History of Fusagasuga

The indigenous strength was not enough to cope with the provisions of the new home of monarchs who ruled the kingdom Spanish ( Bourbon ), and that is between his principles streamline public administration and in turn control the taxation to which gathered in more Indians, leaving sobrepoblando depopulated and other sites. This process was conducted by Francisco Moreno y Escandon, who arrived Fusagasugá on December 29, 1775, where he observed the conditions of whites and Indians and made ​​reports were made ​​and standards of the inhabitants of the area and among the most important observations ruralization certified the whites.

The Muisca Raft of the Gold Museum in Bogota .

The process carried out by Moreno y Escandon would conclusions: the transfer of all the Indians of the area (Fusagasuga Tibacuy, Pandi) to Pasca, and were presented with the option of white parish or town , in the old Fusagasugá Indian village. The latter are appointed Ignacio Perez of Chain (neighbor and brother of the mayor of Pedro Perez Fusagasugá Chain), but the move was not well received among the Indians, who refused initially established their voice and protest through memorials and with the support of the priest Francisco de Escobar, but the allegation of these two parts was zero before the provisions of Spanish authority. Finally came the move, but not all Indians met, since in the case of Indians Tibacuy only two remained in Pasca.

After the removal of the Indians for the formation of white people developed a track record on May 7, 1776, which was performed at the square measures and following the order to fractionate Moreno y