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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt: ...of the islands of the famous Carib cannibals. Their arrows were sharp-pointed with bone, and the tips poisoned with the juice of a certain herb. In strong predatory bands they ravaged other islands, killing the aged, retaining the most beautiful girls as servants and companions, and cooking and eating the young men. Human limbs were found suspended from the beams of the houses, as a" undergoing some process of preparation for food. In one of the houses the bleeding head of a young man was seen, recently cut off. Other portions of a human body were roasting before the fire. Dr. Chanca writes: "These women also say that the Caribbees treat them with cruelty as would scarcely be believed. They eat up the children which they bear to them, and only bring up those which they have by their natural wives. They say that man's flesh is so good that there is nothing like it in the world."--Select Letters of Columbus, Second Voyage, p. 31. A captain of one of the caravels, with eight men,

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Author

Abbott, John Stevens C. [Abbott, John Stevens C.]

Publisher

RareBooksClub.com

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781231248645

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, American Studies, Humanities