Ma kahi wahi o Cuba ma ka wao nahele, ua loaʻa he ʻano nui o nā bipi. Ua hoʻolauna ʻia nā holoholona i ka mokupuni kahiko a waiho ʻia i kā lākou ponoʻī, ma muli o ka lilo a lākou i hihiu a hōʻa ʻia e ola i loko o ka hihiu.
Ua loaʻa nō ua loaʻa nā bipi ʻōiwi a me nā bipi kauka, i noho a keu aku ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki ma ka wao nahele ʻo Cuba, ua hana i kahi holoholona hou holoholona. Ke helehelena a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ʻokoʻa āpau, ʻokoʻa lākou i ko lākou mau ʻohana a pau i kekahi wahi o ka Honua. Ua hōʻike ʻia kēia mau mea e ka noiʻi o ka hale kūlele ʻo "Guanaakabibes", aia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka mokupuni.
Ua ʻike nā poʻe loea i lawe ʻia mai nā holoholona i lawe ʻia e nā mea kolone i kā lākou hana ponoʻī. I ka lōʻihi o ka manawa, ua hōʻemi lākou i ka nui, lilo ka nui o ka wahine i ka liʻiliʻi, a he nui ka waiu i loko e hānai i hoʻokahi keiki bipi wale nō. Ua hōʻiliʻili nui ʻia nā pepeiaohao a leiʻili ʻole nā bipi a me nā bipi i nā lālā o nā lāʻau, wahi a nā kānaka ʻepekema.
Ua aʻo ʻia nā holoholona e ʻai i nā hua kanu, nā māla waina a me nā kumulāʻau lāʻau. I ka huli ʻana o ka wai, nā ʻeleʻele e aʻo e ʻauʻau, no ka mea hiki ke loaʻa ma nā ʻōpū wale o nā pali a i ʻole ma lalo o ke kai.