. The storied West Indies . s, and bore their ears, lips, and nose for the in-sertion of ornaments. About their necks they wearnecklaces made of the bones of their enemies, ofthe teeth of alligators, agoutis, etc. On great occa-sions they wear scarfs and girdles of feathers. . .Their most valued ornaments were gorgets of copper, obtained from the Ara-waks by plunder, cres-cent-shaped and shining,and these are most fre-quently the only posses-sions they leave theirchildren when they sometimes wearcotton cloth as breechclouts and aprons, andcan dye it in various col-ors, chiefly red, an
. The storied West Indies . s, and bore their ears, lips, and nose for the in-sertion of ornaments. About their necks they wearnecklaces made of the bones of their enemies, ofthe teeth of alligators, agoutis, etc. On great occa-sions they wear scarfs and girdles of feathers. . .Their most valued ornaments were gorgets of copper, obtained from the Ara-waks by plunder, cres-cent-shaped and shining,and these are most fre-quently the only posses-sions they leave theirchildren when they sometimes wearcotton cloth as breechclouts and aprons, andcan dye it in various col-ors, chiefly red, and theyhad hammocks when dis-covered by also made fine pot-tery, which they bakedin kilns, and wove finebaskets. They culti-vated their lands in common. . They buried thecorpse of a chief, or the head of a family, in thecenter of his own dwelling, and then abandonedit forever. . Their heaven, or future home,seems to have been a sort of Mahometan paradiseof houris and harems for the brave men; and they. A Carib girl.(From a photograph.) THE CANNIBAL CABJBS 67 raised rustic altars, placing upon them fruits andflowers. They believe that they have as many souls asthey can feel beatings of the arteries in their bodiesbesides the principal one, which is in their heart, andgoes to heaven with its god, who carries it thitherto live with other gods; and they imagine that theylive there the same life as man lives here they do not think the soul to be so far immaterialas to be invisible; but they affirm it to be subtile andof thin substance, as a purified body; and they havebut the same word to signify the heart and thesoul. Other souls, not in the heart, reside in theforest and by the seashore; the former they callmabouyas, the latter oumelcou. They believe thatafter death they may go to live in certain fortunateislands, where they will have Arawak slaves to servethem, swim unwearied in placid streams, and eat ofdelicious fruits. ... It is related that a certainyou
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