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that time the Caribs were

passing rapidly from one

stage of culture to another

and the great days of Carib

rule were over.

On Columbus’ second

voyage he had met Caribs

in St. Croix w h o showed

the temper of the people

but it was in Hispanola, the

island now shared by Haiti

and the Dominican Republie,

that he saw the real spirit of

a noble race. Hispanola was

then divided ameng five ca

ciques or chiefs: Guacangari,

Guarionex. Cacnaba who was

a Carib, Behechio and Caya

coa. The Spanish garrison left

on that island had raped native

women and to defend them

Caonaba had led a sortie

against the Europeans. H e

fought several battles and

was later captured and sent to

Spain where he never arrived

because he died at sea.

The Caribs were Canaibals

and that word name for the

eater of human flesh isderived

from the Carib. Os course they

were able to diseriminat~ in

their eating when they left

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The home journal. (1955). Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I., 1955-10-29. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84037503/1955-10-29/ed-1/?sp=4

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The home journal, 1955-10-29.