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III.
C H
A
P.
II.
The Marquis
111ak..._es
a Divifion of
the
Kingdom
and
Province
of the
Charcas,
and
Gonzalo
Pi~arro
is font to
the
.
Conqueft of
the
Canela.
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•
T
HE War being ended , and the
Indians
fecled
in
peace, the Marquis made
a Divifion of the Countrey amongfr the principal Perfons concerned in
the Conqueft. To
his
Brother
Hernando Pifarro
he divided a very large
!hare
and anotner part to
Gom:.alo,
within whofe Divifion, forne years after, the Silve;
Mines of
Potoji
were
di~overed
; of which one part
~longe~
to
Hernando
Pirarro,
as
Inhabitant of that City ; and though he were then
m
Spam,
yet one Mine
was
refigned to his Officers, to dig the Plate
for
his
Benefit and
Ufe; the
which was
of fo rich a vein, that
in
fomething more than eight months, they digged Silv r
of the
finefr
fort from thence without any Allay, and without oilier trouble
than onely to melt
~down
the Metal.
I
have mentioned thefe Riches
in
this
place, having forgotten
to
fpecifie them, when
in
the
fufr
part of thefe Com–
mentaries we treated of that famous
Hill.
To
my
Lord
Garfilajfo
de
la Yega
that
part was given which
is
called
Tapat!ri.
To
Graviel
de
Rojt:U
another very conli–
derable Poifeffion
was
given, antl the like
to
many other Cavaliers, and
all
with–
in the compafs of one hundred Leagues; of which
alfo
fome part was given
to
the Cify, called
la
P~
or
the c·ty of Peace.
But thefe Divifions then given,
~ere
-0f
little value, though the Soil was
fruic–
full,
and abounding with
all
Provifions, and very populous, and well inhabited
by
Jndian1,
untill -the Mines of
Potoji
were difcovered in thofe
p3rts; for
then the
Rents were raifed ten for ones and thofe Pofieffions which yielded two, or three,
or
four thoufand Pieces of Eight, amounted afterwards
to
twenty, thirty, and
forty
thoufand Crowns a year. The Marqui,
Francifco Pifarro,
having given or–
der to
found
that City, which
is
called the City of Place, and having divided the
Indians
under that
J
uriCdietion amongfl: the Conquerours and Adventurers;
aH
which happened in the Years
1s38,
and
15"39·
he had not rell:ed and repofed
in
quietnefs from his civil
War,
and late Conquefis, before he undertook fome
, other more laborious, . and more dangerous Adventures than the former, which
!hall hereafter be related.
By the death of
Almagro
the Marquis remained fole and fupreme Governour of
more than
700
Leagues of Land, wfiich reach North and South from the
CharctU
to
~itu,
and had enough
to
doe, how and in\ hat manner to [ecure thofe new
ConqueO:s, which his Captains had made in diver parts, and how to rule
wich
Law of
J
ull:ice thofe People who were fetled in a quiet and peaceable Condition,
yet fince the defire of Rule and Government is never to be farisfied, his Warlike
Mind
V\
as incited to farther Encerprifes being encouraged with the good Fortune
of his pafi Succeffes.
For now the
-ews arrived, that befides the Limits of
f)gitu,
and other Coun–
trie,
0\
er which the
Incan
Kings were fupreme Commander, another
Councrey
was difcovered both long and wide, where Cinnamon was growing, for which
reafon they called it the Coantrey of
Canela,
which fignifies Cinnamon. The
ar–
quis
had a delire to employ
his
Brother in that
onquefl:, with intention
c
make the Extent
of
his Land as long and wide as
his
own; and having conful–
red er-e pon with thofe of hi Cabinet Council, he renounced his right co the
overnment of
~itu,
and transferred
it
to
hi faid Brother,
f<
that
in
the
on–
quefi: of
Canela,
which lies Eaftward
fr
m
~itu,
he might have the benefit of
fupplies and fuccour from that Ciry.
H
\ing