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Royal Commentaries.
, BooK
l.
Hernando de Soto,
and
Peter de! Barco,
with the four other
Spaniards,
were
by
or–
der
of
the
Inca
carried in Hammacks upon Mens {boulders for their more conve–
nience and expedition.
ow a Hammack
is
a word ufud by the
Indians
in
the Ifie
of
Bar/(JVento,
and
Ggnifies a
Net made of the Leaves of
a
Palm, or of other Trees
which
in
rhofe
hot Countries
is
much more cool than thofe made of Cotton
r
..
\~
hich are ufed by the poorer and meaner
fort
of people
:
Thefe Hammacks
ar~
hang.~
at
the four
corners with Ropes about a Yard from the ground,
and
are
much more cool than lodging upon Qy_ilts.
In imitation hereof, the
Indians
of
Peru
did ufe to
fc
fien
a
Blanket at botn ends to
a
Staff of about three
or four
Yard long
7
on \
hich
he that
was
to ride
PqO: laid
and frretched himfelf
at
length,
fo
that
t~e
Bearers feemed
to
carry
a
dead Corpfe
:
This
Blanket
was
fupporred
by two
I ndians,
who changed with others after
a
certain diftance of travel,
for
twenty
of them bemg defigned perhaps to
carry
one Man, they often relieved one
the other ; and coming to
a
certain Stage, or Pofr, they found as many
others
read¥ to
eaf~
and difcharge them of their burthen ;
which
was the way and man-
ner of the
f ndian
Polls~
This
fort of BJe're on
wh~ch
Men
are thus carried,
is
called
H11antu,
or
~ame.~
called
by
the
Spaniards H ttrf¥c1t,
being like their
Cama
wh1ch
figoifies
a
Bed.'
,
In
this
manner thefe two courageous
Spaniardt,
Hernando
de
Soto.,
and
Peter de!
Barco,
trav
elledthe dillance of two hundred Leagues, which
is
between
Caffe–
mttrca
anq
Caz.co,\.\
ith more fecurity and better treatment than they could have
found
in
t
heir own Couotrey: In like manner che other four were received
and
careifed in all places where they paifed, and with fuch welcome joy, and
hearty
entertainment,
as was
incredible, and which the
Spaniards,
when
they returned,
had fcarce
the
confid€nce to relate
unto
their companions.
.
C .
HAP.
XXIX~
The Travels of
Hernando
Pi~arro
to
Pachacamac,
and
of what befell hhn in that
Journey.
S
Oon
after the departure of
Hemando
de Soto,
and
Peter del
Barco,
Henumdo
Pi~
£arro
·ng moved\ ith the fame of the vafr Riches of
Pachar:amac,
refolved
to
vHit that Temple; but not knowing what might happen in this Journey, he
took with him a party of Horfe for hi better fecurity and convoy : The
Spaniards
"n
this Jou ney travelling one day over
a
certain Mountain, difcovered from
the
tc
o
it
on the 1de of
other
Hill,
fomething that glifiered with
a brighmelS
lu<e
Gold, and the
ays
of
the
Sun darting upon it, almofr blinded the
eyes
of the
BehOJ
,... s.
The
Spaniards
roceeded to ar
s
it
with
great admiration,
and be-
in
c
1
1
ear,
they
perc
0
•
·
ed
it
to
be
a
heap of Pots, and
Jars,
and
Kettles, and
a , an
·ke UcenG! rn de of Gola
at
d ilver, which the Brother of
A-
tdhrudpa,
c
l
~il!tfcacha
(
vhom
y·
have already mentioned) had
amaffed
to-
erher
cowards
a
e
of the
Inca'
Ra fame ,
being
to
the value of
ewe>
Milli–
ons:,
t
10
h
fame
·
_ ·...
re
orr,
rhat all did not amount, in the whole,
un~o
mor tha
t
.lree hundred tho
a
J
·eces of Eight
:
but this mufl: be fame errour m
the.ace
UO , S
We
fi1all
fee e eafte , \ . en \.Ve Come tO reckon Up the feveral parti–
cu1ats;
o foever
the Moun
in
feer .
d to
1ioe \
·ith Gold, becaufe the
Jndia1
11,
, h
c
i
thofe
Ve 1
he
·
~
had
aid
them
own
to
eafe,
and reft
che~-
fi
1
fo
ile, and
a o
~ pread
there\
·ith
all the way
upv~ards.
This
mlti
e I recei e
my
own
unrrey from the mouth of one who was then
refen , and the fame ' -:as
aftei
vards confirmed
to
me
in
Spain
by
t11at
worthy
nt
et a
JJ>on Qravs
Pif
tt
ro,
o \\as an
Offi
er of the Inquilition at
Cordovad;
an