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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
II.
formerly,
to
prevent furprize, met fome Encounters on the way, with certain
C~ptains
of
4tahua!pa
of final! _note, who hearing of the Imprifonrn
nt
of their
illg, had ra1fed fome people m a confufed manner ; and being but few in num–
ber,
we~e
fled
to
r~e
Mountains, to guard fome
Paffes
on the Rocks and Precipi–
ces,
~
hich were difficult
to
take. And though they had been informed of the
Death of
Atahualpa,
yet
they Disbanded not their people in expectation of Sum–
mons from fome of the next of Bloud, who mignc requite their affifience to re–
venge the Murther of their King: For which reafon feveral fmall Companies were
fcanered over the Countrey without Chief or Commander to Marfhal or Con–
dutt them, \ hich had they been united together
to
guard and defend thofe diffi–
cult Paifes, might have done the
Spaniards
great mifchiet: With this fort of Soul–
dier
Sebaftian
de
Belalca~ar
had feveral flight Skirmifbe , but they quickly deferred
the
Fight~
and gave over before much hu:r was done; onely
Cupay
Yupanqui,
which
is a mucn as
to
fay,
Yupanqu;
the D vil
fought
very ft:outly, having killed five
sp~niards
and wounded
fourteen ,
and might have cut them all to pieces, had he
been fopplied with force fufficient.
Lope~
de
Gomara,
who was one of his Catho–
lick .ivfajefiy's Chaplain ,
riting
Gf
thefe kirmifhes in the
1
:z.8th Chapter of his
Book, call him Captain
Zopo Copagui;
and
Auguftin Garate,
who \ as the Empe–
rour's Accoomanr, in the
1
oth Chapter of his fecond Book, names him
Capa Co–
pagui,
\
hich comes nearefl:
to
the true word; but to give him
his
true Name, we
mufi call him
C11mac
Yupanqui,
which fignifies the handfome
Yupanqui,
becaufe that
\ hen thi
l11dian
as young, h wa of comely features, and of a well fhaped and
proponioned body ; for the \ ·ord
C11mac,
as we have memioned in the Poetry
ufed
y
the
lncM,
fignifies hand ome or beautiful!.
He was a natural Son of one of the Royal Bloud, his Mother was of the King–
dom of
f2.!!it1t;
he
as
bred
up\ ith
Atahualpa;
and for hi
kilfu1nef5
in
Martial
affair , merited the honour to be one of his Captains. Afcer that
Atahualpa
had
taken his Brother
H11afcar
Prifoner, and committed many crueltie ; this Man was
a
chief infl:rument in the execution of all his bloudy praetices, and invented many
exquifite tonneots
to
be inflieted on the Enemies of his Mafl:er, which could ne–
ver enter into the head of the King , or any others to perform ; following herein
the cufl:ome of wicked Servants,
ho having neither the fear of God, gor the
!hame
f
the World before their eyes, perpetrate all
illanies
to
gain the good
1
ill
and
fav ur of their Mailers;
for '
hich
rea!On
the
Captains and ervanrs of
Atah11alpa
oHferving hi cruel and diabolical nature, changed his Sir-name of
Cmnac
into that of
CupaJ,
which fignifies the De
il.
Thi
I ndian
after he had made fome
little op ofitio againfl:
Sebaftian
de
Belalca9ar,
and done him what hurt he\\ as able,
retired
int
{(me obfcure places unkno n both to
Indians
and
SpaniardJ.
How–
{( ever
it
is
believed,. that being abhorred by the
Indians
for his wicked practices,
and
li ing
in
fear
of
rhe
Spaniart&,
not
daring to cohabit with his
own people, nor
cruft himfi lf \ ith
Stra~gers,
he fled to the craggy and "' ild Mountains of the
An–
ti.r,
there
t
live and affociate with Tygers and Serpents, in fuch manner as other
Captain hi Companions had done.
r m this Em rprize
Belalcafar
proceeded, and came to
.f2..t!Jtt!,
there
to
give a
ft:op to the
ruelties of
Rumminavi,
and to punifh him ;
Rnmminavi
(as we have
faid) fallied forth
to
meet and skirmifh with him ; but in all Encounters, the
ln–
dia11J,
who were few in number, and
ill
difciplined, were worfied ·without almofl:
any damage to the
Spaniards.
For this Captain, by reafon of the many cruelties
be bad xecured on his own people, having Murthered his fellow Souldiers,
with the Brother and ons of his own King, and buried
the
Select Virgins alive
ithout any reafon or jufiice, he became fo hated and detefl:ed
by
the
Indians>
that none would appear on hi fide againfi che
Spaniard!,
though
he pretended to
1
revenge the Death of their
King
Atahualpa.
Thus not being able to make head
againft
Atahualpa,
he retired with melancholy and defpair into the Mountains ;
the which place, according
to
chefe Examples, became alfo a refuge to fome
Spa–
niards,
as we fhall
hereafter declare.
CH AP.