The line dividing these territories ran from the island's north-west to its south-east, and had been agreed in a treaty signed in 1773 after the First Carib War.
この2つを分ける境界線は島の北西から南西に引かれ、第一次カリブ戦争の後の1773年に調印された条約で領土に関する合意が形成されていた。