 Soon the Taínos were trading pieces of gold for hawk's bells with their cacique declaring the gold came from Cibao.Traveling further east from Navidad, Columbus came across the Yaque del Norte River, which he named Río de Oro (River of Gold) because its "sands abound in gold dust".On Columbus's return during his second voyage, he learned it was the cacique Caonabo who had massacred his settlement at Navidad.