Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-19

Some Of the men, he says, not very pru-
IDENTIFY tasted some of the wild fruit, and
upon only touching them their tongues,
their mouths and cheeks became swollen
and they suffered such great heat and
pain that they seemed by their actions as
II they were crazy, and felt obliged to
resort to cooling applications to ease the
pain and the discomfort"
They Immediately sailed on In search of
new wonders, which they found in the
form of a new island.
las soon as we approached the island.
the admiral ordered a light caraval to run
along the coast to search for harbor
The captain of this small vessel put into
land in boat. and, seeing some houses,
leaped on shore and went up to them, the
inhabitants fleeing at the sight of our men,
He then entered the houses and found
therein various household articles that had
been left unremovel, from among which
he took two parrots. very large and quite
different from the parrots We had before
seen. He found also a great quantity of
cotton, both spun and already prepared
for spinning, and provisions of food, Of all
of which he brought along with him
portion. Besides. those articles of food,
he likewise brought away with him four
or five bones of human arms and legs.
When we saw those bones We immedi-
ately suspected that we were among the
Caribbee Islands, whose inhabitants eat
human flesh, because the admiral, guided
by the Information he had received from
the Indians he had discovered during
his former voyage, had directed the course
of our ships with view to finding them.
both on account Of these Caribbee Islands
being nearest to Spain and also in the d.
rect track to the Island of H1spaniola.
where he had left some Of his men when
he returned to Spain. Thither by the grace
Of God and the wise management Of the
admiral we came In as straight channel
as II we had sailed by a well-known and
much-frequented route
I'm the morning several detachments Of
our men under their respective captains
started In different directions One Of
the parties returned at the dinner hour
with a boy abount fourteen years of age,
who said he was one of the prisoners taken
by these people. Another detachment
brought in little boy whom a man was
leading by the hand, but he left him and
fed. This boy was sent on board imfne-
diately with some Of our men. Other de-
tachments remained away longer, and
brought along with them several women,
natives of this island, together with other
women from among the captive ones, who
came willingly and Of their own accord.
The captain of another detachment Of six
men, not knowing that we already had in
formation about the inhabitants Of this
island, advanced farther away into the
interior and all were lost. They could not
| find their way back to the coast until after
| four days"
DR.. Chanca explains the horrible customs
of the natives among whom this party
| was lost, customs which caused friends Of
| the party many an anxious moment.
such Of their male enemies" he says,
'as they can take away alive they bring
\ here to their homes to make a feast of
| them. and those who arr, killed in battle
| they eat up after the fighting is over. They
| claim that the flesh of man is so good to
eat that nothing like 1t can be compared
to 1t In the world, and this Is pretty evident,
| for of the human bones we found In their
houses everything that could be gnawed
| else remained Of them but what was too
I hard to be eaten. In one of the houses We
| found the neck of man undergoing the
| process of cooking In a pot preparatory
| for eating Il.
| 1.-THE difference between these Caribbees
| and the other Indians, with respect to
dress, consists o. their wearing their hair
very long, while the others have 1t clipped