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Chapters: El Agrado, Neiva, Palermo, Huila, Villavieja, Huila, San Agustin, Huila, Pitalito, La Plata, Huila, Garzon, La Argentina, Huila, Acevedo, Huila, Aipe, Baraya, Algeciras, Huila, Elias, Huila, Suaza, Teruel, Huila, Altamira, Huila, Santa Maria, Huila, Palestina, Huila, Hobo, Huila, Saladoblanco, Colombia, Huila, Guadalupe, Huila, Tello, Huila, Rivera, Huila, Campoalegre, Timana, Gigante, Huila, Tesalia, Oporapa, Tarqui, Colombia, Nataga, Iquira, Paicol, Isnos, Yaguara. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 84. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: According to oral tradition, the current territory of El Agrado, at the time of the Spanish conquest, was inhabited by the Chimbayaco, which belonged to the nation of Paez. But this can not be regarded as true as it also speaks of Yaguilgas, Yalcones and other groups belonging to the nation of Andaquies, who lived in surrounding areas. Nor is there any documentation that describes its habitat, customs, and specific characteristics of the group Chimbayaco (across the river, Quechua). However, in the lands that now belong to the municipality of El Agrado, have been found petroglyphs, vestiges, and footprints, which indicates that there really were Indians living in the area and that it requires further investigation to clarify their own reality. One concludes that El Agrado, especially at the time of the Conquest, was visited in and out by Aboriginal people occasionally to organize and defend themselves when they were attacked from Timan by Pedro de Anasco and Juan de Ampudia. The history of El Agrado as an urban area began in the mid-eighteenth century (1753) as a result of the segregationist unrest between whites and Indians, which led to clashes which continued until the beginning of 1950. The Hacienda Chimbayaco, property of the Field M...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1071072