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Page 32
... Spaniards from Peten , an Indian town on a lake in the interior , attempted a descent upon the settlers of Belize and erected fortifications on the north west branch of the Belize River . Due to the absence of laborers or natives ...
... Spaniards from Peten , an Indian town on a lake in the interior , attempted a descent upon the settlers of Belize and erected fortifications on the north west branch of the Belize River . Due to the absence of laborers or natives ...
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... Spaniards by going to the Islands . The Battle of Labouring Creek , April 5th , 1754 , was another defeat for the Spaniards of Peten by the settlers and their slaves . After the battle the refugees returned . The war between England and ...
... Spaniards by going to the Islands . The Battle of Labouring Creek , April 5th , 1754 , was another defeat for the Spaniards of Peten by the settlers and their slaves . After the battle the refugees returned . The war between England and ...
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... Spaniards attacked the caye , only to be repulsed . This engagement is known and celebrated as the Battle of Saint Georges Caye . The slaves , rejecting freedom offered them by General O'Neil of the Spaniards , fought side by side with ...
... Spaniards attacked the caye , only to be repulsed . This engagement is known and celebrated as the Battle of Saint Georges Caye . The slaves , rejecting freedom offered them by General O'Neil of the Spaniards , fought side by side with ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 15 |
Nineteenth Century | 37 |
Twentieth Century | 57 |
Copyright | |
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April 30 Archives of British Bay Islands Bay of Honduras Bay Settlement Baymen Belize River boats BOUNDARY CONVENTION Breakdown music Britain British Honduras Canal Captain Foot's money Carib carried Cayo Central America century Church city of Belize claims Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Coast of Central Cockscomb Mountains Colonel Colony convention of 1859 Corozal crown cungo da town cutters Despard diplomatic early England English established FOOT'S MONEY GONE Fu go Georges Caye Government Guate Indian inhabitants laborers land later Library lize logwood magistrates mahogany Majesty's Maya Mayan ment Metzgen Mexico Minister Mosquito Mosquito Coast Mullins River North Obeah obligations Panama pirates ratified Sarstoon River settled Settlement of Belize settlers ships Sibun River signed Sir John Burdon slaves Sly Mongoose Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish Sovereignty Stann Creek superintendent temala territory Toledo District treaties of 1783 TREATY OF 1850 Treaty of Amiens Treaty of Godolphin United William woodcutters Yucatan