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CONTENTS OF PART I.

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INTRODUCTION3
I.OF THE SUPREME BEING.
Origin of Living Creatures (Legend of the Ceiba Tree)7
Origin of the White Race8
The Fire and the Flood10
Ideas of a Future State14
II.THE ARAWÂK SORCERER'S LEGENDS.
Arawanili and the Orehu15
Appendix to the Legend (Biter Bit)23
Arawidi (A Fragment)26
III.HISTORICAL AND WARLIKE LEGENDS.
The Cannibal Mounds30
The Fight on the Bowruma35
The Fight on the Haimâra Cabura39
The Fight on the Waiini44
Alliance and Intereourse with White Men46
CONCLUSION47

 The Arawâks formerly inhabited the whole of the West Indian Islands. Those in the Lesser Antilies were exterminated by the Caribs, before the discovery of America by Columbus. The inhabitants of the larger island perished soon after that event, under the oppression of the Spaniards.

 The few Arawâks who dwell near the coast of Guiana and whose legends are here given are now the only known representatives of a gentle and once numerous race.


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