Treasure Island (1999 film) Treasure Island (1999 film) Treasure Island is a 1999 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. It was written and directed by Peter Rowe and stars Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins and Jack Palance as Long John Silver. The narrative diverges from that of the novel in that Captain Smollett convinces Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey to cut Jim, a 13-year old boy, out of his rightful share of the treasure in 1759. and so Jim then teams up with Silver. Smollett, Trelawney and Livesey are killed, and Jim, Silver and Ben Gunn escape with the treasure. The film was
Chiefdoms of Hispaniola hanged in Santo Domingo. The mother goddess of Higüey was Atabeira, which means "Mother of the original stone". 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