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Royal
Commentaries.
Boox II.
in
that Battel ; and the fame was confirmed by the repon of many others. And
Gonfalo Pip,rro
confeifed
himfelf,
that
in all
the Wars
in
which
he had
been
enga–
ged, he had never
been
fo
bard
put to
it,
nor never
fo
endangered
as he had been
by that
Indian.
Not
far
from
chis
place to the Southward, another Altion happened
as ftrange
as the former,,
whicn
Rodrig1te~
de
Yilla-f
uerte
related chat day unto us : which was
this:
A
certain Cavalier
ricing
fofcly
on
his
Horfe upon the
way,
for
the
Indians
were all
fled,
and not one
of them appeared ;
on
a
fudden the Horfe
fell
Wlder
him ; and though the Rider nimbly leaped from his back, yet the Horfe with
fome
difficulty
recovered himfelf, and fiood upon three legs, an Arrow having
WQUnded
him
in
the finews
of
one
of
his foremoft legs ;
die
Spaniard
looking
a–
bout him co fee from whence this Arrow was fhot,
could not
for a great while
difcover
my
perfon, untill at length on the Eafl-fide of the way,
they
found an
Indian
leaning againfl: the fide of a bank
within
a great Water-gall; (of which
there are many
in
that Councrey )
but
howfoever
tl}e
dillance was
fo
great, that
it
was judged
almo!l:
in?poffible,
that
an Arrow could be
fhot
fo
far, as to the
~lace
where the Herfe fell: But looking more narrowly
into
the matter, and con–
ftdering that the Arrow mufl: necelf arily come from
that part,
they
went
that
way,
and found an
Indian
dead fianding right upon his legs, leaning againfi the fide of
the bank, grafping his Bow
in
one hand, and
his
Arrow in the other : This
Indian,
it
feems, had received a thrufl: with a Lance, which paffed from
his
ilioulder to
che bottom of his wafie ; and
to
avoid the Horfe, had thrown himfelf into
that
Water-channel; and finding himfelf
in
a languiiliing condition, was refolved ro
make one bolt
or
fhot more before be
died..
This
Indian
had certainly made a
good fuot of
it,
had not the
dillance
been far, and his
f
pirits fainting ; for
had
the
Arrow been drawn
with
full
force, he had either wounded rhe
Spaniard
in
the
(ace, or in the
body;
but
being
weak,
-it
flew low, and !hot the Horfe
in
the
fore-1~.
Thefe two notable Exploits were performed by
l»dians
on
that
day,
which was
the
lall:
of
the
Siege. And
fo
leaving the Affairs of
Cazco,
we
iliall
proceed
on
co
the Tranfacnons of
Rimac,
where the Governour
Don Francifco Pi–
f_arro
was then refiding.
Ac
full:
he was ignorant, and not informed of the
many
dangers with which his Brothers were encompaffed; but fo foon as he was adver–
tife-0
ther~f,
he
performed
the office and
pare
of a carefull
and
ableCommander,..
as we ihall make appear
by
that which follows.
CH A.
P.