 Governor Nicolás de Ovando was already complaining of escaped slaves and their interactions with the Taino Indians by 1503.Maroons joined the natives in their wars against the Spanish and hid with the rebel chieftain Enriquillo in the Bahoruco Mountains.When Archdeacon Alonso de Castro toured Hispaniola in 1542, he estimated the maroon population at 2,000–3,000 persons.