﻿THE 
  MOGUEX-COCONUCO 
  

  

  By 
  Henri 
  Lehmann 
  

  

  HABITAT 
  AND 
  TRIBES 
  

  

  In 
  Colombia 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Conquest, 
  the 
  Popayan 
  Valley 
  and 
  

   the 
  mountains 
  that 
  surround 
  it 
  were 
  densely 
  populated. 
  A 
  great 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  tribes, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  agricultural, 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  valleys 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   fertile 
  hills 
  (map 
  1, 
  No. 
  2Jf). 
  These 
  formed 
  the 
  Moguex-Coconuco 
  

   group 
  (map 
  7), 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  following 
  tribes 
  belonged: 
  

  

  Puben.— 
  The 
  Indians 
  of 
  Popayan, 
  including 
  those 
  of 
  Santa 
  Bar- 
  

   bara, 
  Pisoje, 
  Julumito, 
  Genagra, 
  and 
  Puelenje. 
  

  

  Coconuco. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande, 
  between 
  San 
  Isidro 
  and 
  Pal- 
  

   etara. 
  The 
  Purace 
  volcano 
  bordered 
  this 
  area 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  Cauca 
  River 
  to 
  the 
  south. 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  on 
  the 
  hacienda 
  of 
  San 
  Isidro 
  belonged 
  either 
  to 
  the 
  

   Puben 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  Coconuco, 
  their 
  neighbors. 
  

  

  Purace. 
  — 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  volcano, 
  between 
  San 
  Isidro 
  and 
  the 
  paramo 
  

   of 
  Moscopan. 
  They 
  lived 
  on 
  both 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Vinagre 
  and 
  San 
  

   Francisco 
  Rivers. 
  The 
  Quintana 
  region, 
  in 
  which 
  lived 
  the 
  Polindara, 
  

   their 
  neighbors, 
  constituted 
  the 
  northern 
  border. 
  

  

  Polindara.— 
  On 
  both 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Palace 
  River, 
  between 
  Malvasd 
  

   and 
  Las 
  Guacas. 
  Their 
  southern 
  neighbors 
  were 
  the 
  Purace, 
  their 
  

   northern 
  neighbors 
  the 
  Totoro, 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  ones, 
  the 
  Puben. 
  

  

  Totoro.— 
  On 
  both 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Cofre 
  River, 
  between 
  Malvasa 
  and 
  

   Miraflores. 
  Their 
  neighbors 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  are 
  the 
  Polindara, 
  to 
  the 
  

   north 
  the 
  Ambalo, 
  to 
  the 
  northwest 
  the 
  Paniquitd, 
  and, 
  toward 
  the 
  

   Malvasa 
  region, 
  the 
  Guambia. 
  

  

  Moguex 
  (Guambia, 
  Moguez) 
  . 
  —On 
  both 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Piendamo 
  River 
  

   and 
  the 
  Manchay 
  River 
  between 
  the 
  Cordillera 
  (Malvasa, 
  Paramo 
  de 
  

   las 
  Delicias, 
  Paramo 
  de 
  las 
  Moras) 
  and 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Silvia. 
  Their 
  

   neighbors 
  are 
  the 
  Ambalo, 
  to 
  the 
  southwest 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  northwest, 
  the 
  

   Totoro, 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  and 
  the 
  Pdez 
  to 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  immigration 
  of 
  

   this 
  tribe 
  toward 
  Tierradentro, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  Inza, 
  is 
  

   recent. 
  Moguex 
  is 
  the 
  Pdez 
  name 
  for 
  this 
  tribe 
  ; 
  Guambia 
  or 
  Guambiano 
  

   is 
  commonly 
  used. 
  (See 
  this 
  vol., 
  pp. 
  937-956.) 
  

  

  Ambalo.— 
  Between 
  the 
  Ambalo 
  hacienda 
  and 
  Malvasd. 
  The 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  in 
  Camojo 
  and 
  Quisgo 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  group. 
  Their 
  neigh- 
  

   bors 
  are 
  the 
  Moguex, 
  the 
  Totoro, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  Pdez. 
  

  

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