sentences:  By 1537 they had explored as far as the site of the future city of Bogotá and the beginning of the eastern plains ("Llanos Orientales") of the Orinoco watershed, covering much of the Muisca's Altiplano territory, including its salt and emerald mining areas.By August 1537 they had seized the treasure of the Tunja "zaque", a month later they conquered Suamox, and shortly after that killed the Bacatá "zipa" and his successor.While the chroniclers of the rapid conquest and colonization of the region did not record the wars against its inhabitants, or the mistreatment of their rulers, in great detail, archival documents held in Seville and Bogotá trace the course of events.