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On Cape Corientes there was a Spanish garrison of forty soldiers, chiefly mulattoes and caribs, who owned a swift periagua, fitted with oars and sails.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John

Some call them canibas; but in Spanish they are called caribs.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3 by Humboldt, Alexander von

To the right of the caribs turn and soon thou shalt come to a marsh.

From The Coming of the King by Babcock, Bernie