...march for three days, and halt for two, during which they hunt and barbacot (smoke dry) their game, and are in no distress for provisions, for even two or...weakness of their numbers, and carry terror before them. On their return from a successful expedition, they prepare for a general and tremendous drinking-match....

...for even two or three months, which is frequently the duration of their journeys. place be weak, or the inhabitants off their guard, those who resist...and, by the rapidity of their marches, and nightly enterprizes, which they call kanaima, they conceal the weakness of their numbers, and carry terror...

...resist are instantly massacred, and the remainder become slaves to the victors. 1 Mr. Hillhouse. " Their audacity in these predatory excursions is astonishing....rapidity of their marches, and nightly enterprises, they conceal the weakness of their numbers, and carry terror before them." l Soon after my journey...

...mode of procedure, including the means, poison, etc ., employed. Thus, the audacity of the Akawais "in these predatory excursions is astonishing. If...weakness of their numbers, and carry terror before them" (HiC, 234). Schomburgk says it was impossible to learn clearly how Kanaima is regarded, because he...

...achieved by relatively small numbers of men, especially if equipped with firearms. Brett comments: If a party can muster eight or ten stand of fire-arms,...rapidity of their marches, and nightly enterprises [ambushes], they conceal the weakness of their numbers, and carry terror before them. (1868: 145) Inevitably,...