The region was explored by the German conquistador Jorge de Espira in 1536. There he encountered several Indian tribes from the
Arawakan and the
Goajiboan language families;
Arauca,
Caquetio,
Lucalia, Girara, Chiricoa,
Cuiba,
Guahibo and
Achagua. The
Girara people lived at the exact location of the modern town (or closest to). Tame was founded by Alonso Pérez de Guzmán on June 12, 1628. He also founded "Espinosa de las Palmas" nearby, for civilian Spaniards. The village was destroyed a few years later by the natives in confrontations in which Pérez de Guzmán and his soldiers were killed by the Girara Indians of Tame in revenge for the slavery treatment. == Geography ==