INDEX.

Aguado, Juan, appointed investigator, 185;

investigates, 188;

makes nothing by it, 195.

Angel, Luis de St., 56;

offers to advance money, 57.

Astrolabe, invented, 32;

description of, 276.

Black Crook, thought to have broken out in Spain, 194.

Bobadilla, Francisco de, arrives in Hispaniola, 221;

arrests Columbus, 228;

sends Columbus to Spain, 229.

Boyle, Father Bernardo, 133;

desires to burn somebody, 150, 163;

is disappointed, 174.

Caonabo, 160;

captured, 175;

dies, 193.

Cedo, Fermin, alleged scientific person, 158.

Cogoletto, alleged birthplace of Columbus, 1.

Columbus, Bartholomew, born and translated, 4;

is sent to England, 38;

arrives at Hispaniola, 171;

made Governor of Isabella, 191;

able commander, 209;

arrested, 228;

sails with fourth exploring expedition, 236;

defeats Porras, 261.

Columbus, Christopher, born, 1;

translated, 3;

anecdotes of boyhood, 5;

goes to Pavia, 9;

becomes sailor, 11;

engages in Neapolitan expedition, 12;

deceives sailors or posterity, 13;

does not arrive in Portugal, 16;

does arrive there, 18;

marries, 19;

makes maps, 20;

lives at Porto Santo, 21;

goes to Iceland or elsewhere, 28;

talks to King John, 35;

goes to Spain, 38;

deposited with Quintanilla, 41;

meets Scientific Congress, 43;

goes to Convent of Rabida, 49;

meets committee on exploration, 54;

starts for France, 56;

goes to Palos, 61;

sails on first voyage, 67;

keeps false reckoning, 72;

discovers San Salvador, 89;

sails for Spain, 97;

wrecked, 102;

founds colony, 105;

sees Mermaids, 110;

displays seamanship, 115;

arrives at Azores, 116;

arrives at Palos, 125;

flattens egg, 135;

sails on second voyage, 138;

discovers Dominica, 141;

returns to Spain, 191;

loses popularity, 196;

sails on third voyage, 200;

discovers Trinidad, 204;

invents ingenious theory, 205;

arrives at Hispaniola, 208;

arrested, 228;

sent to Spain, 229;

arrives in Spain, 230;

sails on fourth voyage, 237;

reaches Honduras, 240;

searches for Panama Canal, 240;

founds colony at Veragua, 243;

sails away, 250;

reaches Jamaica, 251;

manages lunar eclipse, 258;

reaches Hispaniola, 262;

returns to Spain, 264;

dies, 268;

is extensively buried, 268;

perhaps is a sun-myth, 269;

character, 284.

Columbus, Diego, born, 4;

Governor of Isabella, 162;

sent to Spain to wait for opening in Connecticut, 177;

returns to Hispaniola, 187;

arrested by Bobadilla, 227.

Columbus, Dominico, combs wool, 3.

Compass, variation of, 55.

Congress of Salamanca, 46;

its tediousness, 45.

Correo, Pedro, 21;

he winks, 25;

is talked to death, 34.

Enriquez, Beatrix, loves not wisely but too well, 41;

is mentioned in Columbus’s will, 267.

Ericson, Eliphalet B., discovers America, 281.

Eclipse, story of, 258.

Egg, story of, 135.

Ferdinand, King of Aragon, 40.

Guacanagari, his affection for Columbus, 101;

his suspicious leg, 150;

falls extensively in love, 152;

protects Spaniards, 175.

Isabella, Queen of Castile, 41.

John, King of Portugal, 29;

his dishonorable conduct, 34.

La Navidad, founded, 105;

destroyed, 148.

Ledesma, Pedro, swims ashore, 249.

Marchena, Juan Perez de, prior of a convent, 50;

makes a night of it with Columbus, 51.

Margarite, rebels, 174.

Mendez, Diego, tries to reach Hispaniola from Jamaica, 252;

succeeds, 254.

Mendoza, Cardinal de, gives dinner, 135.

Mexica, De, rebels, 219.

Ojeda, Alonzo de, is a just man, 158;

captures Caonabo, 175;

arrives at Xaragua, 215;

his interview with Roldan, 216.

Ovando, Nicholas de, sent to Hispaniola, 233;

refuses to let Columbus land, 237;

delays to send aid to Columbus, 255;

finally does send it, 262.

Perestrello, Mrs., mother-in-law of Columbus, 20;

her use of the stove-lid, 21.

Pinzon, Martin Alonzo, fits out ship to join Columbus, 56;

has a brilliant idea, 83;

deserts, 97;

met by Columbus, 108;

reaches Palos, 127;

displays good sense, 128.

Pinzon, Vincente Yanez, fits out ship to join Columbus, 56.

Porras, Francisco de, mutinies, 256;

defeated and captured, 261.

Prester John, who he was, 31;

who he was not, 166.

Quibian, attacks colony, 246.

Quintanilla, receives Columbus on deposit, 41.

Roldan, Francisco, rebels, 210;

compromises, 215;

outwits Ojeda, 216;

drowned, 239.

Ships, rigged by Indianians, 64.

Talavera, De, the Queen’s confessor, 43.

Triana, De, discovers land, 86;

is disgusted, 87.

Villejo, Alonzo de, risks his eyes, 229.