By command of
His Majesty King Philip IV, and by decree of March 12 1. 615 licensed to the children of the
Society of Jesus hiciesen "The foundation of a villa" rather
convenient to city council the most faithful of Pasto. The missionaries of the Society then decided
to visit the regions that were beyond the River Carchi Rumichaca crossing the
bridge, they realized that indigenous Quillasingas Pastures
