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  The Dictionary of the Taino Language
Higuamota, Higuamota = Daugher of Chief Caanabo and Chieftess Anacaona, ella se caso con un Espan~ol llamado Guevara.
Chief Oromico was his younger brother and he was the Cousin of Chiefs Agueybana and Gueybana from village of Guaynia.
Yuisa, Cacikea Yuisa = Chieftess of the village of Jaymanio of Puerto Rico, she was given into bondage along with her village people by Juan Ceron in 1509 to work the gold mines of the Toa river region.
members.dandy.net /~orocobix/teist-h1.htm   (587 words)

  
 Agueybana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agueybana (died 1510), was the principal "Cacique" (Chief) of the Tainos and the most powerful governing Taino in "Borinken" (Puerto Rico) when the Spaniards first arrived.
Agueybana - whose name means "Great Sun" lived with his tribe in "Guaynia" (Guayanilla) located by the river of the same name, on the southern part of the island.
All the other Caciques were subject to and had to obey Agueybana, even though they governed their own tribes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Agueybana   (573 words)

  
 Guayanilla, Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
However, it was changed to Guayanilla to resemble a native word in the TaĆ­no dialect.
The name Guayanilla is derived from a combination of Guaynia and.
The first Europeans settled in this area in 1511.
www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Guayanilla,_Puerto_Rico   (661 words)

  
 Guaynia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guaynia was the territory that stretched along the southern coast of Puerto Rico in pre-Columbian times.
The Taino cacique (tribal chief) Agueybana ruled the area around Guayanilla when Chistopher Columbus landed in Puerto Rico in 1493.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guaynia   (91 words)

  
 Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1975, archaeologists from the Guaynia Society of Archeology and History at the Catholic University of Puerto Rico, members of the Archeological Society of the Southwest announced the discovery of the ruins of a "Batey" in an area called Tibes, on the outskirts of the city of Ponce.
A total of 9 ball fields were discovered buried under thick forest overgrowth, dating back to 25 AD in the area which is now known as "Centro Ceremonial Indigena de Tibes" (The Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tibes_Indigenous_Ceremonial_Center   (1085 words)

  
 Guayanilla, Puerto Rico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Guayanilla derives its name from an Indian term: "Guaynia".
Agueybana who was the principal "Cacique" (chief) of the Tainos when the Spaniards first arrived and lived with his tribe in "Guaynia" (Guayanilla) located by the river of the same name.
However, others claim that the location of the village was in Guánica.
welcome.topuertorico.org /city/guayanil.shtml   (156 words)

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