French West India Company
In 1653, the Kalinagos slaughtered the French troops in Marie-Galante. Sir du Mé decided to respond to this attack by sending a punitive expedition against the tribes in Dominica. Following these events, the Kalinagos, invaded "les Saintes" to take revenge. Sir Comte de l'Etoile tried to repel the Caribs who were definitively chased away in 1658. In the name of the King of France, "les Saintes" were acquired in the royal domain by Jean-Baptiste Colbert when the French West India Company was dissolved in 1664.