Guaicuri

Guaicuri (Guachires), a South American people, whose territory formerly comprised the north-east corner of Venezuela and the adjacent island of Margarita. They still form part of the environs of Cumana, but all now speak Spanish, and have in other respects conformed to civilised ways. They appear to have been of Carib stock, with a brown or coppery complexion. Humboldt spoke of them at the beginning of the century as being, "next to the Caribs of Spanish Guiana, the finest race of men on the mainland." Several other tribes which used to bear the same name were formerly scattered over other parts of Venezuela and Guiana; but these all are now either extinct or merged in the general Hispano-American populations.