English: Image from page 59 of "Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in .." (1912)

Identifier: explorationsfiel193336smit

Title: Explorations and field-work of the Smithsonian Institution in ..

Year: 1912 (1910s)

Authors: Smithsonian Institution

Subjects: Scientific expeditions

Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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AN ARCHEOLOGICAL CRUISE AMONG THE BAYLSLANDS OE HOXDLRAS By W. D. strong AiitJirflpnlo(/ist, Biircaii of .liiiiTicaii Etluio!o(/y During April and May, 1933, the Smithsonian expedition to Hon-duras made an archeological survey of the Bay Islands. These islands,first visited hy Colunilnis in 1502, have had a very colorful history.Raided hy Spanish slave hunters, the haunt of British buccaneers, andthe cause of a tense diplomatic situation in which Great Britain,1 londuras, and the United States were involved, they now belong toHonduras. Not only beautiful, but with a healthful climate, they arepeacefully occupied by a strange mixture of peoples—Spanish, English,Scotch. West Indian Negro, Black Carib, and at least one Turk. Theoriginal Indian population, depleted through earlier slave raids, wasforcibly removed to Guatemala by the Spanish in 1650. In 1797 theBritish landed the rebellious Caril)s from St. \ incent at Port Roval.Roatan Island, from which place they have spread rapidly a