Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: However , soon this town was abandoned and the people moved to the east and in 1578 a new town was founded with the TaÃ no name of the region , BayajÃ .
Simplified: But soon this town was abandoned and the people moved to the east , founding in 1578 a new town with the TaÃ no name of the region : BayajÃ .