2o8 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



TRADITIONAL LORE. A MISADVENTURE. 



carib country. — sandy bay. — captain george. — captain 

 George's family. — his superstitions. — a carib romance. 



— a love test. — courtship and marriage. — preparing 

 cassava. — farine. — an indian invention. — the obeah 

 charm. — the carib wars. — a brave coward. — the 

 caribs captured. — sent to coast of honduras. — the 

 survivors. — the seminoles. — a parallel. — carib song. 



— captain george's treasure. — a misadventure. — bal- 

 liceaux. — a search for skulls. — battowia. — the 

 "moses boat." — the monster iguana. — the cave. — the 

 tortoise. — a relic of a past age. — tropic birds. — our 

 boat smashed. — a night on the beach. — the southern 

 cross. — paul and virginia. — church island. 



CARIB COUNTRY is that portion of the island 

 of St. Vincent lying between the central ridge 

 of mountains and the Atlantic coast. It is the most 

 fertile and level, spreading from the foot of the hills 

 in gentle slopes and undulating plains. Formerly in 

 possession of the Caribs, it early attracted the English 

 by its fertility, and, by processes well known to the 

 white man when he desires his red brother's land, it 

 soon changed hands. Though one may lament this 

 usurpation of the Indian's territory, and deprecate such 

 deeds on general principles, one is soon reconciled to 

 the change after he has been domiciled among the 

 people in present possession. 



