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Lecture Notes in Computer Science 12217
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Gerhard Goos
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Foreword
Thematic areas:
• HCI 2020: Human-Computer Interaction
• HIMI 2020: Human Interface and the Management of Information
Affiliated conferences:
• EPCE: 17th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive
Ergonomics
• UAHCI: 14th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer
Interaction
• VAMR: 12th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
• CCD: 12th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design
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in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management
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Interactions
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Organizations
• LCT: 7th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies
• ITAP: 6th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged
Population
• HCI-CPT: Second International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and
Trust
• HCI-Games: Second International Conference on HCI in Games
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Automotive Systems
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• C&C: 8th International Conference on Culture and Computing
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Mobile Communications
• AI-HCI: First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in HCI
Conference Proceedings Volumes Full List
1. LNCS 12181, Human-Computer Interaction: Design and User Experience (Part I),
edited by Masaaki Kurosu
2. LNCS 12182, Human-Computer Interaction: Multimodal and Natural Interaction
(Part II), edited by Masaaki Kurosu
3. LNCS 12183, Human-Computer Interaction: Human Values and Quality of Life
(Part III), edited by Masaaki Kurosu
4. LNCS 12184, Human Interface and the Management of Information: Designing
Information (Part I), edited by Sakae Yamamoto and Hirohiko Mori
5. LNCS 12185, Human Interface and the Management of Information: Interacting
with Information (Part II), edited by Sakae Yamamoto and Hirohiko Mori
6. LNAI 12186, Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Mental
Workload, Human Physiology, and Human Energy (Part I), edited by Don Harris
and Wen-Chin Li
7. LNAI 12187, Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Cognition and
Design (Part II), edited by Don Harris and Wen-Chin Li
8. LNCS 12188, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Design
Approaches and Supporting Technologies (Part I), edited by Margherita Antona
and Constantine Stephanidis
9. LNCS 12189, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Applications and
Practice (Part II), edited by Margherita Antona and Constantine Stephanidis
10. LNCS 12190, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: Design and Interaction
(Part I), edited by Jessie Y. C. Chen and Gino Fragomeni
11. LNCS 12191, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: Industrial and Everyday
Life Applications (Part II), edited by Jessie Y. C. Chen and Gino Fragomeni
12. LNCS 12192, Cross-Cultural Design: User Experience of Products, Services, and
Intelligent Environments (Part I), edited by P. L. Patrick Rau
13. LNCS 12193, Cross-Cultural Design: Applications in Health, Learning,
Communication, and Creativity (Part II), edited by P. L. Patrick Rau
14. LNCS 12194, Social Computing and Social Media: Design, Ethics, User Behavior,
and Social Network Analysis (Part I), edited by Gabriele Meiselwitz
15. LNCS 12195, Social Computing and Social Media: Participation, User Experience,
Consumer Experience, and Applications of Social Computing (Part II), edited by
Gabriele Meiselwitz
16. LNAI 12196, Augmented Cognition: Theoretical and Technological Approaches
(Part I), edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow and Cali M. Fidopiastis
17. LNAI 12197, Augmented Cognition: Human Cognition and Behaviour (Part II),
edited by Dylan D. Schmorrow and Cali M. Fidopiastis
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18. LNCS 12198, Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety,
Ergonomics and Risk Management: Posture, Motion and Health (Part I), edited
by Vincent G. Duffy
19. LNCS 12199, Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety,
Ergonomics and Risk Management: Human Communication, Organization and
Work (Part II), edited by Vincent G. Duffy
20. LNCS 12200, Design, User Experience, and Usability: Interaction Design (Part I),
edited by Aaron Marcus and Elizabeth Rosenzweig
21. LNCS 12201, Design, User Experience, and Usability: Design for Contemporary
Interactive Environments (Part II), edited by Aaron Marcus and Elizabeth
Rosenzweig
22. LNCS 12202, Design, User Experience, and Usability: Case Studies in Public and
Personal Interactive Systems (Part III), edited by Aaron Marcus and Elizabeth
Rosenzweig
23. LNCS 12203, Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, edited by Norbert
Streitz and Shin’ichi Konomi
24. LNCS 12204, HCI in Business, Government and Organizations, edited by Fiona
Fui-Hoon Nah and Keng Siau
25. LNCS 12205, Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Designing, Developing
and Deploying Learning Experiences (Part I), edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris and
Andri Ioannou
26. LNCS 12206, Learning and Collaboration Technologies: Human and Technology
Ecosystems (Part II), edited by Panayiotis Zaphiris and Andri Ioannou
27. LNCS 12207, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Technologies,
Design and User Experience (Part I), edited by Qin Gao and Jia Zhou
28. LNCS 12208, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Healthy and Active
Aging (Part II), edited by Qin Gao and Jia Zhou
29. LNCS 12209, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population: Technology and
Society (Part III), edited by Qin Gao and Jia Zhou
30. LNCS 12210, HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, edited by Abbas Moallem
31. LNCS 12211, HCI in Games, edited by Xiaowen Fang
32. LNCS 12212, HCI in Mobility, Transport and Automotive Systems: Automated
Driving and In-Vehicle Experience Design (Part I), edited by Heidi Krömker
33. LNCS 12213, HCI in Mobility, Transport and Automotive Systems: Driving
Behavior, Urban and Smart Mobility (Part II), edited by Heidi Krömker
34. LNCS 12214, Adaptive Instructional Systems, edited by Robert A. Sottilare and
Jessica Schwarz
35. LNCS 12215, Culture and Computing, edited by Matthias Rauterberg
36. LNCS 12216, Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications,
edited by Gavriel Salvendy and June Wei
37. LNCS 12217, Artificial Intelligence in HCI, edited by Helmut Degen and Lauren
Reinerman-Jones
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38. CCIS 1224, HCI International 2020 Posters - Part I, edited by Constantine
Stephanidis and Margherita Antona
39. CCIS 1225, HCI International 2020 Posters - Part II, edited by Constantine
Stephanidis and Margherita Antona
40. CCIS 1226, HCI International 2020 Posters - Part III, edited by Constantine
Stephanidis and Margherita Antona
http://2020.hci.international/proceedings
First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
in HCI (AI-HCI 2020)
The full list with the Program Board Chairs and the members of the Program Boards of
all thematic areas and affiliated conferences is available online at:
http://www.hci.international/board-members-2020.php
HCI International 2021
The 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International
2021 (HCII 2021), will be held jointly with the affiliated conferences in
Washington DC, USA, at the Washington Hilton Hotel, July 24–29, 2021. It will
cover a broad spectrum of themes related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI),
including theoretical issues, methods, tools, processes, and case studies in HCI design,
as well as novel interaction techniques, interfaces, and applications. The proceedings
will be published by Springer. More information will be available on the conference
website: http://2021.hci.international/.
General Chair
Prof. Constantine Stephanidis
University of Crete and ICS-FORTH
Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: general_chair@hcii2021.org
http://2021.hci.international/
Contents
Human-Centered AI
AI Applications in HCI
Abstract. In the past few years, the ethics and transparency of AI and
other digital systems have received much attention. There is a vivid dis-
cussion on explainable AI, both among practitioners and in academia,
with contributions from diverse fields such as computer science, human-
computer interaction, law, and philosophy. Using the Value Sensitive
Design (VSD) method as a point of departure, this paper explores how
VSD can be used in the context of transparency. More precisely, it is
investigated (i) if the VSD Envisioning Cards facilitate transparency as
a pro-ethical condition, (ii) if they can be improved to realize ethical prin-
ciples through transparency, and (iii) if they can be adapted to facilitate
reflection on ethical principles in large groups. The research questions
are addressed through a two-fold case study, combining one case where
a larger audience participated in a reduced version of VSD with another
case where a smaller audience participated in a more traditional VSD
workshop. It is concluded that while the Envisioning Cards are effective
in promoting ethical reflection in general, the realization of ethical val-
ues through transparency is not always similarly promoted. Therefore,
it is proposed that a transparency card be added to the Envisioning
Card deck. It is also concluded that a lightweight version of VSD seems
useful in engaging larger audiences. The paper is concluded with some
suggestions for future work.
1 Introduction
2 Related Work
Transparency in digital systems is a topic well covered in academic literature,
and is naturally much more complex than the simplifications made in this article.
First, transparency is not necessarily beneficial in and of itself. As related
in the introduction above, Turilli & Floridi [13] call transparency a pro-ethical
1
www.envisioningcards.com.
Towards Increased Transparency with Value Sensitive Design 5
3 Method
The study reported is two-fold, combining a first case where a larger audience
participated in a reduced version of VSD, with an emphasis on transparency, with
a second case where a smaller audience participated in a more traditional VSD
workshop. Both cases took place in December, 2019. Following an introduction
of the VSD method, the conditions of the two cases studied are described.
cards support them in the ethical reflection. The cards are “designed to pro-
vide opportunities for values-oriented reflection, iteration, and course correction
throughout the design, implementation, and evaluation of information tools”
according to Davis & Nathan [2]. Davis & Nathan also claim that as of 2015,
Envisioning Cards had only been applied in classroom settings in academia.
3.2 Case 1
The first case took place at an event titled Financial Markets Transparency,
co-hosted by the authors at the Stockholm School on Economics. Following a
keynote on financial markets and AI by Paolo Sironi from IBM Watson Financial
Services, the VSD Envisioning Cards were used to engage the audience, consist-
ing of 25 people, mostly professionals from the IT and finance sectors. More
precisely, four pairs of cards and adapted questions, one for each of the four
envisioning criteria, were shown to the audience, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Their
answers to the questions were collected using menti.com, and the results were
presented to all as they were entered. Participants were free to submit as many
responses as they pleased during the time the poll was active, i.e., more than one
answer per participant was allowed. Following this data collection, which coin-
cided with some refreshments, three additional experts from academia, industry,
and government joined the keynote speaker in a panel. In the panel discussion,
the moderator (one of the authors) used the questions and the answers collected
as input.
3.3 Case 2
The second case took place within the context of an R&D project conducted
jointly between one research institute, one university college, and five commercial
8 J. Dexe et al.
Fig. 2. An illustration of the model: finding ways for the workers to use IoT technology.
companies working with industrial production. The project aim is to find ways
for workers in manufacturing to quickly put internet-of-things (IoT) technology
to use, without need for additional training or external experts. (To meet this
goal, the project has a particular focus on the technology being accessible and
understandable, thus lowering the threshold for its use by the factory workers).
Two of the authors conducted a 2-h workshop with 5 people (researchers from
the research institute) participating in the project. In this case, the VSD method-
ology was followed more thoroughly, and the Envisioning Cards were again used
to introduce new perspectives to the workshop participants and provoke their
thoughts.
The workshop started by explaining the purpose and method. Then, par-
ticipants drew a model of their project on a large paper (see Fig. 2), both to
give themselves a shared view of what they were working on, and to give the
workshop leaders an insight into what the project was about. Then, in segments
of 20 min per category, Envisioning Cards were introduced. For stakeholders the
cards Direct Stakeholders and Non-targeted Use were used, for time Work of the
Future and Obsolesence, for values Choose Desired Values and Elicit Stakeholder
Views and Values, and for pervasiveness Accounting for Culture and Widespread
Use. The workshop leaders were active in the discussion, suggesting perspectives
and challenging views and arguments of the participants. The results were doc-
umented by saving the physical artifacts created in the session, i.e., hand-drawn
model illustrations, post-its added to the illustration, and lists pertaining to dif-
ferent Envisioning Cards. After the workshop, the participants were invited to
share their impressions and thoughts about the method in order for the workshop
leaders to evaluate what effect the participants thought the method had.
Towards Increased Transparency with Value Sensitive Design 9
4 Results
4.1 Case 1
The answers given to the stakeholders question (Fig. 3(a)) show a heavy emphasis
on consumer perspectives (“consumers”, “customers”, “end-customer”, “hope-
fully customers”, “the customers”) and the corporate entities that would adopt
more transparent algorithms (“banks”, “corporations”, “financial institutions”,
“microbanks”). The time question (Fig. 3(b)) offers a less coherent image, but is
centered on trust, sustainability and equality. The answers to the values ques-
tion (Fig. 3(c)) highlight equality and inclusion, as well as democracy, trust,
collaboration, fairness and information symmetry. The pervasiveness question
(Fig. 3(d)), finally, is heavily skewed towards transparency being positive for
European actors. While we did not test for the prior knowledge and views of
participants, the answers give a broader view than the authors had expected—
either indicating that the participants were more well versed in the topic than
expected, or that the questions actually help re-frame the topic and offer broader
perspectives, as VSD aims to.
10 J. Dexe et al.
Fig. 4. The results from the brainstorming with the Envisioning Cards; (i) Stakehold-
ers, (ii) Time, (iii) Values and (iv) Pervasiveness.
4.2 Case 2
5 Discussion
5.1 Reliability and Validity
Having used two different approaches to the Envisioning Cards, one in line with
normal procedures and one where aspects of the Envisioning Cards were used
in a very different setting, the reliability of the study is somewhat mixed. For
case 2, the participants believe that they reflected on values and ethics in a way
that they have not done before, which seems to be in line with the aim and
use of the method. However, repeated attempts with the same group have not
been performed, which weakens the reliability somewhat as only one instance
for applying the method has been realized. In case 1, the Envisioning Cards
were applied in an unorthodox way in a single instance. While the results are
interesting and noteworthy, reliability is admittedly not as high as it would be
with repeated trials on new audiences and new formulations.
In both cases, the validity seems to be good. Case 1 investigates whether
adaptation of the Envisioning Cards is possible on larger audiences, and the
menti.com system was used by the audience for interaction and engagement in
the discussion. Case 2 was, as previously remarked, a fairly standard workshop
12 J. Dexe et al.
using Envisioning Cards. The reflections from the participants give an indication
of how the method influenced the participants’ reasoning.
Despite Envisioning Cards being a tool that is most often applied to smaller
teams, case 1 showed that even in a setting with larger audiences the types of
questions posed in the Envisioning Cards do allow participants to reflect on eth-
ical principles to a larger extent than the authors initially assumed. A live word
cloud was used to support the participants and gave the ability for them to add
multiple answers. The participants could see the word cloud forming and updat-
ing (see Fig. 3) both on the auditorium screen and in their respective phones
or computers. This allows the audience to react, e.g., ‘agreeing’ by submitting
an identical answer, or ‘conversing’ by submitting an answer inspired by a pre-
vious one. However, this requires instructions to make sure that the audience
makes use of this latent interactivity. Such instructions could also alleviate some
disadvantages of word clouds, such as similar concepts not identically worded
being separately treated (e.g., “customers” and “end-customers” in Fig. 3(a)). As
shown in Fig. 3, all of the word clouds had more answers submitted than individ-
uals who submitted responses (and each submitted response could include five
separate answers). It can thus be concluded that VSD-inspired questions can
indeed be used in larger settings to provide new perspectives.
The Envisioning Cards, unsurprisingly, work best when there is a common
design project for all the participants (case 2). The common design project gives
a common frame of reference that is a clear benefit compared to what is possible
in more loosely assembled audience as in case 1. Symptoms of this in the larger
audience include lack of common understanding of the questions discussed (cf.,
e.g., the “nor (sic!) sure what this means” comment (barely visible) in Fig. 3(b)).
In case 2, the participants managed to make many more values and principles
more explicit than in case 1. This is, of course, partly due to the more standard
use case for the Envisioning Cards, and perhaps partly due to the participants
in case 2 being more versed and in tune with the perspectives that the cards aim
at getting participants to discuss. Having a drawing of the entire process (Fig. 2)
made the team focus not only on the finished product but also on what it takes
to get it there, and where different ethical principles and values come into play.
The group used the drawn image of the project as a reference when discussing
the various cards, and made amendments along the way when they thought of
processes that they had initially forgotten to make explicit.
The participants in case 2 said that the method made them reflect on the
possible adverse effects of their project. Previously, while they had worked on
human-centred perspectives, they had mainly reflected on positive uses and pos-
itive effects, with little or no reflection of possible negative (unintended) impli-
cations. The group claimed that the VSD approach helped them see the project
and their method in a broader perspective.
Towards Increased Transparency with Value Sensitive Design 13
5.3 Transparency
6 Conclusion
The results are related to the three questions presented in the introduction.
RQ 1: Do the VSD Envisioning Cards facilitate transparency as a pro-ethical
condition? It is concluded that while the Envisioning Cards are an effective
tool to promote reflection on values and ethical principles, it is not necessarily
promoting ways to realize those values and principles through transparency.
RQ 2: How can the Envisioning Card tool be improved in order to realize
ethical principles through transparency? Going forward—while our research is
narrow in scope, we propose that (at least) one additional card be introduced to
the Envisioning Card deck, a card in the pervasiveness category to deal with the
problem of realizing ethical principles. In short—a transparency card. As stated
in the literature, with AI technologies becoming more prevalent, transparency
is most likely growing more important for organisations aiming to fulfill ethical
principles.
We also suggest further empirical evaluation of end results from design pro-
cesses, such as actual products or services designed and built, in terms of desir-
able features that were aimed for in the Envisioning Card session, such as
transparency. Though such evaluation may require more time (even consider-
ably more, depending on the context), we believe that this is a very worthwhile
empirical endeavor which would shed considerable additional light on what can
and cannot reasonably be accomplished using VSD and its Envisioning Cards.
RQ 3: Can the Envisioning Card tool be adapted to facilitate reflection on
ethical principles in large groups? We conclude that a lightweight version of the
method seems useful in engaging larger audiences with the relevant questions and
14 J. Dexe et al.
tools that help audiences interact. However, it is also clear that more research
is needed to further corroborate this finding.
As for methodology, in case 1 at least two things need to be adjusted for, or
developed further. First, there is a need for further investigation into the impor-
tance of common understanding of the problem beforehand, e.g., as gained from
an introductory lecture to a larger audience, in order to further mimic the work-
shop setting that the Envisioning Cards are usually applied in. Second, there
is a need for further investigation of the impact of particular wordings when
paraphrasing the Envisioning Cards for specific contexts, which will undoubt-
edly prime and anchor [14] participants into particular ways of thinking. But
these require serious consideration when extrapolating the VSD method to new
settings. We would also suggest further development of VSD for larger audi-
ences, such as case 1, inspired by insights from the literature, e.g., [1]. In an
academic setting, the adapted method could also be used in a class setting dur-
ing a full course, to facilitate the repetition and shared perspectives the method
encourages.
Finally, some reflections and further investigations regarding the use of the
Envisioning Cards in design projects that fit into case 2. We would like to con-
tinue following the process and use the cards over time. Further investigation of
the effectiveness of cards on different participants, taking prior knowledge and
other demographic factors into account would be welcome. We would also like
to further develop what sort of artifacts participants ought to make during the
workshop in order to both improve the discussion and, more importantly, give
the participants something to come back to when continuing the design process.
Using the VSD in one-off settings leaves several discussions unresolved, such
as finding out what participants think about the discussions in between iterations
and how the ideas that are developed in the workshops are implemented over
time. While this first study did not adopt the iterative process that is suggested
in the instructions for the Envisioning Cards, we are confident that it would
increase the value of the method and allow the results to be absorbed by the
participants to a larger degree.
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lived by the chase and fishing, though to us it would not appear very
refined. Their meat and small birds they stuck on a kind of wooden
spit, which was fixed in the ground before the fire, and they turned it,
till all the slices of meat or the birds were roasted.
This was quite a civilized method of management compared with
their treatment of the large birds, such as parrots, pigeons, &c.
These they threw on the fire, without picking or dressing them, and
when the feathers were burnt, they raked the bird up in the cinders
till it was done. On taking it from the ashes, the crust formed by the
burnt feathers peeled off, and the bird was perfectly clean and
delicate. It is said this manner of roasting was much approved by the
Europeans who had an opportunity of trying it.
The Caribs usually spread two tables at their meals; on one was
placed their bread, (cassada,) on the other the fish, fowls, crabs and
pimentado. This pimentado was made of the juice of manioc, boiled,
a quantity of pimento, and the juice of lemon or some other acid. It
was their favorite sauce; they used it with all their meats, but they
made it so hot that nobody but themselves could eat it. A favorite
dish with them was stewed crabs. None of their food was eaten raw;
in general their taste seemed inclined to overdone and high-
seasoned dishes.
The manioc, from which the cassada is made, was a great article
of food among the Caribs. The ordinary size of the roots is equal to
that of the beet; they are of the consistency of parsnips, and
commonly ripen in about eight months.
The manioc was planted in trenches, about two feet and a half
apart, and six inches deep. It was necessary to keep the plant free
from weeds. When ripe, the shrub and roots were all dug up
together, like potatoes. When the roots were taken up, the bark or
skin was scraped off, just as parsnips are scraped; then they were
washed clean and grated fine, something like horseradish. Then the
grated mass was put into a strainer of split flags, or the bark of a
tree.
The strainer was six or seven feet long, and four or five inches in
diameter. It was woven something like a cotton stocking, in order that
it might be expanded to receive the manioc, and contract for the
purpose of expressing the juice. When filled, it was hung on the limb
of a tree, with a basket of stones fastened to the bottom, which
gradually forced out the juice of the manioc, which is of a poisonous
quality unless it is boiled.
Caribs preparing Manioc.
When the manioc was sufficiently dry, they took daily what they
wanted, and having passed the flour through a sieve made of reeds,
they then made it into paste, and baked it upon flat stones. It is a
very nourishing kind of bread, and is to this day used in many parts
of tropical America.
The Caribs had discovered the art of making intoxicating
beverages, so that they really needed a temperance society,—not
quite so much, perhaps, as their civilized invaders. In this respect the
Caribs had far outstripped the inventions of the northern barbarians.
Carib Vessels.
No people in the world were more expert than the Caribs in the
management of a boat. They had two sorts of vessels—becassas,
with three masts and square sails, and piroques, with only two
masts. The last were about thirty feet long by four and a half feet
wide in the middle. The becassa was about forty-two feet long and
seven feet wide in the middle. They had sometimes figures of
monkeys painted red at the stern of their vessels. These vessels
were built of the West India cedar tree, which there grows to a
prodigious size. One tree made the keel of the vessel. It was felled
with immense labor, hewed to a proper degree of thickness, made
very smooth, and if any addition to the height was necessary, planks
were added to the sides. This work was all performed with sharp
hatchets made of flint.
Some of these vessels had topmasts, and the Caribs could rig out
fleets of thirty sail at a time. After the French had been some years
settled at Martinico, they were surprised one foggy morning by the
appearance of a fleet on their coast. The whole island was instantly
in alarm and commotion; every man seized his arms, thinking a large
squadron from Europe was come to attack the island. But the fog
cleared away, and there, close-hauled in shore, were twenty sail of
becassas and piroques, filled with Caribs, who had come for a
friendly trading visit.
The Caribs were usually rather above the middle stature, well
proportioned, and their countenances were rather agreeable. Their
foreheads had an extraordinary appearance, as they were flattened
by having a board bound tight on the forehead when they were
infants, and kept there till the head had taken the fashionable form.
The forehead then continued flat, so that they could see
perpendicularly when standing erect, and over their heads when
lying down. These were the objects aimed at, and so they, at least,
had a reason for their ridiculous custom; which is more than can be
said of all the customs of modern refined society.
They had small black eyes, beautiful teeth, white and even, and
long, glossy, black hair. The hair was always kept well anointed with
oil of palmachristi. It was difficult to judge of the color of their skin,
because they were always painted with rouco, which gave them the
appearance of boiled lobsters. The coat of paint preserved their
skins from the hot rays of the sun, and from the stings of the
musquito and gnat. It was thus far a useful invention, but they also
considered it highly ornamental. When they wished to appear
exceedingly grand, they added black mustaches, and other black
strokes on their red-painted faces, with the juice of the geripa apple.
The men wore ornaments, called caracolis, in their ears, noses,
and the under lip. The metal of which these ornaments were formed
came from the South American continent, but no one but an Indian
could ever find it. It is exceedingly brilliant, and does not tarnish. A
full-dressed Carib wore a caracolis in each ear. The ornament was in
the form of a crescent, suspended by chains about two and a half
inches long, which were fastened in the ear by a hook. Another
caracoli of the same size was attached to the gristle which separates
the nostrils, and hung over the mouth. The under part of the lower lip
was pierced, and thence hung another caracoli, which reached to the
neck; and in the last place, they had one six or seven inches long,
enchased in a small board of black wood, and suspended from the
neck by a small cord.
When they did not wear the caracolis, they inserted little pieces of
wood in their ears, &c., that the holes might not grow up; sometimes
they stuck the feathers of parrots in these holes, and thus looked
very queerly. They had a habit of sticking the hair of their children full
of feathers of different colors, which was done very prettily, and
looked quite appropriate with their round, red faces, and bright,
laughing eyes.
The women were smaller than the men, but equally well-formed.
They had black hair and eyes, round faces, their mouths were small,
and teeth beautiful. They had a gay and lively air, and their
countenances were smiling and very agreeable; but they were in
their behaviour perfectly modest.
Their hair was tied at the back of their heads, with a cotton fillet.
They wore belts and a little apron called a camisa. It was made of
cotton cloth, embroidered with beads, and had a bead fringe. They
wore scarfs of cotton cloth, about half a yard wide, called a pagn. It
was wrapped twice round the body under the armpits, and then was
tied, and the ends hung down to the knee. They wore necklaces,
composed of several strings of beads, and bracelets of the same.
They had buskins also, which were ornaments for the legs, very
tasteful, and in high fashion. The females performed most of the
cooking, and made the hammocks; and they had likewise to carry all
the burdens which were borne in baskets. A man would have been
dishonored forever if he had spun or woven cotton, or painted a
hammock, or carried a market-basket. But all the hard labor was
performed by the men, and they were very kind to their wives and
children.
They had some singular customs respecting deceased persons.
When a Carib died, he was immediately painted all over with the red
paint, and had his mustaches, and the black streaks on his face,
made very deep and shining. He was next put into a hole surrounded
with mats, and kept till all his relations could see and examine the
body. No matter how distant they lived, if on another island, they
must be summoned and appear, before the dead body could be
buried. But the thick coat of paint preserved it from decay for a long
time.
In their wars, I have told you, the Caribs were murderous and
cruel. They often poisoned their arrows, and probably often eat their
captives. They fought with bows and arrows, and clubs. But when
their angry passions became cool, they treated their prisoners with
humanity, and never tortured them like the northern savages.
In some instances these islanders were faithless and treacherous.
In 1708 the English entered into an agreement with the Caribs in St.
Vincents, to attack the French colonies in Martinico. The French
governor heard of the treaty, and sent Major Coullet, who was a
great favorite with the savages, to persuade them to break the treaty.
Coullet took with him a number of officers and servants, and a good
store of provisions and liquors. He reached St. Vincents, gave a
grand entertainment to the principal Caribs, and after circulating the
brandy freely, he got himself painted red, and made them a flaming
speech. He urged them to break their connection with the English.
How could they refuse a man who gave them brandy, and who was
red as themselves? They abandoned their English friends, and burnt
all the timber the English had cut on the island, and butchered the
first Englishman who arrived. But their crimes were no worse than
those of their christian advisers, who, on either side, were inciting
these savages to war.
But the Caribs are all gone, perished from the earth. Their race is
no more, and their name is only a remembrance. The English and
the French, chiefly the latter, have destroyed them.
There is, however, one pleasant reflection attending their fate.
Though destroyed, they were never enslaved. None of their
conquerers could compel them to labor. Even those who have
attempted to hire Caribs for servants, have found it impossible to
derive any benefit or profit from them; they would not be commanded
or reprimanded.
This independence was called pride, indolence, and stubbornness
by their conquerors;—if the Caribs had had historians to record their
wrongs, and their resistance to an overwhelming tyranny, they would
have set the matter in a very different light. They would have
expressed the sentiment which the conduct of their countrymen so
steadily exemplified—that it was better to die free than to live slaves.
So determined was their resistance to all kinds of authority, that it
became a proverb among the Europeans, that to show displeasure
to a Carib was the same as beating him, and to beat him was the
same as to kill him. If they did anything it was only what they chose,
how they chose, and when they chose; and when they were most
wanted, it often happened that they would not do what was required,
nor anything else.
The French missionaries made many attempts to convert the
Caribs to Christianity, but without success. It is true that some were
apparently converted; they learned the catechism, and prayers, and
were baptized; but they always returned to their old habits.
A man of family and fortune, named Chateau Dubois, settled in
Guadaloupe, and devoted great part of his life to the conversion of
the Caribs, particularly those of Dominica. He constantly entertained
a number of them, and taught them himself. He died in the exercise
of these pious and charitable offices, without the consolation of
having made one single convert.
As we have said, several had been baptized, and, as he hoped,
they were well instructed, and apparently well grounded in the
christian religion; but after they returned to their own people, they
soon resumed all the Indian customs, and their natural indifference
to all religion.
Some years after the death of Dubois, one of these Carib
apostates was at Martinico. He spoke French correctly, could read
and write; he had been baptized, and was then upwards of fifty years
old. When reminded of the truths he had been taught, and
reproached for his apostasy, he replied, “that if he had been born of
christian parents, or if he had continued to live among the French, he
would still have professed Christianity—but that, having returned to
his own country and his own people, he could not resolve to live in a
manner differing from their way of life, and by so doing expose
himself to the hatred and contempt of his relations.” Alas, it is small
matter of wonder that the Carib thought the christian religion was
only a profession. Had those who bore that name always been
Christians in reality, and treated the poor ignorant savages with the
justice, truth and mercy which the Gospel enjoins, what a different
tale the settlement of the New World would have furnished!