book chapter
Concerning the natives of the Antilles
General history of the Antilles occupied by the French … • 2 • Published In 1667 • Pages: HRAF ms: i, 42 [Original: 360-419 ]
By: Du Tertre, Jean Baptiste, McKusick, Marshall Bassford, Verin, Pierre.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The original edition was written by a French missionary and based on the works of Father Raymond Breton (see 2: Breton). The second edition in 1667 was expanded from one to four volumes although the additions were not of factual significance, consisting largely of anecdotal material, diatribes against another author, and padding from Breton. The translation is unabridged of the part indicated above. An ethnographic summary, it gives chapters on traditional origins, religion, birth and marriage, common occupations, trade with Europeans, feasts and hospitality, houses and boats, warfare, and disease and death customs.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Fishing
- Cannibalism
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- External trade
- Boats
- Magical and mental therapy
- Burial practices and funerals
- Sacred objects and places
- Ecstatic religious practices
- Postnatal care
- Puberty and initiation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kalinago
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Caribbean
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1650
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1650
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dominica
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Jean-Baptiste Du Tertre
- Translation of: [Histoire generale des Ant-Isles habitées par les François … Par le r.p. Jean Baptiste du Tertre …]
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Marshall McKusick and Pierre Verin in 1958
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Carib Indians