Constitution: Cuban Republic of 1868, III, 157; of 1895, IV, 47; call for Constitutional Convention, 185; meeting of Convention, 187; draft completed, 192; salient provisions, 193; Elihu Root's comments, 194; Convention discusses relations with United States, 197; Platt Amendment, 199; amendment adopted, 203; text of Constitution, 304 et seq.; The Nation, 205; Cubans, 205; Foreigners, 207; Individual Rights, 208; Suffrage, 211; Suspension of Guarantees, 212; Sovereignty, 213; Legislative Bodies, 214; Senate, 214; House of Representatives, 216; Congress, 218; Legislation, 221; Executive, 222; President, 222; Vice-President, 225; Secretaries of State, 226; Judiciary, 227; Supreme Court, 227; Administration of Justice, 228; Provincial Governments, 229; Provincial Councils, 230; Provincial Governors, 231; Municipal Government, 233; Municipal Councils, 233; Mayors, 235; National Treasury, 235; Amendments, 236; Transient Provisions, 237; Appendix (Platt Amendment), 238. "Constitutional Army," IV, 268. Contreras, Andres Manso de, I, 288. Contreras, Damien, I, 278. Convents, founded, I, 276; Nuns of Santa Clara, 286. Conyedo, Juan de, Bishop, II, 35. Copper, discovered near Santiago, I, 173; wealth of mines, 259; reopened, II, 13; exports, III, 3. Corbalon, Francisco R., I, 286. Cordova de Vega, Diego de, Governor, I, 239. Cordova, Francisco H., expedition to Yucatan, I, 84. Cordova Ponce de Leon, José Fernandez, Governor, I, 316. Coreal, Francois, account of West Indies, quoted, I, 355. Coronado, Manuel, gift for air planes, IV, 352. Cortes, Spanish, Cuban representation in, II, 308; excluded, 351; lack of representation, III, 3; after Ten Years' War, 307. Cortez, Hernando, Alcalde of Santiago de Cuba, I, 72; sent to Mexico by King, 74; agent of Velasquez, 86; early career, 90; portrait, 90; quarrel with Velasquez, 91; marriage, 92; commissioned by Velasquez to explore Mexico, 92; sails for Mexico, 94; final breach with Velasquez, 96; denounced as rebel, 97; escapes murder, 99. Cosa, Juan de la, geographer, I, 6, 53. Councillors, appointed for life, I, 111; conflict with Procurators, 113. Creoles, origin of name, II, 204. Crittenden, J. J., protests against European intervention in Cuba, III, 129. Crittenden, William S., with Lopez, III, 96; captured, 101; death, 105. Crombet, Flor, revolutionist, IV, 41, 42. Crooked Island. See ISABELLA. Crowder, Gen. Enoch H., head of Consulting Board, IV, 284.