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/Home/Historical Studies/History/Regional History/Central America/Caribbean /General Resources History Votes:0 USVI Home Hotels Sites to See Restaurants History Weather Churches Seven Flags : The History of St. Croix PRE-COLUMBUS Prior to, and less than a century after Columbus' discovery, St. Croix was inhabited by two tribes of Indians: the Caribs and the Arawaks. The Arawaks were generally considered to be a peaceful tribe while the Caribs were warring cannibals. The word "cannibal" is in tribute to their fierce nature for it is derived from the Spanish word for Carib or "carribales." Washington Irving described the Caribs: "The hair of these savages was long and coarse, their eyes were encircled with paint, so as to give them hideous expression. Bands of cotton were bound firmly above and below the muscular parts of the arms and legs, so as to cause them to swell to a d Read More Go to Site History of Central America Votes:0 History of Central America The region between Mexico and Colombia supported a large pre-Columbian population, the most important of whom were the Maya . The Maya civilization originated in the highlands of Guatemala before the 1st millennium BC and reached its greatest flowering between AD 300 and 900 in autonomous city-states in what are now northern Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and Mexico's YucatÁn Peninsula. Maya unity was cultural rather than political, but the civilization's influence was widespread. Maya artistic and scientific achievements surpassed those of contemporary Europeans. After 900, however, the Maya civilization declined, and the people were conquered by Toltec invaders from Mexico. Numerous peoples inhabited the remainder of the isthmus and traded with both South and Nor Read More Go to Site

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