hualpa, 71-92; 108
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 Nunez 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
Barron, James, 251, 252
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
Comagre, 37, 56
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
Huayna, 71, 108
Cape, de la Vela, 7
Gracias a Dios, 7
Careta, Cacique of Cueva, 36
Caribbean Sea, 3, 13
Carrero, Alonzo de Puerto, 123
Cartagena, 10, 18
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
people of, 135, 166
Central America, 3
Chalcuchimo, 72, 85, 92
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
coast of, 231, 237
Cholula, 140, 145, 146
Cholulans, the, 145, 146, 194
Cilley, Jonathan, 255, 256
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
Diego, 9, 35
Comagre, Indian chief, 37, 56
Conception, a whaling ground, 231
Cordova, Gonsa