# Talk:Zombia

Regarding this edit, while I don't think it's appropriate to add an editorial comment to any article, I'm not at all sure we should presume that anyone meant Tainos in the 1820s. While there are quite credible claims of Taino persistence in the Greater Antilles, I'm pretty sure they were considered "extinct" after about the 1700s. Island Caribs, on the other hand, did remain in the Lesser Antilles. So while I don't know for certain who the reference spoke of, I don't see how this presumption is reasonable. Guettarda (talk) 12:55, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Considering there is no evidence of the Caribs settling the Greater Antilles, it's a good assumption to make. Unless the author was talking about the non-Taino groups settling Hispaniola. That's a whole different story. Ddum5347 (talk) 16:35, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Settling, sure, but the Island Caribs were great traders (and in earlier times, raiders). Hispaniola was entirely withing their sphere. Guettarda (talk) 16:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Maybe. By non-Taino I mean these by the way, if you're interested: Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean#Ciguayo Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean#Macorix Ddum5347 (talk) 17:06, 6 May 2021 (UTC)