Pirates sack Bacalar again. 1650's Estimated date of beginning of British settlement. 1654 Captain Francisco Perez tries another re-conquest of Belize. A new governor in Merida sends Mayan males fleeing to Belize from the Yucatan looking for refuge. Taxes are extorted by torture.
Tipu swells to over one thousand people, mostly males.
Belmopan is about 450. The Spanish give up on central, western and northern Belize. A coastal expedition to the south attempt a limited area conquest. Failure occurs for the Spanish when one catholic priest, two religious are killed and others are wounded by Maya militia in the Toledo District. The Spanish party hides for a month in the jungle and flees north over the mountains.