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Reyes.
In
the mean
time
Diego
de
Mor~
was
ap~ointed
J?eputy Governour,
and
Commander
in
Chief of the Forces which remamed behmd.
.
Macters being in
this
manner difpofed, the Govemour
march~d
to the City of
us Reyes,
where he received into his
P~fleffion,
and under his C<?mmand rhe
Arms,
and Souldiers,
which
flocked co
him
frdm all parts;
a~d
havmg left
Fran-
.
cifco BarionHCVo
his
Deputy
in that place, and made and con{hture4
rohn
Pere~
de
GHl/7/ara
Admiral of the City, he parted thence to
Sauf[a,
to follow
hIS
Army;
lea–
ving Orders, that in cafe
!Jon Diego
dC'
Alma_gro
!hould
co~e
to the City of
Los
Reyn,
that .Ca~tain Pere~
de
Guevara,.
and
his
Deputy
Barionuevo,
fhoul? take care
to embark on board the
Ships
then
m
Port
all
the Women and .Children, and
infirm and ufelefs People,
chat
fo
they might not
fall
into the hand of the Enemy
to be
ill
treated by
them;
and chat upon advice thereof, he would march to their
·1telie(
·
But let us here leave him in his
way,
to
treat of what in the mean
tirpe
palled
amongft rhe
Almagrians
in
Co~co;
where Difcord was
no~
fatisfied with th_e fire of
DHfention, blown into a Flame between the two Parnes; but Em
non and
Envy fiirred up Strife in chafe of the fame fide, which proceeded ro effofion of
cbe Bloud of thofe who were of the chiefefi Rank and
O!l<\lity
amongft them.
.
For
Almagro
marching towards
Couo,
made choice of
Chrift()j'her de
Sotelo,
and
Gar–
cia
de
Alvarado,
for his Counfellours, and chief Confidems, in the place of
{ohn
de
Rada,
who (as we have faid) dyed on the
way,
and gave to them the chiefAu–
thority and Command in the Army.
Chriftophe-1'
de
Sotelo
was difpeeded before to
Couo,
with a certain number of choice Men, to take poifeffion of that City, and ·
co reduce all things
to
the Service and Devotion of
Almagro,
that when he arri–
ved there, he might be received without any oppofition.
Sotelo
accordingly per..
forr.ned his Orders, finding no Force to make refifience againfr him;
fo
that with–
out
any
difficulty he removed all the Officers of Jufiice, which
Pedro
Alvare~
had
ordained there, and fupplied their places with others of his own party. More–
over he gathered all the Proviftons he was able from the parts round about, that
when the Enemy.came near, they might perifh with Want and Famine. Soon
after which
Almagro
arriving at
Co~co,
made great quantities ofGunpqwder, of the
ftrongefi and fineft fort, by means of the Salt-Petre, which in thofe parts
is
bee,..
ter than any in
Peru;
and by the help and art of certain
LevantineJ,
(the
Greek!
fo called in the
Indies,)
he cafi feyeral pieces of Cannon, of which People many
came into chofe parts out of good-will and refpeet unto
Pedro
de
Candia,
who ha–
ving (as we mentioned before) been difobliged by
Pifarro,
followed afterwards
the Party of
Almagro;
that Countrey abounding with Copper, and other Mecalls,
fit
for making Cannon, they founded many Pieces, the Command of which
was
given to
Pedro de Candia,
with Title of Mafier of the Artillery.
In like manner
the
Greek},
with the affifience of the
Indian
Silver-frniths, made many Helmets
and Corflets of Silver, mixed with Copper, which proved admirably good.
Th~
Prince
M&tnco
Inca,
who had for long time voluntarily banHhed himfelf into the
Mountains, calling to mind the ancient Friendiliip he had entertained with
Al–
magro
the Father, was pleafed to revive the fame by his kindnefs to the Son
which he knew not in what other manner to tefiifie
in
his
low condition
the~
by
prefenting unto him the Coats of Mail, Armour, Swords, and Saddles.
which had been the Spoils which the
Indians
had taken from the
Spaniards
who~
they had killed, during the Siege of
Couo;
ofwhich there was a
fufficie'nt
quan–
tity·
to arm two hundred Men.
But whilft matters fucceeded thus profperoully on the fide of
Almag;l'o
above
his hopes and expefutions, an unhappy controverfie fell out between
Chriftopher
de Sotelo,
and
Garcia de Alvarado,
who being the Chief Commanders, and lea.ding
~en
of .the Army, _Proved v_ery unfo!tunate, confidering the circumfiances ofAf–
fairs
which at- that time required Union and Communication of Counfels when
on the contrary
~vhatfoever
was pr<?pofed. by one, was diiliked and
opp~fed
by
the other;
an~
m thi_s ma.oner
M~hce
boiled
in
each other's Breafi to fuch a de–
gree,
that.o~e
day
bemg
to~ether
m the M.arket-place, and happening to quarrel
about a tnv1al matter,
~arcM
de
Alv11.rado
killed
Chriftopher de Sotelo;
and whereas
thefe two were
th~
Cl:iefCommanders of the Army, they could nor wane friends
on each fide to
~amtam
the Qgarrel;
fo
that many coming in
to
inrerell: rhem–
felves as .feconds m that Re.ncounter, much Bloud had certainly been fhed, had not
Alm11gro
mterpofed, and wnh
fair
and gentle Words appeafed .the Tumult, which
was
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