M any have died out. When we read the historical records we meet with a lot of different attempts at spelling their names and also a lot of confusion. Kim Johnson identifies the original natives of Trinidad as Carinepagoto , Nepoio , Yao , Shebau , with Kalipunianis , Chaimas and Chaguanes as later immigrants. Additionally, there were Guarao or Guaraun Indians who migrated between Trinidad and the Orinoco . The Indians involved in the events at Arena were called Tamanaques because they originally lived in the Tamana hills, but were also known as Naparima Indians .
T hat is a double myth.
T he Taino people resisted the Spaniards once it was clear that they didn't have peaceful intentions. But at any rate the idea of peaceful Arawaks stuck because they were unable to effectively resist the Europeans. T hey are still around, because they were a little more able to put up a resistance to the Spanish. But as it turned out anyone who resisted the Spaniards were called Caribs . There was incentive in that.