The tiuna indian was born in the tribe of los caracas, his childhood He formed under the tutelage of cacique catia and was characterized by his Great courage of him, power was exercised in the valley of the guayabos Currently known as catia la mar His domain extended across the mountains, limiting With the valles del tuy, filas de mariche and part of the valley of caracas He had many trusted men and one of them was the cacique Aramaipuro, known as bee poison He achieved success in villa del collado, currently caraballeda, also In cayapa defeating the cruel rodríguez carpio, in 1568, the cacique Tiuna joins the coalition of Caribbean tribes led by the cacique Guaicaipuro to fight in the battle of maracapana, tiuna commands The offensive against the Spanish conquerors, but they are defeated By the conquering army, bis The coalition of Caribbean tribes dissolves and the chiefs of each one They return to his lands, only the tiuna indian and his men remained On the battlefield, the death of cacique tiuna is one of the most Known and epic in history, fighting in the battle of maracapana With half a sword stuck in his body and challenging diego de losada A Spanish officer attacks tiuna, he dodges the blow and runs through him The leg, knocking him off the horse, tiuna faces three other spaniards, he could With two of them, but when attacking the third, an arrow shot by one of the Indigenous people who were part of the Spanish, pierced his back