Puerto Rico— Continued.
original inhabitants, 30 ; discovered
by Columbus, 42, 266 ;
Ponce de Leon takes possession,
54, 55, 267 ; becomes
territory of the United States,
102 ; slavery in, 108, 113 ;
physical characteristics, 259-
265 ; coast line, 260 ; outlying
islands, 260, 261 ; character of
surface, 261 ; rivers, 261, 262 ;
minerals, 262, 263 ; vegetation,
263 ; animals, 263, 264 ; soil
and climate, 264, 265 ; first
settlement, 267 ; origin of the
name, 267 ; fate of the first
colony, 268 ; desolate condition,
269 ; rapid development,
269, 270; government, 270,
271 ; departments, 271, 272 ;
ports and towns, 273-277 ; industrial
condition, 278-280 ;
railroads and telegraph, 280,
281 ; commercial condition,
281 ; social condition, 281,
282 ; archaeology, 282, 283;
United States takes possession,
284-286
Puits Bouillants, 319
Punta Brava, 189
Q
Quisqueya, native name of part
of Haiti, 39
R
Ragged Islands, 38, 123
Raleigh, Sir Walter, captures
San Josef, Trinidad, 70, 376
“ Reconcentrados ” in Cuba, 190
Redonda, 316
Regia, suburb of Havana, 156
Relics of aborigines, 27, 30, 33,
387
Remedios, caves, 131 ; the city,
141, 158
Revolution, attempts at, in Cuba,
172-181; in Haiti, 243-245 ;
in Santo Domingo, 255-257
I Rio Cauto, river in Cuba, 131
Rio del Oro, name given by Columbus
to the Yaqui River, 40,
43
Rio Grande de Loiza, 283
“ Road of the Virgins,” 294
Roberts, Bartholomew, his rules
of piracy, 88
Rochambeau, General, 240
Rodney, Admiral, first in West
Indies, 95 ; takes St. Eusta-
tius, 96 ; battle with French
fleet off Dominica, 98, 333 ;
statue at Kingston, 216
Roldan, 46
Roseau, 325, 327
Rovers and corsairs, 61, 63-68
Rum Cay, 4, 37, 122
Ryswick, treaty of, ends buccaneering,
86 ; effect upon possession
of islands, 94, 101, 235,
313
S
Saba, situation and extent, 9 ;
taken by the Dutch, 75 ; description,
310, 311
Sagasta, Praxedes Mateo, 190
Sagua la Grande, city in Cuba,
158
Sagua la Grande, river in Cuba,
131
St. Ann’s Bay, refuge of Columbus,
49, 200
St. Bartholomew, or St. Bart,
situation and extent, 8 ; first
occupied, 76 ; description and
history, 305
St. Christopher, or St. Kitt’s,
situation and extent, 9 ; origin
of name, 41 ; first settlement,
74 ; early contests for, 92, 94 ;
part of Leeward IslandsColony,
290-292 ; description and history,
312-315
St. Domingue, French colony in
Haiti, 235
St. Eustatius, situation and extent,
9 ; taken by the Dutch.
St. Eustatius— Continued.
75 ; seized by French and restored
to Holland, 94 ; captured
by Rodney, 96 ; description,
311
St. George’s, 352
St. John, city, 290, 307, 308
St. John, island, situation and
extent, 8 ; description, 293, 298
St. Josef, see San Josef
St. Kitt’s, see St. Christopher
St. Laurent, Roume de, 376
St. Louis, 227
St. Lucia, situation and extent,
10 ; discovery, 48 ; first settled,
78 ; contests over, 95-99 ! Part
of the Windward Islands Colony,
288, 289 ; description, 338-
340 ; history, 340-342 ; hurricane,
342
St. Marc, 248
St. Martin, situation and extent,
8 ; discovery, 42 ; first occupied,
76, 93 ; description and
history, 303, 304
St. Nicholas, Cape (Mole), 38,
225, 248
St. Pierre, 331, 332, 336
St. Thomas, situation and extent,
8 ; comes into possession of
Denmark, 80 ; description,
293-298
St. Ursula, Virgin Islands named
for, 7, 42, 293
St. Vincent, situation and extent,
10 ; discovery, 46 > first occupied,
78 ; contests over, 95-
99 ; part of the Windward
Islands Colony, 288, 289 ; description,
342-345 ; volcanic
eruption, 343, 344 ; hurricane
of 1898, 345 ; history and people,
346 ; capital, 347
Saintes, Les, situation and extent,
9 ; description, 322
Salnave, Sylvestre, 244
Salomon, president of Haiti, 244
Salt Key Bank, 123
Sam, General Tiresias Augustin
Simon, president of Haiti, 245
Samana, bay, visited by Columbus,
40, 226
Samana, province of, 252
Samana, tribe in Haiti, 40
Sampson, W. T., U. S. naval
officer, 195
San Antonio, cape, 128, 130, 141
San Antonio, river, 132
San Cristobal, town in Cuba, 142
San Diego, river in Cuba, 133
San Diego, town in Cuba, 156
San Domingo Improvement Company,
258
San Fernando, 381
San German, 276, 285
San Josef, in Trinidad, captured
by Sir W. Raleigh, 70, 376
San Juan Bautista, name given
by Columbus to Puerto Rico,
42, 266
San Juan, Cuba, battle at, 196
San Juan de los Remedios, see
Remedios
San Juan de Maguana, 252
San Juan de Puerto Rico, founded,
54, 267 ; attacked by Drake,
67, 268 ; taken by Dutch admiral,
73, 269 ; attacked by the
Duke of Cumberland, 268 ;
description, 273, 274
San Lorenzo, 255, 277
San Lucar, Columbus sails from,
Sa4n6 Martin, see St. M, arti•n
San Nicolas, see St. Nicholas
San Pedro, 252
San Salvador, first island discovered
by Columbus, 37, 122
Santa Ana Bay, 386
Santa Barbara, 252
Santa Clara, city in Cuba, 158
Santa Clara, Count of, governor-
general of Cuba, 145
Santa Clara, province of Cuba,
Sa1n5t2a Cruz, si• tuati•on and extent,
7 ; discovery, 42 ; revolt
of slaves, i n ; description,
299-301
Santa Cruz del Seybo, 252