CHAPTER VIII

The Indian armoury--Spears--Bows and arrows--Indian strategy--Forest tactics and warfare--Defensive measures--Secrecy and safety--The Indian’s science of war--Prisoners--War and anthropophagy--Cannibal tribes--Reasons for cannibal practices--Ritual of vengeance--Other causes--No intra-tribal cannibalism--The anthropophagous feast--Human relics--Necklaces of teeth--Absence of salt--Geophagy 115