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Royal
Commentari
J'.
BooK
II.
Rere,
detached
t\\?
Captains of Horfe for the fuccour. and relief of them,
fup–
pofing
th.atthe
Indians
upon fight of the
~orfe
would immediately run, and be
put to
flight, as formerly they had done m
Caf{amarca,
where
they
abandoned
and forfook their King.
So foon
as
the Horfe came
up
to
the
Station of
~i~qHR.
,
he made a feigned retreat
to
certain Rocks and Mountains, where rhe
Horfe could not pa{S, nor doe any fervice, continuing
frill
a defenfive
Fighr
a
5
they
retired, entertaining the
Spaniards
with a SkirrnHh for the
f
pace of thref
hours,
by which
time
cheir
Horfes
became
faint and tired; of
which
the
Indians
raking advantage, fallied forth with
that
whole Body, which
by
the Cornman
and Conduet of
~i:c.qui~
were lodged within the Rocks and Mountains ; and
affailed the
Spaniards
with
fuch
fury,
that they killed.
feventeen of
them;
though
a certain Hiflorian mentions onely five or fix,
befi<:ies fame
that were wounded, ,
and others taken Prifoners, and the refi efcaped by the fwifmefs of their Horfes:
Of
the
lndiam
feventy were fiain ; chofe that were taken, were
Francifco de Cha–
vu,
who
was
one of the Chief Commanders;
Pedro
Gonfalu,
who
was
after–
wards an Inhabitant of
Truxillo, Alonfo
de
Alarcon,
Hernando
de Haro
A fonfo
de
Hojeda,
who fome years afterwards fell
into
fo
deep a melancholy,
that
he loft:
his fenfes and underfianding, and died in
Truxillo;
alfo
Chriftopher de Horouo,
a
Native of
Seville;
{ohn
Dia::G,
a Gentleman of
Portugal,
befides
feveral Others of
le{S
account, whofe
Names
time
hath
abolilhed.
Alonfo de
Alarcon
as taken
by
the fall of his Horfe
with
which his Leg was
broke
fhort off at the
Knee·
and though the bone was afterwards fet
by the
lnaian.r,
who took great care of
him, and of the ochers
who
were
wounded,
yet
he remained lame for eve–
after.
~i:t.qui:c.
having gained
this
advantage, like an experienced Captain, woui.
not
fiay
untill the remainder of the
Spanifh
Forces were come up, but rerreared
with his people towards
Ca[JAmarca,
to
meet with
Tiru
Atauchi,
Brother of tbe
late King, who (as he had
neard)
\\as on
his
march: And
to
CUC
his
way
as
fhort
as he
could, he
paffed
a
great
River,
and then burnt the
Bridge,
becaufe
i
was made of Ofiers, that fo the
Sp1tniards
might not be able to follm
in rhe
purfu·ic of
chem.
Having met with the
Inca Ata11chi,
they both agreed to return
to
Caf[ttm.ttrca,
there co confider of Affairs, and ro creat of thofe things
which
might conduce
to the common good, and
welfare
of the people ; and
Co
accordingly
they
pro–
ceeded.