Some years prior to the arrival of the first Spanish explorers, Caribs invaded and occupied the Lesser Antilles and killed, displaced or assimilated the Arawaks who had inhabited the islands.
Algúns anos antes da chegada dos primeiros conquistadores españois, os caribes invadiron e ocuparon as Antillas Menores, matando, desprazando ou asimilando ós pobos arauacos que habitaban as illas.