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dignation on reading Columbus's letter to Dona de la Torre, ii, 270 ; invites him to court, ii. 272 ; is moved to tears at beholding him, ii. 273 ; her concern for the welfare of the Indians, ii. 288 ; listens with compla cency to the proposition of Columbus for a fourth voyage, ii. 298 ; receives the news of the sanguinary acts of Ovando with horror and indignation, ii. 458 ; exacts a promise from the king that he shall be superseded in the government, ib. ; causes of the melan choly under which she labored, ii. 465 ; her death, ii. 406 ; and character, ib.
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K. Kings, Moorish, of Granada, one of them sur renders his pretensions to Ferdinand, i. 9 7 ; the other surrenders Granada, i. 107. Kircher, Athanasius, his opinion relative to the travels of Marco Polo, iii. 393. L. Labrador, discovered by Sebastian Cabot, ii. 279. Lactantius, passage quoted from, to prove the impossibility of their being antipodes, i. 86-7. Lapis lazuli, specimens found among the mountains of Cibao, i. 362. Ledesma, Pedro, his gallant conduct, ii. 364 ; involves himself in Porras's mutiny, and re ceives a multitude of wounds, ii. 418 ; is as sassinated, ib. Lepe, Diego de, voyage of, iii. 47 ; sets sail from Palos, ib. ; doubles Cape St. Augus tine, ib. ; discovers more of the southern continent than any voyager of his day, ii. 277. Lineage of Christopher Columbus, an account of, iii. 314. Lombards, the extent of their trade, i. 36. Lopez, Juan, his rencontre with Cotabanama, ii. 448. Lots for Pilgrimages, drawing of, i. 241. Luxan, Juan de, his excursion among the mountains of Cibao, i. 366.
Jamaica discovered by Columbus, i. 398 ; the natives receive Colnmbus in a hostile manner, i. 400 ; Columbus takes possession of it, i. 401 ; amicable intercourse with the natives, ib. ; their character, ib. ; their canoes, ib. ; subjugated by Don Diego, iii. 302 ; Esquibel made governor, iii. 67. , Cacique of, visits Columbus, and offers to go and do homage to the king and queen of Spain, i. 431 ; this offer evaded by Colum bus, i. 432. Japan (Cipango), Marco Polo's accouut of it, iii. 397. Jasper, specimens found among the mountains of Cibao, ii. 363. Jerez, Rodrigo de, sent up the island of Cuba by Columbus, i. 180; account of his jour M. ney, i. 182. Macham, his discovery of Madeira, i. 34 ; an Jews not allowed to establish themselves in the account of his adventures, iii. 412. colonies, or undertake voyages of discovery, Madeira, an account of the discovery of the ii. 288. island of, iii. 411. John of Anjou, an account of his expedition Magellan, electrical lights seen during his voy against Naples, iii. 325. age on the masts of ships, i. 304. II. king of Portugal, the passion for Maguana, domain of, an account of, ii. 16. maritime discovery revives under, i. 61 ; Mahogany, canoes made of, i. 401. sends missions in quest of Prester-John, i. Maize, cultivated in Hayti, i. 377. 62 ; receives a proposition of a voyage of dis Maladies of the Spaniards in Hayti, i. 340,381. covery from Columbus, i. 63 ; refers it to a Malaga, siege and capture of, i. 93-5. junto and his council, who report it to be Maldonado, Don Alonzo, appointed Alguazilvisionary, i. 6 5 ; consents to use an unwar mayor in the place of Roldan, in Hispaniola, rantable stratagem, i. 68 ; desires to renew ii. 290. the negotiation with Columbus, i. 68 ; who — —, Melchor, visits Guacanagari, i. refuses, and quits Portugal, i. 69 ; invites 330 ; proceeds along the coast, i. 337-8. Columbus to Portugal, and promises protec Malte-Brun, his conjecture relative to Colum tion, i. 9 5 ; invites Columbus on his return bus considered, iii. 361. from the New World, i. 254 ; his jealousy Man, origin of, according to the Haytiens, i. excited, i. 255 ; his armament, i. 287 ; his 372. negotiations with Ferdinand in respect to the Mangrove trees, iii. 75 ; Ojeda seeks refuge from new discoveries, i. 287-289 ; his idea in re the Indians in one, iii. 76. spect to a continent in the southern ocean, Manicaotex, succeeds Caonabo, ii. 43 ; com ii. 290-2. mands in a battle, ii. 46 ; is conquered and Josephus, his opinion relative to the gold used sues for peace, ii. 48 ; compelled to pay half in the temple of Jerusalem, ii. 348. a calabash of gold every three months, ii. Juan, prince, his nuptials, ii. 90 ; his death, ii. 50 ; assembly of the Caciques at his house 97. to prefer complaints against Columbus, ii. 67. Jnana, queen of Castile, arrival of, ii. 478 ; Mandeville, Sir John, a short account of his promises a prosperous termination to the suit travels, iii. 398 ; held in great authority by of Columbus, ih. . Columbus, iii. 399. Junta de Descargos, the claims of Columbus Mangon, a province of Cuba, i. 408-9. referred to the, ii, 474.