The American Nations, Vol. I.: Or, Outlines of a National History of the Ancient and Modern Nations of North and South AmericaRafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel)
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The American Nations, Vol. I.: Or, Outlines of a National History of the Ancient and Modern Nations of North and South America
Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel)
Indians; Indians -- Origin; Taino Indians; Taino language
_31st Event._ GUABONITO a woman follows _Guaga-Giona_ to the bigland of
_Guanin_ by swimming. He is well pleased with it, and calls her his own
_Biberozi_ (wife-loving): but as she was diseased he puts her apart in a
_Guanara_, where she heals, and he makes her queen.
A singular romantic fable, the disease of the woman is stated to be the
syphilis! _Guabo-n’ito_ means fruit or Guava pear of man! The allegory
implies another colony following _Guaga_, not by swimming; but with
paddles or on rafts; probably a part of the lesser tribe of _Amaiuna_ or
Amazons, so often called women in antiquity; although a powerful African
people. All the women left in the islands might be of such a tribe, and
since become the Mayas of Yucatan, Hayti &c., with the Manas or Manoas,
the Amazons of South America.
_32d Event._ ANACACUGIA (flower of Cacao) brother of this wife or ally of
_Guaga_, runs away from him on the back of a manati or seal, and goes back
to the women of Matinino.
This implies a separation of tribes, one returning to the islands, where
they probably formed the Cairi nation. The seal used for boats, is a third
fable, found in Greece; boats are thus compared to birds, opossums and
seals. Many American languages animate boats and ships. This seal must
mean a _Manati_, or sea cow; real seals not being found in the Antilles.
If the name was _Manati_, it has affinities with the _Ama-yuna_ or
_Ama-Zons_ tribe. _Ma-ti-ni-no_ is in Haytian _great-mount-the-good_,
while _Mana-ti_ is _moving mountain_. Has not _Anacacu_ a reference to the
_Anakim_ of Asia, the _Cacus_ of Europe, and the _Tam-anacu_ of South
America?
_33d Event._ HI-AUNA father of _Guago-giona_ comes with his son to the
land of Guanin, and being the grandfather of all the tribes, they receive
the names of _Hi-auna_; which is afterwards changed to children of Guanin.
_Hin Gua-ili Gua-nin_ (the-plural such-children such-Nin), and lastly the
whole united nation is called _Guanini_.
The Aones came then also to America, and there was a confederacy of the
tribes. _Gua-gu_, _Gua-go_ and _Gua-ga_, may be 3 spellings of a same
name; but they might also be three successive and distinct tribes of
_Giona_. _Gua-bonito_ in one instance is made another lord or tribe,
instead of a wife of _Guago_.
_34th Event._ ALBEBORA and his son _Al-bebora-El_, were also Guanini lords
or Cazics, who came with the _Giona_ tribe. This indicates again another
nation. The name is remarkable, because it resembles _Albion_ and _Bora_,
two primitive nations of the north, which settled England and the boreal
regions, becoming the Hyper-Boreans of later times. Perhaps these Boras
are identic with the _Aboras_ and _Aboris_ of ancient Italy, the
mountaineers since called _Abori-genes_ by the Greeks.
_35th Event._ Another Guaga-giona II. or _Guaba-giona_ is mentioned
afterwards, whose son became the _Guanini_ tribe.
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