[Works] . colonies of them onthe banks of the Ikouteka, which empties intothe Surinam ; along the Esquibi, the Maroni,and other rivers of Guayana ; and in the coun-try watered by the windings of the Cayenne ;and it would appear that they extended theirwanderings to the shores of the SouthernOcean, where, among the aboriginals of Bra-zil, were some who called themselves Caribs,distinguished from the surrounding Indians bytheir superior hardihood, subtlety, and enter-prise.* To trace the footsteps of this roving tribethroughout its wide migrations from the Appa-lachian mountains of the northern
[Works] . colonies of them onthe banks of the Ikouteka, which empties intothe Surinam ; along the Esquibi, the Maroni,and other rivers of Guayana ; and in the coun-try watered by the windings of the Cayenne ;and it would appear that they extended theirwanderings to the shores of the SouthernOcean, where, among the aboriginals of Bra-zil, were some who called themselves Caribs,distinguished from the surrounding Indians bytheir superior hardihood, subtlety, and enter-prise.* To trace the footsteps of this roving tribethroughout its wide migrations from the Appa-lachian mountains of the northern continent,along the clusters of islands which stud theGulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to theshores of Paria, and so across the vast regionsof Guayana and Amazonia to the remote coastof Brazil, would be one of the most curiousresearches in aboriginal history, and throwmuch light upon the mysterious question ofthe population of the New World. * Rochefort, Hist. Nat. des lies Antilles; Rotter-dam, Cbapter HID. ARRIVAL AT THE HARBOR Olf LA NAVIDAI)—DISAS-TER OF THE FORTRESS. [I493-J ON the 22d of November the fleet ar-rived off what was soon ascertainedto be the eastern extremity of Haytior, as the Admiral had named it,Hispaniola. The greatest excitement pre-vailed throughout the armada at the thoughtsof soon arriving at the end of their who had been here on the precedingvoyage remembered the pleasant days they hadpassed among the groves of Hayti; and therest looked forward with eagerness to scenespainted to them with the captivating illusionsof the golden age. As the fleet swept with easy sail along thegreen shore a boat was sent to land to bury aBiscayan sailor who had died of the wound of gj 66 ^be Xlfe an& Wofiage0 of an arrow received in the late skirmish. Twolight caravels hovered near the shore to guardthe boats crew while the funeral ceremonywas performed near the beach, under the natives came off to the ship, with amessag
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