Marien

Marien was a Taíno chiefdom in northwestern Hispaniola. Its people inhabited the island before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492, when Guacanagaríx was its chief.

After the Santa María ran aground in 1492, Guacanagaríx received Columbus and allowed him to build La Navidad near his village. Its Spanish settlers were killed before Columbus returned. The chief refused to join the chiefs seeking to expel the Spaniards, and his followers assisted the Spanish against an indigenous alliance at Vega Real in 1495.