Costansó, companion of Por- tolá, 263 Creek Indians, Spanish policy regarding, 190; English fur traders among, 218 Crespi, Father Juan, historian of Rivera's expedition, 261, 262; quoted, 264–65 Crozat, Antoine, has monopoly of Louisiana commerce, 222 Cuba, Spanish expedition from, 3-4; Ponce de León at, 11; De Soto made Governor of, 47 Cubero succeeds. Vargas in New Mexico, 181
Cucurpe, mission station, 193 Cufitachiqui, De Soto at, 57; De Soto enslaves cacica of, 58, 59
Culiacán, founding, 80; Coro- nado at, 81
Dana, R. H., cited, 279
De Soto, Hernando, see Soto Del Rey, Felix, prosecuting attorney in Louisiana trial, 247
Descalona, Luís, lay brother in
New Mexico, 103-04 Díaz, Father, with Anza, 270 Díaz, Melchior, scout with Coronado, 92
Diego, Fray, see Tolosa, Diego de
Dolores, Mission, 199; see also
Neustra Señora de los Dolores
Domingo, Brother, Jesuit, translates catechism into Guale, 159 Dominicans, accompany Ayl- lón's expedition, 16; accom- pany De Soto, 52; in Vera Paz, 123; in Lower Califor- nia, 206
Dorantes, Vaca and, 28, 36; selected as leader of expedi- tion, 80
Doucet, leader in Louisiana revolt, 248
Drake, Sir Francis, menace to Spain, 113-14; takes posses- sion of New Albion, 162; defeats Spanish Armada, 113, 163; and Strait of Anian, 113, 114, 169
Drake's Bay, Cabrillo dis- covers, 110-11; Cermeño wrecked in, 114; Vizcaíno in, 116 Dutch, trading stations in West Indies, 212
Eixarch, friar with California colony, 273; remains with Yuma Indians, 273, 274 El Morro Cliff, names carved on, 167
El Paso, Vaca at, 42; Spanish
settlement, now Juarez, 179; largest city of New Mexico (1744), 183; acequia at, 185
El Turco, Indian with Coro- nado, 95-96, 98, 100, 101; killed, 102
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 161-62
England, rivalry with Spain, 129, 161-64, 218; coloniza- tion, 163, 207; threatens Oregon coast, 255; sends Cook to North Pacific, 277 Escobar, Father, joins Oñate, 175 Española (Hayti), Spanish ex- pedition from, 3-4; Ayllón sails from, 16
Espejo, Antonio de, leads res- cue party, 168-69; Oñate follows, 176
Espinosa, Father, with Texas colony, 225
Espíritu Santo, Spanish name for Mississippi River, 10 Estevanico, 45; with Narváez's expedition, 36, 37; and Vaca,
Ferrelo, Bartolomé, pilot with Cabrillo, 109, 111
Ferrer, Bartolomé, see Ferrelo Florida, 18; Spanish explorers
in, 3; Ponce de León's first expedition, 7-9; explored and charted, 9; Ponce de León's second expedition, 11-12; Narváez attempts to settle, 19-25, 47; De Soto's expedition, 47-56; coloni- zation, 120 et seq.; missions in, 160, 191; ceded to United States, 164; England receives, 232; returned to Spain, 253; bibliography, 298-99 Florida Keys, Ponce names "The Martyrs," 8 Font, with Anza's colony,
Foucault, arrested by Spanish in Louisiana, 246-47 Fountain of Youth, Ponce de León seeks, 6, 8; Laudonni- ère and, 136 France,
threatens Spain's American possessions, 128- 129, 207, 213; pirates from, 129; gaining a foothold in America, 134-35; Philip's attitude toward, 134-35; settlement at Fort Caroline, 136-40; Menéndez and French colony, 142-50, 155; Gourgues' expedition, 155–
French West Indian Company, 212
Fuentes, oblate with Fray Luís Cancer, 125
Fur trade, King of Spain denies rights, 121; French and, 208, 209, 251; English and, 218; notable traders, 251-52; Russian, 258
Gadsden Purchase, 257 Galeras, Juan, with Coronado, 93 Gálvez, Bernardo de, Governor of Louisiana, 249-50; cap- tures English posts, 253 Gálvez, José de, organizes
California expedition, 259 Garcés, Father, Franciscan, Anza's guide, 270; accom- panies California colonists, 273; remains at Yuma, 273, 274
García, Juan, Dominican monk with Fray Luís Cancer,
Gayarré, Charles, quoted, 236- 237, 241
Georgia, De Soto in, 51, 56- 58, 59; Jesuit missionaries in, 159; missions in, 160, 191 Gómez, Esteban, Spanish navi- gator, 16
Gonzalvo, Father, sent to San Xavier, 199
Florida expedition, 155-58 Grand Canyon, Castañeda's description of, 92-93 Grashofer, Jesuit missionary, 201
Gregorio, Fray, see Beteta Guale (Georgia), Spanish fort
at, 154; missionaries at, 159 Guatemala, Fray Luís Cancer in, 122
Guzmán, Nuño de, official of New Spain, and Vaca, 44; expedition of conquest, 80, 106; treatment of Indians, 189, 190
Iberville, Pierre le Moyne d', founds Louisiana colony, 218; at San Carlos, 219; builds fort at Biloxi, 219 Indians, and Ponce de León, 8, 11; sold as slaves, 12; freed by Diego Columbus, 13; and Narváez, 20-21; Vaca and, 26-27, 28-33, 35, 36, 37, 38-44; De Soto and, 49, 50, 53-55, 57-58, 60-61, 64, 65-66, 71, 73; as story- tellers, 79-80; and Este- vanico, 84-85; Coronado's treachery, 96-97; in Taos, 102; Cabrillo and, 109; Fray Luís Cancer and, 125, 126, 127; Villafañe and, 134; Laudonnière and, 136-37; massacre at Tampa Bay, 158; Oñate and, 173-74, 174-75; government and life in New Mexico, 181-87; trade with, 185-86; place in Spanish scheme of conquest, 189-91; French traders' influence on, 227; efforts to win to Span- ish allegiance, 252; see also Missions, names of tribes Inscription Rock, 167 Isabel, Doña, daughter of Pedrarias, wife of De Soto, 46, 48, 49, 69; death, 78
Jamaica, Spanish expedition from, 4
Jamestown settled (1607), 163 Janissaries, 184
Jarri, French adventurer, 214 Jesuits, Menéndez sends out,
159; abandon Florida, 160; persecution in England, 163; on Pacific slope, 188 et seq. Jiménez discovers Lower Cali- fornia, 106
Joliet, Louis, descends Mis- sissippi, 208
Juan, Fray, see García Juárez, Spanish settlement, 179
Kansas, Coronado in, 101; soldiers left in, 103
Keler, Jesuit missionary, 201 Kino, Eusebio Francisco, Jes- uit missionary, 192 et seq., 206; explores Arizona, 195- 196; as trailmaker, 199-200; death (1711), 200
La Bahía (Matagorda Bay), 228; see also Matagorda Bay La Clede establishes trading post at St. Louis, 237 La Cruz, Juan de, Franciscan missionary in New Mexico, 103-04
Lafrénière, leader in Louisiana revolt, 248
La Mathe, fur trader, 251 La Paz, Vizcaíno plants colony at (1597), 114 La Pérouse, cited, 279 La Salle, Robert Cavelier de,
attempt at colonization, 209-12; León searches for colony of, 214; colony as found by León, 215 Laudonnière, Rene de, Fort Caroline colony under, 136- 140; rescued from Menéndez, 145
La Vérendrye,
trader, 230
Las Casas, head of monastery of Santiago, 122
Las Matanzas (The Massacre), scene of Menéndez's brutal- ity, 147
Los Adaes (Robeline), mission built, 225; settlement in Texas, 228; presidio added, 228; settlers expelled (1773), 250
Los Angeles founded, 277 Louis XIV of France com- missions Iberville to colon- ize, 218
Louisiana, 232 et seq.; De Soto traverses, 51; trade with New Mexico, 186; part of Texas, 207; plans for found- ing French colony, 218; Spain acquires, 234-35; settlements (1762), 235; trade with English, 249-50; Indian policy in, 251; popu- lation (1800), 256; pur- chased by United States, 256; bibliography, 302–03 Lowery, Woodbury, Florida, quoted, 143, 149, 157-58; Spanish Settlements, quoted, 5, 10, 12, 16, 125, 190; cited, 127
Luís, Fray, see Cancer Luna y Arellano, Tristán de see Arellano
Luther, Martin, defies Charles V, 128
Macanoche, sister of chief of Pacaha, 67
McGillivray, Alexander, In- dian agent, 255 Mackay, explorer with Cla- morgan's Company, 255 MacNutt, F. A., ed., De Orbe Novo, quoted, 14–15 Magdalena,
Fray Luís Cancer, 124 Maldonado, lieutenant of De Soto, 62, 78 "Malhado❞ Island (Galveston Island), Vaca castaway on, 25, 26
Mallet brothers, Canadian traders, 230 Mandan Indians, trading posts among, 255
Mange, Lieutenant Juan, with
Kino's expeditions, 195 Manila, trade route to Spain from, 113; captured by Eng- lish, 232; see also Philippine Islands
Marcos, Fray, see Niza Mares, José, finds direct trail from San Antonio to Santa Fé, 254
Margil, Father, heads mission- ary expedition to Texas, 225
Marquette, Jacques, Jesuit, descends Mississippi, 208 Marquis, leader in Louisiana revolt, 248
Martínez, Father, Franciscan leader with Oñate, 171 Father, Jesuit, Florida mission, 153 Martyr, Peter, tales of Caro- lina, 14 "Martyrs, The," Ponce de León's name for Florida Keys, 8
Massanet, Damián, Franciscan
friar with León's expedition, 214-17, 228 Matagorda Bay, La Salle lands
on, 209; French expeditions to, 227
Mavilla (Mobile), De Soto at, 60; see also Mobile Melgosa, Captain, with Coro- nado's expedition, 93 Memorial of the Planters, 246,
248 Menchero, Father, description of New Mexico (1744), 182 Mendocino, Cape, Vizcaíno
reaches, 116 Mendoza, Antonio de, first Viceroy of New Spain, 80; and Coronado, 80, 88, 103, 107; Florida project, 120-21; quoted, 190
Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro, advises Philip II, 135; French learn of expedition, 138; expedition against French in Florida, 140-49; further explorations and settlements, 150-55; honors conferred by King, 154; leaves America (1572), 160; death (1574), 161
Merás, with Menéndez's ex- pedition, 148
Mexican War, 257
Mexico, City of, Fray Luís Cancer goes to, 123
Mexico, missions in, 191; trade with French, 222-23 Mézières, Athanase de, Indian agent, 252, 254
Milhet, Jean, leader in Louisi- ana revolt, 248
Milhet, Joseph, leader in Louisiana revolt, 248 Missions, work of Franciscans in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, 160; de- scription of Queres mission, 178; in New Mexico, 183; for Janissaries, 184-85; in
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