Acuna, Don Alonzo de, summons Columbus to give
an account of himself, on his return from the New
World, 67.
Address of an Indian of Cuba to Columbus, 109.
Adelantado, title of, given to Christopher Columbus,
confirmed by the king, 133.
Admiral, the, a title granted to Columbus and his de-
scendants, 133.
Africa, essay on the navigation of, by the ancients, 257.
Aguado. Juan, recommended to the Spanish Govern-
ment by Columbus 90; appointed commissioner
to inquire into the conduct of Columbus, 125; arrives
at Isabella, ib. ; his insolent behavior, ib.; his in-
terview with Columbus, 126; the Caciques having
preferred complaints against Columbus, he deter.
mines on returning to Spain, 127.
Alexander VI., pope, character of, 74; famous bulls
of, relative to the New World, ib.; letter of Colum.
bus to. 184.
Aliaco, Pedro, work of, referred to, 113.
Alligators, found in great numbers at Puerto Bello,
192.
All Saints, discovery of the bay of, 248.
Alonzo, Don, heir apparent of Portugal, his marriage
with the Princess Isabella, 28.
Alpha and Omega, the extreme point of Cuba, 51,
Alva, Duke of, Don Diego Columbus marries his
daughter, 237; he assists in obtaining justice for
his son-in-law, ib.
Alvaro, Don, de Portugal, attack upon, in the royal
Amazons, an island of supposed, 63; warlike women
of the Caribbee islands, 82, 129.
Amazons, river of, discovered by Vicente Pinzon, 178.
Amber, specimens of, among the mountains of Cibao,
94.
Anacaona, wife to Caonabo, retires with her brother
Behechio, after the great battle of the Vega, 122; com-
poses legendary ballads, 145; her admiration of the
Spaniards, ib.; counsels her brother to conciliate
the friendship of the Spaniards, ib.; her reception
of the Adelantado, 146; her wonder and delight at
seeing a Spanish ship, 149; her grief at the depart-
ure of the Adelantado, ib.; her conduct in respect
to her daughter and Guevara, 167; her admiration
of the Spaniards turned into detestation, 215; re-
ceives a visit from Ovando, 216; is seized, ib. ;
carried in chains to St. Domingo, ib. ; and igno-
miniously hanged, ib.; her fine character, 217.
Anana, or the pineapple, first met with, 81.
Angel, Luis de St., his remonstrance with the queen
relative to the project of Columbus, 31; succeeds,
ib.
Antigua, island of, discovered, 82.
Antilles, the, discovered, 82; taken possession of, ib.
Apparitions, ideas of the Haytians in respect to, 97.
Arana, Diego de, left in charge of Hispaniola, during
the first absence of Columbus, 60; history of the
disaster which occurred to him after the departure
of Columbus, 85.
Aran, Pedro de, commander of one of Columbus's
ships on his third voyage, 136.
Architecture, first signs of solid, found in the New
World, 191.
Areytos, or ballads, of the Haytians, 98.
Aristizabal, Don Gabriel de, solicits the removal of the
remains of Columbus, 235.
Arriaga, Luis de, is shut up within the walls of Mag-
dalena, 116.
Astrolabe, the, applied to navigation, 20.
Atalantis, Plato's, observations on, 269.
Audience, royal, court of, established, 237.
Augustine, St., his arguments against the existence of
Antipodes, 25.
Augustine, St., Cape of, discovered by Pinzon, 178.
Aurea Chersonesus, the place whence Solomon is sup-
posed to have had gold, 196.
Azores, the, when discovered, II; arrival at by
Columbus on his return from his first voyage, 65.
Babeque, a supposed island, Columbus goes in search
of, 50, 103.
Bahama Islands, discovery of, 41; cruise among
the, 44.
Ballads of the Haytians, 98, 123.
Ballester, Miguel, his conduct during the conspiracy
of Roldan, 151; receives a letter from Columbus,
158; his character, ib. ; interview with Roldan,
ib.; second interview, 160; sends advice to the ad-
miral, ib.; is besieged in the fortress of Concep
tion, ib.; sails for Spain, 163.
Barbas, Las. islands of, discovered, 201.
Barrantes, Garcia de, sails for Spain 163.
Barros, Joam de, his account of Columbus's propo-
sition to John II. King of Portugal, 20.
Basil, St., his description of Paradise, 282.
Bastides, Rodrigo, of Seville, explores the coast of
Terra Firma, 178.
Beata, Cape, sailors of Columbus climb the rock of,
Behem, Martin, his planisphere, 35; an account of,
254 the assertion relative to his having discovered
the western world, previous to Columbus considered,
255.
Behechio assists Caonabo, and kills one of the wives of
Guacanagari, 117; the only Cacique who does not
sue for peace, 122; receives a visit from Bartholo-
mew Columbus, 145; his reception of him, 146;
consents to pay tribute, ib. ; invites the Adelantado
to come and receive it, 149; his astonishment at
visiting a Spanish ship, ib.
Belen, river of, discovered, 194; abounds in fish,
196 Columbus commences a settlement on its
banks, ib.
Bell of Isabella, the superstitious ideas of the Haytians
in respect to it, 118.
Belvis Pablo, sent to Hayti in the place of Fermin
Cedo, 125.
Berahoma, condemned to death for having violated
the wife of the Cacique of the Vega, 150; is par-
doned, ib.
Bernaldez, Andrez, a short account of his life and
writings, 278.
Bernardo of Valentia, his conspiracy at Jamaica, 208.
Bloodhounds, first use of in the New World, 103; em-
ployed by Columbus in his wars with the Haytians,
Bobadilla, Don Francisco de, charged with a com-
mission to Hispaniola to inquire into the conduct of
Columbus, 170; his character, ib. ; instructions
with which he is charged, ib.; sails, ib.; arrives
at St. Domingo, 171; his judgment formed before
he leaves his ship, ib.; assumes power on landing,
ib.; storms the fortress of St. Domingo, 172; as-
sumes the government before he investigates the
conduct of Columbus, ib.; seizes his arms, gold,
secret papers, etc., ib.; summons Columbus to ap-
pear before him, 173; his baseness in collecting evi-
dence, ib.; puts Don Diego in chains, ib.; also
Columbus, 174; his fears in respect to the Adelan-
tado, ib.; puts him in irons, ib; his maladmin-
istration, 180; a saying of his, ib.; superseded in
his government by Ovando, 181; sails for Spain
and is lost, with all his crew, in a violent hurricane,
186.
Borgonon, Juan, labors to convert the Haytians, 147.
Boyle, Bernardo, friar, appointed apostolical vicar for
the New World, 75; his advice to Columbus in re-
spect to Guacanagari, 88; confirms the accounts
sent home by Columbus, 91; consecrates the first
church at Isabella, ib. ; his character and conduct,
99; his hatred of Columbus, 115; encourages the
misconduct of Margarite, ib.; forms the plan of
seizing Bartholomew Columbus's ships and return-
ing to Spain, ib.; sets sails, ib. ; his accusations of
Columbus at the court of Madrid, 124.
Brandan, St., imaginary island of, 270.
Brazils, the, discovered by Vicente Pinzon, 178; a
part discovered and taken possession of for the Por-
tuguese crown by Cabral, ib.
Breviesca, Ximeno de, a worthless hireling, 135; his
conduct and punishment, ib.
Bucklers, used by the natives of Trinidad, 138.
Bull of Partition issued by Pope Martin V., 73; rel-
ative to the New World, issued by Pope Alexander
VI., 74.
of Demarcation, 74.
Burgos, the court held at, 132.
Butios, the priests of the Haytians, 96.
Butterflies, clouds of, seen on the southern coast of
Cuba, 107.
Cabot, Sebastian, discovers Labrador, supposed to be
the first that visited the main land of the New World,
252.
Cabral, Pedro Alvarez de, discovers part of the Bra-
zils, and takes possession of it in the name of the
King of Portugal, 178.
Cabron, Cape, or Capo del Enamorado, 62.
Cacao, first known to the Spaniards, 187.
Caciques, seizure of fourteen, in the night, by Bar-
tholomew Columbus and his officers, 148.
Canaries, an optical delusion seen by the people of
the, 13; arrival of Columbus at, in his first voyage,
36.
Canoes, capable of containing 150 persons, seen at
Puerto Santo, 51; large size of those at Jamaica,
103.
Caonabo, character and conduct of, 86; takes the
fortress at La Navidad, ib. ; and massacres the
Spaniards, ib.; assembles his warriors, 99; Co-
lumbus leaves directions with Margarite to sur-
prise, 101; besieges Ojeda, 116; gives up the siege
and retires, ib. ; forms a plan of exterminating the
Spaniards, 117; invades the territories of Guacana-
gari, ib.; character of, 118; is visited by Ojeda, with
a design to entrap him, ib. agrees to wait upon
Columbus, and sets forward, ib. ; is taken by strata-
gem, ib.; is chained, ib.; his conduct when in the
presence of Columbus, 119, embarks for Spain,
129; a Guadaloupe woman falls in love with him,
ib.; dies on the voyage, 130.
Carocol, island of, 140.
Cariari, transactions at, 189.
Caribbee Islands discovered, 80.
Caribs, character of the, 81, origin of, 83; cruelty
to, 238.
Caravajal, Don Garcia Lopez de, his embassy to
Portugal, 77.
Caravajal, Alonzo de, commander of one of Colum
bus's ships, on his third voyage, 136; arrives at
Hispaniola, 157; volunteers to endeavor to bring
the rebels of Xaragua to obedience, ib. ; his ship
strikes on a sand-bank, ib. ; arrives at St. Domingo
by land, 158; suspicions entertained against him,
159; takes a letter from the admiral to Roldan, 160;
takes propositions from Roldan to the admiral,
161; another interview with Roldan, ib. ; appointed
factor to Columbus, 181; his evidence relative to
the discovery of the coast of Paria by Columbus, 250.
Carracks, description of, 79; see note.
Casas, Las, his character of Don Diego Columbus,
92; his observations relative to Hayti, 94; his ac-
count of two Spaniards, 100; his picture of the con-
sequences of the administration of Ovando, 112,
note; his account of a combat between one Indian
and two mounted cavaliers, 217; is present at a
battle in Higuey, 219-20; his remark on the cold re-
ception of Columbus by the king. 225; his remark
in respect to the injustice of Ferdinand, 226; an
account of, 274; his zeal in behalf of the slaves,
275; his dubious expedient to lessen the quantum
of human misery, ib.; character of his General
History of the Indies, ib.
Castaneda, Juan de, his disgraceful reception of
Columbus on his return from the New World,
66; cause of his conduct, ib.
Catalina, a Carib, her admiration of Guacanagari,
88; proposes to her captive companions an at-
tempt to regain their liberty, ib.; escapes by swim-
ming, ib.
Catalina, a female Cacique, falls in love with Miguel
Diaz, 127; imparts to him a knowledge of the gold
mines of Hayna, ib.
Cathay, accounts of Marco Polo in respect to, 267;
of Sir John Mandeville, 268.
Catherine, St., discovery of, 51.
Cavern, near Cape François, description of, 96.
Caymans, islands of, 201.
Cedo, Fermin, his opinion in respect to the gold found
in Hispaniola, 92; Belvis sent in his place, 125.
Ceuta, the bishop of, his arguments against the prop-
osition of Columbus, 20; proposes to the council
to keep Columbus in suspense, and in the mean time
to send a ship in the route proposed, 21; this ad-
vice acted upon, ib.; and fails, ib.
Chanca, Dr., confirms the accounts sent home by
Columbus, 91.
Charles VIII., King of France, his kindness to Bar-
tholomew Columbus, 113.
Charles V. succeeds his grandfather, Ferdinand, 238;
recognizes the innocence of Don Diego Columbus,
ib.; acknowledges the right of Don Diego to exer-
cise the office of viceroy, 239; his orders in respect
to the claims of Don Diego's widow, 240; his ordi-
nances relative to the slave trade, 275-
Charlevoix, his description of the sea of the Antilles,
47.
Chaufepie, Jacques George, a passage from, in respect
to the Colombos, 245.
Christoval, St., fortress of, erected by Bartholomew
Columbus, 144; mountains of, 195.
Cibao, Columbus's expedition to the mountains of,
92; meaning of the word Cibao, 94; Luxan's de
scription of the mountains of, 95.
Ciguayens, a warlike Indian tribe, account of, 63.
Cintra, rock of, arrival at, by Columbus on his return
from the New World, 67.
Cipango (or Japan), Marco Polo's account of, 268.
Cities, island of the Seven, 272.
Cladera, Don Christoval, his refutation of a letter writ-
ten by M. Otto, to Dr. Franklin, 255.
Colon, Diego, acts as interpreter, 102, 109; his speech
to the natives of Cuba, 110; marries the daughter
of the Cacique Guarionex, 118.
Colombo, the old Genoese admiral, conveys the King
of Portugal to the Mediterranean coast of France,
Colombo, the younger (nephew of the old admiral), a
famous corsair, 10.
Colombo, Balthazar, of Cuccaro, loses his cause in
respect to the heirship of Columbus, 240.
Juan, commander of one of Columbus's ships
on his third voyage, 136.
Colombos, the navigators, an account of, 245; cap-
ture of the Venetian galleys, 246.
Columbus, Bartholomew, accompanies Bartholomew
Diaz along the coast of Africa, 112; an account of
his proceedings, 113; arrives at Valladolid, ib.;
sent to assist his brother with three ships, ib. ; char-
acter of, ib. ; is invested by Columbus with the title
and authority of Adelantado, 114; attends his
brother in his expedition against the Indians of the
Vega, 121; goes to the mines of Hayna, 128; is in-
vested with the command on the return of Colum-
bus to Spain, ib. ; takes Porras prisoner, 136; sails
to meet his brother, 141; account of his administra-
tion during the absence of Columbus, 144; sends
300 Indians to Spain to be sold as slaves, ib. ;
erects the fortress of San Domingo, 145 pays a
visit to Behechio, 146; his reception, ib.; demands
a tribute, ib.; establishes a chain of military posts,
ib.; causes several Indians who had broken some
Christian images, etc., to be burnt, 147: marches
against the Caciques, who had formed a conspiracy
against the Spaniards, 148; causes them to be
seized, ib.; pardons most of them, ib.; again
visits Behechio to receive the tribute of cotton, 149;
his skill in government, ib.; a conspiracy formed
against him by Roldan, 150; narrowly escapes
assassination, 151; repairs to the Vega in relief of
Fort Conception, ib.; his interview with Roldan,
152; is shut up in Fort Conception, 153; relieved
by the arrival of Coronal, ib.; publishes an amnesty
to all who return to their duty, ib.; marches against
Guarionex, who has rebelled, 154; his campaign in
the mountains of Ciguay, ib.; releases the wife of
one of the Caciques when he had taken with May-
obanex, 155; favorable consequences of this, ib.;
his vigorous proceedings against the rebels engaged
in the conspiracy of Guevara and Moxica, 168; is
put in irons by Bobadilla, 174; accompanies Colum-
bus on his fourth voyage, 185; waits on the Gov-
ernor of Ercilla, ib.; takes possession of Cape
Honduras in the name of the sovereigns of Castile,
188; lands at Cariari, 189; forms a plan to seize
Quibian, 197; does so, with his wives and chil-
dren, ib.; Quibian escapes, ib.; and attacks in
return, 198; is finally compelled to remove the
settlement to another place, 199; is in great dan-
ger, ib.; compelled to embark with his brother and
all his men, 200; sets sail from St. Domingo for
Spain with his brother, 222; proceeds to court to
urge the justice of the king, 225; accompanies his
brother to court, ib. ; goes to represent his brother
on the arrival of the new king and queen of Castile,
227; is sent out to St. Domingo by Ferdinand to
admonish his nephew, Don Diego, 238; is presented
with the property and government of Mona for life,
etc., ib.; dies at St. Domingo, ib. ; his character,
b.
Columbus, Christopher, account of his birth, parent-
age, and education, 8; early life of, ib.; his first
voyage, 9; engages in the service of Reinier, King
of Naples, ib.; alters the point of the compass of his
ship to deceive his discontented crew, ib.; engaged
in the Mediterranean and the Levant, 10; said to
be appointed captain of several Genoese ships in the
service of Louis XI., ib. ; his gallant conduct when
sailing with Colombo the younger, ib.; goes to
Lisbon, where he takes up his residence, 10, 12;
picture of his person, ib.; early character, ib. ; be-
comes enamored of Dona Felipa Monis de Pales-
trello, whom he marries, ib. ; becomes possessed of
his father-in-law's charts, journals, etc., ib.; re-
moves to the island of Porto Santo, 13; becomes
acquainted with Pedro Correo, a navigator of note,
ib.; is animated with a wish to make discoveries,
ib. grounds on which he founds his belief of the
existence of undiscovered countries in the West,
14; correspondence of Columbus with Paulo Tcs-
canelli, 16; makes a voyage to the north of Europe,
ib.; the astrolabe having been applied to naviga-
tion, Columbus proposes a voyage of discovery to
John II., King of Portugal, 20; this proposition is
referred to a junto charged with all matters relating
to maritime discovery, ib.; who regard the project
as visionary, ib.; the king then refers it to his coun
cil, ib.; by whom it is condemned, 21; a ship is
secretly sent in the direction proposed, but returns,
ib.; Columbus's indignation, ib.; loses his wife,
ib.; quits Portugal, ib.; goes to Genoa and pro-
poses his project to the government, ib.; it is re-
jected, ib.; visits his father, ib.; supposed by
some to have carried his plan to Venice, 22; arrives
in Spain, and requests a little bread and water at a
convent of Franciscan friars, 29; the prior detains
him as a guest, ib.; and invites Garcia Fernandez
to meet him, ib. ; gives him letters of introduction
to Fernando de Talavera, Queen Isabella's con-
fessor, ib.; sets out for Cordova, 22; arrives there,
23 finds it impossible to obtain a hearing, ib. ;
the queen's confessor regards his plan as impossi-
ble, ib.; maintains himself by designing maps and
charts, 28; is received into the house of Alonzo de
Quintanilla, 23; introduced to the Archbishop of
Toledo, 24; who gives him an attentive hearing,
ib.; becomes his friend and procures him an audi-
ence of the king, ib.; who desires the prior of Prado
to assemble astronomers, etc., to hold conference
with him, ib.; Columbus appears before the assem-
bly at Salamanca, ib.; arguments against his theory,
25; his reply, ib. ; the subject experiences procras-
tination and neglect, 26; is compelled to follow the
movements of the court, 27; his plan recommended
by the Marchioness of Moya, 27, 30, 31; receives
an invitation to return to Portugal from John II..
27; receives a favorable letter from Henry VII. of
England, ib.; distinguishes himself in the cam-
paign of 1489, and is impressed deeply with the
arrival and message of two friars from the Soldan
of Egypt relative to the Holy Land, 28; determines
to devote the profits arising from his intended dis-
covery to the purpose of rescuing the holy sepul-
chre from the hands of the infidels, ib. ; council of
learned men again convened, ib. ; who pronounce
the scheme vain and impossible, ib.; receives a
message from the sovereigns, ib.; has an audience
of the sovereigns, ib.; leaves Seville in disgust,
29; forms a connection with Beatrix Enriquez, 24;
applies to the Duke of Medina Sidonia, who rejects
his plan, 22; applies to the Duke of Medina Celi,
who is prevented from acceding to his plan from a
fear of the court, ib. ; returns to the convent of La
Rabida, 29; Alonzo Pinzon offers to pay his ex-
penses in a renewed application to the court, ib. ;
returns at the desire of the queen, 30; witnesses
the surrender of Granada to the Spanish arms, ib. ;
negotiation with persons appointed by the sover-
eigns, ib.; his propositions are considered extrav-
agant, ib.; are pronounced inadmissible, ib., ;
lower terms are offered him, which he rejects, 31 ;
the negotiation broken off, ib. ; quits Santa Fé, ib. ;
Luis de St. Angel reasons with the queen, ib.; who
at last consents, ib.; a messenger dispatched to
recall Columbus, ib.; he returns to Santa Fé, 32;
arrangement with the Spanish sovereigns, ib.; his
son appointed page to Prince Juan. 33; he returns
to La Rabida, ib.; preparations at the Port of
Palos, and apprehensions there relative to the
expedition, ib. ; not a vessel can be procured, ib. ;
they are at last furnished, ib.; Columbus hoists his
flag, 34 sails, 25; prologue to his voyage, ib.;
an account of the map he had prepared previous to
sailing, ib.; difficulties begin to arise, 36; arrives
at the Canaries, ib.; comes in sight of Mount
Teneriffe, ib.; arrives at Gomera, ib. ; the news
which reached him there, ib. ; alarm of his sailors
on losing all sight of land, ib.; begins to keep two
reckonings, 37; falls in with part of a mast, ib. ;
notices a variation of the needle, ib.; his opinoin
relative to that phenomenon, ib.; they are visited
by two birds, ib. ; terrors of the seamen, ib.; sees
large patches of weeds, ib.; his situation becomes
more critical, 38; part of his crew determine,
should he refuse to return, to throw him into the
sea, 39; false appearance of land, ib., 40; his
crew become exceedingly clamorous, 41; the as-
sertion that he capitulated with them disproved,
ib.; his address to the crew, ib.; sees a light, 42;
land discovered, ib. ; the reward for land adjudged
to him, ib.; lands on the island of St. Salvador,
ib.; which he takes possession of in the name of
the Castilian sovereigns, ib.; the surprise of the
natives, ib.; gold first discovered, 43; recon-
noitres the island, 44; takes seven of the inhab-
itants to teach them Spanish that they might be-
come interpreters, ib.; discovers Santa Maria de
la Concepcion, ib.; discovers Exuma, 45; dis-
covers Isabella, ib.; hears of two islands called
Cuba and Bohio, 46; sails in search of the
former, ib; discovers it, ib.; takes formal pos-
session, ib.; sends two Spaniards up the country,
48; coasts along the shore, ib.; return of the
Spaniards with their report, 49; goes in search
of the supposed island of Babeque, 50; discovers
an archipelago, to which he gives the name of the
King's Garden, 51; desertion of Alonzo Pinzon,
ib.; discovers St. Catharine, in which he finds
stones veined with gold, ib, ; specimen of his style
in description ib.; reaches what he supposes to be
the eastern extremity of Asia, ib.; discovers His-
paniola, ib.; its transcendent appearance, 52;
enters a harbor, to which he gives the name of St.
Nicholas, ib. ; a female brought to him who wore
an ornament of gold in her nose, ib.; coasts along
the shores, 55; is visited by a Cacique, ib.; re-
ceives a message from Guacanagari, 56; his ship
strikes upon a sand-bank in the night, 57: some
of his crew desert in a boat, ib.; the ship becomes
a wreck, and he takes refuge on board a caravel,
ib.; receives assistance from Guacanagari, ib.;
transactions with the natives, ib. ; is invited to the
residence of Guacanagari, 58; his affectionate re-
ception of him, ib.; his people desire to have
permission to remain in the island, 59; he forms
the plan of a colony and the design of construct-
ing a fortress, ib. ; and of returning to Spain for
reinforcements, ib.; entertained in the most hos-
pitable manner by Guacanagari, 60; who pro-
cures for him a great quantity of gold previous to
his departure, ib.; his address to the people, ib, ;
gives a feast to the chieftains, 61; sails, ib. ;
coasts toward the eastern end of Hispaniola, 62;
meets with Pinzon, ib.; Pinzon's apology, ib.;
account of the Ciguayens, 63; the first native blood
shed by the whites, ib.; account of the return voy-
age, 64; encounters violent storms, ib.; the crew
draw lots who shall perform pilgrimages, 65; two
lots fall to the admiral; vows made, ib. ; commits
an account of his voyage in a barrel to the sea, ib. ;
land discovered, ib.; which proves to be the Azores,
ib.; transactions at St. Mary's, 66; receives sup-
plies and a message from the governor, ib.; at-
tempted performance of the vow made during the
storm, ib.; the seamen taken prisoners by the rab-
ble, headed by the governor, ib.; the governor's
disgraceful conduct, ib.; seamen liberated, ib. ;
cause of the governor's conduct, ib.; violent gales,
67; lots for pilgrimages again cast, ib.; arrives
off Cintra, in Portugal, ib.; writes to the sovereigns
and the King of Portugal, ib. ; is summoned by a
Portuguese admiral to give an account of himself,
ib.; effect of his return at Lisbon, ib.; receives an
invitation from the King of Portugal, 68; inter-
view with the king, ib.; jealousy of the king excited,
ib.; a proposition to the king by some of his court-
iers to assassinate Columbus and take advantage of
his discoveries, ib. ; rejected by the king, 69; dis-
graceful plot of the king to rob Spain of the newly
discovered possessions, ib. ; his interview with the
Queen of Portugal, ib.; enters the harbor of Palos,
ib.; account of his reception there, ib.; arrival of
Pinzon, ib.; receives an invitation from the sover-
eigns at Barcelona, 70; his reception on the road,
71; is received in a magnificent manner by the
courtiers, ib. ; and the sovereigns, ib.; his vow in
respect to the holy sepulchre, ib. ; the manner in
which his discoveries were received throughout
Europe, 72; a coat of arms given him, ib.; the
manner in which he receives the honors paid to him,
73; preparations for a second voyage, 74; agree-
ment made with the sovereigns, 75; powers with
which he is invested, ib. ; takes leave of the sov-
ereigns at Barcelona, ib. ; arrives at Seville, 77;
prepares for the voyage, ib.; ideas of Columbus and
the people relative to the New World, ib.; inso.
lence of Juan de Soria, 78; conduct of Fonseca,
ib.; departure on his second voyage, 79; anchors
at Gomera, 80; gives sealed instructions to the com-
mander of each vessel, ib.; sees a swallow, ib. ;
encounters a storm, ib. ; sees the lights of St. Elmo
ib.; discovers the Caribbee Islands, ib. ; takes
possession of them, ib.; discovers Guadaloupe,
ib.; transactions there, 81; cruises among the
Caribbees, 82; arrives at Hispaniola, 84; at the
Gulf of Samana, ib. ; anchors at Monte Christi,
ib.; arrives at La Navidad, ib.; is visited by
a cousin of the Cacique, ib.; learns a disaster
which had occurred at the fortress, ib.; visits Gua-
canagari, 86; abandons La Navidad, 88; founds
the city of Isabella at Monte Christi, 89; falls sick,
ib.; sends Alonzo de Ojeda to explore the interior
of the island, ib. ; dispatches twelve ships to Spain,
90; requests fresh supplies, ib.; recommends
Pedro Margarite and Juan Aguado to the patronage
of the government, ib.; recommends a curious plan
in respect to an exchange of Caribs for live stock,
91; recommendation of Columbus in respect to
the Caribs, ib.; his conduct in respect to Diaz's
mutiny, 92; consequences, ib,; sets out on an ex-
pedition to the mountains of Cibao, ib.; erects a
fortress of wood among the mountains, 94; re-
turns to Isabella, 98; receives unpleasant intelli-
gence from Pedro Margarite, 99; sickness in the
colony, ib.; puts his people on short allowance,
ib.; offends the Hidalgos, by making them share
the common labors of the colony, ib.; distributes
his forces in the interior, 100; gives the command
of them to Pedro Margarite, ib.; his instructions to
that officer, ib. ; instructs Margarite to surprise and
secure Caonabo, 101; his conduct in respect to
Haytian thieves, ib.; sails for Cuba, ib.; visits
La Navidad, 102; arrives at St. Nicholas, ib.; lands
at Guantanamo, ib.; anchors at St. Jago, 103; sails
in search of Babeque, ib.; discovers Jamaica, ib. ;
received in a hostile manner, ib.; takes possession
of the island, ib.; amicable intercourse with the
natives, ib.; returns to Cuba, 104; lands at Cabo
de la Cruz, ib.; encounters a storm, ib.; becomes
engaged in a most difficult navigation, ib.; discovers
an archipelago, to which he gives the name of the
Queen's Gardens, ib.; hears of a province called
Mangon, which greatly excites his attention, 105;
coasts along the southern side of Cuba, ib.; en-
counters a dangerous navigation in a white sea,
106; sends parties to explore the interior of the
country, ib.; deceives himself in respect to what
he wishes, 107; fancies he has arrived on that
part of Asia which is beyond the boundaries of the
Old World, laid down by Ptolemy, 108; anticipates
returning to Spain by the Aurea Chersonesus,
Taprobana, the Straits of Babelmandel, 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,
ib.; discovers the island of Evangelista, ib.; his
ship runs aground, 109; sails along the province of
Ornofay, ib. ; erects crosses in conspicuous situa-
tions to denote his discoveries, ib. ; is addressed by
an Indian, ib. ; takes an Indian with him, 110; his
ship leaks, ib.; reaches Santa Cruz, ib.; coasts
along the south side of Jamaica, ib.; his ship
visited by a Cacique and his whole family, ib.
who offer to accompany him to Spain to do homage
to the king and queen, III; he evades this offer,
ib. ; coasts along the south side of Hispaniola,
ib.; makes an error in reckoning, 112; arrives at
Mona, ib.; is suddenly deprived of all his facul-
ties, ib.; arrives at Isabella, ib. ; is joined by his
brother Bartholomew, ib. ; invests him with the title
and authority of Adelantado, 114; is visited by
Guacanagari, who informs him of a league formed
against him by the Haytian Caciques, 117; his
measures to restore the quiet of the island, ib.;
wins over Guarionex, and prevails upon him to
give his daughter in marriage to Diego Colon, 118;
builds Fort Conception in the territories of Guario-
nex, ib.; Caonabo is delivered into his hands by
Ojeda, ib.; he puts him in chains, 119; his interview
with him, ib.; his anxiety relieved by the arrival
of Antonio de Torres, ib.; sends home specimens
of gold, plants, etc., and five hundred Indian pris-
oners to be sold as slaves, 120; undertakes an expe-
dition against the Indians of the Vega, ib.; a battle
ensues, 121; the Indians defeated, ib. ; makes a
military tour through various parts of the island, and
reduces it to obedience, ib. ; imposes a tribute, 122;
refuses the offer of Guarionex to cultivate grain,
instead of paying in gold, ib.; erects forts, ib.; the
natives having destroyed the crops, are hunted and
compelled to return to their labors, 123; account
of the intrigues against Columbus in the court of
Spain, 124; charges brought against him, ib.; his
popularity declines in consequence, ib,; measures
taken in Spain, ib. ; Aguado arrives at Isabella to
collect information relative to the state of the col-
ony, 126; his dignified conduct at his first interview
with Aguado, ib.; the Caciques prefer complaints
against him, 127; he resolves on returning to Spain,
ib.; a violent hurricane occurs previous to his de-
parture, which sinks six caravels, ib.; pleased
with the discovery of the gold mines of Hayna, ib;
orders a fort to be erected, 128; invests his brother
with the command, ib. ; sails for Spain, ib.; arrives
at Guadaloupe, 129; his politic conduct there, ib. ;
leaves Guadaloupe, ib.; a famine on board the ships
130; his magnanimous conduct, ib.; arrives in
Spain, ib.; his representation of things, ib. ; writes
instructions for the conduct of Bartholomew, ib. ;
invited to court, 131; favorably received, ib.; pro-
poses a third voyage of discovery, ib.; the king
promises him ships, ib.; delays and their causes,
ib.; refuses the title of duke or marquess, and a
grant of lands in Hispaniola, 132; terms on which
he was to sail, 153; honors bestowed upon him, ib. ;
his respect and love for Genoa, ib.; makes his will,
ib.; odium thrown upon his enterprises, 134; plan
to which he was compelled to resort to procure men
for his third voyage, ib.; in consequence of delays,
he almost resolves to give up all further enterprise,
ib.; chastises a minion of Fonseca, 135; consequen-
ces of this chastisement, ib. ; sets sail, ib.; his
opinion in respect to a continent in the Southern
Ocean, ib.; arrives at Gomera, 136; retakes a
Spanish ship, ib. ; is seized with a fit of the gout,
ib.; arrives among the Cape de Verde Islands, ib. ;
sees the island Del Fuego, ib.; arrives under the
line, ib.; the heat becomes intolerable, and he alters
his course, ib.; discovers Trinidad, 137; discovers
Terra Firma, ib.; steers along the coast of Trini-
dad, 138; difficulty in respect to a rapid current,
ib.; enters the Gulf of Paria, ib.; suffers from a
complaint in the eyes, 140; discovers the islands of
Margarita and Cubagua, 141; exchanges plates,
etc., for pearls, ib. ; his complaint in the eyes in-
creases, ib.; arrives at Hispaniola, ib. ; his brother
sails to meet him, ib.; his constitution seems to
give way, ib.; his speculations relative to the coast
of Paria, 142; polar star augmentation, ib.; doubts
the received theory of the earth, ib.; accounts for
variation of the needle, 143; difference of climate,
etc., ib.; arrives at San Domingo, 156; state of
his health on arriving at Hispaniola, ib.; state
of the colony, 157; negotiates with the rebels,
ib.; offers free passage to all who desire to return
to Spain, 158; offers a pardon to Roldan, which is
received with contempt, ib.; writes to Spain an
account of the rebellion, etc., and requires a judge
and some missionaries to be sent out, ib.; writes a
conciliating letter to Roldan, 159; interviews with
Roldan, 160; issues a proclamation of pardon, ib. ;
receives proposals, which he accedes to, 161; goes
on a tour to visit the various stations, ib.; receives
a cold letter from the sovereigns, written by Fonseca,
ib.; the former arrangement with Roldan not hav-
ing been carried into effect, enters into a second,
162; grants lands to Roldan's followers, ib.; con-
siders Hispaniola in the light of a conquered coun-
try, 163; reduces the natives to the condition of
villains or vassals, ib. ; grants lands to Roldan, ib. ;
determines on returning to Spain, ib.; but is pre-
vented by circumstances, ib.; writes to the sover-
eigns, entreating them to inquire into the truth of
the late transactions, ib.; requests that his son
Diego might be sent out to him, 164; sends Roldan
to Alonzo de Ojeda, who has arrived on the west-
ern coast on a voyage of discovery, ib. ; his indig-
nation at the breach of prerogative implied by this
voyage, 165; hears of a conspiracy entered into
against him by Guevara and Moxica, 166; seizes
Moxica, 168; and orders him to be flung headlong
from the battlements of Fort Conception, ib. ; vigor-
ous proceedings against the rebels, ib.; beneficial
consequences, ib.; visionary fancy at night, ib.;
representations at court against him, 169; his sons
insulted at Granada, ib.; the queen is offended at
his pertinacity in making slaves of those taken in
warfare, ib.; and consents to the sending out a
commission to investigate his conduct, 170; Boba-
dilla is sent out, ib.; and arrives at St. Domingo,
171; his judgment formed before he leaves his
ship, ib.; he seizes upon the government before
he investigates the conduct of Columbus, 172;
Columbus is summoned to appear before Bobadilla,
173; goes to St. Domingo without guards or retinue,
and is put in irons and confined in the fortress, 174;
his magnanimity, ib.; charges against him, 175:
jubilee of miscreants on his degradation, ib.; his
colloquy with Villejo, previous to their sailing,
ib.; sails, ib.; arrives at Cadiz, 176; sensation in
Spain on his arrival in irons, ib.; sends a letter to
Donna Juana de la Torre, with an account of his
treatment, ib.; indignation of the sovereigns at read-
ing this account, 177; is invited to court, ib. ; his
gracious reception there, ib.; his emotion, ib.; is
promised a full restitution of his privileges and dig-
nities, ib.; disappointed in receiving them, ib.;
causes, 179; his interests ordered to be respected
in Hispaniola by Ovando, 181; remembers his
vow to furnish an army wherewith to recover the
Holy Sepulchre, 182; endeavors to incite the sov-
ereigns to the enterprise, ib. ; forms the plan for
a fourth voyage, which is to eclipse all former
ones, 183; writes to Pope Alexander VII., 184;
manuscript copy of, ib.; takes measures to secure
his fame by placing it under the guardianship of his
native country, ib.; sails from Cadiz, 185; arrives
at Ercillo, ib.; at the Grand Canary, ib.; at St. Do-
mingo, 186; requests permission to shelter in the
harbor, as he apprehends a storm, ib. ; his request
refused; a violent hurricane soon after sweeps the
sea, in which he and his property are preserved,
and several of his bitterest enemies overwhelmed,
ib.; encounters another storm, 187; discovers
Guanaga, ib.; a Cacique comes on board his ship
with a multitude of articles, the produce of the coun-
try, ib.; selects some to send them to Spain, ib. ;
is within two days' sail of Yucatan, 188; natives
different from any he had yet seen, ib.; voyages
along the coast of Honduras, ib.; encounters vio-
lent storms of thunder and lightning, ib.; voyage
along the Mosquito shore, 189; passes a cluster of
islands, to which he gives the name of Lemionares,
ib.; comes to an island, to which he gives the
name of La Huerta, or the Garden, ib.; transac-
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