3. Mosquito Indian reservation 1894

  • under control of Brit. since 1860
  • United Fruit banana plantations at Bluefield
  • Nicaragua's Zelaya sent troops to seize reservation
  • Gresham asks Brit to pull out, not intervene
  • sends 2 cruisers to Mosquito coast against Zelaya
  • marines land to help Indians against Zelaya
  • by Dec., new government for Indians included Americans
  • Gresham allowed Nicaragua to claim control, but protected U.S. interests, excluded Brit.

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