Caribs

Only raiding was worth the effort, and the Caribs were the raiders, not the Taino, and since they came out of the southeastern Caribbean, Mesoamerica was even further out of reach.

Pastwatch, the Redemtion of Christopher Columbus Card, Orson Scott 1996

In 1796, their number was considerably increased by the so-called Caribs, whom the English deported from the Island of St. Vincent and set ashore in Guatemala.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various

The Caribs were the second group of Indians met by Columbus on the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The Caribs were a handsome people, and one tradition narrates the madness that afflicted a governor of Antigua, because of his jealousy of a native chief.

Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate 1879

There were on some of the West Indies a warlike race called Caribs, — cannibals, the

Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III Charles Morris 1877

Sometime in the 1600s two ships carrying African slaves from Nigeria were shipwrecked off the coast of St. Vincent Island in the Caribbean, then occupied by two tribes of indigenous peoples - the Arawars and the Kalipuna - called the Caribs by Spanish explorers.

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Captain Anderson took the helm, the "Caribs" dipped their paddles into the water, and away we glided into a narrow channel amongst long grass and rushes that almost touched us on either side.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

Before we anchored a gun was fired, and in quick answer to the signal some canoes, paddled by negroes of the Mosquito coast, here called "Caribs," were seen crossing the bar, and in a few minutes were alongside.

The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855

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They benefited from the knowledge and experience of the Caribs, by learning to build a canoe and then ride it from Martinique to Antigua.

Global Voices in English » Caribbean: Following the path of the Caribs 2009