Tiuna Indian
Sergio Umbria
The tiuna indian was born in the tribe of los caracas, his childhood
He formed under the tutelage of cacique catia and was characterized by his
Great courage of him, power was exercised in the valley of the guayabos
Currently known as catia la mar
His domain extended across the mountains, limiting
With the valles del tuy, filas de mariche and part of the valley of caracas
He had many trusted men and one of them was the cacique
Aramaipuro, known as bee poison
He achieved success in villa del collado, currently caraballeda, also
In cayapa defeating the cruel rodrÃguez carpio, in 1568, the cacique
Tiuna joins the coalition of Caribbean tribes led by the cacique
Guaicaipuro to fight in the battle of maracapana, tiuna commands
The offensive against the Spanish conquerors, but they are defeated
By the conquering army, bis
The coalition of Caribbean tribes dissolves and the chiefs of each one
They return to his lands, only the tiuna indian and his men remained
On the battlefield, the death of cacique tiuna is one of the most
Known and epic in history, fighting in the battle of maracapana
With half a sword stuck in his body and challenging diego de losada
A Spanish officer attacks tiuna, he dodges the blow and runs through him
The leg, knocking him off the horse, tiuna faces three other spaniards, he could
With two of them, but when attacking the third, an arrow shot by one of the
Indigenous people who were part of the Spanish, pierced his back