U.S. Virgin Islands History

Pre-Colombian St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas
The Caribs Historically warring cannibals. "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 disproportionate size.”

The Arawaks – generally peaceful

To the Spanish 1493, Virgin Islands were deemed the “useless islands”.