1. This, alas, was unconnected with Carib thinking.

2. The explanation that they gave was that the Caribs had been conquered by the neighbouring Arawak.

3. It stems from the Carib Indians, who were discovered by Christopher Columbus.

4. The peoples of these shores are the Garifuna, a hybrid through the marriage of African and Carib Indian.

5. It was authorized to be built by Charles V as a defense against Carib Indian attacks.

6. Imagine, if you will, the indescribable horror that the first Europeans felt when they witnessed Carib natives during a post war ritual chewing and/or eating human flesh.