A.
Adderley, Sir Augustus, 257.
Advertisements for the sale of slaves, 271.
Albemarle, Duke of, captures Havana and Matanzas, 60.
" Duke of, Governor of Jamaica, 268.
" Duchess of, 269;
remarkable behaviour of, 270;
believes herself to be Empress of China, 270.
Amedeo, Prince, accepts the Spanish crown and resigns it again, 90.
American Revolution, the, 62.
Americans, influence of the, upon Cuba, 19;
settlements in the island, 26;
help the insurgents, 87.
Amusements in Havana, 129;
during Carnival, 139.
Animals found by Columbus in Cuba, 6;
animals of the forests, 106.
Antomarchi, Dr to Napoleon I., 203;
his death and monument, 203.
Apiculture introduced by French colonists, 61.
Aquelera, Don Francisco, elected President of the Cuban Republic, 93.
Aristocracy, Havanese, 126.
Aristolochia pelicana, the, 149.
Army, the rebel, its number and organization, 101.
Autos da fé, the frequency of, 56;
description of an, 59.
B.
Bahamas first sighted by Christopher Columbus, 38;
New Providence, 224.
Bananas, 4;
used as vegetables, 154.
Banyan tree, the, 148.
Baracoa founded by Diego Velasquez, 49.
Barbadoes, 263;
governorship of Lord Howe, 266.
Bats, enormous size of, 7.
Bayamo, founded by Diego Velasquez, 49;
taken by the Spaniards from the rebels, 85.
Beggars in Havana, the, 137.
Bellamar Caves, the, 158.
Berriz, Colonel, accusations brought against, by Miss Cisneros, 118.
Birds, 8.
Blake, Lady, 231.
Bobadilla, Doña Isabella de, Governess of Cuba, 181.
Bolivar, 67.
Borgian Maps, the, 258.
Botanical Gardens of Havana, the, 127.
British interests in Cuba, 26.
Buccaneers, the, and their romantic history, 51;
their hatred of the Spaniards, 52;
their rugged life, 52;
Henry Morgan, the Welshman, 52;
they burn Havana, 53;
enactments against the, 52;
the adventures of Jacob Sores, 53.
Buchanan, President, threatening message to Spain, 78.
Bull-baiting, 145.
Butter, lack of, in Cuba, 154.
C.
Cactus, the enormous size of the, 126.
Cafés and restaurants, Cuban, 155.
Campos, Marshal Martinez, agrees to the Treaty of Zanjou, 94;
his good intentions, 116.
Canga, the, 141.
Canovas, Señor, de Castillo, signs Treaty of Zanjou, 95.
Cardenas, called the "American City," 26;
its population, 192 (in note).
Carnival, dances given during, 23;
the Havanese Carnival, 139;
its end on Shrove Tuesday, 142.
Caruba tree, the, 190.
Cattle used as horses, 167 (in note).
Cauto River, the, navigable for small craft, 5.
Caves of the Bellamar, the magnificent, 158.
Cays, the, dangerous to vessels, 5;
their beauty, 174.
Cemeteries, Cuban, 202.
Cereals, exported from Spain, 4.
Cerro, the, 125.
Cespedes, Carlos Manuel, begins the rebellion, 83;
his character, 83;
the burning of his plantation, 85;
elected President of the Cuban Republic, 87;
his tragic death, 91.
Chinese, the wretched condition of the, in Cuba, 37;
the Chinese in the ranks of the rebels, 37;
their religious practices, 110.
Churches, the, of Havana, 132;
music in the, 138;
flirtation in church, 138.
Cienfuegos, the town and harbour, 161;
the surrounding country, 162.
Cipango, Columbus thinks Cuba is, 42.
Cisneros, Miss Evangelina, story of, 117.
Cisneros y Bétancourt, Don Salvador, elected President of the Cuban Republic, 93.
Clergy, the, of the rebel army, 109.
Cleveland, President, tries to prevent filibustering expeditions to Cuba, 99.
Climate, 2 (in note);
is tolerable, 10;
108.
Coaches in Havana, 131.
Cock-fighting in Cuba, 145;
a century ago, 275.
Cocoa, 4;
the plant, 213.
Coffee, was one of the principal products, 3;
replaced by the sugar cane, 69;
a coffee plantation, 213.
Columbus, Christopher, first sights the New World, 38;
lands at Fernandina, 39;
the wonders he encounters, 39;
his followers grow clamorous for gold, 40;
the imaginery Quinsai, 40;
he discovers Cuba, 40;
and takes possession of it in the names of the Spanish sovereigns, 41;
convinced that it is the Cipango described by Marco Polo, 42;
believes Cuba to be a part of the mainland, 43;
said to have landed at British Honduras, 44;
Columbus and the native, 46;
visits the island twice again, 49;
the journeyings of his remains, 133;
his enthusiastic description of New Providence, 225;
his birthplace, 237;
and parents, 238;
the house in which he was born, 240;
his brothers, 241;
first goes to sea, 244;
his education, 244;
the sports he played when a child, 254.
Columbus, Diego, Governor of Hispaniola, 49.
Cook, the Cuban, 124.
Cookery, Cuban, 155.
Coolie labour, 36.
Cuba, Island of, its shape and size, I;
mountains, 2;
position and weather, 2 (in note);
coffee and tobacco once the chief articles of cultivation, 3;
French settlers persuade the Cubans to extend their sugar plantations, 4;
other products, 4; navigable rivers, 5;
animals and reptiles, 7;
disagreeable insects, 8;
flora, 10;
climate, 10;
filthy drains, 11;
its prehistoric inhabitants, 14;
present population and inhabitants, 16;
laws, 17;
first appearance of the Inquisition on the island, 18;
Las Casas gives an impetus to education, 18;
state of chaos in, during the Napoleonic period, 19;
overrun by Americans, 19;
society in, 23;
first sighted by Columbus, 40;
its numerous names, 41 (in note);
its beauties in the eyes of its Discoverer, 41;
first circumnavigated, 49;
Diego Velasquez sent to, 49;
he founds Havana, Santiago de Cuba, etc., 49;
Hernando Cortez in, 49;
C. during the buccaneering period, 51;
Drake appears off, 54;
prosperity of, at the beginning of the 18th century, 59;
taken by the English under the Duke of Albemarle in 1762, 60;
large French emigration to, 61;
administration of Don Luis Las Casas, 63;
effect of the Revolution upon, 66;
bad times for, 68;
opening of the Cuban ports, 68;
"Cuba la Sempre Fiel," 69;
the beneficent government of Tacon, 72;
the prosperity of, declining, 73;
the first indications of rebellion, 74;
offers to purchase C., 77;
C. in 1860, 79;
the state of the island going from bad to worse, 81;
result of the work of the Commission appointed to enquire into the affairs of, 81;
Maximo Gomez, Commander-in-Chief of the rebel army, 93;
U.S. trade with Cuba, 97, 113;
Cuban forests, 104;
economic condition of, 114;
C. Spain's death-trap, 115;
description of Havana, 121;
Marianao, 148;
the cafés and restaurants of Cuba, 155;
Cienfuegos, 161;
Trinidad, 172;
backward state of the plantations, 174;
Santiago de Cuba, 179;
the newspapers of, 189;
a Cuban plantation, 205;
the beauty of the Cuban night, 212;
a Cuban household, 214.
Cubana, the dance, 141.
Cubanos, or Cubans, filthy habits of the, 11;
descent from early Spanish settlers, 17;
characteristics of the, 18;
Voltarian and free-thinking works read by the, during the Napoleonic Era, 19;
many, educated, 19;
the C. not permitted to share in the Government until twenty years ago, 20;
C. who live for generations on one plantation, 20;
a very domestic people, 21;
isolation of the children, 21;
premature marriages, 21;
laxity of morals among the, 21;
morbid literature read by the, 21;
the drama, 22;
their love of music, 23;
their large families, 24;
the piety of the women, 24;
insincerity of the, in their religion, 24;
their contract with foreign ideas, 71;
their wish to be represented in the Cortes at Madrid, 71;
they petition Queen Isabella to appoint a Commission to enquire into the state of the island, 81;
C. in official positions, 112;
the Carnival in Havana, 139;
their theatricals, 144;
the Guajiros, 162;
early habits of the C. 168;
why they differ with the Spaniards, 176;
a Cuban funeral, 200;
a young Cuban lady, 215;
their partiality for smoking, 222.
Cucullo, the, 8.
D.
Decker, Mr, and the Miss Cisneros incident, 118.
Dinner, a Cuban, 154.
Dogs, 6;
the tiny spaniel and the colossal molasso, 6.
Drains, abominable condition of the, 11.
Drake, Sir Francis, appears off Cuba, 54.
Duck-hunt, a, 170.
"Dutchman's pipe," the, 150.
Dysentery among European colonists, 10.
E.
EARTHQUAKES, 3.
Eastern Province, the wholesomest part of the island, 11.
Education, impetus given to, by Las Casas, 18;
the education given by the Jesuits, 19.
Emancipation of the slaves, first steps towards the, 29;
its horrible results, 29.
Estates, the large, given to Spaniards, 20;
rarely if ever visited by the latter, 20;
curious custom on many Cuban estates, 20.
F.
Fan, the language of the, 138.
Ferdinand the Catholic, his opinion of the Spanish people, 70.
Fernandina, 39.
Filharmonia Theatre, an incident in the, 76;
the first appearance of Mme. Patti at the, 143.
Fish, 6; tropical, 8.
Flora, beauty and variety of the, 10;
in the forests, 105;
some strange flowers, 128;
the banyan tree, etc., 148;
ferns, 151, 184;
the moon-flower, 213;
the silk-cotton-tree, 229;
the vegetation of New Providence, Bahamas, 231.
Florida, failure of Hernando de Soto's expedition to, 50;
given to the English in exchange for Cuba, 60.
Foreign residents, 20.
Forests, Cuban, 4, 104.
Fossils of prehistoric fauna, 6;
of human remains, 14.
France wishes to purchase Cuba, 77.
French Revolution, effects of the, upon the West Indies, 64;
remarks upon the, 271.
French settlers, persuade the Cubans to enlarge their sugar plantations, 4;
large emigration of, in 1765, 61;
they introduce the art of apiculture, 61.
Fruits of Cuba, 4; oranges, bananas, etc., 154.
Funeral rites, 200.
G.
Galegos, immigration into Cuba of, 17 (in note).
Galleria, the, 145.
Gambling in Cuba, 144.
Game, prehistoric, 6.
Garcia, Manuel, the brigand, 101.
Genoa, the birthplace of Columbus, 238;
description and appearance of, 247;
the trade of, 255.
Genoese, the, 252;
the piety of the, 253.
Ghosts, Cuban belief in, 198.
Gomez, Maximo, Commander-in-Chief of the rebel forces, 93;
he retires to San Domingo, 95.
Government of Cuba, 74 (in note);
the bad, 77;
its backwardness, 115.
Governors, magnificence of the, 54;
their rapacity, 74.
Grant's Town, 228.
"Green snake," the, 232.
Grenada Gazette, 266, 271.
Guajiros, manners and customs of the, 162;
their supposed relationship with our own costers, 165.
Guanajay, 219.
Guava jelly, 217.
H.
Haskett, Mr Elias, Governor of the Bahamas, 267.
Hatuei, the Cacique, bravery of, 15 (in note).
Havana, the city of, society in, 23;
founded by Diego Velasquez in 1519, 49;
obtains civic rights under Las Casas, 50;
burnt by the buccaneers in 1528, 53;
rebuilt by Hernando de Soto, 53;
sacked afresh by the buccaneers, 54;
attacked by the Dutch under Admiral Jolls, who is repulsed, 54;
first theatre opened in, 56;
attacked and taken by the English under the Duke of Albemarle, 1762, 60;
Tacon rebuilds part of the town, 72;
Diego Velasquez calls Havana "La llave del Nuevo Mondo," 121 (in note);
view of the town from the harbour, 121;
the houses of, 123;
the Cerro, 125;
aristocracy of, 126;
cathedral, churches, promenades, gardens, streets, etc., 126;
mode of shopping in, 127;
the Botanical Gardens, 127;
eventide in, 129;
coaches, 131;
the churches, 132;
charitable institutions, 137;
the beggars of, 137;
the Carnival, 139.
Havana University established in 1721, 18;
several chairs created by Las Casas, 19;
almost entirely governed by Cubans, 112.
Heredia, José Maria, Cuba's greatest poet, 184.
Holy Week in Santiago, 181.
Horses, scarcity of, in Cuba, 55.
Hotels in Matanzas, the, 152.
Houses of Havana, the, 123; of Matanzas,
157.
Howe, Lord, Governor of Barbadoes, 266.
Hurricanes, 2 (in note).
I.
Iguana, the harmless but hideous, 9;
roast, 217.
Indian and Colonial Exhibition, 257.
Indigo, 4.
Inhabitants, earliest, 14.
Inquisition, or Holy Office, first introduced into Cuba, 18;
used against State prisoners, 58.
Insects, disagreeable, 8; several insects first introduced into Europe from Cuba, 8;
the cucullo, 8;
mosquitoes, 126.
Institutions, charitable, 137.
J.
Jamaica, 275; an earthquake, 276.
Jesuits, the education given by the, 19;
persecution of the, 34;
their first appearance in Cuba, 57.
Jewellery, quantity of, in Havana, 125.
Jews, the, in Cuba, 27.
Junta, Gran, in New York, 98;
excites the Americans against Weyler's atrocities, 117.
L.
Language of the early natives, 15.
Las Casas, aid given to education by, 18;
his good government, 50.
Las Casas, Don Luis, the good administration of, 63.
Leyes de Indias, Las, 18, 31.
Litterateurs of Cuba, 184.
Lizards, variety of, 9.
Louisiana, expedition to, under O'Reilly, 61.
Lowther, Mr, Governor of Barbadoes, 267.
M.
Maceo, cruelty of, 101;
his character and appearance, 110;
doubts as to whether he is shot, 111.
Mahogany, a once valuable product, 4.
"Maine" disaster, the, 120.
Maize, always been a necessity of life, 4.
Mangoes, 4.
Mantis, 207.
Marco Polo, 38.
Marianao, 148.
Matanzas taken by the English in 1762, 60;
its foundation and name, 152;
"The Golden Lion," 152;
description of M., 157;