zo Manso, first prelate;
decree of Isabel II affecting clergy.

Coco-palm introduced.

Coffee.

Columbus, Christopher, returns from his first
voyage; received by the court at Barcelona;
second expedition organized; his second
expedition sails from Cadiz; discovers the
Windward Islands; introduces system of
enslaving the Indians by "distribution" of
them among settlers.

Columbus, Diego, with Christopher
Columbus's second expedition; viceroy and
admiral, in la Espanola; deposes Ponce;
authority of, suspended; deprived of the
power of appointing Governor of Puerto Rico.

Commerce, its development; imports
and exports.

Cortez, his conquest of Mexico.

Cromwell, his alliance with France
against Spain.

Cuba, influence of Cuban revolution on
Puerto Rico; reforms in, suggested by
Sagasta.

De la Gama, Antonio, charged with executing
the royal decree against the "distribution" of Indians.

Diaz, Bernal, de Pisa, with Columbus's
second expedition.

Diego, Rafael, organizer of the revolution
of 1812.

Distribution of Indians among the Spanish
conquerors as slaves;
system introduced by Columbus.

Dominica, discovery of;
Caribs in, aid Puerto Rico Indians against
the Spaniards; Spanish expedition against
Caribs in.

Dominicans, order of.

Drake, Francis, his expeditions in the
Caribbean.

Education;
illiteracy and general ignorance; in hands of
clergy; new interest in; first college;
schools.

Elective system.

England contracts to take slaves into
the Spanish-American colonies.

English, ship visits Puerto Rico and
alarms inhabitants; war with, fleet sent
against Spaniards in West Indies; fleet
anchors off "Caleta del Cabron," and is fired
on by Spaniards; abandons the attack;
alliance with France against Spain; capture
Havana; attack San Juan.

Espanola (Santo Domingo).

Fajardo, town of.

Ferdinand, King of Spain, his interest
in Puerto Rico.

Fetichism in the religion of the peasantry.

Filibusters, origin of.

Finance.

Florida, discovery of;
Ponce's last expedition to.

Francis I, King of Fra