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Important Dates in Haiti's History > |
The pre-Columbian populations of the West Indies can be divided into three distinct chronological group.
5000 and 2000 B.C.
The first chronological group of people migrations, Known as Paleo-Indians, probably came from Central America, crossing the now submerged mid-Caribbean island that stretched from coast of Honduras and Nicaragua to the Greater Antilles.
1000 B.C.
The Second group, The Meso-Indians. They came from the coast of South America in Large, dugout canoes and reached as far as the Greater Antilles. The remnants of these people have been label the Ciboney.
300 B.C.
The third group, were known as the Neo-Indians. Once again from the south America mainland. The Arawak or Tayino spread to the Lesser and Greater Antilles.
1000 A.D.
The arrival of the more aggressive Caribs to the Lesser Antilles, driving the Arawak out as they came.
By the time Columbus arrived in Hispaniola in 1492, there were approximately six million Indians in the Caribbean, divided into three distinct groups: The Ciboney, the Arawak or Tayino and the Carib.
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