Fish, Hamilton, U. S. Secretary of State, prevents premature recognition of Cuban Republic, III, 203; protests against Rodas's decree, 216; on losses in Ten Years' War, 290; seeks British support, 292; states terms of proposed mediation, 293. Fish market at Havana, founder for pirate, II, 357. Fiske, John, historian, quoted, I, 270. Flag, Cuban, first raised, III, 31; replaces American, IV, 249; picture, 250; history and significance, 250. Flores y Aldama, Rodrigo de, Governor, I, 301. Florida, attempted colonization by Ponce de Leon, I, 139; De Soto's expedition, 145. See MENENDEZ. Fonseca, Juan Rodriguez de, Bishop of Seville, I, 59. Fonts-Sterling, Ernesto, Secretary of Finance, IV, 90; urges resistance to revolution, 270. Fornaris, José, III, 230. Forestry, attention paid by Montalvo, I, 223; efforts to check waste, II, 166. Foyo, Sr., Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce and Labor, IV, 297. France, first foe of Spanish in Cuba, I, 177; "Family Pact," II, 42; interest in Cuban revolution, III, 126. Franquinay, pirate, at Santiago, I, 310. French refugees, in Cuba, II, 189; expelled, 302. French Revolution, effects of, II, 184. Freyre y Andrade, Fernando, filibuster, IV, 70; negotiations with Pino Guerra, 267. Frye, Alexis, Superintendent of Schools, IV, 156; controversy with General Wood, 162. Fuerza, La: picture, facing I, 146; building begun by De Soto, I, 147; scene of Lady Isabel's tragic vigil, 147, 179; planned and built by Sanchez, 194; work by Menendez, and Ribera, 209; slave labor sought, 211; bad construction, 222; Montalvo's recommendations, 223; Luzan-Arana quarrel, 237; practical completion, 240; decorated by Cagigal, II, 33. Galvano, Antony, historian, quoted, I, 4. Galvez, Bernardo, seeks Cuban aid for Pensacola, II, 146; Governor, 168; death, 170. Galvez, José Maria, head of Autonomist Cabinet, IV, 95. Garaondo, José, I, 317. Garay, Francisco de, Governor of Jamaica, I, 102. Garcia, Calixto, portrait, facing III, 268; President of Cuban Republic, III, 301; joins War of Independence, IV, 69; his notable career, 76 et seq.; joins with Shafter at Santiago, 111; death, 241. Garcia, Carlos, revolutionist, IV, 269. Garcia, Esequiel, Secretary of Education, IV, 320. Garcia, Marcos, IV, 44. Garcia, Quintiliano, III, 329. Garvey, José N. P., II, 222. Gastaneta, Antonio, II, 9. Gelder, Francisco, Governor, I, 292. Gener y Rincon, Miguel, Secretary of Justice, IV, 161. Geraldini, Felipe, I, 310. Germany, malicious course of in 1898, IV, 104; Cuba declares war against, 348; property in Cuba seized, 349; aid to Gomez, 350.