Spaniards, number of, in Puerto Rico; as colonists in Puerto Rico; no women among early settlers.

Storms, damages by.

Sugar;
the industry injured by production of
beet-sugar.

Tiedra, Vasco de, Governor of Puerto
Rico.

Tobacco, its cultivation permitted by a
special law.

Trade, its growth.

United States sends army to Puerto Rico;
acquires the island.

Weyler, General, his inhuman proceedings
in Cuba.

Windward Islands, discovered by Columbus.

Women, none among early Spanish settlers; education of, neglected.