An unbeatable primitive Firhting Force

The Kalinago and the Garifuna  merged into one community, they existed together for over one hundred and fifty years (150) and they exchanged and merged their indigenous farming, fishing and fighting techniques, which made them into a formidable fighting force. They occupied the dense forest area of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where they were safe from those settlers who wanted to rid the island of them. They share one passion in common and that was; their hate for the Europeans who in an earlier period, enslaved the Kelinago people and greatly ill-treated the forefathers of the Garifuna people, who were brought to this new world by men who treated them extremely poorly on board their ships. The Kalinago were more forgiving than their darker skin tribal brothers; The Garifunas. 


The Garifunas, were not willing to take the chance of becoming slaves. They have already made up their minds to die rather than to become a slave. The stories of the evil of the European were passed down from generation to generation and the new generation of Kalinagoes and Garifunas saw the mistreatment of the slaves, their forefathers told them about for themselves. These people were adamant that they were not going to be slaves.

Because of the constant attacks that was launched on the European by the indigenous people, St. Vincent became too dangerous for the New World Settlers to live and farm; as a result, the Colonist had to leave the island for fear for their life. It also became unprofitable for them to farm the fertile lands they evicted the Kalinago people off of.

The French and the English often try to resettled the island, using well-armed and well trained troops, but each time they attempted to ersettled the St. Vincent and the Grenadines they were expelled by the poorly armed Aborigines (Kalinago and Garifuna), who went into battle using Guerilla warfare and a fixed determination not to give up their land, or become slave to the wicked Europeans.

For just under ten consecutive years, between the years: 1710 to 1719, French farmers back by well-armed and well trained French troops try to resettled St. Vincent and the Grenadines without success. They were kept off of the island by the skilled warriors, which was made up of Kalinago and Garifuna.

Out of frustration, the in 1748, the French and the English signed a joint agreement, declaring St. Vincent and the nearby islands: "Neutral Territory". The two world power finally decided, it was not profitable for neither of them to invest their resources in battles against each other for ownership of St. Vincent and neither of them were able to occupy or profit from the lands.

The Island of St. Vincent and the nearby island were probable the only territory within the world that evicted the colonial settlers and kept them out for a long period of time. This was so thanks to the determination, resilience and of the indigenous people that occupied the land.