[1] They were part of the Chichimecas, a group of a nomadic hunter-gatherer culture and called themselves Children of the Wind, living religiously from the natural land.

As a tradition, they would cremate their dead and spread their ashes into the wind back to 'Mother Earth'.

The Guamares were centered in the Guanajuato Sierras, but some settled as far east as Aguascalientes.

[2] The 17th century author Gonzalo de las Casas described the Guamares as "the bravest, most warlike, treacherous and destructive of all the Chichimecas, and the most astute (dispuesta).

"[3] One Guamare group called the "Chichimecas Blancos" lived in the region between Jalostotitlan and Aguascalientes.