The Boyacá excursion:

The 14 spearers monument

This is the monument of the 14 spearers in the Vargas pond,(in Spanish:El monumento a los 14 lanceros en el pantano de vargas)in this monument Rodrigo Arenas Betancur makes honor to these 14 spearers that with 286 more warriors and commanded by Juan José Rondón defeated the army of the Spanish general José María Barreiro in 25th July of 1819.

Simón Bolivar and Francisco de Paula Santander came from Caracas with 2600 warriors, they had to pass through the plains and mountains until they arrived to the Vargas pond, called like this because the last name of a family that lived there.The Spanish army won a small battle in the war hill,(Cerro de la Guerra)when the Spanish flag waved over the hill, the reserve army of Barreiro was happy of "defeating" Bolivar's army. At 6 pm a little army of 300 spearers that didn't fight comanded by Juan José Rondón and James Rook were sended by Bolivar, he said"¡Salve usted la patria!" to Rondón, they attacked the unredy Spanish army, they were celebrating the victory but suddenly they were attacked by the spearers, they were defeated, the remaining people made a flee to Paipa and the battle was won by Bolivar's army, but unfortunately James Rook was hurted by an spear, some days later he died by gangrena.