Word: tegucigalpa
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...opinion was in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, that the presence of the U. S. warship would prevent hostilities, which it was thought might have been precipitated by Nicaraguan sympathizers with the insurrectionists...
According to advices received at the Peabody Museum from Mr. Gordon, who is in charge of the explorations to be made at Copan, President Sierra of Honduras has conceded to Harvard University, by treaty arranged at Tegucigalpa on Feb. 22, the charge of the ruins of Copan and the lands pertaining thereto, for a period of ten years, with the right to make excavations and to remove to Cambridge for preservation a portion of the objects that may be encountered. This treaty, which will be ratified within a few days by the National Congress of Honduras, ensures the care...
...Gordon, who takes charge of the expedition, will leave Cambridge about the end of November, proceeding first to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, to open negotiations with the government for a new concession, the edict under which the work of the former expeditions was carried on having been withdrawn...