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VII.
Royal
Commentaries.
c
HAP.
·XX.
Of the cruel Battel between the
Incas
and
other
Nation5·,
and of the
firfl
Spaniard
who difcovered
Chili
.
!
T
HE day following, both Armies railing their Camps, put
themfel~es
in or9er
ofBattel and began the
fight
with great Courage and Refolunon, which
continued that
~hole
day with fuch equality of Fortune, that
it
coul.d not be dif–
cerned to which pare the Vietory mofi: inclined; many were flain and
wounde~
on both fides, untill the night divided them, and ca!-lfed them
to
retreat to their
fever~!
Q!.arters. The fecond and third days were alike bloudy, one party conten–
ding for Lioerty, and the other for Honour. The fourth day both
fid~ wer~
drawn
, up
in
their Camp, expetting which fuould make the attempt; and m this order
tliey continued for the fpace of two days after, and then they bot?_drew off, each
fide fufpecting that the ocher had fent for more Succours, requmng fpeedy Re–
cruits.
The
P
urumaucans,
and their Allies, thought that they had gained Credit
enough, in being able to withfrand the invincible Power of the
JncM
,
and with
this Reputation they returned to their own Countries, proclaiming Vietory and
Triumph
in
all parts where they
pa~d.
The
InctU,
after due and mature confideration, thought it not convenient to
purfue after the Enemy, but ather give way
to
th ir befl:ial Fury for a time
1
howfoever the Debates hereupon were divers, fame
Vi
ere for purfuing the Ene–
my, umill they had entirely fubdued them; but others of a more moderate rem..J
per, \x.1ere for following the. mild and gentle Principles of the
Incas ,
not being
over forward in the utter defi:ruction of their Enemies. At length it
tr
as agreed
and concluded, ·that chey fuould preferve that which they had already gained.,
making the River
Maulli
the utmofr limit and bound of their Frontiers, unrill
foch time as they iliould receive new Orders and Infl:ruttions from the
Inca.
Of
all which the King
Yupanqui
being advifed, gave direetions,
th
t
they
{hould
give a fiop to the farther progreffion of their Conquefis , and attend to the im–
provement and cultivating of the Lands and Poffeffions they had gained ,
~
ith
particular refpeet
to
the eafe and benefit of the new Subjetts
1
that fo th@ neigh–
bouring people being allured by this good treatment might offer themfelves to be–
come Vaifals to the
Inca;
and in cafe the Nature of this people fhould be fo dull
and fiupid, as not to obferve and difiinguifh between the happinefs of an impro–
ved Life, and their own Beftialiries, that then the lofs would be theirs, and re..
dC?und
~ore
to their own hurt, than to the prejudice of the
IncM.
In
compliance
w1t_h thIS Command from the King, they defifted from farther profecurion of
their Conquell:s in
Chili,
making the River
Mau/Ii
the ultimate bounds of their
Empire, which they fortified with Cafl:les, and firong Garifons; fo that now
their bufmefs was
to
adminifter
J
ufiice, and improve the Incomes of the Sun; all
~hich
was performed with great refpeet to the benefit of the Subjeets, who fin–
ding themfelves obliged by fuch kind treatment, did with great Zeal and Affeet:ion
~~brace th~ G~:wernrnent
of
thelncM,
and comply with their Laws, Rites and Re–
ligion, contmumg conll:am
in
them, untill fuch time as the
Spaniards
became Ma–
fl:ers of thei r Countrey.
T_he firll:
-?Paniard
that difcovered
Chili,
was
Don Diego de Almagro;
bur he did
but
JUfi
fee
it,
and afterwards return to
Peru,
having fufl:ained innumerable labours,
and. endured
~reat
fatigues both
in
his journeV thither, and in his return; the
which
ent~rpnfe
wa
t_h~
cau_fe of_ the gei;ieral Revolt of all
Pm1,
and rhe original
of that D1fcord and civil D1ffennon
VI.
hich happened afterwards between thofe
two Governours,. and of the Death of the faid
Almagro,
being taken Prifoner at
~e
Bartel of
SalmM?
and alfo of the Death of the Marquifs
D.
Francifco
de
'
Pzfarro.,
and of
D. Dsego de Almagro,
who was born of
Spanifo
and
Indian
Bloud,
and who comITlanded in the Fight, called the Battel of
ChupM.
Of
all
\,·hich \\
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0
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fhall