Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekukundwa mukupandukira, Caldas, achitya kutsiva, akatizira kuPopayán, asi achiona kuti yakanga yatorwa nemauto ehumambo aitungamirwa nemutongi wezuva rinouya Juan Sámano, akaenda kudunhu reAntioquia. Antioquia yakanga yazivisa kuzvimiririra se"Nyika yeAntioquia" kana kuti "Nyika Yakasununguka uye Yakazvimirira yeAntioquia". Nyika yeAntioquia yakanga yagadza Juan del Corral semutongi, uye del Corral akagamuchira Caldas ndokumugadza kuti agadzire Chikoro cheMasoja uye seMutungamiriri weRifle Factories uye General Injiniya, pamwe nekumupa chinzvimbo cheColonel. Sainjiniya, Caldas aitarisira kuvaka zvivako, mafekitari anogadzira upfu hwepfuti, uye anogadzira zvombo, uyewo kugadzira mari. Akadzidzisawo muAcademy of Engineers muMedellín, muna 1814. Pakati pa1813 na1814, akatarisira nhare dzakapoteredza Rwizi rweCauca uye kuiswa kwefekitari yepfuti nepfuti. Pakupera kwa1814, Nariño akanga akundwa ndokusungwa nekorona yeSpain, uye Bolívar neuto rake vakanga vamanikidza kuzviisa pasi kweCundinamarca kuUnited Provinces. Hurumende yeGeneral yeFederalist, iyo yakanga yaiswa muSantafé, nekutya kunowedzera pamusoro pekugona kweSpanish reconquest
zvichitevera kutanga kwehondo yaMorillo, akabva adaidza Caldas kuti amugadze nekugadzirwa kweChikoro cheMasoja chakafanana, uye kuvaka mabhiriji, makomba, uye masvingo akapoteredza guta. Akatumirwa kuhondo yokuchamhembe uye kunosimbisa migwagwa muQuindío.