Bluefields
town, seaport, and capital of the former Mosquito Indian Reservation; now the department of Zelaya, Nicaragua, on the Atlantic coast near BLUE FISH the mouth of the Bluefields river, and 165 miles E. of Managua. The reservation lies along the Atlantic coast extending S. almost to Greytown. For many years Great Britain maintained a protectorate over the reservation, which at one time belonged to Honduras. In 1893, when the war broke out between Nica- No , ragua and Honduras, the United States Government sent a war vessel to Bluefields to protect the large American commercial interests there. Early in the following year Nicaragua took possession of the town and proclaimed martial law.
Chief Clarence protested to Great Britain against the usurpation of his rights and British war vessels were sent to the reservation and re-established Clarence in authority. During 1893-1896 the reservation and its capital were the subjects of much controversy between the United States, Great Britain, Nicaragua, and the natives of the reservation. Pop. about 5,000.
BLUE SKY LAWS mon blue jay has a wide distribution, and there are several other North American species. The long-tailed blue jays belong to a rarer genus (Xanthura) found in Central and in South America. a