No objective assessment of Chatoyer as a person or military leader has ever been made. It is difficult to do so now with the limited information available. Not only two hundred years have passed but even the archeologists would be hard put to unearth much information since two series of volcanic eruptions one in 1812 and the other in 1902 have literally wrought havoc with even the topography of Chatoyer's home and headquarters, Morne Ronde. We do not have a clue as to his final resting place. Nevertheless, there are a few indications that even the passage of time and natural disasters cannot obscure.

In the first instance, the Caribs were fiercely individualistic people living in clans, each having its own chief. There is evidence that the chieftaincy was not a hereditary institution, rather one is led to believe that the chief was an individual who had distinguished himself in war or in other aspects and consequently held in high regard by all others. The institution of Chief of Chiefs was not known among the Caribs except in times of emergency. Yet Chatoyer appears not only to have been the paramount military chief but also the civilian one.

In his domestic affairs he was undoubtedly a remarkable person as all written accounts of him are adorned by reproduction of the famous painting showing him with his five wives. That this is the only contemporary painting of the Black Caribs suggests that the phenomenon must have impressed itself on the mind of the English whose culture afforded them but a single wife.

In war he must have been an outstanding commander as his forces included not only his fellow Caribs but also French troops. Neither they nor his fiercely individualistic countrymen would have subordinated themselves to him in war had he not been an outstanding General. In the heat of battle, unlike Duvalle he did not destroy property for the sake of vandalism but sought to preserve it so that he could use it in the future.

But perhaps the most pointed indication of his general-ship was what happened to his troops on his death. Most of the French immediately forsook the Caribs cause and with maximum speed tried to seek refuge at Layou. Unfortunately most of them, including M. DuMont, the Secretary of the conspiracy, never made it. They were caught , hanged and committed to the tide.

The Black Caribs were evidently dumbfounded at this event, the death of the invincible Chatoyer. They retreated to their villages and took some time to recover from the shock. Henceforth the very character of the war assumed an entirely different complexion.