Espinosa, Gaspar de, lawyer, 205; prosecutes Balboa, 221, and impoverishes him, 234; finds indictment against, 267, which results in his execution, 268. Explorers, fate of, 270, 271. Famine in the colony, 223. Fonseca, Bishop, allusion to, 203. Garabito, Andres, 232; turns against Balboa, 252, and plots his ruin, 253-257. Gold, in nets, 29, 237; in abundance, 185; by thousand pieces, 198; object of all explorations, 202; sent to the king, 214. Golden Castile, 202. Golden sepulchres, 29. Hurtado, Bartholomew, 113-115; commands at Darien, 140. Indian sepulchres, 71-73. Indians of Darien, 53-56. Isabel, Doña. See Bobadilla, Doña Isabel de. Isla Rica (rich island), 250; Balboa recreates in, 258. Keats, the poet, mistake of, respecting Balboa and Cortés, 175. Leoncico, Balboa's blood-hound, 16, 17, 24-26, 60-63; great exploits of, 166, 167. Lianas, 58. Llamas, first description of, 186. Martin, Alonzo, first Spaniard on Pacific (at Darien), 178. Micer Codro, astrologer, predicts Balboa's end, 259. Morales, Gaspar, expedition of, 235; attacked and defeated, 237. Muños, Hernan, condemned to die with Balboa, 267. Nicuesa, Don Diego de, 23, 38; sufferings of, 40; character of, 41; barbarous treatment and fate of, 43-45. Niño, Pedro, 2. Nombre de Dios, port of, 41. Ocoa, Bay of, 2. Ojeda, Alonzo, 11, 23, 26-28; settlement founded by, 33, 38, 40, 100. Olano, Lope de, 42. Ovando, the atrocious, 10, 27. Oviedo, Gonzalo Fernandez de, historian, 199; intimately acquainted with Balboa and Pedrarias, 271. Ozama River, 3. Pacific Ocean, first information of, given to Balboa, 85, 86; first sight of, by Balboa, 170; date of discovery, 174; taken possession of, 179; first brigantines on, at Darien, 249. Pasamonte, Miguel de, 152, 153. Pearl Islands, the, 187, 236. Pearls, discovery of, 184, 185; by the basketful, 236. Pedrarias. See Avila, Pedro Arias de. Perez, Alonzo de la Rua, 140, 141, 143, 144. Peru, first mention of, to Spaniards, 86; rumors regarding, 186. Pizarro, Francisco, with Ojeda, 11, 28, 178; leads an expedition, 235; hears of Peru, 236; sent to arrest Balboa, 262, whom he places in irons, 263; commands guard at his execution, 273; loyal to the tyrant, 275. Poisoned arrows, 32, 52. Ponca, Indian chief, 56, 76, 78, 162; tortured and killed, 189. Puertocarrero, Pedro, 8. Quaraqua, Cacique, 115, 167, 177. Quevedo, Bishop, 204; guest of Balboa, 213; absorbs his wealth, 221; intercedes for him, 241, 242; arranges marriage with daughter of Pedrarias, 243; returns to Spain, 275. Quintana, Don Manuel J., author of Balboa's biography, 158. Rio Negro, or Black River, 100. Salvatierra, town of, 12. San Miguel, bay of, 181. San Sebastian, settlement of, 33; removal of colony to Darien, 47. Sea of the South, or Pacific, 180. Techoan, Cacique, 188. _Te Deum Laudamus_, chanted, 173. Terra Firma, 2, 5, 23.