caribes
- plural of caribe.
Example Sentences
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“If they could have got near you they would have bitten you in the same manner,” said the principal of the fishermen, when he had got rid of the last of the caribes.
From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by Hyrst, H. W. G.
The caymans, alarmed by the uproar, keep at a distance; but the savage little caribes frequently attack them, and many thus fall.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The Indians dread extremely these caribes; and several of them showed us the scars of deep wounds in the calf of the leg and in the thigh, made by these little animals.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
On these occasions it is often attacked, it is said, by the caribes, and partially devoured, before it can be dragged on shore.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Several other tribes follow a similar custom; allowing, however, the bones to be deprived of flesh by the ravenous little caribes.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
