what was the name of the Indian chief that meet with Christopher Columbus?

Answer 1

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus

Land was sighted at 2 a.m. on October 12, 1492, by a sailor named Rodrigo de Triana (also known as Juan Rodriguez Bermejo) aboard Pinta (Columbus would claim the prize). Columbus called the island (in what is now The Bahamas) San Salvador, although the natives called it Guanahani (one of the islands of the Lucayan archipelago in the Bahamas). Exactly which island in the Bahamas this corresponds to is an unresolved topic, since his original log book has been lost for centuries; prime candidates are Samana Cay, Plana Cays, or San Salvador Island (named San Salvador in 1925 in the belief that it was Columbus's San Salvador). The indigenous people he encountered, the Lucayan, Taino or Arawak, were peaceful and friendly. In his journal he wrote of them, "It appears to me, that the people are ingenious, and would be good servants and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion." He also wrote of them, two days after landing, "I could conquer the whole of them with 50 men, and govern them as I pleased."

At the time of Columbus's arrival in 1492, there were five Taino kingdoms or territories on Hispaniola, each led by a principal Cacique (chieftain), to whom tribute was paid. At the time of the Spanish conquest, the largest Taino population centers may have contained around 3,000 people or more. The Tainos were historical neighbors and enemies of the Carib, another group with origins in South America who lived principally in the Lesser Antilles.

From: www.britannica.com
He (Columbus) seems to have thought that Hispaniola might be Cipango (aka Japan) or, if not Cipango, then perhaps one of the legendarily rich isles from which King Solomon's triennial fleet brought back gold, gems, and spices to Jerusalem (1 Kings 10:11, 22); alternatively, he reasoned that the island could be related to the biblical kingdom of Sheba (Saba'). There Columbus found at least enough gold and prosperity to save him from ridicule on his return to Spain. With the help of a Taino cacique, or Indian chief, named GUACANAGARí, he set up a stockade on the northern coast of the island, named it La Navidad, and posted 39 men to guard it until his return.

Answer 2

"Columbus befriended a young Taíno chief by the name of Guacanagarí who was welcomed aboard his ship. "

Lot more at website:
http://www.millersville.edu/~columbus/columbus.html

Answer 3

Uh . . . I think you are thinking of John Smith and Squanto was not a chief

Answer 4

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