On the Spanish Main; Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien

by John Masefield

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INDEX

• Action, description of ship in, [334]
• Allowance of food and drink, [326], [327]
• Alvarado, [226], etc.
• —— battle of, [227] et seq.
• Anastasius (church), [252]
• Andreas, Captain, [232], [234], [238]
• Antonio, Captain, [235]
• Arica, [259], [265], [266], [267]
• —— battle of, [267] et seq., [273], [274]
• Arquebus, [303]
• Barbecue, [112]
• Barker, Andrew, [105]
• Baronha, Admiral, [245]
• Bastimentos, [22]
• Bear, pinnace, [79], [82], [84]
• Bishop (of Panama), [255], [256], [281]
• Blewfields, [134]
• Boats (ships'), [297]
• Boatswains, [313]
• Boco del Toro, [230], [231]
• Boucan, [112]
• Bracos, De los, [180]
• Bradley, John, [173] et seq.
• Buccaneers, rise of, [112] et seq.;
• customs, etc., [113];
• dress, [114];
• drunkenness, [115];
• cruel, [116];
• religious, [119];
• attached to comrades, [119];
• preparations for raids, [120] et seq.;
• shares of spoil, [125];
• at the Samballoes, [232];
• at Perico, [247]
• Buckenham, Captain, [225]
• Cabeças, or Cabezas, [80], [84], [88], [92], [95]
• Cabin-boys, [319]
• Campeachy, [127]
• Canoas, [127];
• capturing prizes from, [129] et seq.
• Captains, [311], [322], [323], [324]
• Caribs, [108]
• Carpenters, [316]
• Cartagena, [11], [26], [27], [33], [35], [40], [41] et seq., [44], [45], [94]
• Cartridges, [300], [301]
• Castle Gloria, [151]
• Cativaas, or Catives, [9], [38], [53], [82]
• Cedro Bueno, halt at, [182]
• —— canoas sent to, [188]
• Chaplains, [321], [339]
• Chagres Castle, expedition to, under Bradley, [173] et seq.
• —— Morgan's arrival at, [180]
• —— party sent to, [203]
• —— message from, [205]
• Chagres River, [25], [71], [72], [73], [74], [75], [81]; also [180]-[210]
• Charesha, [26]
• Chatas (small Spanish boats), [179]
• Cheapo River, [61], [241], [279]
• Chapillo, [241], [253]
• Chirurgeons, [321]
• Colonies in West Indies, [110], [111]
• Commissions, [118]
• Cook, Captain, [233], [234], [256], [258], [262]
• Cooks (ships'), [315]
• Coopers, [318]
• Compensations, [122]
• Comrades, [323]
• Corporals, [312]
• Costa Rica, Morgan sails for, [149]
• Cox, Captain, [258], [259], [262]
• Coxon, Captain, [229], [233], [237], [240], [241], [243], [249], [253]
• —— sails for home, [254]
• Coxswains, [313]
• Crews, [319]
• Daggs (pistols), [304]
• Dampier, William, [126];
• early life in West Indies, [218] et seq.;
• ill at Campeachy, [225];
• ruined by storm, [226];
• goes pirating, ibid.;
• returns to England, [228];
• to Jamaica, [229];
• joins buccaneers, [230];
• lands on isthmus, [234];
• not at Perico, [246];
• not at Arica, [267];
• leaves Sharp, [276], [277];
• tramps across isthmus, [280], [283], [284], [285], [286], [287], [288]
• Darien, Gulf of, [4], [5], [8], [31], [99]
• Darien isthmus. See Drake, Morgan, Dampier, etc.
• Delander, R., [180]
• De la Barra Castle, [162]
• Diego, [19], [24], [31], [32], [36], [50], [51]
• —— Fort, [49], [51], [92]
• —— River, [37], [38], [49]
• Discomforts, [328]
• Discipline, [330], [331], [332]
• Drake, Francis (afterwards Sir Francis), born, [1];
• at San Juan d'Ulloa, [1], [2];
• at West Indies, [2], [3];
• sails for Nombre de Dios, [3], [4], [5];
• lands, [6];
• joins Rause, [7], [8];
• sails west, [9], [10];
• attacks Nombre de Dios, [15], [16], [20], [21];
• hurt, [21];
• receives herald, [23];
• goes to Cartagena, [26];
• establishes fort, [31];
• goes east, [32], [33];
• in Cartagena, [40], [41], etc.;
• returns thither, [45];
• starving, [46], [47];
• holds post mortem, [52];
• goes for Panama, [55] et seq.;
• fails to take treasure, [66];
• retreats, [68];
• at Venta Cruz, [69];
• returns to Hixom, [77];
• goes to Veragua, [80], [81];
• meets Captain Tetû, [82];
• makes his great raid, [84], [85], [86], [88];
• builds raft, [89]-[90];
• his bravado, [94];
• arrives at Plymouth, [96];
• mentioned, [97];
• sacks St Domingo, [110];
• his island, [259], [260]
• —— John, [29], [30], [31], [32], [37]
• —— Joseph, [52]
• Entertainments, [325]
• Estera longa Lemos (near Porto Bello), [153]
• Firing (of cannon), [301];
• and aiming, [305], [306]
• Fort Jeronimo (at Porto Bello), [151]
• Francisco River (St Francis River), [9], [84], [88], [91], [92]
• French in West Indies, [111], [117]
• —— buccaneer commissions, [118]
• Fumigations, [329]
• Gabriele, Josef, [239]
• Galleons, [292], [293]
• Galliasses, [292], [293]
• Galleys, [291]
• Gambling, [131]
• Garret, John, [6]
• Gayny, G., [283], [285], [286], [287]
• Gear (sailors'), [296]
• Gibraltar (in Maracaibo), [162]
• Glub, Charles, [49]
• Golden Island, [232]
• Gorgona, [259], [276]
• Grummets, [320]
• Guasco (Huasco), [274]
• Gunners, [300], [301], [302], [304], [305], [308], [309], [312]
• Guns, [298] et seq., [307];
• list of, [303]
• Guzman, Don John Perez, takes Santa Katalina, [138]. See also Panama battle
• Harris, Captain, [233], [237];
• killed and buried, [253]
• Hawkins, Sir R., [98], [99];
• his story of Oxenham, [105]
• Hayti, [106]
• Hilo (Ylo or Ilo), [260], [273], [274]
• Hispaniola, [106], [107] et seq., [114]
• Hixom, Ellis, [48], [54], [56], [75], [76], [77]
• Hobby, Mr, [229]
• Hunters, [108], [109]
• Indians, [121], [265], [279]
• Iquique (Yqueque), [264]
• Iron Castle (at Porto Bello), [139], [151], [158]
• Jamaica, [118], [229], [289]
• Jobson (or Cobson), [284], [287]
• Joiners, [316]
• Juan Fernandez, [261], [264]
• Katalina, Santa, Mansvelt goes to, [135]
• —— Morgan takes, [171]
• King Golden Cap, [236], [237], [239], [241], [246], [253], [255]
• La Serena, [260]
• Las Serenas, [44]
• La Sounds Key, [285], [287], [288]
• Liars, [320]
• Lieutenants, [311]
• Linstocks, [309]
• Lion, pinnace, [53], [84]
• Logwood cutting, [127];
• description of, [222]
• Longships, [291]
• Lorenzo, San, Castle of, [173];
• taken, [176];
• Morgan's return to, [213];
• destroyed, [214]
• Magdalena, [31], [37]
• Main, the, [28], [39], [83], [123], [124], [127]
• Mansvelt, Dutch pirate, cruises in South Seas, [135];
• his plans, [134];
• meets Henry Morgan, [135];
• sails with him, ibid.;
• takes Santa Katalina, [135];
• seeks recruits and recognition from English Governor, [136];
• is refused help, [137];
• sails to Tortuga, [137];
• dies, [139]
• Maracaibo, [162]
• Maroons, [24], [28], [36], [38], [51], [53], [54], [56], [58], [59], [60], [62], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69], [70], [74], [75], [76], [85], [89], [95], [99], [100], [101], [102]
• Marygalante, [4]
• Masts, [294]
• Masters, [312], [322]
• Minion, pinnace, [49], [79]
• Moone, T., [2], [29]
• Morgan, Henry (afterwards Sir Henry), meets Mansvelt, [135];
• sails with him, ibid.;
• tries to get help from New England, [139];
• gathers fleet, [140];
• goes for Puerto del Principe, [141];
• battle there, [142];
• town taken, [142];
• stay there, [143];
• mutiny and fight, [145];
• defection of French allies, [146];
• returns to Port Royal, [146];
• sails for Costa Rica, [149];
• lands, [153];
• takes a fort, [155];
• attacks Porto Bello, [156];
• takes it, [157];
• receives summons from Panama, [159];
• defeats Spanish troops, [160];
• receives ransom, [160];
• returns to Port Royal, [161];
• goes for Maracaibo, [162];
• summons De la Barra Castle, [163];
• the fireship, [164];
• Spanish rally, [164];
• Morgan's stratagem, [166];
• his return to Port Royal, [167];
• goes for Main, [168], [169];
• takes Santa Katalina, [177];
• sails for Chagres, [179];
• reaches Venta Cruz, [187];
• sees Panama, [190];
• takes it, [199], etc.;
• burns his ships, [209];
• leaves ruins, [210];
• returns to Venta Cruz, [212];
• destroys San Lorenzo, [214];
• returns to Port Royal, [215];
• becomes Governor of Jamaica, [216]
• Mosquito Indians, [122], [123], [124], [125]
• Mule trains (or recuas), [65], [66], [67], [85]
• Munjack, [228]
• Muskets, [303]
• Mutiny, [257]
• Nombre De Dios, [3], [6], [7], [8], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14];
• description of, [16], [17], [18], etc.;
• attack on, [27], [28], [62], [63], [64], [65], [84], [85], [98], [99], [103], [104]
• Norman, Captain, [180], [205]
• One Bush Key, [219], [221], [224]
• Ortega, John de, [100], [101]
• Oxenham, John, [17], [18], [39], [43], [61], [64], [65], [79], [81], [82], [93], [98];
• sails on his raid, [98];
• builds ship, [99];
• raids South Seas, [100];
• mutiny, [102], [103];
• Spaniards take him, [104];
• and hang him, [104], [108]
• Panama, [8], [11], [12], [15], [39], [54], [55], [61], [62], [243], [244], [252], [254], [255]
• —— description of, [192].
• —— Morgan's sight of, [190]
• —— Governor of. See Guzman, [159], [160].
• Parrots, at Alvarado, [227]
• Pascha, a ship, [3], [30], [31], [32], [79], [81], [94], [95]
• Pavesses, [294]
• Pearl Islands, [100], [101], [244]
• Pedro, [57], [60], [95]
• Penn, [117]
• Peralta, Don, [206], [245], [248], [249], [250], [251], [252], [258], [261]
• Periaguas, [127]
• Perico, [244], [245], [246], [247], [248], [250]-[253]
• Petticoat (a sky-blue), [279]
• Petty tally, [324], [325]
• Pezoro, [79], [80], [81]
• Pike, Robert, [65], [67], [78]
• Pine Islands, [8], [9], [20]
• Pinnaces, [3], [7]
• Plenty, Port, [36]
• Plymouth, [3], [4], [96], [98]
• Porto Bello, [11], [13], [15];
• description, [150] et seq.;
• attacked and sacked, [154] et seq.; [230], [231]
• Port Pheasant, [5]
• Port Royal, [132]
• —— Morgan's return to, [215]
• —— Dampier arrives at, [221]
• Porto Santo, [4]
• Provisions, [326], [327], [328]
• Puebla Nueva, [256]
• Puerto del Principe, [140], [141] et seq.
• Pursers, [314]
• Quartermasters, [314]
• Quibo, [256], [257], [258], [259]
• Raft (Drake's), [89], [90]
• Rause, Captain, [7], [9], [25]
• Rigging, ancient, [295]
• Ringrose, Basil, [234], [237], [241], [243], [244], [247], [248], [249], [250]
• —— at Arica, [267], [268], [269], [273], [288], [289]
• Rio de la Hacha, [47], [169]
• Rio Grande, [32], [33], [46]
• Roundships, [291]
• Sails, [294], [295], [296], [297]
• Sailing from port, [322], [323]
• San Andreas, [127]
• —— Antonio, [96]
• —— Barnardo, [26], [28], [40], [50], [94]
• —— Domingo, [106], [107],
• —— Juan d'Ulloa, [1], [2], [12],
• —— Miguel, [277]
• Santa Maria, [232], [238], [239], [240], [253]
• —— Martha, [5], [47]
• —— Pecaque, [289]
• Savannahs, [61]
• Sawkins, Richard, Captain, [229], [233], [236], [240], [243], [248], [249], [250], [253], [254], [255], [256];
• killed, [257], [262], [263], [281]
• Scrivanos, [28], [41], [53]
• Sea-fighting, [334], [335], [336], [337]
• Searles, Captain, [206]
• Sharp, Captain Bartholomew, [229], [233], [237], [238], [241], [242], [243], [244], [252], [253], [254], [255];
• takes prizes, [257];
• elected admiral, [258], [259], [262], [265];
• at Arica, [267], [270], [271], [274], [275], [288], [289], [290]
• Ship-boys, [319]
• Simon Le Sieur, [136], [137], [138]
• Smith, Captain John, [89]
• Springer, Captain, [248]
• —— his key, [286]
• Stewards, [315]
• Swabbers, [319], [320]
• Swan, a ship, [2], [3], [29], [30]
• Tawnymores (a ship of), [247], [248], [249], [251]
• Tetû, Captain, [82], [83], [84], [86];
• hurt, [86], [87], [91]
• Tiburon, Cape, [169]
• Tocamora, [231]
• Tolu, [6], [36], [53], [79]
• Top-arming, [294]
• Torna Munni, [183]
• Tortuga, [111], [112], [115], [117]
• Tree (a great), [60], [61]
• Trinity, the Most Blessed, a Spanish galleon, [206], [251], [253], [259], [260], [261], [263], [264], [288], [289]
• Tristian, Captain, [285]
• Trumpeters, [318]
• Tucker, Francis, [95]
• Venables, [117]
• Venta Cruz, [25], [62], [65], [68], [69], [70], [71], [72], [73], [75], [85], [187], [212]
• Veragua, [78], [79], [80], [81]
• Villa del Rey, [35]
• Wafer, Lionel, [234], [276], [281], [282], [283], [284], [285], [287]
• Watling, John, [262], [263], [264], [266];
• attacks Arica, [267], [268], [269];
• shot, [270]
• Ylo, [260], [273], [274]
• Yqueque, [264], [265]
• Younkers, [320]
• Ysabel Nueva, [106]