A battle at the end of May 1494, on the north slope of the island of Tenerife, between the Castilian troops of the belligerent Catholic Monarchs of Fernando II of Aragon and Isabel I of Castile and a thousand Guanchess warriors was set to paralyze, in a most surprising way, the brutal conquest of the island by the Crown of Castile. Bencomo, the charismatic and cunning aboriginal leader that was responsible for the great Guanches victory at la Matanza de Acentejo, ( © José Carlos Gracia, provided by Gustavo Sánchez Romero) The Mencey (king or leader) Imobac Bencomo, a 70-year-old veteran in command of the Guanches warriors, together with his brother Chimenchia (also called Tinguaro by the historian / poet
