ABARZUZA, Spanish statesman, author of
Cuban law passed Feb., 1895, 406.
Act, the Mobile, 70; practically withdrawn
by proclamation, 71.

Act, strengthening neutrality act, passed
March 3, 1817, 123.
Adams, John, 27.

Adams, secretary of state, 1817, 124; con-
cerning charges in Baltimore against
privateers, 122; best equipped and ablest
statesman who has held the office, 124;
correspondence with De Onis, re treaty,
124; opposes yielding Texas, 125; sup-
ports Jackson, 134; overbears opposi-
tion, 134; reply to Spanish minister, 134;
reply to Pizarro, 135–137; reply silenced
European comment, 137; preserves
Northwest to U. S., 139; land grants by
Spain in Florida, 139; holds delay in
ratification of treaty unjustified, 142;
sharp reply to Vives, 145; re South
American independence, 150; reply,
April 6, 1822, to Spanish minister's
protest re South American recognition,
153; re South American revolutionary
governments, 155; re privateers and
pirates, 180; instruction to Nelson,
American minister in Spain, 1823, 180;
Cuba indispensable to Union, 183; fears
British occupancy of Cuba, 185; does not
believe Holy Alliance could restore Span-
ish dominion in South America, 195;
anticipates Monroe declaration in in-
forming Russian minister, July 15, 1823,
that "American continents are no longer
subjects for any new colonial establish-
ments," 198; views of stand to be taken,
198; author of Monroe doctrine, 198
(note); answer to Russian minister,
Nov. 27, 1823, a full exposition of
American policy, 199; opposes touching
European situation in message of 1823,
200; reasons for joining in Panama
congress, 209, 210; action sound, 210;
president, message, Dec. 6, 1825, noti-
fies Congress of proposed action re Pana-
ma congress and nominates envoys
thereto, 209; second message on Pana-
ma congress, 213, 214.
Addington informs Mr. King New Orleans
might be occupied by England, 46.
Aix-la-Chapelle, meeting of alliance at,
Oct. 1, 1818, 160; sovereigns present,
160; the two protocols, 161, 162.
Albemarle, Lord, 13.

Alexander, Emperor of Russia, 107; directs
minister in Washington to "plead cause
of peace," 144; religious exalté, 156;
wholly subservient to Metternich, 171.
Allen H., minister to Chile, 155.
Allen, William Vincent, Senator, offers
joint resolution re Cuba, 486.
Alliança, case of, fired on by Venadito,

419-423; discussion by Olivart, 422, 423.
Amadeo, called to throne of Spain, Nov.,
1870, 282; abdication of, Feb. 11, 1873;
election of, 305 (note); king from Janu-
ary, 1871, to February, 1873, 313.
Ambrister, Lieutenant, 116; accompanies
Woodbine in endeavor to arouse Indi-
ans, 125; executed by Jackson, 130;
violent feeling in England, 130, 137.
Amelia Island, 115; seized by adventurers,
led by Sir Gregor McGregor, 125.
America (U. S.), humiliation of, through
failure to follow Gallatin's advice, 89;
ships seized, 90; a victim, 104; true
course to arm, to occupy Texas and
let war come if it would, 105; affairs
tending to war with Great Britain, 114;
American slavery bulwark of Spain in
Cuba and Puerto Rico, 215.
America, South, why Spanish in character
instead of Anglo-Saxon, 111; lost to
Great Britain, 111.

America, Spanish, secession precipitated
by Spaniards of Spain, 110.
Amistad, extraordinary case of, 270 (note).
Anderson, R. C., minister to Colombia, 155;
nominated envoy to Panama congress,
209; did not attend, dying at Bogota,
214.

Anduaga, Don Joaquin de, Spanish minis-
ter, protests against recognition of South
American independence, 153; Adams's
reply, 153, 154.

Appalachicola, fort on, great value of
stores, 118.

Aranda, Count, boundaries proposed by,
in 1782, 25; often declared France mis-
taken in encouraging American inde-
pendence, 27.

Arbuthnot tried and hanged by Jackson,
130; serious character of act, 130; ex-
ecution near to bringing war with Great
Britain, 131, 136.
Armstrong General John, minister to
France, writes Monroe that France will
side with Spain, 82; advises Jefferson to
occupy Texas, 86, 92; arrival of defi-

nite propositions from French govern-
ment, 93; new proposition from French
emissary, 94; receives note re Santo Do-
mingo, 97, 98; beseeches government
to take positive ground, 99; to French
government, declining alliance, 100.
Aury, "Commodore," seizes Fernandina

as a conquest of Mexican republic, 126.
Austria dominates largely Italy, 170;
treaty binding Naples to monarchical
institutions, 170; moves 85,000 men
into Italy and suppresses Naples and
Piedmont revolutions, 172; action in
Italy but prelude to designs as to Spain,
173; results in Italy, 173.
Autonomy in Cuba, $50,000,000 appro-
priation death-blow to, 545.
Avenero, Spanish admiral, 232 (note).
Azara, Spanish minister to Paris, unable
to state if the Floridas were included in
cession to France, 44.

Azcárraga succeeds Cánovas as minister
of state ad interim, 511.

BARKER, consul at Sagua la Grande, re-

ports laborers killed by insurgents, 523.
Barrancas, Fort, 116; taken by Jackson,
131.

Barton, Miss Clara, in Cuba, 529.
Bathurst, Lord, letter to Castlereagh, re
Canning's objections to action of Holy
Alliance, 168-170.

Baton Rouge seized, 112.

Bayou Pierre, strong Spanish garrison at,
102.

Becerra, minister of state ad interim, cold

reception of U. S. proposals, 299; un-
fortunate absence of Prim and Silvela,
299; bitterly opposed to propositions,
299; requests withdrawal of Sickles's
note of Sept. 3, 300; while accepting
good offices of U. S., bases rejected,
301.

Bedoya, Serrano, 282.

Belligerency, recognition of,' demanded in

U. S., 286; report upon, by majority of
Senate committee on foreign affairs,
Dec. 21, 1896, 483-485.

Benton, Senator, on Panama congress,

Black Warrior, mail steamer and cargo
seized at Havana for alleged violation
of customs laws, 255; impossible to find
excuse for action, 256; despatch regard-
ing, to Soulé, 257; Spain's attitude,
258; matter arranged by owners with
Cuban authorities, 259.

Blanco, Guzman, connection with Vir-
ginius, 315.

Blanco y Erenas, Don Ramon, marquis
of Pena Plata, succeeds Weyler, Oct.
31, 1897, 522; attempts alleviation of
concentration, 522; non-success, 522;
efforts to relieve distress, 530; opposi-
tion to his policy of reform, 530; com-
plete recall of concentration orders, 566.
Bland, Theodoric, a commissioner to South
America, 149.

Blockade, of New York, 92; of Spanish
main, declared by Spanish authorities,
179; protest against by American and
British commanders, 180.

Bolivar, 149; treaty with Marshal Morillo,
1820, 179; circular calling a congress to
include Spanish-American states and
U. S., 205; objects of Panama congress,
210, 211.

Bonaparte, Joseph, 45.

Bonaparte. See Napoleon.
Boone, Daniel, 30.

Boundaries, nothing could be clearer, 69;
proposed in cabinet meeting, Nov. 12,
1805, 92, 94.

Boutelle, Charles Addison, M. C., speech
of, on Cuba, 449.

Bowdoin, James, to succeed Pinckney at
Madrid, 82, 84, 98.

Brest, 48.

Brice, U. S. consul, Matanzas, report of
conditions at, 504, 505; Blanco's order
re concentration ineffective, 522; report
of misery in Matanzas, 529, 530.
British occupancy of the Floridas feared,
113: British protest against U. S. oc-
cupancy of West Florida, 113.
Brougham, praises Monroe declaration,
202.

Buchanan, James, secretary of state, des-
patch proposing to buy Cuba, 221-223;
minister to England, to ascertain views
of British government re Cuba, 253; to
bring to notice continuance of slave-
trade, 253; member of Ostend confer-
ence, 261; president; continued recom-
mendation to purchase Cuba a painful
demonstration of inability to read signs
of the times. 272.

Buenos Ayres, declares for Fernando and
against France, May 25, 1810, 149;
declares independence, July 9, 1816,

149.

Bulgary, Count, Russian minister to
Spain, requested by Spanish minister of
state to call upon American minister,
143.

re-

Cameron, James Donald, senator, reports
joint resolution acknowledging Cuban
independence, Dec. 21, 1896, 483;
port on precedents, 483-485; excite-
ment following offer of resolution, 485.
Campos, General Martinez, his patriotic
declaration, 397-400; prime-minister in
1879, 400; resigns, 400; again sent to
Cuba, April, 1895, with unlimited powers
and credit, 407; humanity and excellent
judgment of, 427; succeeded by Wey-
ler, 428, 430.

Canada yielded, 1763, to Great Britain, 13.
Canalejas, Señor José, editor Madrid

Herald, letter to, from De Lome, in-
tercepted, 538.

Canning, George, cabinet minister, 107;
announces opposition to the policy of
the Holy Alliance, 168; letter from Lord
Bathurst to Castlereagh discussing Can-
ning's opposition, 168-170; final English
attitude due to, 170; succeeds Castle-
reagh as prime-minister, 174; adds forci-
bly to Wellington's instructions, 174;
note to ambassador at Paris declaring
separation of Spanish colonies an ac-
complished fact, 178; instructions to
minister at Madrid, 181; "double char-
acter of Spain," 181; sends British

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squadron to Cuban waters, 186; note to
Rush mentioning intentions of Holy
Alliance, 187; views as to combined
action of England and U. S., 187, 188;
writes Rush and has interview, 188;
defence of inaction in Spain, 190; ex-
planation to Rush of long silence, 196;
disclaims desire for any portion of
Spanish possessions, 196; objects to
Monroe's declaration on account of the
Northwest, 203.

Cánovas del Castillo, president of commis-
sion on Cuban reforms, 277; unwilling
to accept liberal views of Campos and
resigns, 400; again in power, 400; new
laws for Cuba ineffective, 400; charac-
terization of, 406; wise action re U. S.
citizens, 427; cable message to N. Y.
World, quoted by Senator Hale, 445, 446;
in ignorance of the American mind
risked American unfriendliness by re-
jecting good offices of U. S., 466; assas-
sinated, Aug. 8, 1897, 511.
Capo d'Istria, Russian representative at
Aix-la-Chapelle, 160.
Captain-General of Cuba,

action re

Crescent City and Ohio, 246-249; his
authority an irresponsible one, 248, 249;
above the law, 249; Spain opposed to al-
terations in status of, 254; much-desired
commercial treaty impossible, 254; ex-
amination of relations between, and
agents of U. S., 326.

Caracas, junta of, proclaimed treasonable,
110; elects supreme junta, 1810, 148;
destruction by earthquake causes tem-
porary failure of revolution, 149; U. S.
Congress votes $50,000 for earthquake
sufferers, 149 (note).
Carmichael, William, chargé d'affaires,
Madrid, instructions to, 1792, 35.
Carondelet, governor of Louisiana, propo-
sitions of, to intriguers, 39.
Carron, British sloop of war, 116.
Carvajal, Spanish minister of state re Vir-

ginius (which see), 320, 321, 322, 328,
329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334-338, 340,
344.

Casa Calvo, to leave New Orleans, 93.
Casa Yrujo, Marquis of. See Yrujo.
Cass, Lewis, secretary of state, 236 (note).
Castelar, president of republic, 313; tele-
gram from, re Virginius, ordering non-
imposition of death penalty without ref-
erence to Spain, 319; deeply moved by
executions, 321, 322.

Castlereagh, to Rush, re execution of
Arbuthnot and Ambrister, 130; prime-
minister, represents Great Britain at
Aix-la-Chapelle, 160; commits suicide,

174.

Cevallos, Spanish minister of state, refers
U. S. to France, 62; severe remarks to
Pinckney, 75; much alarmed by Pinck-
ney, 75; appeals to French minister, 75;

discloses French note forbidding dis-
cussion of French spoliations, 82; dis-
cusses Louisiana boundary, 82; feels
secure under ægis of Napoleon, 83;
states boundary acceptable to Spain, 83;
informs American minister that De
Onis was empowered to open negotia-
tions re Florida, 124.

Chadwick, Captain French Ensor, member
Maine court of inquiry, 542.
Champagny, 99, 100.

Chandler, William Eaton, ex-senator, on
laws of war in report of Spanish treaty
claims commission, 493, 494.
Charles IV, King of Spain, 37, 42; ab-
dication of, 106.

Charles V the cause of Spain's ruin, 8.
Chateaubriand, French foreign minister,
note giving reasons for French action,
177.

Chesapeake, attacked by Leopard, 104.
Chile, revolution begins, 1810, 149.
Citizens, American, cases of, in Cuba, 427;
mildness of proceedings against changed
under Weyler, 428; cases determined in
main with tact and judgment, 428.
Claiborne, governor of Louisiana, 63, 93;
described by French prefect, 101.
Clark, George Rogers, capture of Kas-
kaskia, 24, 37.

Clay, Henry, M. C., attacks in Congress
Jackson's course, 138; opposes yielding
Rio Grande as boundary, 139; motion
of, 1818, for appropriation for minister to
Rio de la Plata lost, 151; renews motion
in 1820, without result, 152; same defeat-
ed, 1821, 152; secretary of state; sees
minister of Mexico, Central America, and
Colombia re Congress, 205; U. S. cannot
be party to existing war with Spain, 205;
aims of Spanish-American states, 205;
despatch urging Spain to accept situa-
tion, 206, 207; despatch to minister in
Russia to engage Russia to influence
Spain to stop war against revolted colo-
nies, 207; Spain's reply, 207; reply of,
to explanation by South American re-
publics re proposed conference, 209;
'seizure of Cuba," by England or
France, "would mean war, 216.
Cleveland, Grover, president, proclaims
rigorous prosecution of transgressions
of neutrality law, 411; second procla-
mation of, July 27, 1896, 415; annual
message, Dec. 2, 1895, 425, 426; last
annual message, Dec. 7, 1896, 475-483;
close of administration a period of pro-
tests re treatment of American citizens,
489; succeeded by President McKinley,
490.

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Clinch, Colonel, attacks negro fort, 120.
Clubs, Cuban, more than 200 in the Ameri-
cas, 407.

Colonies, trade of, perquisite of parent
state, 90.

Colorado River offered as west boundary
by American envoys, 83; boundary,

94.
Commission, to South America, sails in
frigate Congress, Dec. 4, 1817, 150;
reports from, Nov. 1, 1818, 150.
Commission, royal, sits in Spain on Cuban
reforms; Cánovas del Castillo, presi-
dent of, 277; economic propositions
of, 278; reports Jan. 30, 1867; proposals
of commission, 278, 279; final result,
fatal to Spain in issuance of decree of
Feb. 12, 1867, antagonistic to commis-
sion's views, 279; bitter denunciations
of, in Cuba, 279; political reforms pro-
posed, 279, 280; favored by Serrano,
280, 281; 1867, plans presented for
abolition of slavery in Cuba and Puerto
Rico, 281; only result of commission
increased taxation, 281; turning-point
of Cuban and Spanish relations, 281.
Commodore, filibuster tug, 416.
Competitor, filibustering schooner, the only

filibustering vessel seized by Spain during
war, 418; history of, 468; captured, 468;
persons seized, 468; case of, 469-474;
condemnation of crew, as "pirates,
469; release of, Nov., 1897; feeling
aroused by case in Spain, 470; action
in Congress, 470; De Olivart's discus-
sion of case of, 471-474; "the ridiculus
mus of the fabulist," 474; case made
momentous by folly, 474, 489.
Concentration, its standing in interna-
tional law examined, 491-495; effect of,
492, 493; U. S. precedent, 493; used by
British in Boer war, 493; number of
deaths, 493 (and note).
Concha, General José de la, captain-

general, 237; appointed governor-gen-
eral, etc., of Cuba, 362.
Congress of Holy Alliance, See Holy Al-
liance.

Congress, U. S. proposes to yield claim of
navigation of Mississippi below 31°, 20;
instructions of re peace negotiations
disregarded by American commissioners,
26; effect which would have resulted
from following instructions of, 26; refers
Spanish treaty to new federal govern-
ment, 34; House unalterably determined
not to yield navigation of Mississippi, 52;
debate on Jackson's course, 138; joint
resolution, expressing friendly interest in
South American independence, 148; de-
bates on Panama congress, 211, 212;
Southern opposition overborne, 213;
nominations of envoys to Panama con-
firmed, 213; great emotion in, re Cuba,
306; Senator Morgan's resolution, passed
in Senate, recognizing Cuban belliger-
ency, did not come before House through
action of speaker, 491; resolutions, Sen-
ate, 433; report of Senate committee on
foreign relations, 433, 434; the resolution