The History of Puerto Rico / From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation

by R. A. Van Middeldyk

Arecibo, town of.

Armada, effects of destruction of.

Autonomy granted to Puerto Rico.

Bastidas, Bishop Rodrigo, charged with liberating Indian slaves in Puerto Rico.

Beet-sugar, its injurious competition with cane-sugar, 228.

Bemini (Florida), island of, King Ferdinand wants Ponce to explore it, 59; Indian reports of, 60; discovery of, 61.

Blake, English admiral, captures
Spanish galleons, 136.

Blasquez, Juan, judge-auditor of
Puerto Rico, 102.

Boabdil, last of the Moorish kings.

Boriquén, first known name of Puerto Rico; seat of Guaybána; Boriqueños restless; revolt in; last of the Boriquén Indians; the republic of, proclaimed; falls; native inhabitants of.