1
The two islands (originally one country) were inhabited by the indigenous Carib and Arawak Amerindian tribes.
2
The Amerindian tribes and the early European explorers lived mainly on fish, which was a palatable and easily obtained food.
3
"Like the examples of the North American Amerindian tribes."
4
Prior to 1780 the Amerindian tribes between the upper Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains, and between the Saskatchewans and the Missouri, were numerous and warlike.