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In the remotest times^, before the Moon accom- 
panied the Earthy according to the mythology of 
the Muysca or Mozca Indians, the inhabitants of 
the plain of Bogota lived like barbarians, naked, 
without agriculture, without any form of laws or 
worship. Suddenly appeared among them an 
old man, who came from the plains situate on 
the east of the Cordillera of Chingasa ; and who 
appeared to be of a race unlike that of the natives, 
having a long and bushy beard. He was known 
by three distinct appellations, Bochica, Nem- 
quetheba, and Zuhe. This old man, like 
Manco-Capac, instructed men how to clothe 
themselves, build huts, till the ground, and form 
themselves into communities. He brought with 
him a woman, to whom also tradition gives three 
names, Chia, Yubecayguaya, and Huythaca. 
This woman, extremely beautiful, and no less 
malignant, thwarted every enterprise of her 
husband for the happiness of mankind. By her 
skill in magic, she swelled the river of Funzha, 
and inundated the valley of Bogota. The 
greater part of the inhabitants perished in this 
deluge ; a few only found refuge on the summits 
of the neighbouring mountains. The old man, 
in anger, drove the beautiful Huythaca far from 
the Earth, and she became the Moon, which 
liistoria general del nuevo Iteyno do Grenada, page 11 ; a 
work con)j)oaed from llie Mss, of Quesada, 
