... dwellers, from the word comia, meaning mountain top, for they were first called Cimarons, later shortened to marons, then maroons. The "labyrinthine valleys and cockpits offered a refuge to the runaways, who found a sufficient support by clearing... The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...: Mexico, Central America, West Indies - Page 419 by Elisée Reclus - 1891 Full view -
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