Goitacazes , an Indian tribe of Brazil, long masters of the region lying between the Rio Ca-bapuana or Itabapuana and Cape Sao Thome, whence they repeatedly repulsed the Portuguese who attempted to settle in those parts. Their only weapon was the bow and arrow, in the use of which they were very skilful. They usually took up their abode in places surrounded by water, their dwellings being cabins made of palm leaves suspended from tree trunks, serving at the same time as a sort of ambuscade. Father Vasconcellos, a writer of the 17th century, reports that they were a ferocious and cruel people, addicted to eating human flesh. Many of these Indians had nevertheless before his time been baptized as Christians, and lived in villages where their descendants are still found, in the northern portion of the province of Rio de Janeiro, rarely mingling with the whites. Their numbers are considerable, and they are ingenious, skilful, sprightly, and frank when kindly treated, but vindictive, improvident, and intemperate.