These islands are inhabited by Canabilli, a wild, unconquered race
which feeds on human flesh. I would be right to call them anthropophagi
[man-eaters]. They wage unceasing wars against gentle and timid Indians
to supply flesh; this is their booty and is what they hunt. They
ravage, despoil, and terrorize the Indians ruthlessly.
-- Christopher Columbus, Journal Entry for November 3, 1493
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Virgule gazed across the vast, cold eel expanse past his inquisitor to
witness the full consequence of his previous decision - feral, withered
children, in tattered, filthy garments, toiled mindlessly at his command in
a single chamber which reeked of oil and burning animal flesh - his time had
come to deliver the final instructio...
