[1] He was the son of cacique Guacanagarix, the great Taíno prophet who had the vision of the coming of the Guamikena (White Men).

Guarionex then sided with Spanish rebel Francisco Roldán and set out to attack the Spaniards.

Columbus assembled his troops and attacked Guarionex's camp at night by surprise.

[3][1] Lost was a fortune in gold said by Bartolomé de las Casas to be worth 3600 castilians.

[5] Cacique Guariones is mentioned in a Puerto Rican décima in the Journal of American Folk-lore volume 31, published in 1918.