, III, 3.
Corbalon, Francisco R., I, 286.
Cordova de Vega, Diego de, Governor, I, 239.
Cordova, Francisco H., expedition to Yucatan, I, 84.
Cordova Ponce de Leon, Jose Fernandez, Governor, I, 316.
Coreal, Francois, account of West Indies, quoted, I, 355.
Coronado, Manuel, gift for air planes, IV, 352.
Cortes, Spanish, Cuban representation in, II, 308;
excluded, 351;
lack of representation, III, 3;
after Ten Years' War, 307.
Cortez, Hernando, Alcalde of Santiago de Cuba, I, 72;
sent to Mexico by King, 74;
agent of Velasquez, 86;
early career, 90;
portrait, 90;
quarrel with Velasquez, 91;
marriage, 92;
commissioned by Velasquez to explore Mexico, 92;
sails for Mexico, 94;
final breach with Velasquez, 96;
denounced as rebel, 97;
escapes murder, 99.
Cosa, Juan de la, geographer, I, 6, 53.
Councillors, appointed for life, I, 111;
conflict with Procurators, 113.
Creoles, origin of name, II, 204.
Crittenden, J. J., protests against European intervention in Cuba,
III, 129.
Crittenden, William S., with Lopez, III, 96;
captured, 101;
death, 105.
Crombet, Flor, revolutionist, IV, 41, 42.
Crooked Island. See Isabella.
Crowder, Gen. Enoch H., head of Consulting Board, IV, 284.
Cuba: Relation to America, I, 1;
Columbus's first landing, 3;
identified with Mangi or Cathay, 4;
with Cipango, 5;
earliest maps, 6;
physical history, 7, 37 et seq.;
Columbus's discovery, 11 et seq.;
named Juana, 13;
other names, 14;
Columbus's account of, 28;
geological history, 37-42;
topography, 42-51;
climate, 51-52;
first circumnavigation, 54;
colonization, 54;
Velasquez at Baracoa, 60;
commerce begun, 68;
government organized, 69;
named Ferdinandina, 73;
policy of Spain toward, 175;
slow economic progress, 215;
land legislation, 232;
Spanish discrimination against, 266;
divided into two districts, 275;
British description in 1665, 306;
various accounts, 346;
turning point in history, 363;
close of first era, 366;
British conquest, II, 78;
relinquished to Spain, 92;
great changes effected, 94;
economic condition, 98;
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