I am Carmen Yuisa Baguanamey
Colon Delgado,
I am hereditary chief of the Taino Turabo Tribe of Caguas Puerto
Rico from the line of Chief Caguax, who is the brother of my grandpa Baguanamey;
I am also great-granddaughter of Jose Dolores Delgado Rojas, the owner
of the Delgado Royal Grant. The Delgado royal grant, the largest
grant ever given to anyone by the King of Spain was our ancient territorial
tribal land; for the Delgado clan of the Turabo River Valley are the descendants
of the two Taino Arawak Chiefs who ruled this ancient territory, prior
to the colonizer's arrival. We are mestizo because in those days
the Catholic priests were in favor of marrying off the daughters of Taino
Chiefs to the second sons of Spaniards to avoid blood shed. In all
reality, what this did for them was obtain large tracks of land from the
Natives and free labor. I have included here an attachment of a
document. The same is a translation completed by myself from the
Spanish language of a write up done by our Caguas town historian on my
grandfather Caguax, the brother of my grandpa Baguanamey; both our national
heroes. They fought valiantly in the Indian wars of 1511 and
1519.
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