lvo 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
Cuba, 3, 16, 55, 120
Cueyabos, 16
Cuitlahua, 136, 176, 191
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
Quevedo, Bishop of, 33, 44
_Dauphin_, Nantucket Whaler, 242
Davila, another name for Pedrarias, 32 (footnote)
De Candia, 66, 73, 79, 104, 109
Decatur, Stephen, 251, 252
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
Dios, Nombre de, 23, 36
Disappointment, Cape, 269, 270
_Duras, Duc de_, an East Indiaman, 285

E

El Dorado, 9, 57, 59, 93
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
Espinosa, 33, 48, 60
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
Fonseca, Bishop, 7, 33
Fox, Ebenezer, 268, 269
"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
Graves, William J., 255, 256
Grijilva, Juan de, 120
Guatemoc (or Guatemotzin), 137, 177, 191, 193, 194, 216, 225
Guatemotzin, popular name for Guatemoc, 1