Foundational of Camagüey could be located nearer to the current establishment

Camagüey - If previously was considered that the second siege foundational of Port Prince was in the northwest of the current county, recent investigations outline the hypothesis that Caonao, toponimia that also designates the indigenous slaughter of the XVI century, could be next to the current city of Camagüey.

As one of the first villages of Cuba and of America, the territory impels the archaeological and geodesic prospectings that next to historical sources as old testimonial manuscripts of the colonization help to clarify possible indications of establishments.

The work "Possible areas of geographical location of the second establishment of the village of Santa María of the Prince's Port", of the Máster in Sciences Odalys Brito and a community of authors of several institutions, exposed during the V Colloquy of Regional History in November of 2009 some advances of the investigation and after several months wakes up bigger interest.

Among the works are aimed the revision of a part of the basin of the river Caonao, of about 154 kilometers, by means of teledetection methods in both riverbanks.

However the direction seems to take more toward the center of the since county are not vestiges that ameriten to continue the the previous places.

Esteban Pichardo`s map (1874) helps to locate some possible reference points and on the other hand the hypotheses on the outlet of the river are contradicted with Miguel Rodríguez Ferrer `s postulates.

With the inferences based on narrations of the slaughter of Caonao that relates the march that made the conquerors to the control of Pánfilo Of Narváez, the range is used from 12 to 14 hours of trip of the group like calculation of between 30 or 40 kilometers like traveled distance.

The Indian village where the massacre of the aboriginal ones took place needed of plantations, question that can be verified by means of teams of modern technology, indicators of old earth movements, and after several coincidences the investigators arm the great one "puzzle" of the search of the "second" Port Prince.

Other references that should fit as pieces are those of the father Antonio Perpiñá, of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas and of the historian Juárez Cano.

Some few places fulfill the profiles, among those that stand out the coincidences with the hills or areas with characteristics tune in Jigüey, River Stones and the property Saramaguacán, to which referred the conquering Diego of Ovando, all with more vicinity to the current one "City of the Earthenjar."

Sacred María of the Prince's Port still hides many mysteries and even her awake foundation a great debate as for the date primigenia in Tip of Güincho, next to Nuevitas, because there still is not consent in the country on if was in 1514 or 1515.

Another archaeological group also looks for hints in the costs and the certain thing is that its history of city consolidates as a "legendary Camagüey" whose historical center belongs to the Humanity's Patrimony.(Oreydis Pimentel)