Chapter 1

HISTORICAL

CHAPTER

I.--THE DEPARTURE. 1493

II.--THE DISCOVERY. 1493

III.--PONCE AND CERON. 1500-1511

IV.--FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF INDIANS. "REPARTIMIENTOS" 1510

V.--THE REBELLION. 1511

VI.--THE REBELLION (_continued_.) 1511

VII.--NUMBER OF ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS AND SECOND DISTRIBUTION OF INDIANS. 1511-1515

VIII.--LAWS AND ORDINANCES. 1511-1515

IX.--THE RETURN OF CERON AND DIAZ. PONCE'S FIRST EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA. 1511-1515

X.--DISSENSIONS. TRANSFER OF THE CAPITAL. 1515-1520

XI.--CALAMITIES. PONCE'S SECOND EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA AND DEATH. 1520-1537

XII.--INCURSIONS OF FUGITIVE BORIQUÉN INDIANS AND CARIBS. 1520-1582

XIII.--DEPOPULATION OF THE ISLAND. PREVENTIVE MEASURES. INTRODUCTION OF NEGRO SLAVES. 1515-1534

XIV.--ATTACKS BY FRENCH PRIVATEERS. CAUSE OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE. CHARLES V. RUIN OF THE ISLAND. 1520-1556

XV.--SEDESO. CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 1534-1555

XVI.--DEFENSELESS CONDITION OF THE ISLAND. CONSTRUCTION OF FORTIFICATIONS AND CIRCUMVALLATION OF SAN JUAN. 1555-1641 XVII.--DRAKE'S ATTACK ON SAN JUAN. 1595

XVIII.--OCCUPATION AND EVACUATION OF SAN JUAN BY LORD GEORGE CUMBERLAND. CONDITION OF THE ISLAND AT THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

XIX.--ATTACK ON SAN JUAN BY THE HOLLANDERS UNDER BOWDOIN. 1625

XX.--DECLINE OF SPAIN'S POWER. BUCCANEERS AND FILIBUSTERS. 1625-1780

XXI.--BRITISH ATTACKS ON PUERTO RICO. SIEGE OF SAN JUAN BY SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE. 1678-1797

XXII.--BRITISH ATTACKS ON PUERTO RICO (_continued_). INVASIONS BY COLOMBIAN INSURGENTS. 1797-1829

XXIII.--REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE POLITICAL EVENTS IN SPAIN FROM 1765 TO 1820

XXIV.--GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ISLAND FROM 1815 TO 1833

XXV.--POLITICAL EVENTS IN SPAIN AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AFFAIRS IN PUERTO RICO. 1833-1874

XXVI.--GENERAL CONDITIONS OF THE ISLAND, THE DAWN OF FREEDOM. 1874-1898