ips from Indies, 277;
Columbus's departure, 283.

Caithness, conquered by Thorstein the Red and Earl Sigurd the Mighty, 14.

Cambodia, supposed connection of Costa Rica and Panama with, 397 n.

Campana, Cabo de, Columbus approaches, 156-158.

Canaries, Columbus at, 92-94, 283-284, 320-323;
French ship at, 320;
pearls, 364.

Caonabo, King, and fate of first settlement in Espanola, 300, 303, 304,
307;
mentioned, 312.

Cape Breton Island, and Karlsefni's voyages, 40 n.;
and landfall of John Cabot, 423 n.

Cape Verde Islands, 103;
and Hesperides, 322;
and Demarcation Line, 323, 326, 416;
Columbus at, 324-326.

Carabelas grandes, Boca de, 134 n.

Caracol, Bay of, Columbus anchors in, 299 n.

Caracol, El, island, 340, 353.

Carambaru, 393, 394 n.

Cariay, 393;
Indians of, 409.

Carib, island of, 223, 225, 226, 229, 230.
_See also_ Porto Rico.

Caribata, Cabo de, 188.

Caribata, Monte, described, 188;
mentioned, 196, 199.

Caribs, 203;
houses, 286, 289;
reported cannibalism, 286, 288-290;
industry, 289;
appearance, 289, 293;
treatment of captives, 290-291;
several captured, 292, 293;
fight with Spaniards, 293;
and natives of Porto Rico, 294;
mentioned, 322, 330, 348, 359.

Caritaba, province of, reports of gold, 202.

Carvajal, Alonso Sanchez de, despatched to Espanola, 321.

Cascaes, Columbus at, 251.

Cassiterides, Columbus identifies with Azores, 329.

Castaneda, Juan de, attempt to seize Columbus, 245-248.

Cateva, 394 n.

Cathay, Columbus's desire to reach, 134;
supposed proximity to Cuba, 405;
emperor's embassy to Rome, 414.

Catholicism, in Greenland, 70-74;
Columbus urges its establishment in Espanola, 274-275, 361.

Catiba, Columbus in, 394 n.

Catigara, location, 396-397.

Caxinas, Point, named, 391 n.;
mentioned, 392 n.

Caymanos Chicos, islands, sighted, 405 n.

Cayre, 293. _See also_ Dominica.

Central America, exploration of coast, 387.

Cerabora, _see_ Carambaru.

Ceyre, 290. _See also_ Dominica.

Chanca, Dr., letter to Cabildo of Seville, 280-313.

China, Columbus's belief that he had reached, 397 n.

Christianity, introduced into Greenland, 23-26;
in Greenland, 29, 56, 57, 71-74;
in Iceland, 46;
and New World, 352.

Chuzona chica, Rio, 219 n.

Ciamba, province of, 393.

Cibao, 197;
reports of gold, 202;
mentioned, 206;
explored, 312-313;
mines, 338.

Ciguare, described by nativ