 A letter from Rodrigo de Paz explains that Captain Martin de Zapata arrived to Cuencame and that before him were presented the caciques from Manganapa, Salina and Rio of Nazas they were the ones who took the name of the Captain and they received lands for their settlement.In 1622 it was mentioned that the monastery of Cuencame's Saint Anthony was under control of Friar Francis Santos.Afterward, the name was modified to Purisima Concepción.