The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras The southern and eastern parts of Yucatan, from Tuluum in the north to the Rio Hondo in the south, are occupied today by two tribes of Maya Indians, the Santa Cruz and Icaiche or Chichanha. The number Of Santa Cruz was estimated by Sapper in 1895 at about to but at the present day has probably been reduced to about The Icaiche, the number of whom he estimated at 500, and is given by the Guia dc Yucatan in 1900 as 803, now com prise not more than 200. This decrease is due to the policy Of extermination carried out among the Santa Cruz for years by the Mexican Government, and the consequent emigration Of many Of the Indians to British Honduras, Guatemala, and northern Yucatan. The northern and western parts Of British Honduras contain between and Indians, those in the north are partly indigenous and partly immigrants drawn from Yucatecan tribes who have left their homes after various political disturbances, especially after the occupancy of their towns of Bacalar and Santa Cruz by the Mexican Government. The Indians of the western part Of the colony are also partly indigenous, but for the greater part Itzas, who have come in from Peten in Guatemala. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.