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Herrera, Don Lepo de, his mission to the coujt of Lisbon, i. 288. Hayti (see Hispaniola), discovery of, i. 193. Haytiens, description of their manners, cus toms, religion, & c , i. 368 ; their character, i. 377 ; defeated in the battle of the Vega, ii. 45, 6, 7, 8, 9 ; subjugated, ii. 48-49 ; a tri bute imposed upon them, ii. 50 ; their despair, ii. 51 ; they enter into an association to des troy the crops, ii. 253 ; the evils fall upon themselves, ib. Hidalgos, compelled at Hayti to share the com mon labors of the settlement, i. 383 ; char acter of the, i. 384 ; form a faction against Diego Columbus, during the absence of his brother, ii. 20. Higuamota, daughter of Caonabo, falls in love with Don Hernando de Guevara, ii. 232. Higuanama, a female Cacique, hanged by or der of Ovando, ii. 440. Higuey, domain of, ii. 17 ; character of its in habitants, ib. ; Ovando's war with the na tives, ii. 238 ; martial character of the peo ple, ib. ; multitudes of them destroyed, ii. 439 ; sue for peace, ii. 440 ; again revolt, ii. 441 ; and slaughter their tyrants, ib. ; situa tion of their towns, ib.; are defeated and compelled to conceal themselves in the fast nesses, ii. 443 ; are hunted like wild beasts, ii. 445-6. Hipparchus, error of, in respect of Africa and India, iii. 363 Hispaniola, discovery of, i. 193 : cause of its being so called, i. 195; description of the in habitants, i. 195, 6, 7 ; of the country, i, 201 ; transactions with the natives, i. 211 : form of government, i, 213 ; alarm created by a discharge of cannon, i. 214 ; general description of, i. 368, 9, 370, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9 ; domains into which it was divided, ii. 16 ; made the metropolis of the New World, ib. ; thought to have been the an cient Ophir, ii. 73 ; an account of the num bers of the natives who perished, victims to the avarice of the whites, ii. 428 ; ceded to the French, iii. 291. Honduras, cape of, discovered by Columbus, ii. 317 ; inhabitants, ii. 318. Honey and wax found at Guadeloupe, i. 311, ii. 77. Horses, fear of the Haytiens of, i. 381, 390 ; terror inspired by them at the battle of the Vega, ii. 47 ; a remarkable one which moved in curvets to the music of a viol, ii. 432 ; killed and salted for sea stores, iii. 120 ; a horse drawn into the river by an alligator, iii. 80. Houses built in the trees, iii. 153. Huelva, Alonzo Sanchez de, the pilot, fabled to have died in the house of Columbus, iii. 349. Huerta, La, delightful island of, ii. 322 ; in habitants of, ib. Humboldt, his account of the present condition of the southern side of Cuba, i. 411 ; account of the route of Columbus, iii. 380.
Hurtado, Bartolome, disaster of, at the Black River, iii. 155 ; sent to take the place of Nu nez, in the expedition to the South Seas, iii. 240. Hurricanes, seldom known in Cuba, i. 176 ; a violent one in Hayti, ii. 67 ; reflections of the Haytiens previous to it, ii. 68, 69 ; severe one at Dobayba, iii. 212.
I. Iceland, Columbus supposed to have visited, i. 59 ; assertions relative to its discovery by the Scandinavians, iii. 356. Impressment resorted to on Columbus's third voyage, ii. 96. Indians, six taken from the New World ; arri val of in Spain, i. 253 ; are baptized, i. 285 ; killed by a foraging party, iii. 53 ; cabins set onfireby the Spaniards,females captured,ib. ; 100 captured, and sent to Hispaniola to be sold, iii. 63 ; 70 made captives, iii. 73 ; Span iards attacked by, ib. ; ambuscade of, iii. 81 ; dances of, in honor of the Virgin, iii. 94 ; captives sold as slaves by Nieuesa, iii. 132 ; preserved bodies at Comagre, iii. 146 ; order ed to be torn to pieces by bloodhounds, iii. 168 ; the sun supposed to be worshipped by, iii. 187 ; prayer of a Cacique, ib.; an Indian, of Jamaica, desires Columbus to take him to Spain, i. 402. Iron, a pan of, seen at Guadaloupe, i. 308. Isabella, discovery of the island of, i. 260. , princess, marriage of, with the heir apparent of Portugal, i. 98. , queen of Arragon and Castile, cha racter of, i. 76 ; engagements of, on the ar rival of Columbus in Spain, i. 79 ; repairs to the seat of war in Granada, ib. ; thence to Galliciaand Salamanca, i. 80, 1 ; an attempt to assassinate her, i. 94 ; Columbus recom mended to her by the marchioness of Moya, i. 95 ; her ability in military affairs, i. 97 ; receives a letter from the prior of La Rabida, i. 104; invites Columbus to court, i. 105; Luis de St. Angel reasons with her, i. I l l ; signifies her assent, i. 112 ; declares her reso lution to pawn her jewels to defray the ex penses, ib. ; her enthusiasm in the cause, i. 113 ; her motives, i. 117 ; her joy at learning the success of Columbus, i. 268 ; her recep tion of him, i. 273 ; her zeal for the welfare of the Indians, i. 285 ; her anxiety in respect to the conversion of the Haytiens, ii. 62 ; humanely prevents the Haytien slaves from being sold to slavery, ib. ; orders them to be sent back to Hayti, ib. ; enters into the views of Columbus in respect to a third voyage, ii. 90 ; her humane directions, ii. 95 ; death of her sou, Prince Juan, ii. 97 ; makes Colum bus's two sons her pages, ii. 98 ; begins to doubt the conduct of Columbus, ii. 241 ; of fended at his pertinacity in making slaves of the Indians taken in war, ii. 244 ; orders all those sent to Spain to be restored to their country and friends, ib. ; consents to the sending out a commission to investigate his conduct, ib. ; filled with sympathy and in-