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VIII
Having paifed this people of
Pia.r,
the Army proceeded in
its
march ; and be–
ing come to a certain opening, or breach of the fnowy Mountain, called
Chirmac~
cajfa,
\
hich
fi
ifies the dangerous Gate, becau[e
it
had een fatal to many peo–
ple,
who
paffed
t
t
\~ay,
the
Inca
made a detachment of
300
Men, which like
a forlorn Ho
e,
receding the Army
.deusn
of di(covery, were
on a fudden
o er-whelmed
\\Hh
the fall of a Mountain of Snow, m which
perifhed not
one
Man efcaping. By reafon of this
mi
fortune, the
Inca
could not
pa[s
f~r
fe–
veral days, which gave occafion
to
rhe
Chachapuyas
t
read a ·re ort through all
their Countrey,
that
the
Incas
terrified with the late uu
py
accident, were
reti–
red, and fled
to
their o ' n Countrey.
The Snows being in a manner thawed, the
Inca
purfued his Conquefr, and
with
much difficulty ga· ed fiep·
by
fiep all the Countrey, as far as
Cuntur
Marc
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' hie
a
confiderable people inhabits ;
paffing
by others on each hand of the
way
by reafon that the
p
fiages to
t
em were obllrueted, and difficult, and the
Native~
not worth the I Lour a
charge ofa Conquell. But the people of
Cuntur Marca
made great refift nee
f<
ght aliantly, and continu
ed the War for many
aays.
But whereas the
p
er of the
Inca
was at that time
invincib.le, and that nothing
could he oppofed
ffi.cient to\
1
ithfiand it, the
Chacha
.r being over-powered by the
Nu
ber
which
affa· Ied
t
em,
ere forced
to
yield,
and
fi
tb
mit themfelves at dif–
cre io
~ the
I nca,
Y\
ho, accor ing
to
his
cu~ome,
received
them.tomercy and
pardon ; and
that
he might quiet and fatisfie their minds
wit
h confidence of
his
Clemency,
and
might
by th
ir
example invite and allure others to the like fub–
jecHon , he created them
wi
h kind entertainment, bellowing favours, and his
b
neficence upon them.
The
lnca
having fettled his
Minillers
and Officers neceffary for the
Efiablllh–
ment of
affairs,
he proceeded forward, taking in all the Forts and il:rong places
in
t
e way before I ·m, which now yielded without much bloud or oppofition,
following the example of
Cuntur
Marca :
Eight Leagues fiom which is another peo–
ple _
.~
1
ed
Ca/Ta Marquilla,
who defended themfelves within their Rocks and Moun–
tains
:
or
thefe
being naturally warlike and
fierce,
adventured
to
try the force of
the
Incas
in many
engagements ;
but at length thefe
Chach~s
having proved their
irrefillible power, and
confidering
that
die
greateft part
of
their
Province
had
fubmicted to
the
Inca,
they
thought
it
heft
for them to follow the fame example
and yield alfo.
.
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