Green Grotto Caves: The first know inhabitants of the caves were Arawak Indians who left pottery fragments and Adzes. When Jamaica was a British Colony the caves were used as a hideaway by the Spanish who were being driven out by the British settlers. the caves were also known to have been used by escaped slaves, Hence the name Runaway Caves. Between the two world wars they were by smugglers runnig arms to Cuba, while in the later years of the secon World War the Government of Jamaica used the entrance of the caves as a storeroom for Rum in barrels.