The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)

share the common labors of the settlement; character of the; form a faction against Diego Columbus, during the absence of his brother.
    Higuamota, daughter of Caonabo, falls in love with Don Hernando de
Guevara.
    Higuanama, a female Cacique, hanged by order of Ovando.
    Higuey, domain of: character of its inhabitants; Ovando’s war with the natives; martial character of the people; multitudes of them destroyed; sue for peace; again revolt; and slaughter their tyrants; situation of their towns; are defeated and compelled to conceal themselves in the fastnesses; are hunted like wild beasts.
    Hipparchus, error of, in respect of Africa, and India. Hispaniola, discovery of; cause of its being so called; description of the inhabitants; of the country; transactions with the natives; form of government; alarm created by a discharge of cannon; general description of; domains into which it was divided; made the metropolis of the New World: thought to have been the ancient Ophir; an account of the numbers of the natives who perished, victims to the avarice of the whites; ceded to the French. 317. Honduras, cape of, discovered by Columbus.; inhabitants.
    Honey and wax found at Guadaloupe.
    Horses, fear of the Haytiens of; terror inspired by them at the battle of the Vega; a remarkable one which moved in curvets to the music of a viol.
    Huelva, Alonzo Sanchez de, the pilot, fabled to have died in the house of
Columbus.
    Huerta, La, delightful island of, H. 167; inhabitauts of.
    Humboldt, his account of the present condition of the southern side of
Cuba; account of the route of Columbus, note.
    Hurricanes, seldom known in Cuba; a violent one in Hayti; reflections of the Haytiens previous to it.
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    Iceland, Columbus supposed to have visited; assertions relative to its discovery by the Scandinavians.
    Impressment resorted to on Columbus’s third voyage.
    Indians, six taken from the New World; arrival of in Spain; are baptized; an Indian, of Jamaica, desires Columbus to take him to Spain.
    Iron, a pan of, seen at Guadaloupe.
    Isabella, discovery of the island of.
    ——, princess, marriage of, with the heir-apparent of Portugal.
    ——, queen of Aragon and Castile, character of; engagements of, on the arrival of Columbus in Spain: repairs to the seat of war in Granada; thence to Gallicia and Salamanca; an attempt to assassinate her; Columbus recommended to her by the marchioness of Moya; her ability in military affairs; receives a letter from the prior of La Rabida; invites Columbus to court; Luis de St. Angel reasons with her; signifies her assent; declares her resolution to pawn her jewels to defray the expenses; her enthusiasm in the cause; her motives; her joy at learning the success of Columbus; her reception of him; her zeal for the welfare of the Indians; her anxiety in respect to the conversion of the Haytiens; humanely prevents the Haytien slaves from being sold to slavery; orders them to be sent back to Hayti; enters into the views of Columbus in respect to a third voyage; her humane directions; death of her son, Prince Juan; makes Columbus’s two sons her pages; begins to doubt the conduct of Columbus; offended at his pertinacity in making slaves of the Indians taken in war; orders all those sent to Spain to be restored to their country and friends; consents to the sending out a commission to investigate his conduct; filled with sympathy and indignation on reading Columbus’s letter to Doña de la Torre; invites him to court; is moved to tears at beholding him; her concern for the welfare of the Indians; listens with complacency to the proposition of Columbus for a fourth voyage; receives the news of the sanguinary acts of Ovando with horror and indignation; exacts a promise from the king that he shall be superseded in the government; causes of the melancholy under which she labored; her death; and character.
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    Jamaica discovered by Columbus; the natives receive Columbus in a hostile manner; Columbus takes possession of it; amicable intercourse with the natives; their character; their canoes; subjugated by Don Diego.
    ——, Cacique of, visits Columbus, and oifers to go and do homage to the king and queen of Spain; this offer evaded by Columbus.
    Japan (Cipango), Marco Polo’s account of it.
    Jasper, specimens found among the mountains of Cibao.
    Jerez, Rodrigo de, sent up the island of Cuba by Columbus; account of his journey.
    Jews not allowed to establish themselves in the colonies, or undertake voyages of