Carib

the name given by the early European navigators to the inhabitants or aborigines found on the smaller of the West India Islands, and also inhabiting some part of the adjacent American continent. The Spaniards, finding them always a bold and determined enemy, findlly expelled all but a mere remnant from their native po e ions. Those who escaped the Spanish sword sought refuge in that part of Southern America near the mouth of the Orinoco, except a few whom the English removed and landed on the island of Ruatan, in the Bay of Honduras. The Carib have always been distinguished from the rest of the American peoples by their athletic stature, firmne , courage, snd resolution.