﻿THE 
  MODERN 
  QUILLACINGA, 
  PASTO, 
  AND 
  COAIQUER 
  

  

  By 
  Sergio 
  El!as 
  Ortiz 
  

  

  THE 
  QUILLACINGA 
  AND 
  PASTO 
  

  

  The 
  present-day 
  Indians 
  of 
  southwestern 
  Colombia 
  and 
  northern 
  

   Ecuador 
  are 
  remnants 
  of 
  the 
  Quillacinga 
  and 
  Pasto 
  (map 
  1, 
  No. 
  24] 
  

   map 
  7; 
  map 
  11). 
  They 
  number 
  some 
  50,000 
  and 
  live 
  in 
  communities 
  

   on 
  reservations. 
  The 
  communities 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  Department 
  of 
  

   Narifio, 
  in 
  the 
  ancient 
  territory 
  of 
  the 
  Pastos, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Aldan 
  de 
  Maria, 
  Anaconas, 
  Calera, 
  Chalamag, 
  Chalapud, 
  Chavis- 
  

   nan, 
  Chiles, 
  Chucunes, 
  Chungana, 
  Colimba, 
  Cuaical, 
  Cualezan, 
  

   Cuaspud, 
  Cumag, 
  Guachaves, 
  Guachucal, 
  Gualmatan, 
  Guam,Guas- 
  

   mayan, 
  Guastar, 
  Igailo, 
  Igues, 
  lies, 
  Imues, 
  Inagan, 
  Inagan 
  (2nd), 
  

   Inchuchala, 
  Inchuchala 
  (2nd), 
  Ipain, 
  Las 
  Animas, 
  Macas, 
  Males, 
  

   Mallama, 
  Muellamues, 
  Nastar, 
  Nazate, 
  Ospina, 
  Panan, 
  Pastas, 
  Potosi, 
  

   Quelapaz, 
  Quelua, 
  Quilismal, 
  Quistial, 
  San 
  Juan, 
  San 
  Mateo, 
  San 
  

   Nicolas, 
  Sapuyes, 
  Tasmag, 
  Tiiquerres, 
  Yanala, 
  Yaputa, 
  Yaramal, 
  and 
  

   Yascual. 
  

  

  The 
  modern 
  communities 
  in 
  the 
  ancient 
  territory 
  of 
  the 
  Quillacinga 
  

   are: 
  

  

  Anganoy, 
  Aponte, 
  Aranda, 
  Botanilla, 
  Buesaco, 
  Buesaquillo, 
  Can- 
  

   chala, 
  Catambuco, 
  Chachagui, 
  Chapal, 
  Consaca, 
  Gualmatan, 
  Jamon- 
  

   dino, 
  Jenoy, 
  Jongovito, 
  Juanoy, 
  La 
  Cuchilla, 
  La 
  Florida, 
  La 
  Laguna, 
  

   Males, 
  Matituy, 
  Mocoa, 
  Mocondino, 
  Obonuco, 
  Pandiaco, 
  Pejendino, 
  

   Puerres, 
  San 
  Andres, 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  Santa 
  Barbara 
  de 
  Anganoy, 
  

   Santa 
  Rosa 
  de 
  Cunchuy, 
  Santiago, 
  Sibundoy, 
  Tangua, 
  Terrero, 
  

   Tescual, 
  and 
  Totoral. 
  

  

  All 
  but 
  the 
  communities 
  of 
  Sibundoy, 
  Santiago, 
  San 
  Andres, 
  and 
  

   Mocoa 
  live 
  under 
  special 
  statutes, 
  a 
  heritage 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  colony. 
  

   This 
  means 
  that 
  they 
  possess 
  the 
  land 
  by 
  emphyteutic 
  right, 
  to 
  enjoy 
  

   in 
  usufruct. 
  

  

  Physically, 
  these 
  natives 
  are 
  Indian 
  in 
  type. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  blacks, 
  

   mulattoes, 
  or 
  Indian-Negro 
  half-breeds 
  among 
  them. 
  

  

  AGRICULTURE 
  

  

  Each 
  family 
  has 
  a 
  house 
  within 
  its 
  respective 
  parcel 
  of 
  land. 
  The 
  

   farm 
  is 
  laid 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  mosaic 
  pattern 
  for 
  the 
  following 
  crops: 
  A 
  plot 
  

  

  961 
  

  

  