C K A P. hers near the Spanifh fettlements, which they often Tut-
a jrafs,': crueltfe£ ;inlifted
on -their for®fathers at Mexico-and Pern. /They
=-ape mmroanded by aipptam, and1 affemble'by the blow*
inmof a conch or fea- flieU ; they Have; aMb frequent
battles.with, neighbouring Indians; but what dafgraces
them above all others in Terra Firrna is^th-at however
unnatural it may feeur, andhowever much it has been,
eontradiaed, they are anthropophagi 6b~ cannibals; at.
teaft they, moft certainly feaft bm their enemies, Whole
fleib they -tear and devour with the avidity of wolves
though this is generally fuppofed to be more from w
fpirit of revenge than from any depravity in. their, tafte-i
TbzJicccmaw Indians are few i® number, and live far*
ther diftant from the fea than the- forpfer/I Though like
thefe they live in fnendfhip with the Dutch, they are
both treacherous in adminiftering flow pofton' concealed
under their nails, and very diftruftfuT, as they palifade
the ground, round their hamlets with poifoned fpikes. j
The Worrow Indians, if not the moft cruel, are the
moft despicable of any in Guiana.. Thefe are fettled:
along the eoaift from* the river Oronoque to- Surinam;;
they are dark-coloured and extremely ugly; though
ftrong they are pufillanimous, and withal fo very lazy
and indolent, that their poverty will feareel-y afford: them,
a covering to hide, their- nakednefs,. which they often
fupply by the web-like bark of the palm-tree. They
often go quite naked, and- are ftinkingly dirty ; from
theis
th e ir’fluggifli inatftivity they are reduced to live moftly c h a p .
u p o n 'c r a s jIn d - fe te rV If it Sib#cV feetri' ftraiige to .
have nailed thefe people happy, let it;be'reedlle6ted that:
their wiihds are confined to their 'enjfof meftts, and that no
Indian was ever heard to ^complain that He; was unhappy
L
T h e TTimras ate fettled'alio -on the'lea-coaff between.
Surinam and theJriyer Amazon. Thefe are exceedingly
numerous, 'being c^mputedy in this fettlement alone, to
-amount to near twent^thohfaud: they - a r e v e ry peaceable
but;indolent people, and in many particulars refem-
ble the Worrows, •
The Pianhaartaus H've very fa r inland, and:are enemies-»
to the Europeans,.with whom'they refufe all connexion»
b r dealings whatever:- of this tfibe(th e !b n iy th in g th a t h
can fay farther is, that they »would milkier all the ,Chrif-
tdans in.Guiana,>if they had-an opportunity.'
The only Indian riatioh^withih-rhy 'knowledge n ow
remaining to be mentioned; afe thds;i# /?Wp#kr, m y
favourites y.— b u t as-;this, Chapter'is.'already fWelledito-
a confiderahle length, I muft ;fl'efer them to -an o th er'
opportunity.------T hus; for th e : prefeht- d o -1- thke my
leave of this happy peopIS,: udio with thb diftin<5tions-
of rank ©r land' (the' -catifes b f5 cdrftehtibh in-’more enlightened?
ftates)“ are- uri’acquairited^ ; who know no eviU
but pain and! want,-; With which theyr'are-very fe l-
dom affliaed in this ever-verdant,- th is ever-blooming,
climate;. who,; limited,,
poflefs-»