Why do you call the salvadorenos guanacos?

Answer 1

Many people believe that the name refers to a guanaco a Peru animal like a camel, but the real reason is the name is for the El Salvador capital San Salvador, in 1492 Christopher Columbus landed on the shore of a small island called Guanahani by the natives . Columbus named it San Salvador and claimed the island for Spain. There, Columbus Lucayos submitted to the work of finding gold. An estimated 40,000 Arawaks were killed for refusing to work in that company. The subsequent disappearance of the Arawaks in just twenty-five, and other peoples is largely due to this and subsequent European expeditions to the region. the island called Guanahani was called then in San Salvador, the Spanish murderers who finished with an entire population in less than 25 years started calling the Salvadoran GUANAHICOS after they named their capital with the name of San Salvador, over of time the word began to speak GUANACOS GUANAHICOS to this day, many people believe that the name refers to the animal of Peru without knowing their true origin; it is not surprising that even many Salvadorans don't know the origin of the adjective, pardon my English is not very good, I'm a Guanaco; so the name of guanaco is because a tribe killed by the Spanish in 1492 known as the Arawaks, from a island called Guanahani the island of San Salvador is located in Bahamas