The Massacre River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
on the
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
island of
Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
.
Naming
The town of
Massacre, Dominica, which runs along the river, was named by the French after a massacre of
Caribs
“Carib” may refer to:
People and languages
*Kalina people, or Caribs, an indigenous people of South America
**Carib language, also known as Kalina, the language of the South American Caribs
*Kalinago people, or Island Caribs, an indigenous pe ...
carried out by the English that occurred in the area in 1674.
The massacre occurred in a settlement that was established by Thomas “Carib” Warner, the
Kittitian
Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of ...
-born son of the English colonizer Sir Thomas Warner and a Kalinago woman from Dominica. Warner was murdered by his own English half-brother, Phillip Warner. Following his murder, the people of the village he established were massacred. That village is now the present site of the village of Massacre.
See also
*
List of rivers of Dominica
Dominica is an island-nation in the Caribbean that is part of the Lesser Antilles chain of islands.
* Anse Du Mé River
* Aouya River
* Balthazar River
* Barry River
* Batali River
* Beauplan River
* Belfast River
* Bell Hall River
* ...
References
External links
Map of DominicaWater Resources Assessment of Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, and St. Kitts and Nevis
Rivers of Dominica
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