Ovando, Don Nicholas de-Continued.
caona to be ignominiously hanged, iv. 61; his
further atrocious conduct to the unfortunate In-
dians, iv. 62; founds Santa Maria in commemora-
tion of his atrocities, iv. 63; wages war against the
natives of Higuey, iv. 64; causes many of them to
be slaughtered, and their chieftains to be burned,
iv. 66; hangs a female cacique of distinction, ib.;
causes six hundred Indians of Saona to be im-
prisoned in one dwelling and put to the sword, iv.
67; receives Columbus on his arrival at San Do-
mingo with an hypocritical politeness, iv. 88; is
superseded by Don Diego Columbus, but permitted
to retain possession of all his property, v. 115
Oviedo, Gonzalo Fernandez de, a short account of his
life and writings, v. 344
Oysters, in the gulf of Paria, round the roots of the
Mangrove trees, iii. 4
Ozema, river of, and the country through which it
flows, iii. 32
PACIFIC Ocean, discovery of, by Nuñez, iv. 361
Palms, Cape of, discovered, i. 236
Palos, the port, whence Columbus sailed on his first
expedition, i. 148; present state of, i. 357; visit to,
Pane, Roman, labors to convert the Haytiens, iii. 45
Paradise, of the Haytiens, ii. 141; observations on the
situation of the terrestrial, v. 361
Paria, gulf of, Columbus' voyage through the, ii. 378;
description of the coast of, ib.; manners of the na-
tives, ii. 380; current of the sea,
iii. 22
Parrots, first seen in the western hemisphere, i. 212;
large flights of, seen, i. 224; found on the coast of
Paria, ii. 391
Partition, papal bull of, ii. 7; line of removed, ii.
35
Pascua, Florida, discovered, v. 92
Passamonte, Miguel, becomes an enemy to Don Diego
Columbus, v. 118
Pearls, the Gulf of, iii. 5.
of Cubagua, iii. 9
abundance of, on the coast of the Pacific, iv. 377 ;
paddles of a canoe inlaid with, iv. 380; pearl islands,
v. 5; of great value found, ib.; a cacique's remark
about, v. 6; tribute of, v. 7
Pedrarias, see Davila
Pelicans, v. 93
Pepper, Agi, i. 323
Perez, Alonzo, joins the faction at Darien, iv. 348;
thrown into prison, iv. 351; liberated, iv. 352
- Juan, sent by Ponce on discoveries, v. 94; returns
to Porto Rico, ib.; finds Bimini, ib.; see note, v. 95.
-, Fray Juan, prior of the convent of La Rabida,
entertains Columbus on his first entry into Spain,
i. 124; writes to Queen Isabella, i. 127 ; invited to
court, i. 128; pleads the cause of Columbus, ib.; re-
ceives a visit from Columbus after his success, i. 148
Philip, king of Castile, listens to the request of Colum-
bus, and promises a prosperous termination to his
suit, iv. 120
Pigeons, wood, vast numbers seen on the south side
of Cuba, ii. 202
Pilgrimages, lots for, drawing of, i. 326
Pilot, observations on the rumor of a pilot having died
in the house of Columbus, v. 203
Pineapple, first met with, ii. 48
Pines, island of, discovered by Columbus, ii. 208
Pinos, Isla de, discovery of, iii. 284
Pinta, desertion of, i. 253
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, i. 143; their
activity and interest in the voyage, i. 152; furnish
Columbus with money to defray the eighth share of
the expense, i. 153; account of their family, i. 357,
note
Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, offers to bear the expenses of
Columbus in a renewed application to the court, i.
125; his opinion relative to the nearness of land,
i. 190; begins to lose confidence in the course they
are pursuing, i. 193; crediting the accounts of the
Indians in respect to a very rich island, deserts and
goes in search of it, i. 253; Columbus meets him, i.
310; his apology, ib.; account of his proceedings,
i. 311; his duplicity becomes more evident, i. 313;
his arrival at Palos, i. 354; effect of his treacherous
conduct, i. 355; his death, i. 356; reflections on, ib. ;
observations relative to the supposed idea of Colum-
bus owing to him the success of his great enterprise,
v. 199; his character, v. 203
―, Vicente, Yañez, obtains a license for voyages of
discovery, ii. 303; sails on a voyage of discovery, iii.
229; discovers the Brazils, iii. 230; discovers the
river of Amazons, ib.; is allowed, as a reward, to
colonize and govern the lands which he had dis-
covered, iii. 230; armament of, iv. 183; sails, iv.
184; combat with the Indians, iv. 186; loses two
ships in a hurricane, iv. 190; returns to Spain, ib.;
ships seized by his creditors, iv. 191
Pizarro, Francisco, sails for Carthagena, iv. 225; ac-
count of, ib.; lieutenant of the colony of San Sebas-
tian, iv. 250; arrives at Carthagena, iv. 293; sent to
the province of Coyba for gold, iv. 323; is attacked
by the Indians, ib.
Planisphere of Martin Behem, i. 165
Pliny, his notice of electrical lights on the masts of
ships, ii. 44
Poetry of the Haytiens, ii. 144
Polo, Nicholas and Matteo, an account of their travels
into the East, v. 268; their first journey, ib.; return,
v. 271; their second journey, v. 272; their return,
v. 277; invites their relatives to a splendid banquet,
v. 278
Marco, influence of his travels upon the mind
of Columbus, i. 59, v. 267; short account of his
travels, ib.; commands a galley at the battle of
Curzola, v. 280; is taken prisoner and sent in chains
to Genoa, ib.; writes an account of his travels, v.
281; is liberated and returns to Venice, ib.; an ac-
count of his work, v. 283
Ponca, Cacique of, his territories and villages ravaged
and sacked by Nuñez, iv. 326
Ponce, Juan de Leon, sent by Ovando to Higuey, v.
66; accompanies Columbus on his second voyage,
ib.; expedition to Boriquen, v. 67; gold at, v. 69;
aspires to the government of Porto Rico or Boriquen,
v. 70; appointed governor of Porto Rico by Ferdi-
nand, v. 72; sends Ceron and Diaz prisoners to Spain,
v. 73; appoints Sotomayor his lieutenant, who soon
resigns, ib.; his treatment of the Indians, v. 74;
stratagems of, against the Indians, v. 82; sagacity
of his dog, ib.; attacks the Cacique Agueybanà, v.
83; receives a letter from the King, v. 86; subdues
Ponce, Juan de Leon-Continued.
the island, v. 87; resigns ib.; expedition of in
search of the fountain in Bimini, the waters of which
were said to be rejuvenating; sails from St. Ger-
main, v. 91; discovers Turtle Island, v. 93; discovers
La Vieja, or Old Woman's group, ib.; returns to
Porto Rico, v. 94; returns to Spain, v. 95; made
Adelantado of Florida, v. 96; ordered by the King
to take command of the expedition against the
Caribs, ib.; arrival at Guadaloupe, v. 97; death of,
v. 99; epitaph, v. 100
Poncra, Cacique, a hideous deformity, iv. 384; torn to
pieces by bloodhounds, iv. 385
Porras, Francisco de, engages in a mutiny at Jamaica,
iii. 391; they embark with most of Columbus' crew
in ten Indian canoes, iii. 394; are driven back, iu.
396; and with their companions rove about the island,
iii. 397; refuses an offer of pardon, iv. 27; attacks the
Admiral and Adelantado, iv. 31; taken prisoner, iv.
32; is set at liberty by Ovando, iv. 89; and sent to
Spain to be examined by the Indian board, iv. 90
Porto Rico, or Boriquen, discovery of, ii. 59, v. 65;
beauty of, ih.; natives of, v. 69; gold at, ib.;
wonderful river in, v. 88
Portugal and Spain, diplomatic negotiations between
the courts of, with respect to the new discoveries,
ii. 17
Potato in Hayti, ii. 145
Prado, prior of, see Talavera
Prester John, an imaginary Christian king, i. 66; ac-
count of, v. 263
Priests of the Haytiens, ii. 134
Ptolemy, difficulty at the council of Salamanca to
reconcile the theory of Columbus with that of, 1, 109
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