Magua

Magua was a Taíno chiefdom in the fertile northern interior of Hispaniola. Guarionex ruled it when Europeans arrived in 1492.

Spanish tribute demands began in 1494. In 1497 Guarionex joined the Spanish rebel Francisco Roldán, but Columbus surprised his camp at night. Captured, Guarionex was later released. He fled north but was seized again; in 1502 he drowned when the ship carrying him in chains to Spain sank in a storm.