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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Three Arawak sites were excavated by the writer in the immediate 

 vicinity of Petite Anse, including one on the Desglaireaux land of the 

 American Pineapple Company just beyond the sentry box, east of the 

 village, and another nearer to Cap Haitien but back from the beach 

 approximately 3 kilometers. Potsherds collected from these two sites, 



Fig. 116. — Illustrated are four sacred images, 

 " zemis," of symmetrically carved stone from the 

 historic Arawak village of Guarico, the present Cap 

 Haitien. These " zemis " were potent agents of the 

 Arawak priest when called upon to hreak a drought, 

 or to ward (iff a hurricane, or to make a warrior 

 invulnerable in battle. 



while coming under the general Arawak type, differ in design, paste, 

 form, and thickness of walls. 



Anacaona, the sister of the Arawak chief Behechio, whose village 

 occupied the site where now stands the capital city of Port-au-Prince, 

 gave freely to Bartholomew Columbus of her stores in cotton yarn, 

 pottery vessels, carved wooden seats, cassava bread, and golden 



