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VII.
Royal
Commenta~ies.
•
that in that Countrey there was none, .hut
t~t
at the Head of that
Rive~ w~s
great abundance. from whence the
Spamard.t
give the Name of Plate to that Ri–
ver, though the;e be n_o
~ilver
Mines arifing
in
that.Counrrer
~
towards the
mouth of that River which
1s
efteemed
fo
fc
us,
that
it hath gamed the renown
J
of the fecond great River in the World afce
e
Orellana.
The River of Plate
is
called in the
Indian
Tongue
Parahuay,
th?ugh the great
River above
(if
chat be
it
which joins
wi~h
the River of Place)
lS
nan:ie~
A"!a....
rumoyq,
all rhe other five Streams loling their proper Names, when
th~y
JOIO
wuh
this.
Mt!Yu
fignifies a River, and
Amaru
are thofe great Serpents. which are nou–
riJhed
in
chofe Countries, of fuch bignefs as we have before defcnbed, forafmuch
as rhefe Serpents being compared with leifer Snakes, do much exceed chem, fo
doth chat River furpafs the Brooks and leffer Streams.
·C HAP.
XIV.
.
'
The
Succe/fes
of
the
Expeditio1l
into
Mufu,
itntill
the end
of
it.
I
T being
im~ffible
to find a way into
Mu.fa,over the inacceffible Mountains,
and through the Lakes and Bogs; th
e King
Yup/mqui
refolved
to
follow the.
courfe of the River, though as
yet
not known, or difcovered; in purfuance of
which, Order was given
to
cut down Timber, and
ma~e Boat~,.
or Floats, for
tranfporting ten thoufand Men, with Provifion fufficient for them, the which
'
were two years
in
preparing;
all
which being built; and made ready, and the .
Souldiers raifed and armed, and the Vietuals and Am1nunition provided, and the
General and Officers named, all which were
InctU
of the Royal Bloud, they em- ·
barked in their Boats, made capable to carry thirty, or
forty,
or fifty .Men a piece.
Their Provilions they laid in the middle of the Boats, raifed about half a yard
from the bottom, to keep them from wet. With this force and preparations
they fculled down the Stream , and in their paffage had many difficult Rencoun...
ters, and Battails with the Natives of
Chunchu,
who inhabit on the :&anks on one
fide, and the other of that River, a!fembled in great numbers both upon the W a–
ter, and on rhe Land, co interrupt their paffage. The offenftve Arms ufed by
that People of
Anti1,
were Bows and Arrows: Their Faces, and Arms, and
Legs were painted over red, and their Bodies with various colours, for the Couc–
trey being hot, they went always naked,, with a clout onely before their Privities;
with Caps on their Heads, made up witn the Feathers ofParrots, and
GuacamayM.
In
conclufton, after many Skirmifhes and 'Treaties between one and the other
Party, the feveral Nations and Inhabitants on the Banks of this River, were all
reduced to the Obedience and Service of the
Inca
;
and in acknowledgment of
fuch fubmiffion and Va!falage , fent Prefents to the King
Yupanqui
of Parrots ,
Monkies, Drills, Honey, Wax, and other Fruits which their Countrey yielded.
Thefe Prefents were confl:antly made untill the death of
Tupac Amaru,
who was
the.laf\: of the
IncM;,
his Head being cut off by
Francifco de Toledo,
Vice-king-of the
Indie.r,
as we fhall hereafter more largely declare in the Lives and Succeffions of
thofe Ki.ngs: Many of thofe
Jndian.r
who were ordered to bring their Prefents to
the
lnca.r,
did afterwards, , by conceffion from them, plant themfelves near unto
Tono,
a place about twenty fix Leagues difl:ant from
Co~co
where their Generation
hath remained
.to
this day. The Natives on the fide of the River, commonly cal–
led
Chunchu,
hem~
thus reduced to the fervice of the
Inca;
they proceeded forwards
to
other Countries and Nations untill they came to the Province of
Mufu,
inhabi·
ted by a numer.ous and warlike Nation, having all thin_gs plenrifull of their own
produet, and
d1ftant
about two hundred Leagues from the
City
of
Couo.
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