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INDEX 



Tussac, researobes Into Haitian Bora, 'jm 



Twelve-League Keys. 



"Two Years in the French West Indies" 



(Hearn), oited, 838 



Ubajay, Cuba, climate, 62 



Ucares, 181 



" Uncle Remus" stories, 388 



Union pueblo, Matanzas, 199 



United Kingdom. See |-;\<;i. \ni> ; GREAT 



BR] IAIN 

 United States, 274 ; advantages of the lili- 



eratton of Cuba, 143 ; arid lands, :a ; caste, 

 890, 402 j color line, 386; conjuring, 394- 

 899; oonflnmptlon of ; Cuban asphaltum, 



83, 84 ; ( 'Lilian bananas, .si ; Cuban copper, 



84; Cuban tobacco, 80 ; Cuban iron-trade 



Willi, s;s ; Cuban policy, 134 et seq.; cur- 

 rency, 163; diplomatic relations with 

 Haiti. 270; education of Cubans in, 101, 

 102; emancipation, 103, 288,291; emigra- 

 tion to Haiti, 295; expeditions to Cuba, 

 66, 67, 8i ; first crossing of the, 104 ; friend- 

 ship of Great Britain fin-, 404; geological 

 formation, 383 ; Haitians in the Revolu- 

 tion, 290, 291; " harnts," 395; historical 

 connection with the Bahamas, 300, 302 ; 

 hoodoo, 394-399 ; immigration, 142 ; inter- 

 vention in Cuba. 95, 90, 404, 408 ; lynching, 

 390; manufactures, 405; a new winter 

 resort for, 142, 143 ; possession of Porto 

 Rico, 154 ; protection, 215, 300 ; push, 

 402; question of annexation of San Do- 

 mingo to, 254, 255; reciprocity, 405; rec- 

 ognizes the independence of Haiti, 267 ; 

 a refuge for Cubans, 74 ; relation to the 

 West Indies, 402-408 ; the Revolution, 360 ; 

 Rocky Mountain region, 3 ; St. Thomas 

 and St. John offered to, 313 ; slavery, 284 ; 

 tonnage in the Cuban trade, 87; trade 

 with: Bahamas, 300, 301, 303; Baracoa, 

 133 ; Barbados, 376, 377 ; Cuba, 92-95, 143, 

 256 ; Grand Cayman, 234 ; Guadeloupe, 

 341 ; Haiti, 269, 270 ; Jamaica, 209, 210, 

 215-218 ; Martinique, 348 ; Matanzas, 121 ; 

 Porto Rico, 162, 179, 181, 184; San Do- 

 mingo, 256 ; Santiago, 131 ; Santo Do- 

 mingo, 256 ; tribute to Great Britain, 222 ; 

 Trinidad, 367-369 ; West Indian desire 

 for annexation to, 313 ; witchcraft, 393-399 



United States of Colombia. See COLOMBIA 



United System of Havana, 88 



University of Havana, 112, 113 



Up-town Camp, Kingston, 221 



Usine St. Madeleine, Trinidad, 368 



Utuado, 151, 152 



Vaca, Cabeza de, 104 



Valamaseda, Captain-General, his rule in 

 Cuba, 68, 69 



Valliere, la, 242. See also MAROONS 



Valparaiso, Haiti, 276 



Vaud, superstition in, 399 



Vaudois, superstition among the, 398, 399 



Vaudoux, 392-394, 397-399. See also HOO- 

 dooish; Voodoo 



Vaudouxism, in Haiti, 393, 396, 398, 399 



Vega Real, 245, 246, 257, 259, 262 



Vegas, 79, 80 



Velasquez, Diego, 124, 128; colonizes Cuba, 

 63, 64 ; first governor of Cuba, 108 ; in 

 Trinidad, 368 



Venezuela, 3, 4, 6, 8, 366, 371, 372 ; immigra- 

 tion from Dominica, 344 ; trade with Trin- 

 idad, 367 



Vera Cruz, expulsion of yellow fever from, 

 59 



Vere Parish, 195-197 



Verrettes, 278 



Versailles, Matanzas, 121 



" Viens-viens," 340 



Vieques Island, J I, 165, 182-184 



Vigia, La, 1?:. 



Villa Clara, Cuba, 46, 63, 84, 88, 126 



Virazon, la, 09 



Virgin Gorda, 19, 21, 809, 811, 816 



Virginia, the caves of, 49; relations With 



Barbados, 877 

 Virgin Islands, 15, 16, 21. 26, l."l, ls:(, 296, 



808-816,884; area, is, 19, 810; communi- 

 cations with New York, 106, 4<n; ; decay, 

 816; discovery, 809; Bora, 811, 814, B16; 

 mountains, 38; population, 18, 19 



"Vixen," u. s. brig of war, captured by 

 ii. B. M. frigate " Southampton," 323 



Volcanic Caribbees, the. 896-886 



Volcanoes and volcanic formations, 2-6, 20, 

 23, 24, 305 ; in Antigua, 323 ; the Caribbees, 

 31 s, 328-331, 334, 338, 340, 342, 384, 385; the 

 Great Antilles, 384, 385; Grenada, 364; 

 Guadeloupe, 338; St. Lucia, 357, 358; St. 

 Vincent, 361 ; West Indies, 400 



Vomito, 58. See also Ykli.ow Fever 



Voodooism, 392-394, 397-399; in Haiti, 267, 

 283, 287, 290; Jamaica, 229; Louisiana, 

 393-396 



Vuelta Abajo, 41, 44, 62, 63, 79, 88, 118, 119, 

 257 



Vuelta Arriba, the, 44, 62, 63, 88, 122, 123 



Wag Water River, 189, 203, 224 



Wakes, in Haiti, 286 



Waldenses, vaudouxism among the, 399 



Washington, D. C, climate, 51,152; vau- 

 douxism in, 397 



Washington, George, in Barbados, 377 



Washington, Lawrence, in Barbados, 377 



Water, drinking, 60 



Watlings Island, 298,302,303 



Wax. See Beeswax 



Werwolf, the, 398 



West End, St. Croix, 316 



Western Department of Cuba, 63 



Western hemisphere, division of the, 1 



West India Improvement Company, 217 



West Indian Regiment, the, 221 



West Indies, the, 7 ; administration, 391, 

 402-405, 408: agriculture, 20, 405; area, 8; 

 British navy in, 221, 323 ; buildings, 407 ; 

 caste, 390, 391 ; classification, 18-26 ; cli- 

 mate, 12, 13, 20 ; communications : with 

 Cuba, 87 ; United States, 405-407 ; Cubans 

 in, 102 ; culture, 185 ; diverse characteris- 

 tics of the islands, 20 et seq.; diversity of 

 ownership, 402, 403 ; earthquakes, 361, 400 ; 

 east>and-west trends, 8; education, 392, 

 emancipation, 103,400; emigration to Ja- 

 maica, 203 ; England's struggle with 

 France in, 360; expulsion of yellow fever 

 from, 59, 60 ; flora, 407;,f uture, 400-408 ; geo- 

 graphical relations, 1-6; hydrography, 309; 

 immorality, 103 ; influence of the French 

 Revolution, 289, 290; inhabited islands, 

 18 et seq.; land-tenure, 401, 402; lime- 

 stones, 15, 16, 23, 28, 31, 40, 41, 43, 44, 47-49, 82, 

 85, 150, 187-193, 195-197, 242, 245, 249, 310, 319- 

 321; mineral resources, 32, 380 ; people, 387- 

 399 ; political conditions, 387 ; quarantine 

 laws, 405; question of annexation to the 

 United States, 216; race problems, 387- 

 399 ; rains. 147 ; relation to the United 

 States, 402-408 ; sanitation, 388, 389, 407 ; 

 slavery, 400 ; slave-trade, 204 ; speculation 

 concerning their origin, 381-386 ; struggles 

 for their possession, 400, 404.408; super- 

 stition, 392-399; tours through, 405-407; 

 trade with New York, 17 ; vegetation, 20 ; 

 volcanoes, 400 



