The region now occupied by the town of
Quinchia Guacuma was called by the natives, was inhabited by the tribes of the
Guaqueramaes and Family Tapascos the Ansermas and Irra different languages
and customs. Belalcazar Sebastian was the first European to cross the
territory Guacuma. Then came Juan de Badillo and Jorge Robledo who came to the
village of Chiricha Tapasco where bamboo fences crowned with human skulls and
the mournful sound that produced the wind to pass through them they made a
deep impression and led both to the new name Quinchia of the region, the town
of the strengths of
