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. Cuba: Relation to America, I, 1; Columbus's first landing, 3; identified with Mangi or Cathay, 4; with Cipango, 5; earliest maps, 6; physical history, 7, 37 et seq.; Columbus's discovery, 11 et seq.; named Juana, 13; other names, 14; Columbus's account of, 28; geological history, 37-42; topography, 42-51; climate, 51-52; first circumnavigation, 54; colonization, 54; Velasquez at Baracoa, 60; commerce begun, 68; government organized, 69; named Ferdinandina, 73; policy of Spain toward, 175; slow economic progress, 215; land legislation, 232; Spanish discrimination against, 266; divided into two districts, 275; British description in 1665, 306; various accounts, 346; turning point in history, 363; close of first era, 366; British conquest, II, 78; relinquished to Spain, 92; great changes effected, 94; economic condition, 98; reoccupied by Spain, 102; untouched by early revolutions, 165; effect of revolution in Santo Domingo, 190; first suggestion of annexation to United States, 257; "Ever Faithful Isle," 268; rise of independence, 268; censuses, 276 et seq.; representation in Cortes, 308; "Soles de Bolivar," 341; representatives rejected from Cortes, 351; transformation of popular spirit, 383; independence proclaimed, III, 145; Republic organized, 157; War of Independence, IV, 15; Spanish elections held during war, 67; Blanco's plan of autonomy, 93; sovereignty surrendered by Spain, 123; list of Spanish Governors, 123. See REPUBLIC OF CUBA.