. Timehri. Pottery and Stone Shell Implements The Indians of Barbados. 55 (Figure II), page 7. It is evidently a representation of the face of theMoon : and I have also a beautifully polished miniature axe made of adark green stone (not the whitish-green axe photographed by ), which specimen the Rev. Father C. Cooksey, , statedwas a valuable one, and which he referred to in his paper on The FirstBarbadians, published in Timehri of July, 1912. Father Cooksey wasof opinion that the first Barbadians were Indians, but few in number,and consisted of waifs who drifted int
. Timehri. Pottery and Stone Shell Implements The Indians of Barbados. 55 (Figure II), page 7. It is evidently a representation of the face of theMoon : and I have also a beautifully polished miniature axe made of adark green stone (not the whitish-green axe photographed by ), which specimen the Rev. Father C. Cooksey, , statedwas a valuable one, and which he referred to in his paper on The FirstBarbadians, published in Timehri of July, 1912. Father Cooksey wasof opinion that the first Barbadians were Indians, but few in number,and consisted of waifs who drifted into the Atlantic from elsewhere (perhaps Tobago). Although 1 do not concur in his conclusions, hisessay is bright and interesting. Fur my part I believe that the natives of Barbados were Indians (notCaribs who were cannibals) : that thoy were compleely exterminated bythe Spaniards : and that is why the English settlers only foundsix at Six Mens Bay. And whatever may be the derivationof the name Barbados I do not believe the name was deriv
Size: 1903px × 1314px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookids3, booksubjectagriculture
