# Hyarima (Hierreyma) - Nepoyo war chief in Trinidad

URL: https://allhistories.com/trinidad-and-tobago/rulers/hyarima-hierreyma
Leadership: fl. 1636 – 1637
Number in the list: 17
Dynasty: Amerindian peoples of Trinidad
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tobago

Hyarima (Hierreyma) was a Nepoyo (Nepuyo) chief of Trinidad who resisted Spanish rule from his base around Arima. In 1636 he offered the Dutch colonists of Tobago an alliance to drive the Spaniards from Trinidad, and in October 1637 his warriors joined Dutch and Carib forces that sacked and burned the Spanish capital San José de Oruña. Little else is documented about him; later popular tradition, including a play by F. E. M. Hosein, made him a symbol of First Peoples' resistance and sometimes links him with the Arena uprising of 1699, which historians date long after his time.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Cristóbal de Aranda](https://allhistories.com/trinidad-and-tobago/rulers/cristobal-de-aranda)
- Next in list: [Diego López de Escobar](https://allhistories.com/trinidad-and-tobago/rulers/diego-lopez-de-escobar)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1636 - [Spanish Destroy Dutch Tobago](https://allhistories.com/trinidad-and-tobago/timeline/1636-spanish-destroy-dutch-tobago)
- 1637 - [Dutch and Hyarima Sack San José](https://allhistories.com/trinidad-and-tobago/timeline/1637-dutch-and-hyarima-sack-san-jose)