Guaycura Indians

The Guaycura Indians were native to our area and as legend has it that, the men were used as procreation and the tribe was run by their Amazon Queen, Queen Calafia. Some schools of thought have it that after her, California was named. She was quite famous as evidenced by the use of her name "Calafia" throughout Baja and Mainland Mexico. Also the Guaycura Indians were tall, over 6' tall and looked like no other Indian in any part of Baja or Mainland Mexico. There is no record of any Indian anywhere in the western hemisphere that has any likeliness to them. Due to the fact of their resemblances to the seafaring voyagers of the Pacific Islanders, and the similar latitude to the Hawaiian Islands, there is more than a possibility that they were direct descendants of Polynesian seafarers attempting to find the Hawaiian Islands that had blown off course and landed at southern Baja California and settling there. You will notice as you observe the local people of the area you will see an amount of tall slender dark haired Indians, these are descendants of the original Guaycuras. 

By 1767, virtually all the Guaycura Indians in the area had died eitherr of European diseases or in skirmishes with the Spanish. Surviving mission Indians were moved to missions farther north, but San Jose del Cabo just 30 minutes South, remained an important Spanish military outpost until the mid-19th century when the presidio was turned over to Mexican nationals.

Were these Indians actually Polynesians taken off course by strong winds and rough seas? Researchers believe they are in fact of Polynesian descent.  Modern technology will confirm this concept in the not to distant future.