*** The South Americans built substantial boats that enabled them to mount an invasion from what is now Venezuela to conquer Hispanola and other Caribbean islands just a few years before the arrival of the Spanish.***
Yes, those Caribe Indians developed quite a sweet tooth for Awark Indian flesh. They chased them all over the Carribian Islands, chowing down all the way.
The Caribes were very successful because they had a superior technology, although there is something we can all criticize in their dining habits.