• Caonabo (died 1496) was a Taíno cacique (chieftain) of Hispaniola at the time of Christopher Columbus's arrival to the island. He was known for his fighting...
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    established on the north coast of the island, La Navidad, was destroyed by Caonabo. Caonabo also attempted to sack Fortaleza de Santo Tomás, but was captured by...
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    consolidation of his influence and power, Bohechío married Anacaona to Caonabo, cacique of Maguana. Together they had one daughter, Higüemota. On December...
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    1 February 1972 and commissioned in the Dominican Navy on the 16th as Caonabo (RM-18). Seven years later, she was returned to US Naval custody, and was...
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    women from the tribe, and that after some left for the territory of Caonabo, Caonabo came and burned the fort and killed the rest of the men there. Columbus...
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    conquest, led by female Chief Anacaona of Xaragua and her ex-husband Chief Caonabo of Maguana, as well as Chiefs Guacanagaríx, Guamá, Hatuey, and Enriquillo...
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    Columbus's return during his second voyage, he learned it was the chief Caonabo who had massacred his settlement at Navidad. While Columbus established...
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    were ruled respectively by caciques (chiefs) Guacanagarix, Guarionex, Caonabo, Bohechío, and Cayacoa. Dating from 1493, when the Spanish settled on the...
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    childless at death, was succeeded by his sister, Anacaona, wife of the cacique Caonabo. The Spanish insisted on larger tributes. Eventually, the Spanish colonial...
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    Guacanagaríx. The battle resulted in the defeat and capture of the Taíno leader Caonabo, ending indigenous resistance on Hispaniola. Clements, Robert Markham....
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    hounds. He killed or captured many, including the principal cacique Caonabo. It was Caonabo who was responsible for the Navidad massacre. He was sent to Spain...
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    local natives blamed the trouble on a cacique from the interior named Caonabo. They began to explore the island and build a permanent settlement named...
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  • Anacaona - Cacique in Hispaniola (Taíno) Arawak - Cacique in Bahamas (Taíno) Caonabo - Cacique in Hispaniola (Carib) Guacanagaric - Cacique in Hispaniola (Taíno)...
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    masks and told him that Guacanagari had been injured by another chief, Caonabo, and that except for some Spanish casualties resulting from sickness and...
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  • marched back to Navidad, defended by Arana with ten others, and Guacanagari. Caonabo set fire to houses, forcing Columbus' men into the sea, where eight drowned...
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    tributes on the Taino population of Hispaniola. In 1495, Taino led by Caonabo raised up in arms but were crushed by Bartholomew Columbus. Guarionex then...
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  • received are: Commander of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella, Caonabo Gold in 1988, Vasconcelos National Prize Award from the Front Affirmation...
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  • exiles that included Alfonso Moreno Martinez, Mario Read Vittini, and Caonabo Javier Castillo. The new party was named the Social Christian Reformist...
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    alliance with the chief of Haniguayagua for control of the southwest and Caonabo, and for control of and access to Yuboa. Fray Bartolomé De Las Casas (1876)...
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  • 1500 included Maguá (Cacique Guarionex); Xaraguá (Behecchio); Maguana (Caonabo); Higüey also called Iguayagua (Higüayo); Cigüayo (Mayobanex), and unnamed...
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    they parted mutually well pleased. Anacaona Cacica on Hispaniola. Wife of Caonabo, the Cacique of Maguana and sister of Cacique Bohechío, when his brother...
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    were ruled respectively by caciques (chiefs) Guacanagarix, Guarionex, Caonabo, Bohechío, and Cayacoa. On his first voyage the navigator Christopher Columbus...
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    and the historic "Corral of the Indians". Their leader and warlord was Caonabo (which in the aboriginal language means "great lord of the earth"), he...
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    led by the female Chief Anacaona of Xaragua and her ex-husband Chief Caonabo of Maguana, as well as Chiefs Guacanagaríx, Guamá, Hatuey, and Enriquillo...
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    the destruction of the Fuerte de la Navidad a year prior by the Cacique Caonabo. In 1510, there were 10,000 Spaniards in the colony of Santo Domingo, and...
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  • Press, 1992. (ISBN 1-880188-05-8) Keegan, William F. Before Columbus: Caonabo’s Homeland, Middle Caicos Earthwatch Report, 1999. Boas, Franz (1922-01-01)...
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    important Taino leader of the Maguana people. He was said to be one of Caonabo's closest allies. But, it wasn't until 1764 when a group of neighbors concerned...
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  • Intense Outspoken Fresh Libertad Jonathan Fernandez Reality TV personality Caonabo & Co. (Whiff) 2019–present Magdalene FKA twigs Musician actress House of...
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    his brother-in-law Caonabo in the assault on the Spanish fort La Navidad in the neighboring Cacicazco (Chiefdom) of Marien. Caonabo was ultimately killed...
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    led by the female Chief Anacaona of Xaragua and her ex-husband Chief Caonabo of Maguana, as well as Chiefs Guacanagaríx, Guamá, Hatuey, and Enriquillo...
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