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On 19 November 1493, Columbus was lucky enough to be met by the kindly Taínos (in fact, the name Taíno meant “friend” and was used by the Indians to enable the Europeans to distinguish between them and the not-so-friendly Caribs).
The park is set in a wide valley surrounded by limestone peaks, one of which is said to represent the supreme god of the Taínos.
The Taínos were still living happily on the island when Columbus arrived in 1493; archaeological finds here date back to 1200 b.c.
The Taínos’ fears were well founded.
The Taínos were the ones who introduced the Spanish to tobacco, corn on the cob, and that archetypal Caribbean mode of relaxation, the hammock.