16208: Wilcken: History of the word "caco" (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Lois E Wilcken <makandal-ny@juno.com>

With the anniversary of the 1915 U.S. invasion of Haiti on my mind, I
have this question for the historians:  When does the word "caco" first
appear, and what are its possible derivations?  I know it was used in
reference to insurgents against Salnave in the 1860s, but I have the
impression that it wasn't a new word then.  Is that correct?

Lois

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