The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)

his father; sails for St. Domingo, where he arrives; difficulties he has to encounter; African slaves having been introduced and most cruelly used, they revolt; are subdued; is accused of usurping too much power; receives in consequence a severe letter from the council of the Indies; and is desired to repair to court to vindicate himself; sails, lands, and appears before the court at Victoria; clears himself; prosecutes his claims, follows the court from city to city; is attacked by a slow fever; dies; his family.
    Columbus, Fernando (son to Christopher), accompanies his father on his fourth voyage; his father’s encomium on him; embarks for Hispaniola with Don Diego; an account of him; writes a history of his father.
    ——, Don Luis (son to Don Diego), prosecutes the claims of his father and grandfather; compromises all claims for two titles and a pension; dies.
    Commerce, despotic influence of the Spanish crown in respect to.
    Compass, the, brought into more general use.
    Conception, Santa Maria de la, discovery of.
    —— Fort, erected by Columbus; present state of, note.
    Contradictions, the coast of.
    Convicts who had accompanied Columbus, conduct of, in Hispaniola.
    Copper hatchets seen among the Indians of Guanaca.
    Coral found in Veragua.
    Cormorants, large nights of, seen on the south coast of Cuba.
    Coronel, Pedro Fernandez, sails for Hayti with two ships; arrives at St.
Domingo with supplies; is sent to persuade Roldan to return to his duty.
    Correo, Pedro, a navigator of note, with whom Columbus becomes acquainted.
    Cortez, Hernando, conduct of Fonseca to.
    Costa Rica, Columbus sails along the.
    Cotabanama, Cacique of Higuey; massacres eight Spaniards; Ovando marches against him; sues for peace; visits the Spanish camp; another war ensues; cruelty to his tribe; takes shelter with his wife and children in a large cavern; his rencounter with Juan Lopez; is overpowered and chained; sent to St. Domingo and hanged.
    Cotton, where first seen in the Western hemisphere; seen in large quantities in Cuba; tribute of.
    Cranes, flocks of large, seen in Cuba.
    Creation, ideas in respect to the, entertained by the Haytiens.
    Crocodiles found at El Betrete similar to those of the Nile.
    Crosses erected by Columbus to denote his discoveries. Crusade to recover the holy sepulchre proposed by Columbus.
    Cruz, Cabo de la, so named by Columbus.
    Cuba, island of, Columbus bears of; sails in quest of it; discovery of; description of its appearance: hurricanes seldom known in; belief of the inhabitants in a future state; Columbus revisits the consts of; natives of; Columbus coasts along the southern side; natives; subjugated and settled by Don Diego Columbus; the remains of Columbus removed to. Cubagua, Isle of, discovery of; natives; pearl fisheries on the coast of, established. Cubiga, a village in Veragua where the country of gold was supposed to terminate.
    Cucumbers first seen in Hayti.
    Currency, principles on which the sums mentioned in this work have been reduced to modern currency.
D.
    Dances of the Haytiens.
    Darien, Gulf of.
    Dead and dying, manner of treating the, by the Haytiens.
    Delphin, island of.
    Deluge, universal, ideas entertained by the Haytiens in respect to. 323.
    Deza, Diego de, character of; coincides with Columbus at the council of Salamanca; assists him with his purse; made archbishop of Seville; is chosen arbitrator between the king and Columbus.
    Diaz, Bartholomew, account of his discoveries.
    ——, Miguel, his romantic history; discovers the gold mines of Hayna; commands the fortress of St. Domingo at the time Bobadilla arrives; his conduct on being desired to give up his prisoners.
    ——, de Pisa, mutiny of; confined on board one of the ships.
    Disaster, river of.
    Discovery, progress of, under prince Henry of Portugal.
    Dogs, dumb, found at Santa Marta.
    Domingo, San, foundation of the city of.
    Dominica, island of, discovered.
    Doves, stock, presented to Columbus by the natives of Cuba.
    Drogeo, a vast country, fabled to have been discovered by some fishermen of Friseland.
    Drum, a species of, used by the Haytiens.
    Dying, manner of treating the.
E.
    Ear, coast of the.
    Eden, garden of, speculation of Columbus in respect to.
    Egg, anecdote of the.
    Egypt, soldan of, his message to Ferdinand.
    Elmo, St., electrical lights seen by Columbus.
    Enchanters, the natives of Cariari taken to be.
    Enriqueis, Beatrix, her connnection with Columbus; Columbus’s legacy to, ii.
    Escobar, Diego de,