Darien, river of, iv. 301, 392
Davila, Arias Don Pedro, sent as new governor to the colony of Darien, iv. 396; his character, ib.; advo- vocated by Fonseca, iv. 397; arrives at Darien, iv. 406; sends messengers to Nuñez, ib.; falls sick, iv. 414; jealousy of, v. 3; the daughter of, offered in marriage to Nuñez, v. 18; Sorsa sent from Spain to supersede, v. 26; difficulties between Nuñez and Davila renewed, v. 27; Arguello, friend of Nuñez arrested, v. 30; hypocrisy of, v. 34; orders Nuñez to be executed, v. 39
Dead and dying, manner of treating the, by the Hay- tiens, ii. 140
Delphin, island of, iii. 7
Deluge, universal, ideas entertained by the Haytiens in respect to, ii. 139
Deza, Diego de, character of, i. 109; coincides with Columbus at the council at Salamanca, ib.; assists him with his purse, i. 119; made archbishop of Seville, iv. 109; is chosen arbitrator between the King and Columbus, iv. 113 Diaz, Bartholomew, account of his discoveries, ii. 235
–, Miguel, his romantic history, ii. 318; discovers the gold mines of Hayna, ii. 320; commands the for- tress of Sau Domingo at the time Bobadilla arrives, iii. 193; his conduct on being desired to give up his prisoners, iii. 194
-, de Pisa, mutiny of, ii. 109; confined on board of one of the ships, ii. 212
Disaster, river of, iii. 295
Discovery, progress of, under Prince Henry of Portu- gal, i. 24
Dobayba, account of the golden temple at, iv. 336, 347 Dogs, dumb, found at Santa Maria, ii. 187
Domingo, San, foundation of the city of, iii. 33 Dominica, island of, discovered, ii. 44
Doves, stock, presented to Columbus by the natives of Cuba, ii. 189
Drogeo, a vast country, fabled to have been discovered by some fishermen of Friseland, v. 222
Drum, a species of, used by the Haytiens, ii. 144 Dying, manner of treating the, ii. 140
EAR, coast of the, iii. 290
Eden, garden of, speculation of Columbus in respect to, v. 361
Egg, anecdote of the, i. 372
Egypt, Soldan of, his message to Ferdinand, i. 117 Elmo, St., electrical light seen by Columbus, ii. 43 Enchanters, the natives of Cariari taken to be, iii. 300 Enciso, Martin Fernandez de, appointed alcalde by Ojeda, iv. 218; expedition of, iv. 287; touches at Carthagena, iv. 290; magnanimous conduct of the Indians, iv. 291; crusade against the sepulchres of Zenu, iv. 296; sacks them for gold, ib.; his landing opposed, iv. 297; reads formula to the natives, ib. ; attacks them, iv. 298; returns to San Sebastian, iv. 300; vessel strikes on a rock, ib.; vow made by, iv. 302; establishes the seat of government at Darien, iv. 303; difficulty with Nuñez, iv. 320; imprisoned, iv. 321; returns to Spain, represents Nuñez as gov- erning the colony by force and fraud, iv. 396 English voyages, Ojeda's mention of, iv. 171 Enriquez, Beatrix, her connection with Colurabus, i 93; Columbus' legacy to, iv. 124
Escobar, Diego de, arrives at Jamaica on a mission to Columbus from the governor of Hispaniola, iv. 111; returns to his ship immediately, iv. 13
—, Rodrigo de, chief notary to Columbus' first ex- pedition, i. 156
Escobebo, Rodrigo de, his conduct after the departure of Columbus, ii. 76; death of, ii. 78
Espinal, Antonio de, the first prelate sent to the New World, iii. 246
Espinosa, Gaspar de, judicial affairs of the colony of Darien confided to, iv. 401; takes part against Nuñez in his controversy with Davila, iv. 425; gives verdict against Nuñez, v. 37
Esquibel, Juan de, employed against the natives of Higuey, iv. 65; his atrocious conduct to his prison- ers, iv. 74-76; causes the natives to be hunted like wild beasts, ib.; sent to Jamaica to take command, iv. 221; difficulty with Ojeda, iv. 222
Estotiland, a supposed island on the coast of North America, said to have been discovered by some fishermen of Friseland, v. 221
Eudoxus, remarks on his voyage, v. 227
Evangelista, island of, discovered by Columbus, ii. 208 Exuma, discovery of, i. 221; named Fernandina by Columbus, ib.
FAMINE at Darien, in which seven hundred perish, iv. 414
Farol, Cape, at Jamaica, ii. 223
Ferdinand, King of Arragon and Castile, character of, i. 84; engagements of, on the arrival of Columbus at Cordova, i. 91 ; lays siege to the city of Loxa, i. 92;
grants an audience to Columbus, i. 96; desires the Prior of Prado to assemble men of science to con- sider his plan, i. 97; attempt to assassinate him, i. 113; takes Malaga, i. 114; one of the rival kings of Gran- ada surrenders his pretensions, i. 117; receives a mes- sage from the Soldan of Egypt, ib.; his message to Columbus on learning the unfavorable decision of the Council, i. 121; refers his plan to persons of con- fidence, i. 133; his reluctance to the plan after the Queen has consented, i. 138; his joy on learning the success of Columbus, i. 359; Lis reception of him, i. 362, 364; prepares a second expedition, ii. 7; his negotiations with John II. in respect to the new dis- coveries, ii. 17; listens to the charges against Co- lumbus, ii. 300; his conduct, ii. 301; his reception of Columbus on his second return, ii. 342; lays the foundation of the power of Charles V., ii. 344; promises Columbus to furnish him with ships for a third voyage, ii. 343; disappointed that his newly discovered possessions have not become a source of profit, iii. 177; assaulted by the clamors of ruffians who had returned from Hispaniola, iii. 178; his in- gratitude to Columbus becomes evident, iii. 179; listens to the rebels who had been permitted to re- turn to Spain, iii. 181; sends out a commission to inquire into the conduct of Columbus, iii. 182; re- probates the conduct pursued against Columbus, and invites him to court, iii. 223; promises to re- store him to all his rights and privileges, iii. 226; his jealousy awakened at the discoveries of the English and Portuguese, iii. 235; his ingratitude, to Columbus, iii. 236; listens to the project of Co- lumbus for a fourth voyage, iii. 260; his ingratitude
more evinced on the return of Columbus from his last voyage, iv. 101, III, 117; erects a monument over Columbus, iv. 126; cupidity of, iv. 211; favors the projects of both Nicuesa and Ojeda, iv. 216; re- ceives Cayzedo and Colmenares, iv. 397; orders an expedition to scour the islands of the Caribs, v. 96; his conduct to Don Diego, Columbus' son, v. III; consents that Don Diego should commence a process against him before the Council of the Indies, v. 112; the defence set up, ib.; separates the Isthmus of Darien into two great provinces, v. 117; death, v. 124
Fernandez, Garcia, physician of Palos, his account of Columbus at the gate of the convent on his first arri- val in Spain, i. 124; testimony of, relative to Pin- zon, v. 203
Ferrer, Jayme, an eminent lapidary, substance of his letter to Columbus, iii. 258
Festival, religious, of a Haytien cacique, description of, ii. 142
Fevers, the aborigines' mode of treating, iv. 162
Fiesco, Bartholomew, embarks with Mendez, from Jamaica to Hispaniola, iii. 383; attends the last moments of Columbus, iv. 125
Fish, curious, ii. 226
Fishing, curious methods of, ii. 187
Florida discovered, v. 92
Fonseca, Juan Rodriguez de, appointed superintendent of Indian affairs, ii. 8; his character, ib.; his differ- ence with Columbus, ii. 31; impedes the affairs of Columbus, ii. 359; writes a cold letter to Columbus, by order of the sovereigns, iii. 132; his baseness fully displayed, iii. 149; supposed to have instigated
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