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nificent manner by the courtiers, i. 361; and the sovereigns, i. 362; his vow in respect to the Holy Sepulchre, i. 365; the manner in which his discoveries were received throughout Europe, i. 367; a coat-of-arms given to him, i. 370; the manner in which he received the honors paid to him, i. 371; preparations for a second voyage, ii. 7; agreement made with the sovereigns, ii. 13; powers with which he is invested, ii. 15; takes leave of the sovereigns at Barcelona, ii. 16; arrives at Seville, ii. 25; prepares for the voyage, ib.; ideas of Columbus and the people relative to the New World, ii. 26; insolence of Juan de Soria, ii. 31; conduct of Fonseca, ii. 31; departure on his second voyage, ii. 33; anchors at Gomera, ii. 41; gives sealed instructions to the commander of each vessel, ii. 42; sees a swallow, ii. 43; encounters a storm, ib.; sees the lights of St. Elmo, ib.; discovers the Caribbee Islands, ii. 44; takes possession of them, ii. 47; discovers Guadaloupe, ib.; transactions there, ii. 48; cruises among the Caribbees, ii. 56; arrives at Hispaniola, ii. 65; at the Gulf of Samana, ii. 66; anchors at Monte Christo, ii. 67 ; arrives at La Navidad, ii. 68; is visited by a cousin of the Cacique, ii. 69; learns of a disaster which had occurred at the fortress, ib.; visits Guacanagari, ii. 81; abandons La Navidad, ii. 90; founds the city of Isabella at Monte Christo, ii. 93; falls sick, ii. 96; sends Alonso de Ojeda to explore the interior of the island, ii. 98; despatches twelve ships to Spain, ii. 101; requests fresh supplies, ii. 102; recommends Pedro Margarite and Juan Aguado to the patronage of the gov ernment, ii. 103; recommends a curious plan in

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respect to an exchange of Caribs for live stock, ii. 104; recommendation of Columbus in respect to the Caribs, ib.; his conduct in respect to Diaz's mutiny, ii. 109; consequences, ii. III; sets out on an expedition to the mountains of Cibao, ii. 115; erects a fortress of wood among the mountains, ii. 125; returns to Isabella, ii. 149; receives unpleasant intelligence from Pedro Margarite, ii. 150; sickness in the colony, ii. 151; puts his people on short allowance, ii. 153; offends the Hidalgos, by making them share the common labors of the colony, ii. 153; distributes his forces in the interior, ii. 158; gives the command of them to Pedro Margarite, ii. 159; his instructions to that officer, ii. 159; instructs Margarite to surprise and secure Caonabo, ii. 161; his conduct in respect to Haytien thieves, ib.; sails for Cuba, ii. 169; visits La Navidad, ib.; arrives at St. Nicholas, ii. 170; lands at Guantanamo, ib.; anchors at St. Jago, ii. 174; sails in search of Babeque, ib.; discovers Jamaica, įi. 177; received in a hostile manner, ib.; takes possession of the island, ii. 178; amicable intercourse with the natives, ii. 179; returns to Cuba, ii. 183; lands at Cabo de la Cruz, ib.; encounters a storm, ii. 184; becomes engaged in a most difficult navigation, ib.; discovers an archipelago, to which he gives the name of the Queen's Gardens, ii. 185; hears of a province called Mangon, which greatly excites his attention, ii. 190; coasts along the southern side of Cuba, ii. 191; encounters a dangerous navigation in a white sea, ii. 193; sends parties to explore the interior of the country, ii. 195; deceives himself in respect to what he wishes, ii. 196; fancies he has arrived on

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that part of Asia which is beyond the boundaries of the Old World, laid down by Ptolemy, ii. 203; anticipates returning to Spain, by the Aurea Chersonesus, Taprobana, the Straits of Babelmandeb, and the Red Sea, or the coast of Africa, ib.; returns along the southern coast of Cuba, in the assurance that Cuba was the extremity of the Asiatic continent, ii. 205; discovers the island of Evangelista, ii. 208; his ship runs aground, ii. 210; sails along the province of Ornofay, ib.; erects crosses in conspicuous situations to denote his discoveries, ii. 212; is addressed by an Indian, ii. 213; takes an Indian with him, ii. 216; his ship leaks, ii. 217; reaches Santa Cruz, ib.; coasts along the south side of Jamaica, ii. 217; his ship visited by a cacique and his whole family, ii. 219; who offer to accompany him to Spain to do homage to the King and Queen, ii. 221; he evades this offer, ib.; coasts along the south side of Hispaniola, ii. 223; makes an error in reckoning, ii. 226; arrives at Mona, ii. 227; is suddenly deprived of all his faculties, ii. 228; arrives at Isabella, ii. 229; is joined by his brother Bartholomew, ii. 233; invests him with the title and authority of Adelantado, ii. 240; is visited by Guacanagari, who informs him of a league formed against him by the Haytien caciques, ii. 260; his measures to restore the quiet of the island, ii. 261; wins over Guarionex, and prevails upon him to give his daughter in marriage to Diego Colon, ii. 263; builds Fort Conception, in the territories of Guarionex, ib.; Caonabo is delivered into his hands by Ojeda, ii. 269; he puts him in chains, ii. 270; his interview with him, ib.; his anxiety relieved by the arrival of

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Antonio de Torres, ii. 273; sends home specimens of gold, plants, etc., and five hundred Indian prisoners to be sold as slaves, ii. 276; undertakes an expedition against the Indians of the Vega, ii. 279; a battle ensues, ii. 283; the Indians defeated, ii. 285; makes a military tour through various parts of the island, and reduces it to obedience, ii. 287 ; imposes a tribute, ii. 289; refuses the offer of Guarionex to cultivate grain instead of paying in gold, ii. 290; erects forts, ii. 291; the natives having destroyed the crops, are hunted and compelled to return to their labors, ii. 294; account of the intrigues against Columbus in the court of Spain, ii. 299; charges brought against him, ib.; his popularity declines in consequence, ii. 300; measures taken in Spain, ii. 301; Aguado arrives at Isabella to collect information relative to the state of the colony, ii. 309; his dignified conduct at his first interview with Aguado, ii. 313; the caciques prefer complaints against him, ii. 314; he resolves on returning to Spain, ii. 315; a violent hurricane occurs previous to his departure, which sinks six caravels, ii. 316; pleased with the discovery of the gold mines of Hayna, ii. 318; orders a fort to be erected, ii. 323; invests his brother with the command, ii. 327; sails for Spain, ib.; arrives at Guadaloupe, ii. 329; his politic conduct there, ib.; leaves Guadaloupe, ii. 333; a famine on board the ships, ib.; his magnanimous conduct, ii. 334; arrives in Spain, ii. 338; his representation of things, ib.; writes instructions for the conduct of Bartholomew, ii. 339; invited to court, ii. 340; favorably received, ii. 342; proposes a third voyage of discovery, ii. 343; the King prom

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ises him ships, ib.; delays and their causes, ib.; 345; refuses the title of duke or marquess, and a grant of lands in Hispaniola, ii. 349; terms on which he was to sail, ii. 350; honors bestowed upon him, ib.; his respect and love for Genoa, ii. 351; makes his will, ib., odium thrown upon his enterprises, ii. 256; plan to which he was compelled to resort to procure men for his third voyage, ii. 356; in consequence of delays, he almost resolves to give up all further enterprise, ii. 360; chastises a minion of Fonseca, ii. 361; consequences of this chastisement, ii. 362; sets sail, ii. 367; his opinion in respect to a continent in the Southern ocean, ii. 368; arrives at Gomera, ii. 370; retakes a Spanish ship, ii. 370; is seized with a fit of the gout, ii. 372; arrives among the Cape Verde Islands, ib.; sees the island of Del Fuego, ii. 373; arrives under the line, ib.; the heat becomes intolerable, and he alters his course, ii. 374; discovers Trinidad, ii. 377; discovers Terra Firma, ii. 379; steers along the coast of Trinidad, ii. 380; difficulty in respect to a rapid current, ii. 384; enters the Gulf of Paria, ii. 385; suffers from a complaint of the eyes, iii. 6; discovers the islands of Margarita and Cubagua, iii. 9; exchanges plates, etc., for pearls, iii. 1o; his complaint in the eyes increases, ib.; arrives at Hispaniola, iii. 11; his brother sails to meet him, iii. 13; his constitution seems to give way, ib.; his speculations relative to the coast of Paria, iii. 15; polar star augmentation, iii. 18; doubts the received theory of the earth, iii. 19; accounts for variations of the needle, iii. 20; difference of climate, etc., iii. 21; arrives at San Domingo, in. IOI; state of his health on arriving at Hispaniola, ib.;

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