Cap. VII. (lands. 



which carried on their Intereit, the other was forced to quit 

 the Provinces of Amana and Matica 0 and to find out a more 

 fetied habitation elfewhere. 



The victorious Caribbians having , by the afliftance of the 

 Apakchites, rid themfelves of thofe who were the difturben; of 

 their Peace, fortified their Frontiers;, and placed up and down 

 on the avenues the moll: valiant and molt generous of their 

 Forces, to deprive the Baniflfd of all hope of ever returning : 

 That done,they contracted a moft ftrift Alliance with the Apa- 

 lachites, fubmitting themfelves to their Laws, embracing their 

 Religion, and fo making themfelves one people with them , 

 and that incorporation continues to this day 3 yet not fo, but 

 that thofe Caribbians do ftill retain their ancient name, as we 

 have already obferv'd in the beginning of this Chapter 5 as alfo 

 many words which are common between them arid the Inhabi- 

 tants of the Car-ibbies : Of this kind are, among an infinite 

 number of others, the terms ofCakpnnes s to exprefs the- little 

 curioiitjes which are preferv'd for their rarity. 5 that of Bontton^ 

 to fignifie a Club of a weighty kind of wood 5 that of Xanmali^ 

 to exprefs a certain picquancy or delightfulnefs of tafte^ that 

 of Banare^ to fignifie a familiar Friend & that of Etoutou^ to de- 

 note an Enemy : They alfo call a Bow, Alloubaj Arrows, Al- 

 IcHafip § a great Pond, Taonaba 5 the evil Spirit, Mabdnyct^ and 

 the Soul of a Man, Akamboue , which are the proper te*ms 

 which the Caribbean Inhabitants of the Iflands make uie of at 

 the prefent to fignifie the lame things. 



As-concerningthe Caribbians fore'd out of their Country by 

 thofe of their own Nation, and driven out of the limits of 

 their ancient Habitation 5 and all the places they had Conquer 'dj 

 having ftraggled up and down a while neer the River which 

 derives its fource from the great Lake, and endeavoured to no 

 purpofe to enter into fome Accommodation with the Inhabi- 

 tants- of either fide of it 5 they at laft refolv'd to make. their way 

 through their Country, either by fair means or foul, and Co to 

 get into fome place where they might perpetuate themfelves, 

 and^ make a fecure eftablilhment of what was left of them it 

 With this refolution they made a ftiift to get to the Sea-fide, 

 where having met with a people which took compaffion on 

 their mtfery, they winter'd among them, and pafs'd over that 

 difconfolateSeafon in much want : And while they fpent their 

 time in continual regrets, for their lofs of a Country fopleafant 

 and fertile as that which they had liv'd in, and confider ed that 

 t hey (hould never enjoy themfelves in .that whereto their mif- 

 fortune had caft them as Exiles^ there arrived where they were^ 

 at the beginning of the Spring, two little Veffels, which came 

 from the Iflands called the Lngaym^ and had been driven by the 

 Winds into the Road neer which our Caribbians had pafs'd over 

 the Winter i There were in thofe two Vellek, which they call 



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