Treasure Island (1950 film) country inn which they run. Captain William Bones, a sickly lodger, gives Jim a treasure map after being visited by two pirates, the second of whom gives the captain a note marked with the black spot. That same night Bones is found dead at the inn, and Jim shows Squire Trelawney the map. Trelawney recognizes the map as belonging to the buccaneer Captain Flint and bankrolls a voyage to discover the pirate's lost treasure. Trelawney hires Captain Smollett and his ship, the "Hispaniola", bringing along his friend Dr. Livesey as the ship's doctor and Jim as the cabin boy. Before
Chiefdoms of Hispaniola Chiefdoms of Hispaniola The chiefdoms of Hispaniola ("cacicazgo" in Spanish) were the primary political units employed by the Taíno inhabitants of Hispaniola (Taíno: "Ayiti", "Quisqueya", or "Bohio") in the early historical era. At the time of European contact in 1492, the island was divided into five chiefdoms or "cacicazgos", each headed by a cacique or paramount chief. Below him were lesser caciques presiding over villages or districts and "nitaínos", an elite class in Taíno society. The Taíno of Hispaniola were an Arawak people related to the inhabitants of the other islands in the Greater Antilles. At the time of European