Hunters 37 Fishermen 37 Objects of barter and trade 38 Treatment of slaves 39–40 Depended upon individual owners 39 A distinct class in west 39 A part of family or tribe in east 39 Adoption 39 Treatment generally kind 39 Instances of cruel treatment 40 Precautions to prevent escape 40 Women of tribe have power to spare or kill 40 Punishment by death 41 Distinction between owner and slave not so clear as between the European and his slave 41 Privileges and favors 41–42 Manumission 43–45 Marriage into the tribe 43 Birth 43 Death of owner 43 Adoption 43–44 Peace with tribe to which slave belonged 44 Exchange 44 Messenger in formal declaration of war 44 CHAPTER II +Enslavement by the Spaniards+