ANDAQUIAN, a small independent linguistic stock of South American Indians, so called from the Andaquis, its most important tribe. The Andaquis live on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental in southern Colombia, on the Fragua and Orteguaza rivers, which form the sources of the Caqueta. They are said to have formerly lived on the western slope of the range, on the headwaters of the Magdalena and between it and the Suaza. In this region the remarkable ruins of San Augustin are located. The Andaquis are a warlike folk, and are but little known.
See M. M. Albis, Los Indios del Andaqui (Popayan,