Basques, 21

Basse Terre, 253

Berlin Press on Castro (Vene-
zuela), 142
Bishop, J. B., 354
Black, Col., 39

Blanco, Guzman, 141

Blockade of Venezuelan ports, 146
Bobadilla, 131

Bogotá, 192-94.
Boisrond-Canal, 75

Bolivar, Simon, 140
Bonaire, 267

Bowen, Minister, 184-85
Boyd, Don Federico, 219
Brazil, 6

Bridgetown, 245-46

Brimstone Hill Citadel, 253
British West Indies, 12; Educa-
tion in, 243; administration,
244; statistics, 447
Buena Ventura, 196
Bull, John, 10
Bülow, Prince, 142

Cacao, 391

Caceres, President, assassination
of, 128

Canada, reciprocity with West
Indies, 383-86

Canal legislation, 473-74

Cannibalism, among Caribs, 232
Cannon, ex-Speaker, 295
Cape Francis ("Old"), 30
Cape Sable, 3

Caribbean, the, II

Caribbean Sea, Mistress of, 32
Caribs, 232-33; Carib village

Dominica, visit to, 238-42

Cartagena, 5, 32; expedition to,
205-16

Castle of Millot, Hayti, 58
Castries, 12, 266

Castro, Baldorioty de, 292

Castro, Don Cipriano, 153-54;

to

story of, 157-90; return
power, 155; sails for Europe,
156; and Reyes, 160; Crespo's
opinion of, 160; politics on
Colombian frontier, 166; his
march to Caracas, 170-73; pri-
vate life, 174; his energy, 175;
criticism of Roosevelt, 178;
treatment of Congress, 179; on
battlefield of La Victoria, 183;
Venezuela under his rule, 183-
88

Castro, Doña Sorla, 154-55
Catholic party, Mexico, 317, 336,
342

Cauca, valley of, 193

Central American States, revolu-
tions in, 346; union of, 347-
48; high court of justice in,
349

Chagres River, 350

Chamberlain, Hon. Joseph, 16
Charlotte Amalia, 23
Chihuahua, 317

Cientifico party, Mexico, 315
Cleveland's, President, interven-
tion in Venezuela, 145
Coffee, loading in Hayti, 63
Colombia, Republic of, descrip-
tion, 191; power of provincial
chiefs, Mr. Akers on political
classes of, 198-99; wealth of,
216; Isthmian troubles, 219-20;
statistics concerning revolu-

tions in, 441-44
Colon, 4

Color question, 244; war castes,

Yucatan, 331
Columbus, Christopher, 133, 139;
house of, 131; remains, 134
Confederation, West Indian, 386
Conquest, orphans of, 223-42
Convention, U. S., with Domini-
can Republic, 24; text of, 414
Coolie labour, 281
Cooper, William, 205
Copenhagen, 14

Corbin, General, 205
Cortez, 32

Cotton-growing, 390

Courland, Dukes of, 275

Crespo, President,

Cristobal, 374

164

Crutchfield, Mr., 446

Cuba, 12, 21; in '98, 31; budget,
commercial statistics, 401;
anti-American feeling in, 45;
during elections, 42; color ques-
tion in, 41

Cuban Republic, legislation in,
39; future of, commercial pros-
perity of, 44

Cucaracha Slide, 365
Culebra Cut, 359-69
Cumberland Harbour, 215
Curaçao, 267; German fleet at,
268-69

Cushing, Caleb, 194

Danish Islands, 13, 223-25; pro-
posed sale of, 22; fiscal out-
look, 23; statistics, 446
Darrieus, Captain Gabriel, views
on West Indian conditions, 18-
19; proposes sale French
islands, 286-88

Dawson, Thomas C., 416
Defoe, 277
De Grasse, 8
Deseada, 279

Diamond Rock, 263
Diaz, Don Porfirio, 346
Diaz régime in Mexico, 28, 304-
05

Dominica, 8, 9, 237

Dominican Republic, U. S. rela-
tions with, 24-26; convention
with, text of, 414; statistics, 418
Drake, Francis, 132, 133, 362
Dutch islands, 13, 267-69, 229-
30; statistics, 456

Dutch steamer, voyage on, 47

Florida Strait, 6
Foltz, Major, 42
Foraker Bill, 295

Hispaniola, 5, 121

France, 17; colonial empire of,
29; French islands, 279-88;
statistics, 457-59
French Cable Co., 147
Froude, historian, 15
Fruit trade, 10; development of,
390

Gaillard, Col., 354, 359, 366
Galicians, 21

Gatun, 350-53; water-gates of,
355-56

General Staff (U. S. Army), 34
Germany, 10; in West Indies, 13,
24, 393, 398; Emperor, 29;
navy, 154; commercial methods
of, 397
Goethals, Col., 354
Gold Hill, 361, 365
Gomez, Don Vicente, President
(of Ven.), 143, 152, 188, 190
Gomez, President José Miguel, 37,
39, 40

Gonaïves, 79

Gorgas, Col., 376-78
Grandval, M. de, 286

Grenada, 5

Grant, President, 11, 30
Guadeloupe, 4, 280-83

Guantanamo Bay, 5, 32, 33

Gulf Stream, 6
Gussie, transport, 31

Hodges, Col., 354

Holland, Minister from, and
Castro, 158
Holstein, 289
Honda, 196

Hood, Captain John, 31, 118
Humboldt, Alexander, 192, 200
Hurricanes, 7, 8; a West Indian
experience, 270-73

Key West, 3

Kidd, Captain, 227

Kidnapping children in Hayti,

90-94

Kings, a pair of, 227
Kingston, 7, 8, 257
Knox, Honourable Philander C.,
348; on Santo Domingo, 424;
on Honduras and Nicaragua,
427

Lecky, historian, 3

Leeward Islands, 2

Leger, Minister, 89

Legitimus, Deputy, 283-84-85

Leigh, Sir Olive, 32, 246

Liberator (Bolivar), last words

of, 140

Limon Bay, 362

Miraflores, 351

Maya Indians, 328
M'Calla and marines, 32
McCreery, Hon. Fenton, 137
McKinley, President, 38
Mediterranean, our, 3-4
Mendoza, Don Luciano, 171-174
Menocal, General, 37, 45
Mexico, 28; Attitude of U. S.
Government toward revolution,
29; our immigration to, 306;
Americanization of some
states, 306; oil fields of, 308;
elections in, 321; present state
of, 346

Mexico City, riots in, 318, 319
Mexico, Gulf of, 3, 6
Midshipmite, 31

Nevis, 264

Newcastle, Duke of, 211-12
New Granada, treaty of, 220
Nord Alexis, General and Presi-
dent, 55-59, 77-85, 117-18

Nord Alexis, Mme., 58-60, 68-70,
78-79

North Americans, loyal, 32; ex-

pedition to Cartagena, 205-16
Nova Zembla, 7

Nuñez, General, and Veterans'
Association, 45

Ober's Crusoe's Island, 277
Ocean, Western, 6

"Old Grog," how Admiral

Vernon received his name,
215

Olivier, Sir Sidney, 258; ideas on
race question, 448

Olney, Mr., 347; Olney-Salisbury
correspondence, 12

Orientales (Venezuela), 157, 169
Orinoco, Mouth of, 145
Oruba, 267

Overlord of Caribbean, 13

Panama, Canal of, 224; conquest
of Isthmus, 350-78; Republic
of, 218-19; as military and
naval base, 34; treaty with

United States, 461; revolution-

ary records, 444

Papaloi, 59
Papiamento, 269

Passage, Windward, 30

Paul, Dr. (Jesus Rojas), 149
Pedro Miguel, 350
Philippine troubles, 10
Pino Suarez, 330

Planter families, Barbados and
Virginia, 243

Platt Amendment, 21, 36; accept-
ance by Cuba, 37; meaning of,
38; text of, 404
Poets of Colombia, 195
Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe), 283
Ponce de Leon, 131

Porter, Commodore David, 290
Port-au-Prince, 56

Port of Spain, 261-62
Porto Rico, 5, 20; present state
of, 27, 289-301; our policy in,
296; plan for government of,
297; hookworm crusade in, 299
Porto Ricans, status of, 295
Post, Hon. Regis, 481

Poynts, John, booms Tobago, 278
Press, West Indian, 259

Priests, Roman Catholic,
Hayti, 116

Problem, our colonial, 28
Puebla, 315

Puerto Cabello, 5

Quebec Line, 5

Queretero, elections in, 317

in

Rodney, Admiral, 8, 229-31
Romance in West Indian history,
273
Roosevelt, President, on West In-
dies, 19; letter to Johnston, 118;
action on Panama question,

222

Root, Elihu, 86; views on Mexico,
346; on Monroe Doctrine, 347
Rousseau, Admiral, 354
Royal Commission, 383-86
Royal mail steamers, 6
Rum, 212

Russell, U. S. Minister, 151

Saba, 229

Sam, General and President, 55
Sampson, Admiral, on board
New York, 31; his memories
of Japanese, 32
San Antonio, 334

St. Barts, 228

San Blas Mountains, 350
Santa Cruz, 4, 226, 291
St. John's, 225

St. John, Sir Spencer, 49
San Juan, Porto Rico, 30
St. Kitts, 4, 9, 251; aquatic
prowess of natives, 254

St. Lucia, 12, 265

St. Martin, 227

St. Nicholas, Church of, 132
St. Pierre, 282

St. Thomas, 2, 4, 223, 231
Samana Bay, 30, 134-36
Sanguillay, Cuban Secretary of
State, 44

Santa Barbara, 136
Santo Domingo, 5, 26; descrip-
tion of, 129-131; ancient days
in capital of, 130-34; recent
history, 121; Professor Hol-
lander on, 123; machinery of
revolution, 128; our financial
intervention in, 126; views of
Honourable Philander C.
Knox on, 424; text of conven-
tion with, 414

Sapper, Professor, 286
Senate, U. S., footnote, 399
Shafter, Major-General, 31
Sibert, Colonel, 354

Simon, General and President,
74, 85, 118