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II.
Royal
t;ommenta_rier•
..
fair
an opportunity whereby
to
compafs his defigns ; for that fortune having put
into Ms hands all rhofe whom he intended co kill, as namely the Sons and Bro–
ther of
Atah11a!pa,
the chief Captain
Challc11chima,
with many other Captains and
Lords then prefent, he refolved to execute his bloudy purpofe. To which end
he inviced all the gre-ar Perfons there prefem to a Dinner, that being together
they m!ght treat of affairs, and confider of the way and means how ro fecure
and defend rhemfelves from the
Spaniards
;
he alfo nominated
f2.ei1JifCaoha
for
Vice-king, or
Regent, in the
Kingdom
of
~itu,
daring
the Minority of the
495
eldefl: Son of
Atah11alpa,
who was as yet but an Infant.
.
The Captains and
C11racM
accordingly a!fembled in the Palace of the
Inca,
where many things were propofed, but nothing determined: At length Din–
ner was brought in, which was very fumpmous, having been provided at the
coll: and charge of
&mminavi.
Dinner being ended, and the Meat taken a–
way
1
the Drink was brought
in,
which
they qll
SfJra,
and
in
ocher Tongµes
_
rinnapu,
which
1
as we have faid" is a
fort
of Liqueur forbidden
by
the
Indian
Kings upon
pain
of Death ; for that on a fudden
it
feizes the
fpirits,
and in–
toxicates
in fuch manner, char
fuch
as drink
it
remain ( as
it
were )
dead
tar
fome time, and without fenfe.
Acofta
faith,
thnt
it
inei.sflUJ
mHch
faonn
1han
Wine.
For though of their common liquour they make great quantities,
Yftt
this
immediately intoxicates. So foon as
&r»min11vi
perceived thefe Captains and
Curaca1
befotted, and fiupified
with
chis Liquour,
he
fell
to
his
work,
and
rut
all
cheir throats ; amongfi which was
Chalk11Gbitmt,
~i/liftacha,
and
all the
Sons
and Daughters of
.Atith11Alp11,
not leaving one alive that was capable
t-0
0Pf'Of@
his
defign. And to create a
greater
terrour of himfelf in the minds of the poople
~
for he· pn:tended not co be obeyed for love, but for dread and feat,
h~
llea'd
off
the
Skin of
~illi{cacha,
and therewith covered a Drum , the
Skin of che
head hanging to
it ,
that
fo
like a good &holar and Officer of
his
Maller
Au–
hualpa,
he
m.ighc
appear
~ith
all the. Enflgns, and
matks
of
tyranny and
cruelty.
Ctm1te
nsenttons onely, m
fhort,
th1s
barbarous
Crue1cy.
Petdr
de
Ci'f"
Girh,
that
Francifco Pif1trro
burnt
Cht11lt:11chim11
in
Sacfahuann1t,
but this
Was
not the
Challcuchima
whom we mean, but a Kinfman of his
Df
that
Name
bur of
·
leiS fame and renown. Re alfo adds, that the Genera1
Chalic11c':lima
'was
pre–
fent at
the Death of
At4hualpa,,
and that
he
carried
his
Body
co
~'ltu
as
be–
fore related, and
chat
he was afterwards Murrhered ilim-e
by c
e bind; of
h1S
own
people.
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