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dellroy him , hich had been avoided,
had
there been a true and
fight
under–
ftanding of
m~tters
between them; but the. Devil, who always delights
in
J?iC.
cord and Mifchiefs, had by his Artifice contrived
to
preve~t
the
~rue
Information,
that
[o
matters proceeding to Bloud and
Tyrann~,
the
lndutns
m1ghc
b~
poffeffed
wiEh a ftnifrer and prejudicial efteem of the
Spamards,
and of the Chrilhan Doc-
trine they profeffed
to
propagate.
. ,
.
CH AP.
XIV.
Three Battels between the
Indians
and the
Spaniards ;
and
of the
NzaJfher
of the
Staino
Q
Vi:t.qui~
obferving the hafie which the
Spaniards
m~de
towards
hitn,
did ima–
gine that their Defign was to engage him to fight, and therefore
r~ting
too late of his Security and Negleet, and being mad, and ailiamed for his
Folly
and fiupidity, he retreated as well as he could, unto the top of a craggy and rag–
ged Mountain, which was unpaifable, and inacceffible for Horfes, where he fe–
cured his Women and ufelefs People; and
in
the mean time,
to
amnfe and em–
ploy the
Spaniard1,
he fent a certain Captain, whom the
Spaniard.1
call
Guaypa/con,
though his proper Name was
Huaypal!ca,
the fignification of which I do not well
underfiand, becaufe
it
is
a word of the Language of
~itu;
but this Perfon, as
we faid, was fent with Commiffion to raife what Forces he was able to op_J?ofe
the
Spaniards,
and having gathered Come numbers together, he durft not affault
A lvarado,
fearing the great Body of his Horfe, which drew themfelves up
on fuch Ground, where they might be moft ferviceable, and not . fight up–
on a difadvanrage. Howfoever he found an opportunity to engage
Almagro
~
who,
to
encompafs
f2.!!.ifquiz:.
between him and
AlVltrado,
was mounted with
his Horfe to fuch a craggy and afperous part of a mountain , that he was
in
danger of being entirely loft and defeated , as
Car1ite
confirms by thefe Words:
cc
HuaJpa!con,
fays he, with
his
Souldiers, went to engage
A lmagro,
who, with his
" Horfe, was got up
to
the ridge of a Mountain, the afcent unto which was
fo
cc
fieep, that they mounted by turnings and windings, and had wearied and tired
" all their Horfes; and befides , the
Indians
threw down from the top mighty
'' great Stones, called
Galgas,
which tumbling five or fix furlongs down, ' carried
u
thirty or forty more before them, and thefe drove innumerable others, before
'' they came
to
the bottome. Thus far are the Words of
Carate,
the which are
confirmed in like manner by
Gomara,
as we !hall fee hereafter.
Afmagro
was greatly incommoded
by
the fall of thefe Rocks which killed both
his Men and Horfe, and he hirnfelf alfo was in great danger of his Life, co avoid
which, he was forced to take another
way
lefs rugged, that
fo
he might be ena–
bled the better
to
come at
Huaypallca,
who fearing
to
fall between the two
Com–
manders, retreated to the fafeguard of a fieep and craggy Mountain , by
help
of
' hich he.valiantly defended himfelf untill night;
~or
in
fuch inacceffible places as
thofe>neither the Horfe nor Foot could be ofService; and the
Indians
had
afeat
advantage of the
Viracochas,
or
Spa11iard1,
who were laden with Armour an
of-
enfive
W
el
pons. The night being come,
Huaypal!ca,
by help of the darknefs re–
treated \:·ith
his
~ould_iers
into more
fall:
and
fecureplaces. The Day following
the
Span_1ards
fell m with the Rere-guard of
~i
:uJ.ui~,
who not dreaming of
War
or fighung, marched with their Army divide
d intotwo Bands at leafr fifteen
Leagues dHlant one from the other; as is reported by
Carate
in
tf1e 12th Chapter
~f hi~
2d
Book, and in
th~
fame
C~apter
he hath thefe Words following. "
Don
"
Dug_o,
and
D. P:dro
rallied all therr Forces together, and the
Indians,
by the ob-
fcunty of the night, efcaped, and \Vent to join themfelves with
.f)pi~uiz:.
and
'
the
3000
Indi1tm,
who taking their way .by the Left-haad, cut
off
die
He~ds
of
.
U
u u
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