Sutagaos

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Sculpture of a sutagao indian standing at the entrance of Fusagasugá, Colombia

The Sutagaos were the settlers indigenous to the zone where today Fusagasugá is located. This community does not possess an own study in reason of the instability of the archaeological indications.

The Sutagaos inhabited the region until the new town was founded by Oídor Bernardino Albornoz between the 5th and 13th of February in 1562. Not much is known about the previous indigineous residents. During the visit of Oídor Ibarra, there were 759 indigenous people residing in Fusagasugá. When Oídor Aróstequi arrived in February 1760, the indigenous population had dwindled to 85, and there were 644 new settlers divided among 109 families. On February 19, 1760, a small hospital was established near the church and Father Vicente of Fresneda was given charge of it.

During a visit, two officials, Moreno and Escandón, considering the decline in the indigenous population and the corresponding growth in the local settler population, issued a decree on January 8, 1776 that the native villages in the Fusagasugá area, Pandi and Tibacuy, no longer existed, and consolidated them into the present-day city of Pasca.