﻿Vol.2] 
  HIGHLAND 
  TRIBES, 
  S. 
  COLOMBIA 
  — 
  HERNANDEZ 
  DE 
  ALBA 
  921 
  

  

  Yalcon 
  and 
  Timand 
  in 
  an 
  area 
  delimited 
  by 
  the 
  high 
  crests 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cordillera 
  Central 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  the 
  snowcapped 
  peak 
  of 
  Huila 
  on 
  the 
  

   north, 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Paez 
  Kiver 
  on 
  the 
  east, 
  and 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rio 
  de 
  la 
  Plata 
  and 
  the 
  Moscopan 
  River 
  on 
  the 
  South 
  (Cieza, 
  1932, 
  

   ch. 
  32), 
  although 
  some 
  groups 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Cauca 
  River 
  

   bordering 
  the 
  Cordillera 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  (Otero, 
  1939). 
  

  

  Pijao. 
  — 
  The 
  Pijao 
  (Pinao) 
  were 
  the 
  strongest 
  and 
  most 
  warlike 
  

   neighbors 
  of 
  the 
  Pdez. 
  They 
  inhabited 
  the 
  eastern 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Cordillera 
  Central 
  from 
  La 
  Plata 
  to 
  Ibague, 
  which 
  included 
  the 
  re- 
  

   gion 
  of 
  the 
  Rio 
  de 
  la 
  Plata 
  and 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Pdez 
  River, 
  but 
  

   extended 
  to 
  near 
  Buga 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  slope 
  of 
  the 
  Cordillera 
  Central. 
  

   The 
  Paez 
  River 
  formed 
  their 
  frontier 
  with 
  the 
  Pdez 
  and 
  was 
  their 
  

   southwestern 
  limit. 
  They 
  extended 
  northward 
  to 
  the 
  territory 
  of 
  

   the 
  Quimbaya, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  divisions 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  Cauca 
  Valley, 
  

   near 
  Buga. 
  (Simon, 
  1882-92, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  ch. 
  53, 
  p. 
  330; 
  vol. 
  4, 
  ch. 
  24, 
  

   p. 
  156; 
  Ordonez 
  de 
  Ceballos, 
  1938, 
  chap. 
  28.) 
  The 
  Pijao 
  were 
  bor- 
  

   dered 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  by 
  the 
  Quimbaya 
  and 
  Panche, 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  by 
  the 
  

   peoples 
  occupying 
  the 
  hot 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Magdalena 
  River, 
  on 
  the 
  

   south 
  by 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Putumayo 
  and 
  Caqueta 
  Rivers, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  west 
  by 
  the 
  peoples 
  already 
  mentioned 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  Gorron 
  and 
  

   Lile, 
  near 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean. 
  Near 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  Huila 
  Plains 
  were 
  

   the 
  Tama, 
  

  

  SOURCES 
  

  

  Conquest 
  and 
  Colonial 
  Periods. 
  — 
  Acosta 
  (1848), 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  

   Quillacina; 
  Aguado 
  (1916), 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  Pijao, 
  Pdez, 
  and 
  Ana- 
  

   beima 
  written 
  about 
  1570 
  by 
  a 
  Franciscan 
  Friar; 
  Andagoya 
  (1892); 
  

   Arag6n 
  (1930); 
  Arroyo 
  (1907); 
  Belalcazar 
  (Benalcazar) 
  (1936), 
  a 
  

   letter 
  written 
  in 
  1549 
  (see 
  also 
  Jijon 
  y 
  Caamafio 
  (1936-38); 
  Buena- 
  

   ventura 
  (1936); 
  on 
  Belalcazar's 
  itinerary; 
  Castellanos 
  (1852); 
  Cieza 
  

   de 
  Le6n 
  (1880, 
  1932); 
  Coleccion 
  de 
  documentos 
  ineditos 
  relativos 
  al 
  

   Adelantado 
  Capitan 
  don 
  Sebastian 
  de 
  Benalcazar 
  (1936); 
  Cuervo, 
  

   A. 
  B. 
  (1894) 
  ; 
  Descobar 
  (in 
  Jij6n 
  y 
  Caamafio, 
  1936-38, 
  vol. 
  2) 
  ; 
  Espejo 
  

   de 
  Variedades 
  (in 
  Ternaux 
  Compans, 
  1840), 
  a 
  soldier's 
  account 
  of 
  

   15 
  years 
  at 
  Quito 
  and 
  Popayan, 
  written 
  in 
  1575; 
  Garcia 
  Borrero 
  

   (1935 
  a, 
  1935 
  b), 
  on 
  Huila; 
  Guerra 
  F. 
  (1942), 
  on 
  the 
  Pasto 
  and 
  Quil- 
  

   lacinga; 
  Informe 
  de 
  Misioneros 
  (in 
  Cuervo, 
  1894, 
  sec. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  pp. 
  

   248-78, 
  500) 
  ; 
  Jij6n 
  y 
  Caamafio 
  (1936-38, 
  1939, 
  1940-41) 
  ; 
  Olano 
  (1910) 
  ; 
  

   Ordonez 
  de 
  Ceballos 
  (1938) 
  ; 
  Otero 
  d'Costa 
  (1935 
  a, 
  1935 
  b) 
  ; 
  Oviedo 
  y 
  

   Vald&s 
  (1851-55); 
  Piedrahita 
  (1688); 
  Posada 
  (1910); 
  Relaciones 
  

   geograficas 
  de 
  Indias 
  (1897, 
  vols. 
  3, 
  4); 
  Relaci6n 
  del 
  Arzbispo 
  (1910); 
  

   Robledo 
  (1936-38); 
  Rodriguez 
  (1684); 
  Silvestre 
  (1927), 
  a 
  manuscript 
  

   dated 
  1789; 
  Simon 
  (1882-92), 
  accounts 
  written 
  in 
  1623 
  and 
  later; 
  

   Tascon 
  (1938); 
  Velasco 
  (1840, 
  1841-44). 
  

  

  