Hispaniola Quotes

“Ultimately however, through a rather dubious ploy, eighty caciques (but cf. Floyd 1973:242, n. 20) were lured into the caney of the paramount chief of Xaraguá and burned alive. “As for the queen and Lady Anacaona, in order to show her honor, they hung her”
― Samuel M. Wilson, Hispaniola: Caribbean Chiefdoms in the Age of Columbus

“Each province had its own chief, called a “cacique.” In addition there are said to have been some 30 subchiefs in control of large districts within each province and 70 to 80 headmen in charge of the villages in the province.”
― Samuel M. Wilson, Hispaniola: Caribbean Chiefdoms in the Age of Columbus