nging to the
convent of Santo Domingo de Tunja. Fifteen years later, in 1571, the first
provincial chapter met Viracachá. At that time, Francisco Martin was the
encomenderos of Viracachá. The encomienda was a form of domination in colonial
times. She must ensure the administration of the trust territories imposing
order and submission for indigenous would work and to pay the taxes ordered by
the Spanish crown. This took effect from the beginning of the conquest. As in
the Spanish island, where the kings of Spain was named the 1503 a Spanish
manager and a chaplain to turn defend their persons and property and teach
religion, and paying tribute to the kings and the tithes and first for the
church. This institution was the one that made its appearance in these
highlands and lands cundiboyacense is how specifically to what they were
Viracocha cacique domains in the year 1560 "the magnanimous Mr. Oidor
Tomas Lopez, inspector general of the New Kingdom of Granada, in association
Scribe Diego Suarez, visit several indigenous peoples, in which FIG Viracachá.
The purpose of these visits were mainly find "that bad treatment, estates
muertesanas women and children and other vexations and annoyances damage
grievances received Indians their trustees "who were these, if the Indians
were indoctrinated, if their churches and ornaments, etc.. During the visit
Viracachá practiced, in that year, dated July 19, the town appears without
doctrinero or church figure gift Francisco Martin as encomenderos and their
immediate predecessors Captain Suarez, Mendano, Arias Maldonado and Jerome do,
Cacique Cuparsa
