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
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;
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
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
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
Grant, President, 11, 30 Guadeloupe, 4, 280-83
Guantanamo Bay, 5, 32, 33
Gulf Stream, 6 Gussie, transport, 31
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,
Kings, a pair of, 227 Kingston, 7, 8, 257 Knox, Honourable Philander C., 348; on Santo Domingo, 424; on Honduras and Nicaragua, 427
Legitimus, Deputy, 283-84-85
Leigh, Sir Olive, 32, 246
Liberator (Bolivar), last words
Miranda, General, his American followers shot, 140 Mississippi River, 7 Mole St. Nicholas, 30 Molina, General, 329 Mona Passage, 5
Monroe Doctrine, 12, 18, 25
Lodge Senator Cabot, footnote, Montbars, 228
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
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
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,
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
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
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