Chengue and Bonda were sentenced to death, their bodies dismembered, their villages burned, and much of the population was relocated and incorporated into the Encomienda system. By the mid-17th century, many Tairona populations were completely abandoned and the region was engulfed by forest. Their descendants today are the Kogi, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo people. See also Kogi Muisca Ciudad Perdida References Further reading External links Tairona and Kogi 2007 Dever, Alejandro Social and Economic Development of a Specialized Community in Chengue, Parque Tairona, Colombia. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh National Geographic Article on the Sierra Nevada Indians Jeffrey Quilter and John W. Hoopes, Editors, 2003: Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia Pensamiento Arhuaco - Herrera de Turbay, Luisa Fernanda 1985 Agricultura aborigen y cambios de vegetación en la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta - Banco de la República (FIAN), Bogotá Indigenous peoples in Colombia Indigenous culture of the Americas Pre-Columbian cultures Santa Marta Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta