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  • Desangles painted the picture "Caonabo," which hangs in the session hall of the City Council of Puerto Plata and shows the Indian chief in chains.

    Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich

  • HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Ticker) -- Danny Haren struck out 11 batters over seven scoreless innings and Caonabo Cosme hit an

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • Caonabo Cosme singled twice and scored a pair of runs for Tennessee, which scored in double figures for the first time in 26 meetings with Carolina, including the playoffs.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • Caonabo, already mentioned as the one who had avenged his wrongs on the offenders at La Navidad.

    Christopher Columbus Mildred Stapley Byne

  • Because he had succeeded in taking the chief Caonabo prisoner, Columbus had rewarded and honored him by making him captain of a voyage of discovery among the islands.

    Christopher Columbus Mildred Stapley Byne

  • In "Cacique Caonabo," we have three Mande words in juxtaposition.

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

  • Caonabo_, called in the _Journal of the Second Voyage_ "master of mines," -- the name being explained in the Libretto as "lord of the house of gold."

    The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 Various

  • Caonabo still remained at large and the Spaniards secured possession of his person by one of those feats of individual prowess which mark the history of the conquest.

    Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich

  • Others had gone to find the gold mines, which quest took them to the eastern part of the island where the fierce chief Caonabo ruled.

    Christopher Columbus Mildred Stapley Byne

  • Caonabo in the interior of the island, Agnado snubbed Bartholomew

    Christopher Columbus Mildred Stapley Byne

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