“Ana, cariná rote, aunicon paparoto mantoro itoto manto!” These words are the ancestral war cry that echoed in the ears of Europeans when they encountered Carib warriors in battle. This would have occurred frequently during their brutal conquest and...
On the evening of March 8th 1795, two hundred and twenty-six years ago to this day, the Second Carib War began on the tiny island of St. Vincent. The start of the war was relatively inconspicuous. It was marked by a raid on the estate of Madame La Croix , a French...