Battle of Tocarema

Battle of Tocarema
Part of Spanish conquest of New Granada

Map of the Muisca Confederation
Tocarema is at the border of Muisca & Panche
Date19–20 August 1538
Location4°45′02″N 74°26′05″W / 4.75056°N 74.43472°W / 4.75056; -74.43472
Result Spanish and Muisca victory
Territorial
changes
Panche partially submitted to Spanish colonial reign
Belligerents
Spanish Empire Spanish conquistadors
Zipazgo of the southern Muisca
Caciques of the Panche
Commanders and leaders
Gonzalo de Quesada
 Juan de St. Martín
 Juan de Céspedes
 Pedro de Valenzuela
Sagipa
Anolaima, Cochima, Lutaima, Lichinú, Ibiantor, Calandaima, Iqueima, Tocarema, Buluduaima, Matima, & Siquima
Strength
50-100 Spanish
4,000-20,000 guecha
unknown
Casualties and losses
Fatalities:
 ~100 guecha
Wounded:
 many Muisca
 ~30 Spanish
unknown
Battle of Tocarema is located in Colombia
Battle of Tocarema
Battle of Tocarema
Location of the battle

The Battle of Tocarema (Spanish: Batalla de Tocarema) was fought between an alliance of the troops of Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and zipa of the Muisca Sagipa of the southern Muisca Confederation and the indigenous Panche. The battle took place on the afternoon of August 19 and the morning of August 20, 1538 in the vereda Tocarema of Cachipay, Cundinamarca, Colombia and resulted in a victory for the Spanish and Muisca, when captains Juan de Céspedes and Juan de Sanct Martín commanded two flanks of the conquistadors.

The victory of the Spanish colonial powers over the Panche did not completely suppress the resistance of the indigenous peoples from the western parts of Cundinamarca. Later conquest expeditions were needed to fully subdue the western neighbours of the Muisca, described by early Spanish chroniclers Pedro de Aguado, Pedro Simón, Juan Freyle, and Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita as bellicose and cannibalistic.

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