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proceeding fonvards to
Tt1mpi:c,
he overtook another party of
Spaniard1
""ho
be–
in~
mO\ ed
~· ith
the re ort and fame of .the mi_ghty Riches of
Peru,
~ame
from
J.
1caragua
to that Coumrey ; the1r Capta1hs, or Leaders, were
Scbaftian de Belalca–
f
t:r,
and
{ohn
Fernandez.
j
\
ith
hich happy rencounter
Pifarro
was highly pleafed
by reafon that hi mvn numbers were
efie~med ~nfufficient
for that Conquefi'
cbajlian
de
Bela/cacar
\Vas
y
the Name of h1s Family pro erly called
MOJano
but
he rather h
[e
t
~ take
hi Appellation from his Councrey
j
he was a Twin of
thr e that is,
tw
Sons and one Daughter, born
at
the fame Birth:
His
Brorher
n
as called
F"1vian Garcia Mf!Jano
and his
ifier
Anaftajitt
j
they were both valiant and
ourageou , as was their eld r Brother, and e[pecially the
ifier. This Relation I
received from a
riar of the Order of t.
Francu,
who himfelf was a Native of
Be–
/,i!cacar ,
and \ as \Yell acquainted \'\ ith the \ rhole Family of
Seba.ftian de Belalcafttr
The
v
hich
Relation th'
riar the more willinglygave me becaufe
he
knew tha;
I
\\as Writing thi Hifrory
wherein I
\.\as glad to relate the extraordinary
Birth
of
thi famous ouldier.
.
CH AP.
·xv1.
The
Spaniards
makg themfelves Mafler
of
Tumpiz,
an<l
'
the lfland
of
Puna.
D
on
Francifco Picar/o
being well recruited with
Spanijh
Souldiers, adventured
on the Conquell: of
Puna,
where Fame would have
it,
that there
~as
much
Gold and
ilver, and great Riches; to this Hland, '' hich was twelve Leagues
with–
in the Sea, they paffed over on Floats with great hazard; and being arrived
oo
the Land, they had many Battels with the Natives, who killed
four
Spaniard.t,
and wounded divers others, amongfl: which was
Hermmdo Pir_arro,
'
ho received
a
hurt on
his
Knee; but the
Spaniards
prevailed with great ilaughter on che
Indi–
ans
;
and with that Vietory gained great fpoils of Gold, Silver, and Cloths,
which
they immediately divided amongfi chemfelves; before the people which
Hernando
de
Soto
brought from
Nicarag111t,
could come up
to
them , for he had been difpat–
ched from that place by
Alma._~ro
to carry uccour of Men and Horfe to
Pifarro:
Of\\
hich
booty
oto
having received ad ice, he made fuch hafie, that he arrived
with them at the time
hen they were removing their
Camp
thence.
Pifarro
be–
ing re-inforced with thefe fopplies, thought himfelf {hon enough to advencure
on
Tumpi<:-;
and
firfl:
to ingratiate himfelf with the Inhabitants, he
fent
them by
the
hands of three
Spaniards,
in
quality of Ambaffadour , a Prefent
of fix hundred
of
their O\Vn
ountreymen, whom he had taken Captives
in
the ICTand of
Puna,
in
expeB:atioo by fuch :in atonement and piec,:e of generofity
to
gain peace and friend–
!hip with
them~
hoping that thofe people, in gratitude for their liberty) and kind
treatment) would have given
[o
kind a report of them , as might have induced
chem to
a
commerce, and good underfianding: But this ungrarefuJl people
find–
ing themfelves amongft their O\ n Friend , altered the report which formerly
they
had promifed to give, and reprefented
the
Spaniards
as covetous and thirfiy
afcer
Gold and
Sil
er
7
and more
to
incenfe their Countreymen, they reported them
ro
be lafcivious Adulterers, and fuch as would defile their Wives and Daughters.
The people of
Tumpi:c
being
ill
affetl:ed, and prepo!fclfed
with
chi evil
re~orr,
did prefendy, and without
fo
much a
hearin_g the three
pttniards
(peak ,
dehv~r
them into the hands of their Execucioners, who having
uc
them to deacb.)
facn–
ficed them with fury and ra e
to
their God : the which
tory
i
confirmed
by
Gomara,
and
A ugujline
de
c~rate
j
bur
Bl1u
Valera
who wa
a
very credible Au–
thour, fays, that it
was
onely con jeCl:ured, and belie
ed
to
be
fo, becaufe chei
never appeared more.
But
the G \ ernour of chat Coumrey
fc
ith That one
~
rhe1e