Awakening Coast

Karl Offen is an associate professor of geography at the University of Oklahoma. He is the coeditor of Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic Reader. Terry Rugeley is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Rebellion Now and Forever: Mayas, Hispanics, and Caste War Violence in Yucatán, 1800–1880.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsTranslator’s NoteIntroduction1. Extract of a Letter from H. G. Pfeiffer, 18492. Extract from the Diary of Bluefields, 18543. Establishing a Mission at Rama Key4. Report on a Journey North in 18595. The Hurricane of October 18656. A Visit to the Tungla Indians of Walpasiksa River, 18697. Trade among the Miskito Indians, 1870s8. Mythology of the Miskito Indians9. Sorcery at Kukalaya, 187710. Trading with the Sumu Indians, 187811. Life in Tasbapauni (Bethany), 1870s12. An Early Awakening at Karata, 187913. Bluefields Coup and Kukalaya Awakening, 1881–188214. The Awakening at Karata, 188315. Visit to Nicaraguan Territory, 188316. Kaisa! Travel to Nicaragua, 188617. Proposing Timber over Gold, 188918. Pictures Tell the Story, 189119. Christian Law, 189120. Visions of the Prophet Wima, 189121. The Sambo and Tawira Miskito, 189222. Political Disturbances at Sandy Bay, 189223. The Indians of Dakura and the Wangki River, 1893–189424. Nicaraguan Occupation of the Mosquito Reserve, 189425. Commencing Work along the Wangki River, 189626. A New Mission at Sandy Bay, 189727. Sandy Bay and Wasla, 189828. The Gospel in the Miskito Territory, 1881–188229. Changes in Dakura, 1890s30. The Sumu Indians of Prinzapolka River, 189931. QuamwatlaNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

"The Awakening Coast is essential reading for experts on Mosquitia and a welcomed addition to Latin American cultural-historical geography."-Andrew Hilburn, Journal of Latin American Geography "The Awakening Coast is of utmost importance because it shows us—firsthand through the lens of the missionaries—how indigenous peoples as late as the nineteenth century could or could not respond ideologically, economically, politically, and socially to the imposed new trends from the 'outside,' including their incorporation in 1894 to Nicaragua. How much deeper can one go into finding appropriate sources?"—Christine Hünefeldt, author of Paying the Price of Freedom: Family and Labor among Lima's Slaves, 1800–1854