The Indian Massacre of the Capuchins in Trinidad in 1699
A Factor in Trinidad’s Economic Stagnation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8875979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David M Traboulay (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 544-548 |
| Publication date | 1976-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1615 • E-ISSN: 1533-6247 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/979830 |
| OpenAlex | W4245165171 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Recognising the failure to assimilate the Trinidad Indians to Spanish culture, the king of Spain in 1686 asked the Capuchin Order to undertake a mission to Trinidad so that the “Indians may learn to live a quiet and civilized life.” Eight Capuchin priests under Fr. Thomas de Barcelona arrived in 1687 and founded four missions; two in Naparima, one in San Fernando, and one in Savana Grande. They built their villages following a uniform plan: “A perfect square is traced on the ground and all the Indian ajoupas are built on three sides, north, south, and west of the streets ... the eastern side of the mission is taken up by the church, the mission house and other buildings for the use of the priests.”
Archaeology · Geography · Order (exchange · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Square (algebra · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Cuban History and Society · History
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |