Indian chief nicarao biography

Nahua people today

Nicarao, or Macuilmiquiztli (Nahuatl Makwilmikistli: macuil "five", miquiztli "death") was the most powerful ruler in pre-Columbian Nicaragua, whose chiefdom stretched from modern-day Rivas in southwestern Nicaragua to Guanacaste province in northwestern Costa Rica.
indian chief nicarao biography

History of nicaragua

Nicarao was said to be the name of an indigenous chieftain or cacique who presided over a territory in southwestern Nicaragua during the early 16th century.


Nahuatl

Somewhere in this New World lived an indigenous chief: Nicarao.
Eastern nahua
Páez, Indians of the southern highlands of Colombia.