Ticamaya

Ticamaya lies near a lagoon in the lower Ulúa valley of northern Honduras. The fertile lowlands supported Indigenous settlements before the arrival of the Spanish. In 1536 the local leader Cicumba resisted Pedro de Alvarado, gathering warriors in a fortified position near Ticamaya. Alvarado eventually overcame the defenders, an episode in the conquest of the Ulúa valley and the subjugation of its inhabitants.