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  MOGUEX-COCONUCO 
  — 
  LEHMANN 
  971 
  

  

  tified 
  as 
  Chisquio, 
  since 
  the 
  small 
  lagoon 
  of 
  El 
  Tambo 
  is 
  located 
  not 
  too 
  

   far 
  from 
  this 
  point. 
  The 
  place 
  name 
  Las 
  Barrancas 
  has 
  not 
  survived, 
  

   but 
  "Las 
  Juntas" 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  river. 
  "Capitanes" 
  is 
  still 
  the 
  

   name 
  of 
  a 
  region 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  river. 
  "Masteles" 
  was 
  probably 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   the 
  region 
  located 
  between 
  Capitanes 
  and 
  Patia. 
  Archeological 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  there 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  The 
  oldest 
  Sindagua 
  

   may 
  be 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  region, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  little 
  rivers, 
  one 
  

   a 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Timbio 
  River, 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  Mamaconde 
  River. 
  

  

  Pacual 
  de 
  Andagoya's 
  text 
  reveals 
  the 
  approximate 
  northern 
  border 
  

   of 
  the 
  Popaydn 
  language, 
  in 
  his 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Cali 
  to 
  Po- 
  

   payan. 
  Whereas 
  the 
  Indians 
  who 
  spoke 
  Xitirigiti 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  Cordil- 
  

   lera 
  Occidental, 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  San 
  Juan 
  River, 
  the 
  Indians 
  who 
  

   spoke 
  the 
  Popaydn 
  language 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  an 
  east- 
  west 
  

   cordillera 
  which 
  meets 
  the 
  Cordillera 
  Central. 
  This 
  could 
  be 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  called 
  La 
  Teta, 
  and 
  the 
  region 
  located 
  near 
  Quilichao. 
  

  

  As 
  Andagoya's 
  reliability 
  cannot 
  be 
  doubted, 
  the 
  Popaydn 
  language 
  

   must 
  have 
  extended 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  Cauca 
  Valley. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  other 
  languages 
  have 
  disappeared, 
  the 
  Popaydn 
  

   language 
  still 
  exists 
  in 
  the 
  Moguex, 
  Totoro, 
  and 
  Polindara 
  dialects. 
  

   About 
  a 
  hundred 
  years 
  ago, 
  the 
  Coconuco, 
  the 
  Purace, 
  the 
  Tunia, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Guanaco 
  were 
  still 
  speaking 
  their 
  respective 
  languages. 
  On 
  the 
  

   contrary, 
  however, 
  all 
  the 
  Indians 
  who 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  Popaydn 
  Valley 
  

   proper, 
  the 
  Puben, 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Zarzal, 
  Piagua, 
  Alto 
  del 
  Rey, 
  

   Achinte, 
  Chapa, 
  and 
  Pandiguando, 
  which 
  Brinton 
  probably 
  considers 
  

   as 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Chisquio, 
  had 
  long 
  since 
  forgotten 
  their 
  tongues, 
  

   as 
  had 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  between 
  Popayan 
  and 
  Patia. 
  

  

  The 
  theory 
  that 
  Indians 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Moguex- 
  Coconuco 
  group 
  

   lived 
  in 
  the 
  above-mentioned 
  regions 
  is 
  confirmed 
  by 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  

   toponymy. 
  

  

  The 
  ending 
  "bio" 
  is 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Moguex-Coconuco 
  language. 
  

   According 
  to 
  Jaime 
  Arroyo 
  (1907, 
  pp. 
  85-86), 
  who 
  does 
  not 
  cite 
  his 
  

   source 
  of 
  information, 
  it 
  means 
  "water." 
  Thus, 
  Pusambio 
  would 
  mean 
  

   "rio 
  acido" 
  and 
  Chiribfo, 
  "rio 
  frio." 
  The 
  present 
  author 
  has 
  found 
  no 
  

   confirmation 
  of 
  this 
  claim. 
  Place 
  names 
  ending 
  with 
  "bio" 
  are 
  

  

  Toribfo 
  

  

  Calibfo 
  

  

  Chiribfo 
  

  

  Cajibfo 
  

  

  Tavio 
  

  

  Timbfo 
  

  

  Guangubfo 
  

  

  Anambio 
  

  

  Pambfo 
  

  

  Mojibfo 
  

  

  Pusambio 
  

  

  Urbfo 
  

  

  Gwalimbio 
  

  

  

  

  Compound 
  names 
  with 
  the 
  suffix 
  "ce" 
  probably 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  

   Moguex-Coconuco 
  language. 
  Examples 
  of 
  common 
  names 
  are: 
  pura- 
  

   c6, 
  "maize"; 
  pala-c6, 
  "the 
  top"; 
  and 
  kalu-s£, 
  "ear." 
  "Ce" 
  occurs 
  in: 
  

   Palace, 
  Caluse, 
  Quilcac6, 
  and 
  Camuce" 
  (a 
  family 
  name) 
  . 
  Iscance* 
  and 
  

   Descance" 
  are 
  beyond 
  our 
  region, 
  to 
  the 
  southeast. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  

   Toribio 
  is 
  in 
  Pdez 
  country, 
  where 
  the 
  language 
  is 
  very 
  different 
  from 
  

  

  