one

tions at Cariari, ib.; voyage along Costa Rica,
190; speculations concerning the isthmus of Ve-
ragua, 191; discovery of Puerto Bello, 192; discov-
ery of El Retrete, ib.; disorders of his men at
this port, and the consequences, ib. relinquishes
the further prosecution of his voyage eastward, 193;
returns to Puerto Bello, ib. ; encounters a furious
tempest, ib.; near being drowned by a water-spout,
194; returns to Veragua, ib; regards gold as
of the mystic treasures, ib.; is nearly being wrecked
in port, ib.; gives his name to the mountains of
Veragua, 195; sends his brother to explore the
country, ib.; which appears to be impregnated with
gold, ib.; believes that he has reached one of the
most favored ports of the Asiatic continent, 196;
commences a settlement on the River Belen, ib. ;
determines on returning to Spain for reinforce-
ments, ib. is stopped by discovering a conspiracy
of the natives, 197; sends his brother to surprise
Quibian, ib.; who is seized, ib.; and afterward
escapes, ib. ; disasters at the settlement stop his sail-
ing, 198; some of his prisoners escape, and others
destroy themselves, 199; his anxiety produces de-
lirium, 200; is comforted by a vision, ib.; the
settlement is abandoned, and the Spaniards embark
for Spain, ib.; departure from the coast of Veragua,
201; sails for Hispaniola, ib. ; arrives at Puerto
Bello, ib.; at the entrance of the Gulf of Darien,
ib.; at the Queen's Gardens, ib.; encounters an-
other violent tempest, 202; arrives at Cape Cruz,
ib. at Jamaica, ib. ; runs his ships on shore, ib. ;
arranges with the natives for supplies of provisions,
ib.; his conversation with Diego Mendez to in-
duce him to go in a canoe to St. Domingo, ib. ;
Mendez offers to go, ib.; Columbus writes to
Ovando for a ship to take him and his crew to His-
paniola, 203; writes to the sovereigns, ib.; Men-
dez embarks, 204; the Porras engage in a mutiny,
205; the mutiny becomes general, 206; is confined
by the gout, ib.; rushes out to quell the mutiny,
but is borne back to the cabin by the few who remain
faithful, ib.; the mutineers embark on board ten
Indian canoes, ib. ; provisions become exceedingly
scarce, 207; employs a stratagem to obtain supplies
from the natives, ib.; another conspiracy is formed,
ib.; arrival of Diego de Escobar from Hispaniola
on a mission from the governor. promising that a
ship shall soon be sent to his relief, ib.; overtures
of the admiral to the mutineers, 211; not accepted,
ib.; they send a petition for pardon, 212; it is
granted, ib.; two ships arrive from Hispaniola,
213 departure of Columbus, 221; arrives at
Beata, ib.; anchors in the harbor of St. Domingo,
ib. is enthusiastically received by the people, ib. ;
is grieved at the desolation he sees everywhere
around him, ib. ; finds that his interests had been
disregarded, 222; sets sail for Spain, ib. ; en-
counters several tempests, ib.; anchors in the
harbor of St. Lucar, ib. ; finds all his affairs in con-
fusion, 223 is compelled to live by borrowing, ib. ;
writes to King Ferdinand, ib. ; but, receiving un-
satisfactory replies would have set out from Seville,
but is prevented by his infirmities, ib.; death of
Queen Isabella, 224; is left to the justice of Ferdi-
nand, 225; employs Vespucci, ib.; goes with his
brother to court, then held at Segovia, ib.; is re-
ceived in a very cold manner, ib.; Don Diego de
Deza is appointed arbitrator between the king and
the admiral, 226; his claims are referred to the
Junta de Descargos, ib. ; is confined with a violent
attack of the gout, ib.; petitions the king that his
son Diego may be appointed in his place, to the
government of which he had been so long deprived,
ib.; his petition remains unattended to, ib.; writes
to the new King and Queen of Castile, 227; who
promise a speedy and prosperous termination to
his suit, ib.; his last illness, ib.; writes a testa-
mentary codicil on the blank page of a little bre-
viary, ib. writes a final codicil, ib.; receives the
sacrament, 228; dies, ib. ; his burial, ib. his re-
mains removed to Hispaniola, ib.; disinterred and

conveyed to the Havana, ib. ; epitaph, ib. ; observa
tions on his character, ib.; his remains removed
with great ceremony to Cuba, 235; reflections
thereon, 236; historical account of his descendants,
ib.; an important lawsuit relative to the heirship
(in the female line) to the family titles and property,
240; decided in favor of Don Nuno Gelves de
Portugallo, ib.; an account of his lineage, 242;
an account of his birthplace, 243; an account of
the ships he used, 257; an examination of his route
in the first voyage, 258; the effect of the travels of
Marco Polo on his mind, 264; his belief in the
imaginary island of St. Brandan, 270; an account
of the earliest narratives of his first and second voy-
ages, 279; his ideas relative to the situation of the
terrestrial paradise, 282; his will, 283; his signa-
ture, 285.

Columbus, Don Diego, character of, 92; intrusted
with the command of the ships during the expe-
dition of Columbus to the mountains of Cibao, ib. ;
made president of the junta, 101; reproves Pedro
Margarite for his irregularities, 115; the Hidalgos
form a faction against him during the absence of
his brother, ib.; returns to Isabella, 126; a conspiracy
formed against him by Roldan, 150; left in com-
mand at St. Domingo, during the tour of Columbus,
161; his conduct on the arrival of Bobadilla, 171;
seized by order of Bobadilla, thrown in irons, and
confined on board of a caravel, 173.

―, Don Diego (son to Christopher), appointed page
to Queen Isabella, 134; embarks with his father on
his second expedition, 184; left in charge of his
father's interests in Spain, ib. ; his ingratitude to
Mendez, and falsification of his promise, 213; his
character, 236; succeeds to the rights of his father,
as viceroy and governor of the New World, ib.;
urges the king to give him those rights, ib.; com-
mences a process against the king before the Council
of the Indies, ib. ; the defence set up, ib. ; the suit
lasts several years, ib. ; becomes enamored of Doña
Maria Toledo, ib. ; a decision, in respect to part
of his claim, raises him to great wealth, ib.; mar-
ries Doña Maria, niece to the Duke of Alva, ib.;
through this connection he obtains the dignities and
powers enjoyed by Nicolas de Ovando, ib.; em-
barks for Hispaniola, 237; keeps up great state.
ib.; becomes embroiled with some of his father's
enemies, ib.; the court of royal audience estab-
lished as a check upon him, ib. ; opposes the re-
partimientos, 238; his virtues make him unpop-
ular, ib.; subjugates and settles the island of Cuba
without the loss of a single man, ib.; sails for
Spain to vindicate his conduct, ib. ; is well re-
ceived, ib.; the death of Ferdinand, ib. ; obtains
a recognition of his innocence of all charges against
him from Charles V., ib.; and has his right ac-
knowledged to exercise the office cf viceroy and
governor in all places discovered by his father, ib. ;
sails for St. Domingo, where he arrives, 239; diffi-
culties he has to encounter, ib.; African slaves hav-
ing been introduced and most cruelly used, they re-
volt, ib.; are subdued, ib. ; is accused of usurping
too much power, ib.; receives in consequence a
severe letter from the Council of the Indies, ib. ;
and is desired to repair to court to vindicate him-
self, ib.; sails, lands, and appears before the court
at Victoria, ib. clears himself, ib.; prosecutes
his claims, ib. ; follows the court from city to city,
ib.; is attacked by a slow fever, ib; dies, ib.; his
family, 240.

Columbus, Fernando (son to Christopher), accompa
nies his father on his fourth voyage, 185; his
father's encomium on him, 225; embarks for His-
paniola with Don Diego, 237; an account of him,
241; writes a history of his father, ib.

Don Luis (son to Don Diego), prosecutes the
claims of his father and grandfather, 240; compro-
mises all claims for two titles and a pension, ib. ;
dies, ib.
Commerce, despotic influence of the Spanish crown
in respect to, 75, 181.

Compass, the, brought into more general use, 11.
Conception, Santa Maria de la, discovery of, 44.

Fort, erected by Columbus, 118; present state
of, 151.

Contradictions, the coast of, 194.

Convicts who had accompanied Columbus, conduct
of, in Hispaniola, 180.

Copper hatchets seen among the Indians of Guanaca,
187.

Coral found in Veragua, 192.

Cormorants, large flights of, seen on the south coast
of Cuba, 107.

Coronel, Pedro Fernandez, sails for Hayti with two
ships, 134; arrives at St. Domingo with supplies,
153 is sent to persuade Roldan to return to his
duty, ib.

Correo, Pedro, a navigator of note, with whom Colum-
bus becomes acquainted, 13.

Cortez, Hernando, conduct of Fonseca to, 280.
Costa Rica, Columbus sails along the, 190.
Cotabanama, Cacique of Higuey, 114; massacres
eight Spaniards, 217; Ovando marches against him,
ib.; sues for peace, ib.; visits the Spanish camp,
218; another war ensues, ib.; cruelty to his tribe,
219; takes shelter with his wife and children in a
large cavern, ib. ; his rencounter with Juan Lopez,
ib. is overpowered and chained, 220; sent to St.
Domingo and hanged, ib.

Cotton, where first seen in the western hemisphere,
43; seen in large quantities in Cuba, 49; tribute
of, 122.

Cranes, flocks of large, seen in Cuba, 107.

Creation, ideas in respect to the, entertained by the
Haytians, 96.

Crocodiles found at El Retrete similar to those of the
Nile, 192.

Crosses erected by Columbus to denote his dis-
coveries, 109.

Crusade to recover the holy sepulchre proposed by
Columbus, 182.

Cruz, Cabo de la, so named by Columbus, 104
Cuba, island of, Columbus hears of, 46; sails in
quest of it, ib.; discovery of, ib.; description of
its appearance, ib.; hurricanes seldom known
in, 47; belief of the inhabitants in a future state,
50; Columbus revisits the coasts of, 104; natives
of, 105; Columbus coasts along the southern
side, ib.; natives, ib.; subjugated and settled by
Don Diego Columbus, 238; the remains of Colum-
bus removed to, 235.

Cubagua, Isle of, discovery of, 141; natives, ib. ;
pearl fisheries on the coast of, established, 238.
Cubiga, a village in Veragua where the country of
gold was supposed to terminate, 191.
Cucumbers first seen in Hayti, 99.

Currency, principles on which the sums mentioned in
this work have been reduced to modern currency,
263.

Discovery, progress of, under Prince Henry of Portu.
gal, 10.

Dogs, dumb, found at Santa Marta, 105.
Domingo, San, foundation of the city of, 145.
Dominica, island of, discovered, 80.

Doves, stock, presented to Columbus by the natives
of Cuba, 105.

Drogeo, a vast country, fabled to have been discovered
by some fishermen of Friseland, 256.

Drum, a species of, used by the Haytians, 98.
Dying, manner of treating the, 97.

Ear, coast of the, 188.

E.

Eden, garden of, speculation of Columbus in respect
to, 282.

Egg, anecdote of the, 73.

Egypt, Soldan of, his message to Ferdinand, 28.
Elmo, St., electrical lights seen by Columbus, 80.
Enchanters, the natives of Cariari taken to be, 190.
Enriquez, Beatrix, her connection with Columbus, 24;
Columbus's legacy to, 227.

Escobar, Diego de, arrives at Jamaica on a mission
to Columbus from the governor of Hispaniola,
208; returns to his ship immediately, ib.

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Rodrigo de, chief notary to Columbus's first
expedition, 34.

Escobedo, Rodrigo de, his conduct after the depart-
ure of Columbus, 86; death of, ib.

Espinal, Antonio de, the first prelate sent to the New
World. 181.

Esquibel, Juan de, employed against the natives of

Higuey, 217; his atrocious conduct to his prison-
ers, 219; causes the natives to be hunted like
wild beasts, ib.

Estotiland, a supposed island on the coast of North
America, said to have been discovered by some
fishermen of Friseland, 256.

Eudoxus, remarks on his voyage, 257.

Evangelista, island of, discovered by Columbus, 109.
Exuma, discovery of, 45; named Fernandina by
Columbus, ib.

F.

Farol, Cape, at Jamaica, III.
Ferdinand, King of Aragon and Castile, character of,
22; engagements of, on the arrival of Columbus at
Cordova, 23; lays siege to the city of Loxa, ib. :
grants an audience to Columbus, 24; desires the
prior of Prado to assemble men of science to con-
sider his plan, ib.; attempt to assassinate him, 27;
takes Malaga, ib. ; forms an alliance with Henry
VII. of England, ib.; one of the rival kings of
Granada surrenders his pretensions, 28; receives a
message from the Soldan of Egypt, ib.; his mes-
sage to Columbus on learning the unfavorable de-
cision of the council, 29; refers his plan to per-
sons of confidence, 30; his reluctance to the plan
after the queen has consented, 32; his joy on learn-
ing the success of Columbus, 70; his reception of
him, ib.; prepares a second expedition, 74; his
negotiations with John II. in respect to the new
discoveries, 76; listens to the charges against
Columbus, 124; his conduct, ib.; his reception of
Columbus on his second return, 131; lays the foun-
dation of the power of Charles V., ib.; promises
Columbus to furnish him with ships for a third voy-
age, ib. disappointed that his newly discovered
possessions have not become a source of profit, 169;
assaulted by the clamors of ruffians who had re-
turned from Hispaniola, ib.; his ingratitude to
Columbus becomes evident, ib.; listens to the
rebels who had been permitted to return to Spain,
170; sends out a commission to inquire into the
conduct of Columbus, ib. ; reprobates the conduct
pursued against Columbus, and invites him to court.
177 promises to restore him to all his rights and
privileges, ib. ; his jealousy awakened at the dis-
coveries of the English and Portuguese, 179; his
ingratitude to Columbus, ib. ; listens to the project

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.

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-
John of Anjou, an account of his expedition against
nies, or undertake voyages of discovery, ISI.

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
Temple of Jerusalem, 196.

Juan, Prince, his nuptials, 132; his death, 134.
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, 11.

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

Luxan, Juan de, his excursion among the mountains
of Cibau, 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.

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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 Hayri 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.