Cortez, Hernando, conduct of Fonseca to.
Costa Rica, Columbus sails along the.
Cotabanama, Cacique of Higuey; massacres eight Spaniards; Ovando marches against him; sues for peace; visits the Spanish camp; another war ensues; cruelty to his tribe; takes shelter with his wife and children in a large cavern; his rencounter with Juan Lopez; is overpowered and chained; sent to St. Domingo and hanged.
Cotton, where first seen in the Western hemisphere; seen in large quantities in Cuba; tribute of.
Cranes, flocks of large, seen in Cuba.
Creation, ideas in respect to the, entertained by the Haytiens.
Crocodiles found at El Betrete similar to those of the Nile.
Crosses erected by Columbus to denote his discoveries. Crusade to recover the holy sepulchre proposed by Columbus.
Cruz, Cabo de la, so named by Columbus.
Cuba, island of, Columbus bears of; sails in quest of it; discovery of; description of its appearance: hurricanes seldom known in; belief of the inhabitants in a future state; Columbus revisits the consts of; natives of; Columbus coasts along the southern side; natives; subjugated and settled by Don Diego Columbus; the remains of Columbus removed to. Cubagua, Isle of, discovery of; natives; pearl fisheries on the coast of, established. Cubiga, a village in Veragua where the country of gold was supposed to terminate.