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HISTORY OF THE [book hi. 
SECTION I. 
ST. VINCENT. 
« The Spaniards (says Doctor Campbell) be- 
« stowed the name of St. Vincent upon this island, 
« because they discovered it upon the 22d of .fa¬ 
ff nuary, which in their calendar is St. Vincent’s 
“ day, but it does not appear that they were ever, 
« properly speaking, in possession of it; the Indi- 
« ans being very numerous here, on account of its 
“ being the rendezvous of their expeditions to the 
<c continent.” Unfortunately, however, neither 
their numbers, nor the natural strength of the coun¬ 
try, exempted them from hostility. What avarice 
had in vain attempted, accident accomplished, by 
procuring an establishment among them for a race 
of people, whom, though at first beheld by the 
native Charaibes with contempt or pity, they have 
since found formidable rivals and merciless con¬ 
querors. These people have been long distin¬ 
guished, however improperly, by the name of 
Black Charaibes. 
Of the origin of these intruders, and their anci¬ 
ent connection with the native Charaibes, the best 
account that I have been able to find is in a small 
treatise of the author above quoted (Doctor Camp- 
