After the foundation of Nueva Trujillo, and because of the progressive pacification of the Indians, the development of extensive cattle raising, the general interest in evading the taxes of the Crown and the fall in demand for tobacco by the end of the 17th century, the Barinese abandoned the table of Moromoy to populate the savannas around the rivers Santo Domingo, Masparro and Boconó, establishing their herds there and arriving to form important towns, such as Sabaneta, Barrancas and Obispos.