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problems with the Welser’s or the charge of desertion. Thus was how one day, he separated
               from  the  weary  column  of  the  Spanish  vanguard  and  was  lost  forever,  due  to  neither  the
               Germans of the Welser’s House, nor the Spaniards of the Kingdom, saw them again.


                      Nicolaus Federmann continued with his explorations, always disobeying the orders of
               Georg  de  Spira.  In  1539,  with  Jiménez  de  Quesada  and  Sebastián  Belalcarzar,  Governos  of
               Santa Marta and Quito respectively, with whom he met in the jungle, founded the City of Santa
               Fe de Bogotá. Then he undertook with the aforementioned captains a voyage to Cartagena de
               Indias and thence he moved to Spain with Quesada. Although discoverer and explorer of lands,
               he  didn’t  obtain  any  riches  and  returned  practically  ruined.  However,  when  he  gave  to  the
               Lords of Tharsis the news about the luck of the Lito and the Men of Stone, they compensated
               him generously and employed him in the village of Turdes, where he ended his days.

                      And  what  had  happened  to  the  Lords  of  Tharsis  in  America?  After  the  separation  of
               Nicolaous Federmann they were located on the West side of the Eastern Mountain Range, some
               thousand kilometres from the starting point and some three hundred from the City of Quito,
               at the height where the River Napo originates. Was region of cold moor and desolate, where a
               gelid  wind  blew  that  made  chill  the  teeth  and  penetrated  to  the  bones.  They  had  found  a
               precipitous path which seemed to be made by the hands of men, due to at a certain distance
               stone stacks could be seen that worked as contention walls for the alluvial landslides, and they
               followed with renewed hope: they didn’t imagine neither remotely that they still would have to
               travel five thousands kilometres to reach their destination. All what Nicolaus could gave them
               were ten horses and very few provisions: with four horses was enough to charge everything, the
               few victuals, the cage with the chickens, and even the weapons, now useless for the lack of
               powder. At the vanguard was advancing Lito of Tharsis, who was mounted and followed  by
               three Indians bought in Coro, valuable garrulous and trail guide; behind, the other five Men of
               Stone were riding; and in the rearguard, was marching the troop of infantry composed by seven
               Catalan soldiers, whose fidelity for their Spaniard masters impulse them to follow unto death;
               the Spaniard Dogos, of well-known ferocity, were ahead the whole column exploring the path
               fifty metres forward.

                      Seven  days  they  transited  through  such  escarpment,  which  now  descended  in  full
               gradient towards a small valley situated, nonetheless, among high mountains. Unknowing it,
               they were approaching to a northen fortress of the Inca Empire, which served as borderline
               mark to the muisca empire: a garrison of two thousand Indians, from one or another empire,
               who  rebelled  every  six  months  to  occupy  such  bastion.  When  taking  a  bend,  the  Lords  of
               Tharsis saw the walls and the stone hamlet, while they were approaching there through a set of
               staggered terraces, placed intelligently for that purpose.  A sepulchral silence reigned in the
               place and there was no movement; the door lacked of lock gave the impression to be in front of


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