Note XXIX-3 — Chapter XXIX · THE PEOPLE OF HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA. 1800-1887.

Their ancestors had favored the French in the squabbles with England, and in 1796 were, by order of the British government, transported en masse, to the number of about 5,000, and at heavy expense, to the then deserted island of Roatan, in the bay of Honduras. They were subsequently invited by the Spanish authorities to the mainland; and aided to found settlements near the port of Trujillo. Since then they have rapidly increased, extending themselves both to the eastward and westward of that port. Squier's Cent. Am., 232.