Cuba, 20

Cullen, Dr. E., projector of the Darien Canal, 353

Curacao, 115, 152, 165, 180, 238

Darbey, John, an English prisoner in Cuba, 171

Darien Canal, 353

Darien scheme, 188

Delgado, Augustine, an "El Dorado" seeker, 46

Demerara, 213, 246, 252, 301

Dessalines,
a chief in the Haytian insurrection, 271;
crowned emperor, 274

Dogs,
hunt Indians, 16;
run wild, 22;
hunt maroons, 235;
hunt rebel negroes, 271

Dominica, 91, 116, 238, 241, 249

_Dominus Vobiscum_, one of the first English vessels in the West
Indies, 49

D'Oyley, Governor of Jamaica, 134

Drake, Sir Francis,
voyage with Hawkins, 57;
raid on Nombre de Dios, 59;
great expedition to the West Indies, 63;
captures St. Domingo, 64;
last voyage, 65;
death, 65

Drax, Colonel, 120

Du Casse, a French corsair, 177

Dudley, Sir Robert, 66

Dutch, 67, 75, 84, 86, 115, 129, 166

Edwards, Bryan, 157

Eiffel, M., 360

"El Dorado,"
the quest for, 23;
dangers, 24;
germ of the story, 32;
Martinez' report, 44

Elizabeth, Queen, 67

Emancipation,
Great Britain, 289;
France, 310;
Denmark, 312;
Holland, 313;
Spain, 313

Enambuc, M. d', first French settler, 87-8, 116

Enciso, Bachelor, 29

English and Dutch, 67, 68, 114

Essequebo, 213

Everson, a Dutch pirate, 177

Eyre, Governor of Jamaica, 339

Fedreman, Nicholas, an "El Dorado" seeker, 35

Ferdinand and Isabella,
kind feelings towards the Indians, 10;
grant from the Pope, 48

Fontaine, Father, a Catholic missionary, 134

Fontaine, M., a Panama defaulter, 360

Fourgeaud, Colonel, 227

Franklin, Washington, 294

Free trade, 324

French,
in the West Indies, 49-51, 87;
company for settling the islands, 116;
character of, 167;
revolution, its influence on Hayti, effect on the Spanish Main, 276

George of Spires, an "El Dorado" seeker, 35

German knights in Venezuela, 33

Gold-hunting, 11, 15, 23, 29, 73

Gordon, Mr., a Member of the Jamaica Assembly, executed, 340

Grasse, Count de, 241, 249

Grenada, 238

Groenwegel, Commander of Essequebo, 86

Guadeloupe, 238, 251

_Guanin_, 23

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