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Updated: May 13, 2025
"The Guipunaves, at their first arrival on the Upper Orinoco, inflicted incredible injuries on the other peaceable tribes who dwelt near them, devouring some, and selling others as slaves to the Portuguese."
The plumes worn by the Guipunaves* are the most celebrated; being composed of the fine feathers of manakins and parrots. The Indians are not always satisfied with one colour uniformly spread; they sometimes imitate, in the most whimsical manner, in painting their skin, the form of European garments. We saw some at Pararuma, who were painted with blue jackets and black buttons.
This opinion, though supported by some travellers, is not borne out by the researches of Mr. Barrow on the interior of that country. The Cabres, the Guipunaves, and the Caribs, have always been more powerful and more civilized than the other hordes of the Orinoco; and yet the two former are as much addicted to anthropophagy as the latter are repugnant to it.
From the year 1737 these visits of the Portuguese to the Upper Orinoco became very frequent. The Guipunaves, led on by their valiant and cruel chief Macapu, descended from the banks of the Inirida towards the confluence of the Atabapo and the Orinoco.
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