Papayeca

Papayeca was an Indigenous polity on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, in the country around the Bay of Trujillo. Hernán Cortés encountered its leaders during his expedition to Honduras in 1525. His account names several chiefs associated with Papayeca, including Mazatl and Pizacura, and describes dependent settlements within the province. Spanish efforts to establish themselves on the coast drew these communities into the violence and upheaval of the conquest.