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BooK
II.
Royal
Commentaries.
t
HA
.P.
xx.
Almagro
enters
Chili
with the great detriment of his
Anny
;
hut is
well
received
by
the
People of the
Inca!'
M .
Atcers being defigned,. as before related,
!1Jm_agro.
departed fro1!1
Co::-co
about
the
beginning of the Year
1
>
3
>,
carrymg m
his company with
him
P
1111/iu
the Brother of
Manco Inca,
of whom we have formerly made mention; as
alfo
the High Priefi, which was as yet maintained
in
Honour, called
Vi/lac Omu
by
the
Jndian1
but by the
Spaniard.I
Pi/ta
Omt1.
He was alfo accompanied with ma-
ny
Indian
Nobles, and many of the common
fort, '
who carried
Arms
and Baggage
to
the number of
1 5000
Men;
all
which were fent by the Command of
Manco
Jnca,
who imagined? that fuch Services
as
thefe would oblige the
Spaniards,
and
ni common Gratirude engage them to
~furrender
his
Kingdom to him. On this
expettacion he enjoined his Brother, and the High Priefi: to attend the
PiracochM,
whereby
the
Indians
were much more ready to honour and
do~
themService. Bllt
in
the Relation of this pafiage, Hifiorians mifiake
in
not rightly timing matters, fay..
ing~
That the
Inca
gave Infi:ruttions to
his
Brother to
kill
Almagro
in
theCh11rc1U,
or
in
fame ocher convenient place. But this was afterwards cerillied, when the
Inca
perceived chat the
Spaniard.!
never intended to refiore
him to his
Kingdom, as we
iliall relate
in
its due place. But
as
to the prefent
1\.ffair,
S11avedra,
who led the
Van before, came to the
CharcM,
which is about two hundred Leagues diftant
from
Couo,
without the leaft misfortune,
or
unhappy accident by the way, wor·
thy
the notice;
for
the
Indians
received them with all amicable and kind Treat•
menr
in
every place where they
came.
It
was
his
fortune to meet
in
the
Charc1t1
with
Gahriel
de
RojM,
fent thither by Marquifs
Pifarro,
with
a
force of about
fevency Men , the which
Sa11vedra
would have tal{en without jufi: reafon , for
fince the Vice
of
Difcord could not find entrance into the peaceable Minds
of
the
Indians,
it
would make
its
way into the Humour of the
Spaniard.r,
to put
all
into Flame and Combullion; but
Gabriel
de
RojM
having information hereof;
took
another way to the
City
of
los
Reye.r,
and
fo
.wifely avoided the Plot
in–
tended againfi him; but the moft part of
his
Souldiers joined with
Almagro
in
his ·
Enterprili againfr
Chili.
In
like
manner
Almagro
came to the
CharcM
,
without . ·
any Accident which befell him
on
the way worthy
~he
notice: And now to·
proceed
in
his
March, he caufed every thing that was neceffary to be provided,
and becaufe the Journey was
a
much nearer cut over Mountains, than by the Sea–
Coafr,
he refolved to take that way,
and
though
Paull#,
and
Pi/lac Vmu
infor–
med him, that the way over the famous Mountain of the
Cordillera
was not
paffable, by reafon of the Snows, but at a certain feafon of the Year, yet he
would give no credence to their Words, but told them , that the Countrey
of
Peru
was
to
yield, and be obedient
co
the Difcoverers and Conquerours of'
it,
and that the very Elements, the Region, and Climates, and Heaven
it
felf
was
to become propitious, and favourable to their befigns, as
it
had hitherto
been.
With
this
Refolution
Almagro
departed from
the
CharcM,
and
proceeded on
his
Journey
~y w~y
of the .Mountains; for being lealous, that
i:aullu
did not faith–
fully
advife
him, he
flighted the Counfel which he had given him; but
they
had
not
pa~d
many
days J
oum~y
through the Mountains, before they began
to
r~pent
of
~he
Way
they had
taken,
by reafon
of
the many Difficulties
fufiamed therem. The
full:
that lead the Way, being not able
co
pafs by rea–
f
on of the Depths of Snow, were forced -to throw it afide with cheir Hands
an~
Arms,. which was the
~aufe
that they made !bore Days Journies. At
lengrh
therr
Prov1fions began to
fail,
by
reafon that they were
in
the W ay three times
Y
y y
longer