Prim, General, proposes to sell Cuba to the U.S., 88; assassination of, 90.
Puerto Principe, founded by Diego Velasquez, 49; description of, 192.
QUESADA, MANUEL DE, brother-in-law to Cespedes, elected Commander-in-Chief of the insurgent army, 87.
RAILWAYS, mainly in British hands, 26; Cuban, 150.
Rebellion, the Cuban, real commencement of the movement, 64; first steps towards open, 75; open revolt under Cespedes, 82; the holder of the funds decamps, 84; want of money and arms, 84; rebels worsted at Bayamo, 85; the horrors which resulted, 85; tragic death of Cespedes, 91; Maximo Gomez elected Commander-in-Chief, 93; the Treaty of Zanjou, 94; abstention of the towns from taking part in the, 100; organization of the, 101; an encampment, 107.
Rebels, cruelty of the, 101; number and organization of the, 101; amusements of the, 109; their priests, 109.
_Reconcentrados_, the miserable lot of the, 108.
Religion, insincerity of the Cubans in their, 24; present religious awakening, 24; toleration, 26; religion and slavery, 34; Catholicism in Cuba, 56; ceremonies of the Church, 57; an Archbishopric created, 58; reaction in favour of, 138; a procession, 169; state of, in Monserrat, 260.
Reptiles: the red asp, 7; scorpions, 7; cure for the bite of a Cuban scorpion, 7.
Republic, the Cuban, proclaimed by, and Cespedes elected President, 87; send envoys to England, France, and the United States, 87; tragic death of Cespedes, 91; Don Cisneros y Bétancourt elected President, 93; Don Francisco Aquelera, third President, 93; the Treaty of Zanjou, 94; the Republican Parliament dissolved in 1879, 95.
SAN DOMINGO, revolt of the negroes in, 63.
San Salvador, first sighted by Columbus, 38.
Santiago, the province of, earthquakes in, 3; healthiest half of the island, 11.
Santiago de Cuba, founded by Diego Velasquez in 1516, 49; its bay, 178; most historical city in the island, 180; the cathedral, 181; Holy Week in, 181; a literary centre, 184.
Secret societies formed, 67; branches in America, 98.
Shea, Sir Ambrose, Governor of the Bahamas, 232.
Sierra Maestra, 1; resemblance to Genoese Riviera, 2; its peaks, 2.
Slaves, female, 28; the trade, 29; the first steps towards their emancipation, and its horrible consequences, 29; continued sale of, notwithstanding the law, 30; their idea of freedom, 30; laws to protect the, 31; inhuman torture of, 32; the household slaves, 33; their long hours of labour, 34; slavery and religion, 34; slavery replaced by coolie labour, 37; large importation of, 73; an arrangement for freeing them, 82; laws against them, 261; advertisements for the sale of, 271; good treatment of the, 270.