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VII.

Commentaries.

I•

A .P.

XVI.

The Mar/ha! receives

intelligence

the Enenry {

lie

fends

fon1e

Forces

againfl

thenz :

A Sk}r1nifb happens between

the

two Parties.

The

general opinion of the

Officers

decline

fighting with

the Rebels.

day

following

after

this

unhappy

rnisforrune befallen

Captain

A lmen–

drM;

the

Marihal

receiving advice chat

the Enemy

was not

far diflanc he

marched eight leagues farther

wicn

his

Army;

and then made a {hong detachment,

which was required to

hafien

wich

all expedition, and to carry no other baggage

or incumbrance, than

onely

ProviGoos for

three

days: and in

chis

manner, as

Pa–

le11tino

faith,

they

pa!fed a defart Countrey full of

ilies and boggs, and deep with

Snows;

and

that

night

they

lodged in the open Air, without

Tents,

or other cove–

ring: and

baving travelled eight leagues

farther~

the

day they came

very

weary ..

to a

People called

G11al/aripa,

where

hey

received

News,

that

Franci.fco

Hern~mde~

had

-depaned thence

three

days before, and was then at

ChuquingV!.

abour four leagues di–

fiaot

frol)J them,

where

!laid-

refrefh his Army,

which

was greatly tyred and

dif\:o

mpofed

the

a{igues of a long march over.mountainous and defoJate Coua–

tr.i.es.

..At this time

the

Commitfary

RQm~ro

and

Garica

Melo

came to the Mar!hal

with

thoufand

Indians

that

were

Souldiers bringing Provifions

and

Ammunition

to him from the Province of

.AndaguayltU

;

from them he received a .refation of

all

matters

con,eroing

H~rnande~,

and

bow

he had firaogled

Diego

Orih11el,

a Na–

tive

Sal4manca,

having ·taken him as he

was

coming to the Mariliql's

Camp

ferve

his

Majefiy.

Thus far

PalentinQ.

Tb~

Marilial

having certain intelligence that

the Enemy

w~s

near,

greatly

defired to engage with them, and therefore refolved to detach cwo Captains

with

a hundred

and

fifcy

choice

Mufquetiers, who early

the Morning were

co give

the

Enemy

Allarum, and receive

fuch

as would

pafs

over to his

Majefiy,s

fer–

vice. BJlt the

Captains

and other perfons of

quality

and

interefi,

who were well

informed

the {}rength of the place whereiQ

Hernandez

was encamped, would

(

have

di!lua~ed

the Madhai from the defign ,

giving him

very good reafons, why

it: was not

tit

fafe

aftempt

the Enemy

within

their Fortifications, or

ha-

zard

the

lofs of

hundre

d and fi

fty of the choicefi Mufqueriers in the wboJe

Ar-

my,

wh0fe

fuccefs the

fem.me

of the

day

depended :

but

the

Madhal

replyed,

rhat he

\limfelf would

llow the

m in the rere,

and fuccour

them

~ith

th€

whole

Army, 4nd

fecond

them

warmly with his Troops, th<\t the Enemy iliould be

able

prevail little on them.: and fa be infiantly defired licence of the Captains

draw

out from

their

Companies a hundred ancf

fifty

choice Mufquetiers,

which

committed

to the coJl)mand

and

charge

of his Lieutenant General , and

Capt~in

rohJJ

:Ra?»(Jn~

with

Dii:ections

approach

near to rhe

Enemy

was

pot:

{iple. Tlie

Capt~ios

accordingly about midnight marched out

with

this detachment,

ind abou.t three hpurs

~frerwards

the Marilial followed them with the whole Ar-

my.

H~rnl}fJde~

who

was

well

advifed of the near approach ofa fevere and incen-

(ed

Enemy,

was\Tigilant not to be furprized unawares; and having his forces al·

ways in

polhne

of defence

he kept Guards on the Avenues) which "ere bur

two, whett:

wa:; poffible to be attacked by an Enemy.

Before break of day

the morning the King,.s Forces came

the place where

the Enemy was fortified ; and without any noife endeavoured to furprize rhem

before

they

who

were

the

other

fide of

the

River

Amancay

c-0uld hear any thing

their

apprQach: but whiHl: they moyed thus foftly, they

were

difcovered by

Indian

belo

lg\og

Hernande~,

who prefently

ran

to his

Mafier, and told him,.

that the Enefl1Y was near at hand.

Franciflo

Hernand~z

immediately cau(ed an

Allamm

to be foqnded ; and

difpo–

fed

his peQple

fuch

places

as were m

oft for th

eir fecurity ;

a~d

on both fides

Vollies of Mufquets were

.interchanged

witho.ut

damage unto either, for they fired

at a

great

difr~nc~.

About

nine a

clock the Marfhal brought his whole

Army

fighc

Hernandez., ;

and then the skirmiili

was

renewed with more heat and

cotl-

rage