In 1541 Francisco de Orellana took a trip up this river he named for the bow & arrow-wielding women seen on it
Leading an expedition... [DOC] [TLE] Project Gutenberg's Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena, by ... [PAR] The historian says explicitly that Ponce de Leon and his companions "named it 
...... of Santo Domingo, that he was buried after a poisoned arrow from the bow of 
an ..... and by Francisco Orellana, after his memorable voyage down the Amazon.