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INDEX
A
Abancay, battle of, 102.
Acla, Spanish settlement, 45-49
Aguilar, Geronimo de, 122
Alcántara, Martin de, 54, 106, 107
Alderete, the King's Treasurer, 205-212
Alfred, the, Jones's first ship, 283
Almagro, Diego de, 57-67; 88-93; 101-104; 107
Alvarado, Pedro de, called Tonatiuh, 102, 109, 174, 184, 186, 187, 194
Amazon River, 105
America, Central, 3
Anahuac, Empire of, 125
Andalusia, New, 7
Antigua del Darien, Maria de la, 20, 23-27; 33-41
Arbolancha, 42
Arrows, poisoned, used by Indians, 10, 11, 13, 14
Astor, John Jacob, 261-272
Fur Trading Company, 262
Astoria, 262-276
Avila, Pedro Arias de, called Pedrarias, 32-35; 42-50; 56
Ayxacatl, 169,176
Aztec Empire, 115, 116, 125, 132
Holy of Holies, 134
wealth, 135
last of the Kings, 219
Aztecs, the, 69, 116, 125-130; 133, 176, 182-187; 194-198; 215-219
B
Badajoz, 53
Bahamas, the, 4
Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, accompanies Encisco to San Sebastian, 19
placed in charge at Antigua, 20
seeks to serve Nicuesa, 25
further adventures, 31-50
referred to, 107
Bastidas, an explorer, 5
"Battery of the Fearless," referred to, 74 (footnote)
Bay, Chesapeake, 4
Bentham, Jeremy, 248
Biddle, Major Thomas, 255
Biru, land of, early name of Peru, 56
chieftain named, 56
Bonhomme Richard, the, 285, 286
Bowie, James, 252-254
knives, 253
Brackett, Charles, 305
Broderick, Senator, 256-258
Buccaneers, the, 3
Burr, Aaron, 248
C
Cabot, John, 4
Cabral, Portuguese explorer, 5
Caceres, 53
Cacique, Indian, Caonabo, 6
Cemaco, 20
Careta, of Cueva, 36
of Tenepal, 115
Monteczuma, so called in Cortes's letter, 156
Quahpopoca, 172
of Tlacuba, 216
Cannibalism universal among Aztecs, 126
Capac, Manco, 68, 85, 92, 93, 95, 111, 112
Cape, de la Vela, 7
Gracias á Dios, 7
Careta, Cacique of Cueva, 36
Carrero, Alonzo de Puerto, 123
Carvajal, 109-111
Castile, Golden, 8
King of, 40
Joanna of, 41
Castro, Vaca de, 109
Caverns, Infernal, of Pitt River, 311
Caxamarca, massacre of, 73-85
Cempoalla, town of, 135
Cacique of, 135
Central America, 3
Chapus, field of, 109
Charles V., of Spain, 82, 88, 92, 95, 109, 137, 147, 217, 218, 220
Chase, Owen, mate of the Essex, 231
Chaves, Francisco de, 106
Chesapeake, Bay, 4
American ship, 251
Chili, Almagro goes to, 93
Valdivia partially conquers, 109
Men of, 102-107
Cipango, referred to, 37
Claverhouse, compared with Cortes, 120
Coatzacualco, Province of, 115
Colmenares, Rodrigo de, 23
Columbus, Christopher, 4, 5, 6, 23, 37, 117, 132
Conception, a whaling ground, 231
Cordova, Gonsalvo de, 117
Cortes, Hernando (or Fernando), mentioned, 9, 75, 107; lands at Vera Cruz, 116; story of his birth and early life, 117; voyage to Santo Domingo and Cuba, 118; described by Helps and Diaz, 118-120; expedition to Mexico, 120-125; march to Tenochtitlan, 130; personal character of, 133; describes Tlascala, 138-140; massacres Cholulans, 145, 146; describes Mexico, 147-162; meets Montezuma, 162-167; seizes the Emperor, 171-173; Mexico rebels against, 175; attacks Mexico, 192-218; the end of, 218-223; descriptions of, 223-228
Cosa, Juan de la, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12
Costa Rica, 21
Coya, the Inca's legal wife, 72
Crook, George, 301-311
Crozier, William, captain of the brig Indian, 240
Cueyabos, 16
Cuzco, 75, 85, 87, 92, 93, 102-111
D
Darien, Isthmus of, 5, 26, 32, 37, 55, 109
Maria de la Antigua del, 20, 23-27; 33-41
Dauphin,Nantucket Whaler, 242
Davila, another name for Pedrarias, 32 (footnote)
De Candia, 66, 73, 79, 104, 109
De Soto, Hernando, 33, 67, 68; 77-89; 107
Despotism, communistic, form of government on South American coast, 68
Diaz, Bernal, 119, 124, 134, 135, 167, 179 (footnote), 223, 224, 225
Porfirio, 224
Dickinson, Charles, 248-250
Disappointment, Cape, 269, 270
Duras, Duc de, an East Indiaman, 285
E
El Galan, nickname of Pedrarias, 33
El Justador, nickname of Pedrarias, 33
Encisco, 8; 17-20; 31, 32, 42, 66
English, their first appearance on the South American coast, 5
Esquivel, Juan de, 9
Essex, the whaleship, 231-242
Estremadura, birthplace of the Pizarros, 53
birthplace of Cortes, 117
F
Felippo, the interpreter, 82, 89, 90
Ferdinand, King, of Spain, 5, 7, 41
Fiske, John, 4, 43, 63 (footnote), 122, 125, 168, 226
Florida, 4
"Furor Domini," name given to Pedrarias, 43
G
Gallo, Island of, 62
Garavito, Andres, 47
Gasca, 110-112
Golden Castile, 8
Gonzales, Francisca, 54
Gorgona, Island of, 63
Grijilva, Juan de, 120
Guatemoc (or Guatemotzin), 137, 177, 191, 193, 194, 216, 225
Guatemotzin, popular name for Guatemoc, 191, 216
Guayaquil, Gulf of, 67
Gulf, of Mexico, 3
explorations on, coast, 5
of Uraba, 7
of Venezuela, 7
of San Miguel, 56
of Guayaquil, 67
Guzman, Tello de, 50