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VI.
CharctU,
the Prefident remained in
Couo,
entertained with fumptuous Banquets
and Sports, to tefiifie the Joy they conceived for the late Succefies · and to
fe
the FeaH: of Bulls and other Divertifements oflike namre, he had a
Seat
ereCl:ed
in the Court-yard of my Father's houfe; on which occafton I had an opportunity
to fee his perfon, a I have before mentioned. And, moreover, he gave a Com–
rniffion to Judge
Andres
de
Cianca
and
to
Major General
Alonfo
de
Alvarado
to pu–
ni,ili Rebels according
to
Law. Man Souldiers of nore, who had been of
Pifar–
ro
s
_Party
were hanged , rn.any quartered, and
~bove
a hundred
Spanijh
Souldier
whipped by four and fix m company ; of
V\i
h1ch I
\"\I
as an eye-wimefs
my
felf
when being a Boy I went arnongft the refi: co fee this punifhment. At
which
the
Indians
were greatly offended, and wondred to fee
Spaniards
inflict a
chafiife–
ment
fo
infamolls as that on their own Nation, for though they had feen many
of them hanged , yet they had feen none whif)ped until! that time..
And for the
greater difgrace they caufed them to ride upon Sheep, which are Beafis of bur–
then in that Coumrey, and not on Horfes or Mules; and in that manner take
their whipping; after which they
v.·ere
condemned
to
the Gallies. At chat time
the PreGdent caufed a general Pardon to be proclaimed, clearing and
acquitting
all fuch from fault and puniibrnent who had come in and revolted
to
the Royal
Standard at the Battel of
Sacfahuana;
and abfol ed of all Crimes during che
Re–
bellion of
Gonfalo Pipirro,
though they had been guilty of the death of•the
Vice–
king
Blaflo
Nunne~
Vela,
and other MiniCT:ers of his Majefly : which Pardon did
extend onely as to
Life
and criminal Matters:, referving
frill
a right unto the
King
ro fine them as to Goods, and to proceed a·gainfl: them in civil
Cafe
:
for rhat
Carate
faith, Book
7.
Chap.
8.
that
Gonfalo
Pi~arro
had made fatisfaction forthem
by his
o~
n death. And nmv, fince die Vietory
\:
as gained and things
reduced
co
peace and quiemefs, the Prefident found himfel
f
in rnucfi more trouble ; and
with a greater \veight of bufinefs on his Shoulders than in the time of War, for
that then the Officers concurred with him
to
fupport part of che Burthen ; but
now in Peace, he was fingly engaged to fuftain the Importunities and felicita–
tions of abo e two thoufand men , who challenged Pay and
R
~:ards
for their
pafi Servic s; in \\.'hich every one of the meanefr fort pretended ro fo much merit
that he thought he deferved the beft Plantation in all
Peru.
And as
to
thofe per–
fons who had really been ferviceable and ufefull to the PrefidGnt in the War, they
became infinitely troublefome and importunate in their Petitions,
fo
rh·at the Pre–
fident,
to
eafe himfelfa little of thefe urgent addreffe: , refoh
1
ed
to
take
a
journey
of about
tV\
elve leagues to che Valley of
Apurimac,
to have more eifure at that
difl:ance
to
make the Divifions which vere required of him; and vvich him he
took the Arch-bifhop of
Lo1 Reye1
for his Companion, and al o
Pedro
Lope<:. de
Caf1dla
hi Secretary; and that he might not be interrupted in chi bufinefs he comman–
ded, that neither Citizen nor Souldier, nor any other· perfon vd1arfoever
!haul~
attend ·or follow him
to
that place. Moreover he commanded, That no Inhabi–
tant ofall
Peru
fl1ould return
t0
his own home untill he had fet
ut
and a lotted un–
to
every man his Divifion ; by which continuance of the people in
Cozco,
he ima;
gined that he !hould fecure the Commonalty from .making an
Mu~ini~s o~
In–
furreltions : but
· chiefdefign and care was to d1fperfe the ould1er
in
divers
parts of the
J
ingdom , and
to
employ them in ne Conquefis , as had been the
Maxim and olicy of thofe
'~
1
ho
firfi conquered this Empire:
but
the Prefident
being obliged in haile
to
leave thofe Kingdom , had not time co difpe fe hi
ou -
diers, a
w
s-defigned
5
by \
1
hich means new Troubles arofe from Mal -contems,
\.vho thought they bJd reaf< n
to
complain.
CHA