ordered confined in a cage, 233; protests to Bishop Quevedo, 240; engages to marry the governor's daughter, 242, 246; character of, 245; builds brigantines, 248, 249, and sails them on Pacific, 250; freed from Pedrarias, 251; accused by Garabito, 253; suffers for his crimes, 256; flouts astrologer's prophecy, 259; returns to Acla, 261, where he is arrested, 262; imprisoned, 263; visited in prison by Pedrarias, 263, whom he defies and denounces, 265; his career reviewed, 269, 270; scenes at his execution, 272-275; beheaded, 276. Balsa, river in Darien, 249. Barbacoa, Indian structure, 54, 101. Bastidas, Rodrigo de, explorer, 1-7. Becerra, Francisco, lost in Zenu, 237. Biru (Peru) described to Pizarro, 236. Bobadilla, Francisco de, 3-7. Bobadilla, Doña Isabel de, 205; entertained by Balboa, 212-216, whom she befriends, 243; mourns Balboa's death, 278. Bohio, or Indian hut, 53. Bonouvama, friendly Indian, 195. Brigantines, building the, 248-250. Cacica, the fair, Balboa's prisoner, 69; entertains spies, 116; betrays her people 119; sought by Garabito, 252; seals Balboa's fate, 257; witnesses his execution, 278. Caciques of Darien, the, chap, v.; dead, 71. Caicedo, Juan de, 154, 200. Calaboose, from Spanish _calabozo_, 141. Caribs of Urabá, 52. Carillo, Captain Luis, 227; death of, 228. Carita, Cacique, 50, 56; capture of, 57; speech of, 65; bestows daughter upon Balboa, 66, and becomes his ally, 78. Cartagena, harbor of, 26, 28. Chiapes, native chief, 176-178, 181, 182, 188. Chicha, fermented beverage, 108. Colmenares, Diego de, rescues colonists, 39; and Nicuesa, 40-42; assists Balboa, 81, and invades Dobaybe with him, 98; advises Balboa, 127; captures Tichiri, 131; kills chiefs, 132; builds a fortress, 139; sent to Spain by Balboa, 154, 155, 200. Colombinos, followers of Columbus, 4. Columbus, Christopher, allusion to, 1, 3, 4, 8, 10. Columbus, Don Diego, governor of Santo Domingo, 10, 11. Columbus, appeal to, by Balboa, 88. Comogre, Cacique, 78, 79; sons of, 81, 84-86; baptized, 87; death of, 194. Companon, Francisco, 261. Corral, companion of Balboa, 42; in irons, 144. Cortés, Hernando, never at Darien, 176. Cosa, Juan de la, pilot, 1, 4, 7. Coyba, province of, 50; invasion of, 52. Darien, Caciques of, chap. v; gulf of, 33; Indians of, 53-56; river, 100. Dobaybe, the golden, 92, 93; expedition to, 95 et seq.; second expedition to, 226-229. Dragons of Dobaybe, 227, 228. Enciso, Martin Fernandez De, Ojeda's partner, 11; encounters Balboa, 19; by whom he is outwitted, 20-22; arrives at Cartagena, 26; parleys with Indians, 30, 31; sends Balboa and Pizarro to fight them, 32; loses a vessel, 33; unable to restrain his men, 35, who depose him, electing Balboa and Zamudio to fill his place, 39; expelled and sent to Spain, 45. Encomiendas of Indians, 9. Escary, Juan de, with Balboa, 178.