CONTENTS OF PART I.

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INTRODUCTION		3
I.	OF THE SUPREME BEING.
	Origin of Living Creatures (Legend of the Ceiba Tree)	7
	Origin of the White Race	8
	The Fire and the Flood	10
	Ideas of a Future State	14
II.	THE ARAWÂK SORCERER'S LEGENDS.
	Arawanili and the Orehu	15
	Appendix to the Legend (Biter Bit)	23
	Arawidi (A Fragment)	26
III.	HISTORICAL AND WARLIKE LEGENDS.
	The Cannibal Mounds	30
	The Fight on the Bowruma	35
	The Fight on the Haimâra Cabura	39
	The Fight on the Waiini	44
	Alliance and Intereourse with White Men	46
CONCLUSION		47

 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.