CONTENTS OF PART IV.

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CONTENTS OF PART IV.

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INTRODUCTION		125
I.	MYTHOLOGICAL LEGENDS	126
The First Man and Animals.
	1. Primitive State	126
	2. The Monkey's Exploit	127
	3. Mishaps	131
	4. End of Primitive State	133
II.	HISTORICAL AND WARLIKE LEGENDS	135
Their War with the Caribs.
	1. First Inroad of the Caribs	135
	2. The Surprise on the Cuyuni	137
	3. Siege of the Fortified House	138
Civil Strife.
	1. The Aged Friends	141
	2. The Massacre and the Pursuit	143
	3. The Duel	146
	4. Blood Feuds and Dispersion	151
III.	KANÁIMA.	152
	Blood Revenge (1)	155
	Blood Revenge (2)	158

The settlements of the Acawoio clans extend from the vicinity of Mount Romima eastward to the Berbice, and to the Orinoco on the north.

Closely connccted with them—in langunge, and probably in origin—are their neighbours, the Macusis and Aracunas, with their various branches and subdivisions.

Of the history of those races we know very little beyond what their family traditions may supply. Schomburgk thought that the Macusis formerly lived on the Orinoco. He states also, on historic evidence, that the Arecunas formerly dwelt on the Uaupes, or Ucayari, a tributary of the Rio Negro. All beyond is enveloped in the mist of ages.