PALMA, SEÑOR THOMASO ESTRADO, President of the Gran Junta in New York, 98. Palm-trees, 205. _Patria, La_, the Revolutionary journal, 98. Payrete Theatre, the, 141. Petition to the Queen-Regent of Spain, 119. Philip II., laws framed by, 18; fortifies Cuba, 54. Philippe, Louis, wishes to buy Cuba, 77. Pico Turquino, Mountain, 3. Pine-apple, the, 4; a plantation, 233. Pinos, La Isla dos, a health resort, 5 and 11. Plantations, or Haciendas, backward state of the, 174; description of a, 205. Population, sparse, in mountain regions, 4; early inhabitants, 14; present, 16; the rural, 176. Prim, General, proposes to sell Cuba to the U.S., 88; assassination of, 90. Procession, a religious, 169. Propaganda, the archives of the, 258. Puentes Grandes, 149. Puerto Principe, founded by Diego Velasquez, 49; description of, 192. Punta, La, the fortress, 121. Q. QUESADA, MANUEL DE, brother-in-law to Cespedes, elected Commander-in-Chief of the insurgent army, 87. Quinsai, the imaginery city, 40. R. RAILWAYS, mainly in British hands, 26; Cuban, 150. Rainy season, 2 (in note). Rebellion, the Cuban, real commencement of the movement, 64; first steps towards open, 75; open revolt under Cespedes, 82; the holder of the funds decamps, 84; want of money and arms, 84; rebels worsted at Bayamo, 85; the horrors which resulted, 85; tragic death of Cespedes, 91; Maximo Gomez elected Commander-in-Chief, 93; the Treaty of Zanjou, 94; abstention of the towns from taking part in the, 100; organization of the, 101; an encampment, 107. Rebels, cruelty of the, 101; number and organization of the, 101; amusements of the, 109; their priests, 109. _Reconcentrados_, the miserable lot of the, 108. Religion, insincerity of the Cubans in their, 24; present religious awakening, 24; toleration, 26; religion and slavery, 34; Catholicism in Cuba, 56; ceremonies of the Church, 57; an Archbishopric created, 58; reaction in favour of, 138; a procession, 169; state of, in Monserrat, 260. Reptiles: the red asp, 7; scorpions, 7; cure for the bite of a Cuban scorpion, 7. Republic, the Cuban, proclaimed by, and Cespedes elected President, 87; send envoys to England, France, and the United States, 87; tragic death of Cespedes, 91; Don Cisneros y Bétancourt elected President, 93; Don Francisco Aquelera, third President, 93; the Treaty of Zanjou, 94; the Republican Parliament dissolved in 1879, 95. Rincon, 151. Rosario waterfalls, 6. S. SAN DOMINGO, revolt of the negroes in, 63. San Francisco, the church of, 136. San Salvador, first sighted by Columbus, 38. Santiago, the province of, earthquakes in, 3; healthiest half of the island, 11. Santiago de Cuba, founded by Diego Velasquez in 1516, 49; its bay, 178; most historical city in the island, 180; the cathedral, 181; Holy Week in, 181; a literary centre, 184. Santoveneo, the late Countess of, 125.