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Royal
Commentarie1.
BooK
IV.
CH AP.
XXVI.
Gon~alo Pi~arro fli~
continuing_ to pzafue the Vice-/Jng
,
hoth Arnzzes fufiazn great fanune and hard/hip in
their
rnarch.
The violent death of the Vice-king's Major Ge–
neral and Captains.
G
Onf~do
P.if.arro
fiill continuing
to
purfue
the
ice-king, refolved totally to
defeat his whole Force; and accordingly, for
betcer
expedition, detached
~bout
fifcy
feleet Horfemen under ch:
co~rnand
of
Francifco
de
Carvajal,
to fall
m
upon the
rere
of
the
Enemy,
wh1lfi
h1mfelf
follo~
ed
the
main body
of
the
Army. On the other fide, he fem Orders to
Henumdo
Bachicaq,
who was
then
on
the Coafi, to leave his Ships at
Tumpiz.
under
a
good
Guard,
and to march with
what Forces he had,
to
join\~
ith
his
at
fl.!!:Jtu.
And h ving given thefe
Orders
he
continued rhe purfuit, giving courage and fpirit to
Carvajal;
who knew that h
fhould be
well
feconded
in a very
(hort
time.
In
the mean time the Vice-king
encouraged his people, and having marched eight Leagues in one day, they difpcr
fed themfelve
to
refi , fuppofing that they were got far out of the
reach
of
clieir
Enemies;
but
Francifco
de
Carvajal
who fiept not,
fell
into
their quarters.about
four hour in the night ; and gave them the
firfr allar
um
ith his own Trumpet.
The V1ce-king immediately arofe,
a ~
d rallying his people togecher as well as
he could, dre
v
them
i.
to a pofrure of defence, and
fo
marched
away:
Carvajal
follo\I\
ing
clofe
u on their
heel , took
fame of
the Foot,
who
lagged
in
the
rere;
. but fo
foon as
it
was
day,
that
they
could
take a view of
each
other, the Vice–
king perceiving the (mall number, drew out his men
co
give them battel, and di–
vided his Body, confifiing of a hundred and
fifty
men, into two divifions or f<iua–
dron : but
Carvajal,
not being
V\
illmg
to
engage on fuch difadvantages, founded a
Retreat: upon \' hich the Vice-king drew off his
en,
and
proceeded
on
l.Jis
i
1arch;
but, alas ! \J\ith little comforr, for hi men were perifhing
\:\'ith
travail
and
fa
·
ne , and their Horfes
fo
faint
for want of grafs and provender , that they
'-ere not
fit
f(
r a march : wherefore the Vice king, commiferaring the condition
of
is
men , told them, that if any one
of
them were defirous
to remain
behind,
he fredy ga
them th ir difcharge, but not a man of them accepted thereof, but
faid, rhat
they
\~
oul
rather die with him, than de[ert
him :
fo
hey
marched
day and night
''it out fleep
or repofr·, or fufienance, or any refreiliment.
In
the me:m rime intelligence \ ·as given to
Gonp do Pifarro
of what had paffed between
t e' i'"'e king and
Carva;aL;
of
which
fame
wh were Enemies co
Carv1qal
made
t.fe,
to
ifparage his Conduet, faying, that
it
was in
his
power to have defeated
rhen l ole force of the Enemy at that rime , ha
iog
for
rized them as they were
fleeping and at refi : and I find
chat
fome Hifiorians objett this matter againfr
hi
as a point
of neg
ea :
bm I ,
who
knew
the perfon of the man , am of an–
other
pinion , and
ha
e heard from m:my well experienced in the War, that
fince
t
e
time of
{uli1u,
c"f
r,
there hath not
bee~
a
g1:eater
?ouldier than he, the
true
1
is
~ ·a
id
fo
all
H1fr
rians report,
th,.r rhe
1ce-kmg
bemg
a hundred and
fif–
ty
to
fifty,
chat
i
three
ta
one,
it
iNas
prudence in him not
to
adventure on fuch
.a difad
·antageou
undertaking, but rather
to
make a B idge of ilver for defpe·
rare men
to
efcape
over.
Moreover
[c
e
fay
he had no
Commi!Iion
to engage,
or
to
hazar his men ; but
in military
matters
it
is
hard co cenfore great Captains,
wl o
becrer
unde1Hand the
fecrec
of
che·1
affairs than Stranger can do. Howfo-
\'er the
m~l ter
\' as,
Gonftllo Pi2arro
rei~for~ed
him w_ith
t\YO
h~ndred
i::en more,
which he tent under the comman of
L1cenci._1do
Carvapd,
by
whICh
auxiliary force
th
y
a~h
·um,d
a1
d purfoed the Vice- ing untill he came
to
the PrO\ ince, and
eop,~
calie-d
/
).:l,huaca,
eizing
e\~ery
day
fome
of th
ir
Men, Iorfes and Baggage,
10
rhat
by
ch.:.
nme he ame
t
Ayahu1-1ca,
he had fcarce eig_hry Men remaining of
all hi
.umber;
bm.Yfoever
e
procee
ed
~
n' ard
to
~ittt,
where he .hoped
to
fm
ro ifion for his Men.
In
the like
fi
·, its a
fo
n a the Army of
Ptptrro,
who