Guayupe

The Guayupe were Arawak-speaking farming communities led by chiefs in the Ariari basin and the eastern foothills of the Colombian Andes. Their villages included palisades and concealed defensive pits, and their crops included cassava.

In 1534 Guayupe warriors attacked Alonso de Herrera's expedition near the Guaviare River. From 1535 to 1538 they fought another expedition led by Georg von Speyer as it crossed their lands in search of El Dorado.