Aliaco, Pedro, work of, referred to, note.
Alligators, found in great numbers at Puerto Bello.
All Saints, discovery of the bay of.
Alonzo, Don, heir-apparent of Portugal, his marriage with the princess
Isabella.
Alpha and Omega, the extreme point of Cuba.
Alva, duke of, Don Diego Columbus marries his daughter; he assists in obtaining justice for his son-in-law.
Alvaro, Don, de Portugal, attack upon, in the royal tent.
Amazons, an island of supposed; warlike women of the Caribbee islands.
Amazons, river of, discovered by Vicente Pinzon.
Amber, specimens of, among the mountains of Cibao.
Anacaona, wife to Caonabo, retires with her brother Behechio, after the great battle of the Vega; composes legendary ballads; her admiration of the Spaniards; counsels her brother to conciliate the friendship of the Spaniards; her reception of the Adelantado; her wonder and delight at seeing a Spanish ship; her grief at the departure of the Adelantado; her conduct in respect to her daughter and Guevara; her admiration of the Spaniards turned into detestation; receives a visit from Ovando; is seized; carried in chains to St. Domingo; and ignominiously hanged; her fine character.