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twice, \ ould make no confeffion; and that after his death, in the Collar of hi
doublet
a
Parch~enr
wa found with a
Pardo~
from the
J
ufiices for
ThomM
Vitz,–
quez.
The
which
Pardon
as prefently publifhed y
Hern~ndez.,,
ith Affuran–
ces. in the name of the
J
ufiices
~f
great Re\.,·ards and of
La~ds.
\\ irh Services of
Indran.1
to
w_~omfoever
{hould
kill
Hernandez
and ocher
prmc1pal
per!Ons who
were about fom.
But before the Defeat given at
PU/acori, Francifco
Hernande~
had raifed a
Com-
any of
Neg_rou
confiftiog of about an hundred and fifty black fellons,
hich
they had taken out of che feveral Plantations,
illages and Colonies which
tney had plundered,
to
which he aft rwards added above three hundred
Ethiopia,,
Souldiers ; and co encourage them
the
better, he formed them into Companies di–
lHnet from the ochers. Ofchefe he rdained a Captain General called Mr.
[ohn
,
ho
was an excellent Carpenter, (for I was\'\ ell acquainted wich him) and had been a
Slave
to
Antonio Altamirano,
as I ha e formerly mentioned. Their
Lieutenant
was
Mafter
Antonio,
to \ horn a principal ouldier of the King,s Camp had furrende–
red his Arms;
it
is not
fi
c
to
name him, though I was well acquainted
\vith
him
:
the
report
whereofcoming
int
Spain,
caufed a Gentleman who had lived in the
111-
aies,
and was acquainted
with
chis
oaldier>
to
fend him a Sword and a Dagger band–
fomely gilt, more
in
fcorn to upbraid his
Coward1fi ,
than on the fcore or in token of
friendfu1p, which occafioned much difcourfe after the Wars were at an end : Be–
fides thefe chief Officers, he appointed their Captains , and ga e them leave
co
make choice of their Enfign ,
erjean
Corporal , Drummer and
ipers, and
make their own Colours. All which the
Negroes
performed v
ry
handfomely, which
was a means co allure and invite many of that
fort
from the King·s Camp; who
feeing their Relations and Kindred
fo
highly honoured and advanced
in
che
Camp
of
Hernande~,
were induced co follm
their example and
fo '
ere engaged againft
their
Mafiers
during
all
the
time
of
this
ar. The Rebels made
great
ufe
of
thefe
ouldiers, whom
they
fent abroad with a
f
mall parry of
Spaniardr
to forage and
gather provifions;
hich the poor
Indiam
in
fear and dread of chem, and to refcue
themfelves, their Wives and Children from their Cruelties', did readily admioi–
fi:er and fupply them with ; which afterwards
\i
as the caufe of great famine and
diftrelS
in
the Countrey.
·
CH AP.
XIV.
The Marjbal mak..es choice of
Capt
ains for his
Army.
He
co111es
to
Cozco,
and niarches againjl
Fr ncifco Her–
nandez.
The unfortunate death
of Captain
Di
go
de
Almendras.
I
N the mean time, whilft matters were thus tranfall:ed in
Coz..co,
Rimttc
:ind
ViUa–
cori,
the Madhal
Alonfo
de
Alvar11do,
who was in the Kingdom and Province
of the
CharctU,
remained not idle or unactive : for as we have aid before, he em–
ployed himfelf in railing men for his Majefiy's fervice,
and
providing Arms, Am–
munition, Victuals, Horfes and Mules, and \ hat elfe wa neceffary for the ufe
of the Souldiers. He made
Don
MArtin
de
AlmendraJ,
a Gentleman, who had mar–
ried his Sifter, his Lieutenant, and
Diego
de
PorrM,
a fiouc and valiant ouldier hi
Standard-bearer general;
Diego de
Piltavicennio
was made erjeant Major, in which
Office he had been in the War
which
Prefident
Gafc1t
waged againfi
Go11f~tlfJ
Pipn·–
ro.
He
nominated
Pero
Hernande;(G
Paniagua
and
l_ohn
Orti~
de
Cantte~
WOO
had
E–
fiates in the
CharctU
for Captains of Horfe, with another Gentleman of Noble
extraltion called
Don
Gabriel
de
Guzman. Gomez
Hernandez,
the Lawyer was made
Judge Advocate of the Camp,
~nd
'fohn
Riha
Ma~tin
h1ef
Apparicor. Of
r~e
In–
fantry he confiituted fix Captams,
three
of
h1ch
had Efiates and Plamarions,
namely,
the
·Lawyer
·Polo, Diego
de
AlmendrtU
and
Martin
de
Alltrfon.
The ocher ,
\ ·h