- “ The Garabisee are the most brave, credulous, simple,
obstinate, and opentLa; tkelresentraents, of all the Indian
naiiOnmoy Their opiniort -^h^^lorffi«dis #ever mG^iiedjIi^ cir'
cumstaneefijUnd that kind offprudenee depominatedepelicy is
unknown to them. ; T h ey ^ e inyeo&se^fte^e rapidlyvjdeQrdas!-:
and . about >fciYenty years ago theybeould muster
nearly a thousand fightings meu>:at this 1 moment it .would.be
dilficult: tojcolJectjflfty in.the; whole Oouutrydfefefew^the fall^sf. K
j rn^h^^aFahisc§fha^O!^iM5 fihght tradition o f their having
OUfe-oceupied the Caraibean.islands. $ There; are many local
oam^iT of rivers, islands, and headlands in Trinidad and in
the fW&akr d & a d a d l l a n g u a g e
cfrthbcpwtiuental Garabiseevst: §>
''d&lS,hQ44?!awaak8:arei6^o^;ino^-fh§flitflf^ fgebifojtfbnuhesoin
height. j.They/ aro(^tont ,and plump ip rpropordion,; h u t!not
musnu&r? i.Thek naske mje short, andi thetnechg*.jhsmii, snd
^tjnparfiicilJarly
Tbs xpys /sippesoMB^d % (th^itfmf#%ii andjitheo ^ o J ^ a d i; m
nniform^jlowert than > tjb#t of; Europeans»
d Some of the. castes are almost as.- fairr as the, ,%anltird§3<P
Italians. 9JSb°§§swfe<>' -bi©5nri#%<$&e?§$8£ ■ a«iory Bia^te
hrpwn, ShP^WeSi as,dark as,whatfis[;te!rrned ayy-ellow, IJegrod
but the.§tfuigfefrj^rfing » i t a j f i g f g M # ^tuf^evmpd webi
proportipB^dr firo b s x ^ if^^hariti^r^hat. i p%w jtheaa
Indians tp bn tahen.for>Africansi 9j
Theseop?QBle -> Urse Qonfidered hjft s§m£i writers deficient-. in
personalg courage.Being; of .small, stature* .and /possessing
but little muscular strength, they ai^\^i|gldIg>%d3o|i§
Europeans.qr e^ep, ,witbnIlegfpn$fc but in. wars amopgj themselves
theyibi^pfeiyra dqtprniiuation, . and .their!* revenge
of injuries :is implacatdefi3f
!i;The^.jQhaymas^ri-Theol5haymas- were first described by
Ikft«j ^ ldtinwbo^t^Ksh^dtdhmr near kindred,(fp fhefTamar
nacsiby an., analysis) of thn sf ^upturn, of jboth languages. > He
has giynn thejhdfpwifng d^^ripbonof the Chaymas.
“ The .epuntenanco of ;the J$haymas,:without,being; hard
and, shsrn,fbas>som#hing^edatO'.an.digloomy it ;tbe forehead is
P J ournal of j ttejdeagr.'jSacd of• London,' Vol. ii. p./237.<
sifelfr^nd'bbt’'little ptomtiie1*tlra Thbs tfePse^OfUb l^dgnh^ei of
iheieiiouiteie^ to sa^iwohian, t1^ey!say
ThdTye#of the
^h|£yinasi*^iFe^htaeky sgan% lo fil^ feu ttb ey -a re
neither so obliquely placed nor S0%malf as in the people of
the*‘MorigUb»aee»b The corner Of 'th'e* eyO isy hotmvMySOasihly
Mtsfedrup to ward skb#nte$®pl8STt flh^y^btbws^^tfe^ fela^k-dr
dark^owi4,"Slhrtd^,h®td? Iktlfe^ atdhM ^•dhe^as^elMs^ dte^fur-
hishe# 'fltfitlfat vm’^ ,lo^^b^e4adhe^x®r^;fithe habit nf^Oksfihg
them. down aS^ifi’tfe^ werfe’ dOWeF^db^-ils^Si^iidee^hffeens^lh®
appear
less!tbad
nations of South America and SeW^Sphin
rscioihyutheUfo^m nsd* thhdl^p^helr! h$ghr §h®4i^boties,94fteir
gtmi^hd aM^'Mf' khirbatta^dlelMl&c^bnkfh w.ahfof hlitrdj
ihhy •eSSfeiftiaHy^dffiby? fbOtia. thdfa =th^Pffo¥fti‘ b f tUewfi88§#
whfeh iS'|)#dt%ydOh^prOhiftet!t^tbr^&^iddt feWhOfe
directed downwards, ai#j¥^h'1M® thfe tellc®fel'dfi:thfei(^,hiifeLdikn
i^ e t :^!Theif%ide mfodthl ^klf^^buTMttf^ftjffllbiht'dhd^h
fefe^dx hSsSofteif 'nn •%ip0eMhrf€^1g©83-fi^r§?n“ihe p&ss^d
fmtn ’the^wokecto th ^ ^ o n th 4k ‘nrarkled^id' bothlteii§i
f^r4’0vds,!iwl#teh: fare Idiqefgih^ * fibnick;hlaho^til§^0?^ard^ the
and the jaws am remarkable fe^Thbi^slmi^^aiSS
^hi^-^dMh ^fte^klPpbof^who
lead a very aitnpiedifeT tHey^irdphOWS^r, !ri.ht’!M®3s^dhgi§S
those of the}Neg4oest,!^n
! Their figure and statUmvdififefSfi^ttfbhOsg^f fld©Uruibesi
“ The € haymas^ - says1 the isttthO ^ i® ^ 1 ^ #hOH j
and they appear so particularly wheaOetea^fiftd,*i«SMl£tinot
siay Mthi;thtdir be%hb0ifts8k te ^ a la ib f f i^ r a^yUg4m^i ;bvit
with1 the ‘Ordinary ’ had vos *§f *A,fheA^iej ^THeacOibftidhHSf aiore
of a Ohayma is nearly !fi%0 tW5 IncheSf^t'hein btidy: is
thick-set, -sfefeWMlki^ nWd^blOhMk1 flatf.'- All
their limbs a # ‘round and flekby.° d Tfcfe ©haytnfesv ‘ like ‘almost
all IthteNative5krib^> I hi^sehiff^h^b^mail^^edd^hande)
their feet are large, and their toes retain an extraordinary
mobility. All the(Chaymas'have a family look,11 and their