Their origin is prior to the conquest ,
ruled by a chieftain tax Zaque of Hunza . During the sixteenth century it was
entrusted and the doctrine of the Dominicans and Augustinians established. In
the late seventeenth century it was shelter. Etymologically Sáchica means
fortress or mansion Sovereign Chibcha . The indigenous population was decimated
between punished and the XVI - XVIII. Even in the center of town a historical
sample of the stone where the remains were punished indigenous . In 1574 there
were 600 families (2,500 people), in 1635 the census showed the presence of
1010 Indians, who
