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A
Lmagro
refolving to return unto
Peru,
(
which
in
the end proved
fatal
to
him)
acquaJqted
PauUa Inca
with
his
intention, becaufe
~e ~d
found him faith–
full
and
ufefull
to
him, asking his
opinion,
by
which way
1c
might
be
n:iofi con–
veni~nt
to
return,_ that he
might avoid the like
dang~
as before ; for havmg
confi–
dered
the
late difafiure,
for
want
of credence or
belief
to
the
words of the
Inca,
and
that
he
and all his
company
had certainly peri!hed therein, had Ilot God, who
defigoed
to
make
chem Preachers of the Gof
pel,
and inftrurhents
t<>
propagate the
CatholiGk
Fajth,
refotred
them
by
his infinite
mercy
from
fuch
9efuuetio~ ~
.
he
therefore c0nfultoo
Pau/111
and
his
Indians;
who
for anfwer gave him a defcnpt1on
of~
Wfil'
by
the Sea-coaft,
and told
him, that
fi~Ge
the Wars between
Huafcar,
and,
his
Bro$ff
.Atahualpa,
that
way
was rendted nnpaffable for want of W acer ;
for
that the
W
~Us
and
F0untains of
which
Travellers
were ufed
to
drink, were
filled up
amt
Gpvered
with Sand,
and
for want of drawing were become dry, or
yielded , little Water, which aJfo was corrupted and ilinking. Howfoever, he
would fund fame
[ndi41u
before,
who !hould open and cleanfe the Wells, and
drain
th€
filthy
Water thence,
fo
that fweet and wholfome Water might fpring
in the place thereof; and
that
»ccording to the Advices he !hould receive from
thef€
jnJidns,
concerning
the
quantity of Water which thefe Pools yielded, he
fJilgbt pm_po!tio!
· the number of his feveral Squadrons ; for
that
Wells, the more
they
aF@
dtaine ·
>
the more and the better Water they yield , and that he needed
not foar
t.f)
divi e his
l?>eople,_
for that
there
was no Enemy
in
all that Countrey to
oppofe them. And
in
regard that thefe Pools, or Wells, are fome fix, fome
fe–
ven Leagues difbint one &om the other ; he would caufe Leather Bottles to be
ma<l~
for carrying
Water
to
fupply their neteffities
by
the way ; in which manner
the
lnctU
h~s
Anceftours did ufe to
travel
over thofe defarts. This difcourfe
and
propqfal of
Pa11/lu Inca,
Almagro
and
his
Captains judged very rational, and
there–
fore
they defued
him
to order matters
in
tlle fame courfe and method herein for
the
common good and benefit of all, as
was agreeable
to
the
cuftome of the
lnca1·
his
Forefathers, from
whom he wa defcended.
Pau/114
being
very
proud of
the Commands of the Governour and his
Spaniard,1,
and that they were pleafed
to repofe fnch a confidence
in
him, in a matter where their lives and fafeties were
c?ncer~ed,
he infiantly
fee
to
work, and
wit~
all
dil~gence
difpatched away
hls
Indians
to open and
cleanfe
the Wells and Spring .,
with
Orders
to
return him
Advices according as they focceeded therein. And farther, he gave order to
flea
fome Sheep, that with their Skins they might make Veffels for carrying W ater,
and. that
~rovifions
of
food !hould be made fufficient to
fupply
their neceffities
dun~g
their
Journey and travel over
thofe
eighty Leagues of defart Countrey.
Whtlfr
t!hefehmatters
were preparing, the
Indians
which were fent before to
open
and
Glea~fe
r e.Wells and Springs , fem Advices of their proceeding , and that
the
Spantard1
mi~ht,
when_ they were pleafed, begin their Journey.
Bus
Alt»llJ?.rq
did
not .tbmk
fit
fo
aofolutely.
to confide
in
a matter
of
fuch im–
portance, vvh©irein the life and
fafoty
of his whole Army did
confift,
unto the bare
report of the
Indians;
but for more
fecuriry,
and better caution, he difparched
four
Horfe-men
before with Orders to advife
him
from
the
end of every days
our
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