Imprints on Native Lands: The Miskito-Moravian Settlement Landscape in Honduras

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agriculture, 1, 8, 9, 21, 25, 104, 105; cooperatives, 114–15; crops, 110–11, 155(table); food shortages, 106–7; fruit tree, 107–10; gardens, 113–14; modern, 112–13; subsistence, 11–12 Agriculture and Development Mission of the Moravian Church (MADIM), 112–13 Ahuas, 37, 46, 60, 61, 169n1(ch. 4); cemetery, 127, 128, 133, 134, 141, 143, 144; church, 66, 68, 71, 72; houses, 91, 97; Moravian structures, 76, 80, 82–83 Asang, 43, 66, 68 Auka, 47, 68, 72, 91, 169n1(ch. 4); cemetery, 122, 123, 127 bananas: pelipita, 9, 113, 116, 145 Baptist Church, 35, 77, 157–59(table) Bawihka, 12–13 beach ridges, 37, 39, 41, 51, 123, 142 beans, 111, 116, 145 Belén, 46, 47, 48, 66, 72, 93, 97; cemetery, 122–23, 128, 133, 134, 137, 143; description, 49–50 Benk, 40, 47, 66, 98, 123, 169n2(ch. 2), 169n1(ch. 4) Bluefields, 1, 42, 74, 89, 120; mission, 24, 26–27, 34 board houses, 91, 92, 96–97 British. See English Brus Lagoon, 4, 21, 43, 148, 149, 169n1 (ch. 4); cemetery, 122, 125, 127, 128, 133, 135, 137, 141, 142, 143; church, 66, 68, 69–70, 72; compounds, 76, 80, 81(fig.); fruit trees, 46, 108; houses, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 101, 102; structure of, 62–64; trades, 115–16 buccaneers, 12, 13–14 Bulow, Freiherr von, 24 burial customs, 108, 145, 170n3; canoes, 135–36; grave cleaning, 132–33; grave sheds, 136–38; Miskito, 9, 21, 117–20. See also cemeteries canoe burials, 118, 135–36, 137(table) Cape Gracias a Dios, 28, 34, 125 carpentry, 91, 145 Catholic Church, 1, 18, 53, 142, 144, 169n3; on Mosquito Coast, 11, 34–35, 148–49, 157–59(table); in Puerto Lempira, 60, 77 cattle production, 114, 170n1 Cayo Sirpe, 37, 122, 123, 127, 141 cemeteries, 1, 117, 140–41; canoe burials, 135–36; concrete in, 133–34; crosses, 124–28; Easter dawn service, 120–22, 145; grave houses, 138–39; grave sheds, 136–38; items left, 129, 130(fig.), 131; Miskito, 1, 9, 119; mounds in, 132–33; orientation of, 122–24, 142; seasonal changes in, 143–44 chickens, 111, 114, 145 churches, 49, 50, 53, 60, 87; architecture, 68–73; names and adornments, 83–85; orientation of, 65–68, 79–80 Church of God, 35, 77, 157–59(table) climate, 11 Cocal, 7–8, 37, 47 Cocobila, 47, 76, 108, 121; and Belén, 49– 50; church, 66, 68, 69–70, 72–73, 83, Index 84; description, 48–49; houses, 91, 97, 102; mission compound, 78–80; structure of, 42, 44, 148 Coco River, 28, 29, 169n2 colonization, 10; German, 23–25; missionaries, 2, 25–26 compounds: Moravian, 44, 63(fig.), 74, 76, 77–83, 103, 146 concrete, 101–2, 133–34, 138(fig.), 140, 142 cooperatives: agricultural, 110–11, 112–13, 114–15 crops, 9, 107, 110–11, 116, 145 crosses: style of, 124–28, 142, 143 Daiwras: cemetery, 122, 123, 127, 136, 137, 139, 141 Dakratara, 66, 68, 72, 91 Dapat, 37, 52, 72, 98; cemetery, 122, 123, 141; church, 66, 68 decorations: Moravian church, 83–85 Diakonia, 112 Easter dawn service, 9, 120–22, 145 encampments, 57, 58 English, 13, 14, 16, 17, 22 English language, 11 ethnicity, 142; Miskito, 147–48 ethnogenesis: Miskito, 12–15 evil spirits, 21, 120 False Cape. See Kruta feasting: burial customs, 17–18 fencing, 111–12, 128, 170n1 Flores, Sico, 57 food: grave, 129, 131; shortages, 107–10 food production, 116; crops, 110–12; fruit trees, 107–10 footpaths, 46, 52; Cocobila, 48–49 fruit trees, 9, 44–46; introduced, 107–10, 145, 155(table) Garcia, Armundo, 57 gardens, 9, 104, 107, 111–12, 113–14 Garifuna, 31–32 geography: cultural landscape, 3–4 Germans, 22; colonies, 1, 23–25, 148 Gracias a Dios, Department, of, 5(fig.), 10, 59, 151–53(table) grave houses, 138–39 graves, 5, 142; canoe, 135–36; cleaning, 132–33; items on, 129–31; orientation, 118, 125, 127–28; protection, 139–40 grave sheds, 118, 127, 136–38 Great Britain, 17, 23. See also English Heath, George R., 8–9, 22, 68, 70, 108, 111, 121; on burial customs, 118, 119; missions, 77, 78–79 Hermhut, 18–19, 43, 73, 106, 120, 148 Hispanicization, 11, 135, 148–49 Holy Week, 132–33, 143–44 hospital: in Ahuas, 60, 62, 82, 83 houses, 1, 8, 21; changes, 92–96, 100–101; concrete, 101–2; construction, 167– 68(table); Moravian influences, 87–92...