Hum

Hum is a Guenoa name for the Río Negro, the great river that crosses the grassy interior of the Banda Oriental before joining the Uruguay. Its course bends westward through rolling country, receiving tributaries and providing crossings between the lands on either bank. Guenoa and other Indigenous peoples knew this landscape long before colonial ranches spread across the plains. The river remained a prominent landmark in a region where livestock and mounted travel later transformed life on the open grasslands.