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longer than they expeCl:ed; but their greatell: inconvenience was the Extremity of
old; for, according t
the Defcription of Cofmographer
the Top of
that
fnO\vy
ountain reache
a
high a the middle Region of the
Air ;
the which
being
e
tremely cold, and the ground covered
ith now, and the eafon of the
ear
b
ing
ab
ut
th
time of our Midfummer, when the Days are
at the
iliorteft
it froze
f<
.
ceffiv
ly,
that
pamarth,
>1egroes,
and
Jnd111111,
and many Horfes were
froz n
to
eath. The oor
JndiAns
fufkred moll, being ill/rovided
with
warm
m nc ,
fo
that ten thoufand of the fifteen thoufan
lndian1
dyed
with
the
o d ; nor did the
)jttniards
e[ca
e, " ho were better clothed , for
of
them
. alfo
one hundred and fifty dyed ; and
fo cruel
and fevere
was
the Frofr,
that
their
inge
and
o
were
fo
benumbed , that they were infenGbJe of che
fr
zin
thereof, uncill they rotted off from their Hands and Feet.
I
was
ac–
qu
int
'\
ith one of there erfons
>
called
'lerommo C11ftilla
1
born at
Camara,
of
as g d
a
mily
as
any
i
in
that
iry. Many of them loft their baggage,
not
by
iolenc of n nemy,
ecaufe there
was
none in thofe pares
to
oppofe
them,
ut ' ere forced
to
relinquifh and lea e them, the
Indians
being
dead
ho arried their urthe
.
In
fine, afcer
a
tediou Journey the
pttHiard1
pa!fed the Mountain ,
haraffect
and tired '' ith their
Tr
vels and Labour, and b
ing
come to the other fide,
infiead of
nemies they
fell
into the Hands of rhe
Indians,
ho
were
their
t
1en
, and
'~ho
recei ed chem
as
kindly, and treated them
as well a
if
they
had
e n their
oun ey-Men, and of their
O\ ' O
Bloud;
for
they being
In–
h
bi am of
CopaJaJm,
and ubje& of the
lnC1t,
did, in refpeet to
PaHll11
ln~11,
and
the
High Prieft,
afi and entertain the
~ani.irds
with
all the plenty and
va–
riety of
uriofiti
which
rheir
ounrrey could afford. And rnoft happy
was
it
fc
r the
Sp,1mard.J
for had the
Indi1mJ
proved
nemies, and not rlends, and
taken them unpro
ided~
and at that
ad
amage they might
all
hav
peri{hed,
and
not one e[caped.
.
uring
t
e time that the
Vtr11cochtU
refr fhed themfelves,
after
their
lace
Suf–
ferin
and
bours,
hi h
ere greater than can
be
exprdled.
Pa11011 Inca"
and
h·
infm n
illac
VmH,
entertained Difconrfe
1
ith
the Captains and
C1trttctt4
of the mpire, and ga e them to underftand
all
that pa{fed
in
Peru,
relating
to
the
t
ry
of
HHafoar Inc
,
and
Atam111!ea;
and how the
paniard1
put him to
De
th in
e enge of the Murther
he
h
d
omrnitted on
his King,
and
all
his
·amily , that at
refent the Prince
M11nco Inca,
the lawfull Heir,
as
in
their
Hand and
ufiody, and created by them wich all imaginable Refpect and Ho·
nour, and
·ith
romif
es
of being reHored unto his Empire, and to the
Height
and
randeur
f
jelly;
in expeetation of
hich.,
all
Indians
were obliged
to
affill and ferve them , the
b
teer
to
engage them unto a p rformance
of
their
I r
ni
e to the
Inca:
And farther, they informed them, that thefe ' ere Men
d
fcended from
their
ather the
un, and for
that
Reafon they
ca
d them
b1c,u,
and
\ ·ned chem for
indred and Relacion , ' ith the Name of their
d
Vtracocha.
And in regard their General \
as
Bracher and
Alfo
iate
itlt
him,
char
refided at
Cov:o,
the ervices and Kindneff
es
which were iliewed
to
one, \ ·ould be accepted by the other; and that the greac
ft
Prefents, and
befl:
reatment, that could be given them, would be
much
Gold, and
ilver,
and
pretiou
on , for they loved thofe thing very much ; and fince their
C9W1-
trey yielded nothing befides Gold, they
ould doe
w
11
to gather as
rnud1
of
it, a rhey could, and prefent
it
to
the
Spaniard1,
ho would not onely kindly
accept it, but the
rince
Manco
I11ca
would
lik
ife ell:eem himfe]f
very
well
fer ed by chofe Gifts.
Upon this Inform4tion the
Jndian1
of
Copayapu
were infinit
ly
rejoiced
with
the
Hope co
fee their
Inca
reftored
to
h.
Empire,
fo
that the fame day rhey
ama!fed together above the value of two hundred thoufand Ducats,
in
Velfels
of
Gold,
the whicb having
been
defigned
for
the accull:omary Prefems
which
were due to their
Inc1u,
were referved
tmtill
that time;
for
fo
foon
as
News
came to
hi!i
of the
Wars
between
I-l11afcar
and
Atahualpa
,
the
lnc1ts
,
who
were
tbe Captains, and ruled
that
Kingdom , defill:ed from
their
ervices,
and
from making Prefents to the
Inca,
untill
fuch
time as
the Conrroverfie about the
Government was decided..