| | ''Eyeri/Kaliphuna'' The captured neo-Taina women held by the Carib, from whom descends Eyeri, a language similar to Taíno; <ref>Breton, 1665 http://www.centrelink.org/General.html</ref>. The Adult Carib spoke the Carib language and used a variant of Carib for trade and ceremony <ref> Wilson, 1990; Rouse, 1992</ref>. It is possible to speculate, that because the Carib stole women from the neo-Taino nations and incorporated them into their culture. The Carib advance from the South American mainland through the minor Antilles, never resulted in permanent settlements of Caribs, since they were being assimilated in this fashion by their captured neo-Taina women. It is said that Hatuey, the first known Cuban Island rebel was part Carib. | | ''Eyeri/Kaliphuna'' The captured neo-Taina women held by the Carib, from whom descends Eyeri, a language similar to Taíno; <ref>Breton, 1665 http://www.centrelink.org/General.html</ref>. The Adult Carib spoke the Carib language and used a variant of Carib for trade and ceremony <ref> Wilson, 1990; Rouse, 1992</ref>. It is possible to speculate, that because the Carib stole women from the neo-Taino nations and incorporated them into their culture. The Carib advance from the South American mainland through the minor Antilles, never resulted in permanent settlements of Caribs, since they were being assimilated in this fashion by their captured neo-Taina women. It is said that Hatuey, the first known Cuban Island rebel was part Carib. |
| | Albury, Paul 1975 The Story of the Bahamas. MacMillan Education Limited, London and Basingstoke. p. 19 “After the first screams of despair, terror took such sole possession of the Lucayan’s mind and body that it robbed him of the ability to defend himself. He became a jellied mass of sweating, trembling, helpless flesh. Men, women, and children were bound with ropes, stacked in the cane and taken to Carib land. There the males were mutilated, tortured and finally eaten.” | | Albury, Paul 1975 The Story of the Bahamas. MacMillan Education Limited, London and Basingstoke. p. 19 “After the first screams of despair, terror took such sole possession of the Lucayan’s mind and body that it robbed him of the ability to defend himself. He became a jellied mass of sweating, trembling, helpless flesh. Men, women, and children were bound with ropes, stacked in the cane and taken to Carib land. There the males were mutilated, tortured and finally eaten.” |