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bk who made the atduous journey did so in adkb mmk, a d mantas in the mining areas. T e p d h , QT h &l8em, were thea used to help meet their cmmm&fs
rsd &b%ty of Muiaca cornunities i " that &e overall number of in Tunja and i ViUa de n
159% d h:.lfminisestor of indios r n i t a y ~ ~ ~ondb, x jupn klPmoms, Catillo, and Amador Phez set rnfa mrnr'epfda of Iguaque to retrieve s o m Mm h v e served in Villa de Leivas alquiler g e d . en were met by Wars's ad Camiflo, as well as the local priest, Antolrio the reason for their visit and o f d a d the Ltmdi;ms who were required to save the Villa i Leiva. Cadb k
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fled to other regions. , plsbb of OCELvita, told Rodrlgua that htrhr & cvrpitanfa were a few old men; he t d d d @bbrln ladresistance to the mitu) that bhe grormg atagi m l y had been sent t La9 Lab nevg m t m d o oftheir
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eoth the uIqui/er gmoral and the mita p w d (o b ; l ' b Qar m indhm in early colonial Tunja. However, -c ) l n of tbae policiea should not be overemphae~. m ( b ~ o a , u p ratd be wrong t assume that either policy played n rok i & o . &wm of Muiau o~mmunities.~ total number of Wm i*dr~ The im aaha the rniro or the olquiler general represented on$ a w I, pwti#a of the province's overall population, In addition to the I n d h d o served in the alquiler, the tots] n u m b pmM.11~ sever exceeded more than a few hundred per year! swh as these, then, one wonders why migration a ummon feature of early colonial Tunja. It d ~ u l d recognized that the mov be s Eastem Highlands was not entirely ample, it was common for Muisclt
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him to ignore his f d n s and to nat rei mig Cbiramita who were said t have o r i g b t d o ofT a When Valtima refused the reqoEIt @ @,& Indim i question, MaIchah od n him io the church until he changed
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-- - -.=s@Wel?cr, d U s ~ b j e c t s l o - ~ ~ = ~ 1 m frOm Bqack &@#&& acSrr to uphold Enriqumk origbpl ad-7s local f ~ the r e v & , r ~w~ t view the relocation pw o rm of Enriquez's assip d &-&G h a of Crown officials in the regioa. h @ with the resgumdo of Nobsa, the assignment g bad chosen a poo~ \ocatim for the h&am t o hgimeza and Tibasosa botb refused t move o d e n c i a ' s president was forced C ~ I W ~
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who h& little n m ** ' axmomic realities, a180 cwleELgd w . ~ ~ ~ r v d o The d system. w-o f makes ell of these theories highly conj-, hf internal conflict. F c-~c, a dc during his 1635-1636 general i s ~ l & nm ~ tha( lands in Samacti had been complacty wnpod by am, leaving Indians from C h a w withnu aag Fdermore, the visitador reported that the catl exclusive access to the best lamb in tle y mcases, I dm who retuned from their ni y m in mines found that their old l I a & d p;~l &&&rdiesbhdlnmd~*- v..dala .
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m s influence and resources could help him rec trusnt Indians who disappeared fiom his emumi&, SpDlsb t m c ~ ~ ~ r and Muisca caciques and o s , bm recognized the risk posed by uncontrdkd the benefits of athacling migrants), and it wouM
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