Jamaica— Continued.
als, 203 ; vegetation, 203, 204 ;
animals, 205, 206 ; climate,
206-208; first settlement, 209;
first colonists, 210 ; founding
of Port Royal, 210 ; destruction
of Port Royal, 211 ;
founding of Kingston, 211 ;
attacked by the French, 211 ;
insurrections of the maroons,
212-215 ; the colonial government,
215 ; effect of Rodney’s
victory, 216 ; result of abolition,
216, 217 ; insurrection
of blacks, 217, 218 ; change
in the government, 219 ; counties
and parishes, 219, 220 ;
religion and education, 220,
221 ; judiciary, 221 ; city
of Kingston, 221, 222 ; other
cities and towns, 222 ; population
and industries, 222,
223 ; material condition, 223,
224
Jatibonico, river in Cuba, 132
Jeremie, 249
Jervis, Sir John, English naval
commander, 99, 323
Jimaguayu, meeting - place of
Cuban Assembly, 184
Jordan, Gen. Thomas, 178
Josephine, Empress, birthplace,
336
Juana, name given by Columbus
to Cuba, 38, 143
Junta, the Cuban, 183
K
“ Key of the New World ”
(Havana), 154
Kidd, Captain, 89
Kingston, capital of Jamaica,
199, 221, 222
Kingstown, capital of St. Vincent,
345, 347
L
La Brea, or La Braye, 374, 381
Lacret, Cuban general, 185
Lagon Bouffe, 373
La Grange, General, 328
La Playa, 262, 276
Las Casas, Bartolomé, “ Apostle
of the Indies,” 57 ; condemns
treatment of natives, 57, 58 ;
among first colonists of Cuba,
141
Las Casas, Don Luis, governor-
general of Cuba, 144
Las Guasimas, 196
Las Islas de Arenas, 38
Laws of the Indies, 145
Lee, Gen. Fitzhugh, consul-
general at Havana, 194 ; military
commander, 197
Leeward Islands, origin and
application of the term, 6, 7 ;
288, 385
Leeward Islands Colony, 290-293
Leclerc, General, 239, 240
Legitime, General, 245
Leogane, 248
Leon, Ponce de, lands on Puerto
Rico, 54; founds San Juan,
54> 55> 267 ! invades Florida,
268
“ Les Amis des Noirs,” 236
Lesser Antilles, 4 ; their extent,
6 ; area and population, 12 ;
geological structure, 16 ; contests
for possession, 92-102 ;
application of the term, 287
Liamuiga, Carib name of St.
Kitt’s, 312
Libano, Monte, caves of, in
Cuba, 131
Liberté, 249
Liguanea, plain of, 203
“ Little -Venice,” 371
“ Llave del Nuevo Mundo,” 154
L’Olive, French adventurer, 77,
322
Lolonois, or l’Olonnois, French
buccaneer, 84
Long Island, discovery, 4 ; relics
of aborigines, 27 ; Fernandina
of Columbus, 37 ; description,
122
Lopez, Narciso, 174, 175
Louisiana, as Spanish possession,
72
L ’Ouverture, Toussaint, 238—24°
Lucayan Islands, see Bahamas
Lucayos, or Yucayos, natives of
Bahamas, 26 ; kidnapped for
slaves, 54
Ludlow, Gen. Wm., 197
Luquillo, 262
M
Maceo, Antonio, 183-189
Maceo, José, 183-188
Macias, Governor-General, 285
McKinley, President, reference
to Cuba in annual message,
192 ; special message on Cuba,
194
Madanino, island of Amazons,
40
Madiana, native name of Martinique,
330
Maine, the, U. S. battle-ship,
193
Maintenon, Madame de, 337
Maisi, Cape, 27, 38
Manigat, General, 245
Manzanillo, bay, 226
Manzanillo, city in Cuba, 161,
MaIr7g8a rita, island, discoveredj ,
46 ; description, 383, 384
Margarita, Pedro, 43, 44
Marie Galante, situation and extent,
9 ; origin of name, 41 ;
description, 322
Mariel, port of Cuba, 156
Marigot, 304
Mariguana, 4, 122
Marin, Sabas, Spanish general in
Cuba, 186, 187
Marlborough, Earl of, 359
Marooning, 90
Maroons, origin in Jamaica, 89,
90, 212 ; insurrections of, 212-
2Ï 5
Martha Brae River, 203
Marti, José, 183, 184
Martinique, situation and extent,
10 ; discovery, 48 ; taken by
the French, 77 ; contests over,
92, 95, 99 1 description, 330-
332 ; history, 333, 334 1 industrial
condition, 334, 335 1 government,
336
Martyr d’Anghiera, Peter, 4
Masso, Bartolomé, 185, 191, 198
Matanzas, caves, 131
Matanzas, city, 156
Matanzas, Pan de, 130
Matanzas, province, 152; ravaged
by insurgents, 186
Matthew Town, 122
Mayaguez, 262, 276, 285
Mayari, river in Cuba, 132
Mayas, aborigines of Yucatan,
27
Maynard, Lieutenant, captures
the pirate “ Blackbeard,’ 87
Mendez, Diego, 49
Mcrrimac, the, U. S. naval vessel,
195
Mexico, as Spanish possession,
72
Mexico, Gulf of, 2, 13, 15
Miles, General Nelson A., takes
Puerto Rico, 284, 285
Mississippi River, effect in producing
Gulf Stream, 18
Moca, 263
Mole St. Nicholas, 38, 225, 248
Mona, island off Puerto Rico,
44, 260
Mona Passage, 5, 16, 259
Monkey Hill, 314
Mono, island off Trinidad, 372
Montagu, Lord, 346
Montbar, French buccaneer, 84
Monte Cristi, mountain in Haiti,
40, 43 ; mountain range, 228
Monte Cristi, province of, 252
Montego Bay, 200, 222
“ Montpelier of the West/ 3*7
Montserrat, island of, situation
and extent, 9 ; discovery and
name, 41 ; taken by English,
75 ; captured by French, 93 ;
part of Leeward Islands Col