The name Micaëla was chosen by her mother in memory of Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, a native killed by the Spanish power in the eighteenth century.

María Micaëla Guyunusa was born in an Indigenous village in the eastern coast of Uruguay (Paysandú), in a time of war.

[3] Micaëla was baptized by the Indigenous Victória Cambyaé and European expatriate Manuel Medína, at ten months of age by Silverio Antonio Martínez on July 26, 1807.

The son of Guyunusa was separated violently from his mother in the distributions of children after the ambush of Salsipuedes, Queguay Pass and residence of Bonifacio.

[6] After the European conquest and colonization, the Charrúa population declined at the hands of local authorities, being practically exterminated in a massacre led by Bernabé Rivera on 11 April 1831.

[7] Guyunusa and Vaimaca [further explanation needed] gave birth a few months after they were taken to a daughter, named María Mónica Micaëla Igualdad Libertad (filed as Caroliné Tacouavé by the French).

Reading this record made of respondents have signed with us: Lalounet Chardonnet".Donner Rybak also published found documents from Spanish men that visited the called saveges while in imprisonment: "(…) At first they felt a little distrustful of the presence of 15 or 20 strangers.

But soon after, they felt more comfortable and as they understood and spoke fairly good Spanish and Portuguese - besides learning French with ease - they were able to answer questions put to them by some of the visitors.

[13] In the year 2000, Mercedes Vigil, an author, published a book named Hijas de la Providencia, narrating six female based topics.

[14] Author, Aníbal Barrios Pintos wrote a book called Los Aborigenes del Uruguay, informing about Tacuavé Martínez, Jougousa Gununusa and the other Charrúas.