Los indios de Riobamba y la revolución de Quito, 1757-1814

Abstract

This study examines the various positions taken by indigenous groups during theRevolution of 1809 in Quito. Following the two key characters of the townshipof Riobamba, a chief and an Indian, seeking the causes of adherence or rejec-tion. It explores several junctures that begin in mid-eighteenth century, from therequests of chiefs and subsequent rearrangement of Indian authorities made byBourbon reformers to the continued imposition of taxes and the earthquake of1797 which flow into the Indian uprising of 1803. The article shows a radicalbreak between ordinary Indians and the creole perspective active at the foun-ding of the nation.