A confrontation between the Spanish and Kalingago”Island Caribs” on St. Croix resulted in the injury and death of several Kalinagos and Europeans. It was a Kalinago woman that shot the first arrow, hitting one or three of Columbus’s men. (Engraving by Theodor de Bry)
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