27428: Wilcken (reply) Re: 27408: Constant (reply)-- Corbett adds: Paquiot (reply) Re: 27404: Du Tuyau: (Response) Kawonabo (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From:  Lois Wilcken <makandal-ny@juno.com>

I believe Caonabo was Anacaona's husband.  He was the cacique of Maguana,
she of Xaragua following the death of her brother.  Their marriage was a
move toward unifying the island, but the coming of the Spanish obviously
circumvented that project.

Lois

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