History of Fusagasuga

that could create fissures territorial order established by the Muisca, so between 1470 and 1490 (approximately) the chief of Bogotá undertook a campaign against sutagaos domination, which had some success, as the Indians began practicing friendliest relations with the central power Muisca, but this did not imply complete submission.

Avenida de las Palmas, overlooking the hill fusacatan

Fusagasugá was initially a crossroads. Obligatory place, it was the only relatively flat terrain in the middle of tough embossed southwestern slope Cundiboyacense . There was an early seat of indigenous markets that inhabited the center of the country, because converged Muisca, panches and pijaos. The diversity of markets newspapers, made ​​according to the location of the moon and the stars, was an example of the diversity of the people that took root in this land. The sutagaos, or "children of the sun" as they have been called on occasion, are an amalgam of cultures, because they are recognized by the chroniclers Spanish practices cataloged in Chibcha family, however, are also sometimes confused with the Caribs . Surely, placed as a wedge type so varied among ethnic panorama offered features that could hardly be homogenized.

The conditions that favored sutagaos developed their main livelihood was in the trade , while agriculture was limited to the background. Thus, as noted by Carl Langebaek from Fusagasugá area was supplied to the Muisca of gold from the lands of the latter change panches already received salt and blankets. Similarly, happened to the leather obtained mainly by pijaos and ending on commercial networks in the domain of the