( 253 ) 



but little if at all known ; and indeed 

 there are only four Nations withitf the 

 confines of Dutch Guiana, with whom 

 the Europeans have any intercourfe ; 

 thefe are the Carribbees, the Accawaus, 

 the Worrows, and the Arrowauks. The 

 latter are a friendly, .hofpitable people, 

 and from the vicinity of their refi- 

 dence, and conftant intercourfe with the 

 Whites, their manners are better known 

 than thofe of any other tribe ; and as 

 they all. agree in many particulars, in 

 defcribing the three former nations, I 

 fhall only mention their chara&eriftic 

 diftinftions and peculiarities, confound- 

 ing the lefs lingular particulars, in their 

 Religion, Manners, and Cuftoms, with 

 thofe of the Arrowauks, for the faks 

 of brevity. 



The Carribbees are the moft nume- 

 rous, brave, warlike, and induflxious of 

 ajl the known tribes inhabiting Guiana. 



They 



