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[[File:Last Danish Parade at Saint Croix.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Flag of Denmark|Dannebrog]] being lowered at the Governor's Mansion for the last time (31 March 1917)]]

 

 

Various indigenous groups inhabited the island during its prehistory. Columbus landed on Santa Cruz, as he called it, on 14 November 1493, and was immediately attacked by the [[Kalinago]], who lived at Salt River on the north shore. This is the first recorded fight between the Spanish and a [[New World]] native population, and Columbus gave the battle site the name ''Cabo de la Flecha'' (Cape of the Arrow).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morison|first1=Samuel|title=Admiral of the Ocean Sea|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.185259|date=1942|publisher=Little, Brown and Company|location=Boston|isbn=0316584789|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.185259/page/n419 414]–418}}</ref> The Spanish never colonized the Islands, but most or all of the native population was eventually dispersed or killed. By the end of the 16th century, the islands were said to be uninhabited.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hubbard|first1=Vincent|title=A History of St. Kitts|date=2002|publisher=Macmillan Caribbean|isbn=9780333747605|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofstkitts00vinc/page/14 14]|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstkitts00vinc/page/14}}</ref>