Huarea

Huarea, cacique in Western Jamaica, named by Diego Mendez de Segura as ruling chief of a village visited during his stay in 1503 during Christopher Columbus last voyage. The village was located in the area of modern day Montego Bay on the Westcoast. He is one of the few caciques mentioned by name in contemporary chronicles, although no further information about his life is provided. His importance for the marooned Spanish seamen is that he and his village supported them with food during the year they lived on the island (1503-1504).Source: Christoph Columbus - Dokumente seines Lebens und seiner Reisen, Vol. 2 1493 - 1506, Verlag Sammlung Dieterich, Leipzig 1991