Urayoán

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Urayoán was a Taíno "Cacique" (Chief) famous for ordering the drowning of Diego Salcedo to determine if the Spanish were gods.

He was the cacique of "Yucayeque del Yagüeka or Yagueca", a region that presently spans between Añasco and Mayagüez. In 1511, Urayoán and Agüeybaná II (Agüeybaná's brother) conceived a plan to find out if the Spaniards were really Gods. Diego Salcedo (a Spanish soldier) was welcomed by Urayoán into his village and was offered to stay for the night. The following day, by Urayoán's order, Salcedo was drowned while attempting to cross, while on top of a taíno warrior, the Guaorabo river (presently called Great Añasco River). The body of Salcedo was watched for 3 days after his death. Upon confirmation of the mortality of the Spanish, Agüeybaná ordered the Taínos to revolt.

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Puerto Rican Independence Movement
Indigenous Resistance	Agüeybaná · Arasibo · Hayuya · Jumacao · Urayoán
Political Organizations	Boricua Popular Army · Puerto Rican Independence Party · Puerto Rican Nationalist Party · Hostosian National Independence Movement · Socialist Front . Falange Boricua
19th century Activists	Ramón Emeterio Betances · Mariana Bracetti · Mathias Brugman · Jose de Diego · Eugenio Maria de Hostos · Francisco Gonzalo Marin · Francisco Ramirez Medina · Lola Rodríguez de Tió · Manuel Rojas · Juan Ruis Rivera · Segundo Ruiz Belvis · Arturo Alfonso Schomburg · Antonio Valero de Bernabe · Manuel Zeno Gandia · Fernando Fernandez · Agustín Stahl
Nationalists	Pedro Albizu Campos · Margot Arce de Vázquez · Julia de Burgos · Blanca Canales · José Coll y Cuchí · Oscar Collazo · Juan Antonio Corretjer · Jose Ferrer Canales · Lolita Lebrón · Luis Llorens Torres · Antonio S. Pedreira · Daniel Santos · Griselio Torresola · Olga Viscal Garriga · Pedro Ortiz Davila · Rene Marques
20th century Activists	Antonio R. Barcelo · Rubén Berríos · Juan Mari Brás · Roy Brown · Gilberto Concepción de Gracia · Elizam Escobar · Rosario Ferré · Victor Manuel Gerena · Maria de Lourdes Santiago · Filiberto Ojeda Ríos · Piri Thomas · Pedro Pietri
Events	Spanish colonization of the Americas · Spanish-American War · Grito de Lares · Ponce Massacre · Jayuya Uprising · Truman assassination attempt · U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954) · Cerro Maravilla Incident