Cahay

Cahay was an Indigenous district of Xaragua on western Hispaniola. Bartolomé de las Casas described villages along this coast, a short journey from Xaragua, whose inhabitants cultivated crops including sweet potatoes and yams. The district appears in accounts of the turbulent years following the Spanish arrival, when Alonso de Ojeda’s men came ashore and took provisions by force. Its name preserves a part of the island’s Taíno geography.