The Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten is the smallest island in the world shared by twcountries. Present day Saint Martin is a peaceful tropic island vacation paradise. In the course of its long and often violent past, this was not always the case. At the origins of its known history, the island was first inhabited by the Arawak people around 800-900 AD. They farmed, made pottery and lived a generally peaceful life on the island of Sualouiga (salty land) until the arrival of the Caribs.
The Caribs preferred fighting tfarming. They feasted on the men and took the women for wives. It"s hard timagine how awful it must feel tbe forced tmarry someone whate your former husband. The word cannibal came from the way the Spaniards said the Arawak word for Carib. The Carib people conquered many islands in that region, hence the name Caribbean.