ib.; his duplicity becomes more evident, ib.; his
arrival at Palos, 69; effect of his treacherous con-
duct, ib.; his death, 70; reflections on, ib.; ob-
servations relative to the supposed idea of Colum-
bus owing to him the success of his great enter-
prise, 252; his character, 253.

Vicente Yañes, obtains a license for voyages of
discovery, 125; sails on a voyage of discovery, 178;
discovers the Brazils, ib.; is allowed, as a reward,
to colonize and govern the lands which he had dis-
covered, ib.

Planisphere of Martin Behem, 35.

Pliny, his notice of electrical lights on the masts of
ships, 80.

Poetry of the Haytians, 98.

Polo, Nicholas and Matteo, an account of their travels
into the east, 264; their first journey, ib.; return,
ib.; their second journey, 265; their return, 266 ;
invite their relatives to a splendid banquet, ib.

Marco, influence of his travels upon the mind
of Columbus, 16, 264; short account of his travels,
264; his return, ib.; commands a galley at the
battle of Cuzzola, 266; is taken prisoner and sent
in chains to Genoa, ib.; writes an account of his
travels, ib.; is liberated and returns to Venice, ib. ;
an account of his work, ib.
Porras, Francisco de, engages in a mutiny at Jamaica,
205; they embark with most of Columbus's crew
in ten Indian canoes, 206; are driven back, ib. ;
and with their companions rove about the island,
207; refuses an offer of pardon, 211; attacks the
Admiral and Adelantado, 212; taken prisoner, ib. ;
is set at liberty by Ovando, 221; and sent to Spain
to be examined by the Indian board, ib.

Queen's Gardens, Columbus's arrival at, in his third
voyage, 187; archipelago of, discovered, 104.
Question, the territorial, how settled, 79.
Quibian, Cacique of Veragua, interview with Barthol-
omew Columbus, 195; second interview, ib.;
determines on preventing the Spaniards from ob-
taining a settlement in his territories, ib.; con-
spires to burn their houses and murder them, 196;
is seized by the Adelantado with his wives and
children, 197; escapes in a very extraordinary
manner, ib.; attacks the Spaniards and is de-
feated, 198.

Quinsai, Marco Polo's account of, 268.
Quintanilla, Alonzo de, receives Columbus into his
house, 23.

R.

Rabida, La, convent of, Columbus is entertained at, on
his first arrival in Spain, 29; present state, 70, note.
Reeds, river of, 94.

-, immense, seen on the Mosquito coast, 189.
Reinier, King of Naples, Columbus engages in his
service, 9.

Religion of the natives of Hayti, 96.

Repartimientos, origin of, 162; opposition of Don
Diego Columbus to the, 238.

Requelme, Pedro, makes his house the headquarters
of the rebels at Hispaniola, 158; made Alcalde by
Roldan, 163; joins in a conspiracy with Adrian de
Moxica, 166; is taken, 168.

Rewards and punishments, ideas of the Haytians in
respect to, 97.

Rio Verde, or the Green River, 94.

Road, the first constructed by Europeans in the New
World, 93.

Rodriguez, Sebastian, takes a letter from the prior
Perez to the queen, 29.

Roldan, Francisco, history and character of, 150;
an account of his conspiracy, ib. ; takes pos-
session of Xaragua, 157; his conduct in re-
spect to the ships sent forward by Columbus,
ib.; promises to repair to St. Domingo on the ar-
rival of Columbus, ib.; his interview with Ballester,
158; rejects an offer of pardon, ib.; demands his
discharge, 160; his interview with Caravajal, etc.,
ib.; determines on going to the admiral, 161;
correspondence with the admiral, ib. ; sends prop-
ositions by Caravajal, ib.; which are accepted,
ib.; circumstances prevent their being acted upon,
ib.; makes a second arrangement with the admiral,
162; is permitted to resume his office of Alcalde
mayor, ib.; receives a grant of lands, 163; visits
his lauds, ib.; assumes new authority, ib.; is
sent to meet Alonzo de Ojeda, 164; his manœuvres
with him, 165, 166; his rivalship with Guevara, 167;
seizes him in the dwelling of Anacaona, ib. ; treated
with confidence by Bobadilla, 175; his conduct
investigated by Ovando, 161; sails for Spain, and
is lost in a violent hurricane, 187.

Roman, Friar, his account of the natives of Hispan-
iola, 96.

S.

Sabellicus, his account of the capture of the Venetian
galleys, 246.

Salamanca, the learned assemble at, to consider the
proposition of Columbus, 24; pronounce the plan
to be vain and impossible, 29.

Salcedo, Diego de, arrives at Jamaica with succors
from Ovando, 221.

Salvador, St., discovery of, 42; awe and surprise of
the natives on first beholding the ships of Colum
bus, 43; description of them, ib.; gold first dis-
covered in this island, ib.

Samana, Gulf of, discovered, 63.

San Rafael, discovery of, 112.

Sanchez, Juan, takes charge of Quibian, 197; who
escapes, ib.; killed in battle by the Adelantado,
274.

Sande, Don Ruy de, his mission to the Spanish court,
76.

Santa Marta, island of, discovered, 105.
Santa, La Isla, discovery of, 137.
Santa Cruz, island of, discovery of, 82.

Santa Gloria (St. Ann's Bay), discovered by Colum.
bus, 103.

Santiago. See Jamaica; letter of Heneken, 93.
river of, discovered, 62.

Saometa, discovery of, 45.

Saona, island of, discovered, 112; difference of lon-
gitude between, and Cadiz, ib.

Scandinavians, an essay relative to the voyages of,

255.

Schedel, remarks on an interpolation in his chronicle,
255.

Seneca, his notice of electrical lights on the masts of
ships, 80.

Serafin Point, 106.

Sharks, a multitude of, seen on the coast of Veragua,
194; curious method of taking them, 105; super-
stition concerning, 194.

Ships, observations relative to the size of those em-
ployed by Columbus, 257.

Slaves, five hundred are sent to Spain, 120; three hun-
dred sent to Bartholomew Columbus, 144; arrival
in Spain, 125; Queen Isabella interests herself in
their favor, ib.; orders them to be sent back to
Hayti, ib.; negroes first introduced to the New
World, 181; revolt of, 239; Hispaniola the first
island to exhibit an awful retribution, ib.; regula-
tions in respect to, ib.

Solomon, the gold used in the temple of, 128.
Soria, Juan de, his insolence to Columbus, 78.
Soul, ideas of the Haytians in respect to the, 97; the
after state of, believed by the natives of Cuba, 109.
Spain and Portugal, diplomatic negotiations between
the courts of, with respect to the new discoveries,
76.
relative to

Spotorno, Gio, publishes documents
Columbus, 185.

Sugar-cane introduced into Hayti, 99.
Superstition of St. Elmo lights, 80.
Swallow, a, encircles the ships of Columbus, So.

T.

Talavera, Fernando de, prior of Prado and confessor
to Queen Isabella, 28; esteems Columbus's plan
impossible, 29; he is desired by the king to assem-
ble men of science to consider the matter, ib. ; re-
ports to the king that the council had pronounced
the plan vain and impossible, ib. ; takes a message
from the king, ib. ; disgusted at the high terms in-
sisted on by Columbus, 30.

Teneriffe, fears of the crew at beholding Mount, 36.
Territory, question of, how settled, 79.

Thomas, St., fortress of, erected, 94; see note, ib. ;
conduct of the colonists there, 99; attacks of, 116.
Tobacco, first seen in the island of Cuba, 49.
Tobago, discovery of, 141.

Toledo, Archbishop of, his character, 24; gives