4000003871

Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

VIII-

·main Land, ;hom,

asPalentino

faith, he found very ·poor, and neceilitous: but he

could not beftow on them Lands,with vaífallage of

Jndians,becaufe

che Natives of

chatCountry had been all

deftroyelfi';

bue he ga~e them Moncy,aild fome Officcs ;f

benefic. ,He made a Proviíion for

Pedro de Orfua,

who was a· very Noble Gen–

tleman,

great Souldier, and

Captain.in

the

r.ew

Kingdom, where he had

performed man

great exploiés, and Peopled a City•named

Pamplona :

bue by

che Sevet:ity, and lnjufiice of a Judge, whofeized upon aUbis, Efrate,

Orf1M

was

forced to fly, and (as

'John deCnftallanos

writes) to take reftige in

Nombre

de Dios,

here che Vice-King

Don Andres Hurtado de Mendopa

met him, and

gave him a Commi_flion _to fe ek, and (upprefs the F_ugitive

Neg~rs,

called

Cimarrones, .

who, hved rn the Mountarnes, and robbed ,. and p1llaged all

Merchants, and Travellers who paíled thofe ways, murdering and wounding

-in a manner not fofforable,

that th~re was no ·pafling in lefs than twen–

ty in a Company. The number _of thefe

Negers

increafed daily, for when

an y of them received rhe Jeaíl; _hard word from his Mafter, he prefeotly

fo rfook his Ser.ice, havi ng

good a Sanétuary, and Receptad e to fly unto.

Fer this Enterpri[e, and DcÍign, and to fopprefs thefe

N egers, Pedro de

Or-fua

raifed Men ; they werc called

Cimarrones,

which is a word proper to

rhe Language of the líle of

Barlov_emo,

•d to thefe Robbers feveral of

che Souldiers of

Flernandei., Giron

joynecf7being fuch as were banilhed and

lied, ali which, or as man

of them as were concerned

this ma_tter,

wen; pardoned by the' Vice- King. The

N egers

finding thcmfelves hardly

befec and difl:réffed, _offered to treat and accept Articles of Accornmodation;

which for quie rnefs íake and for peace were granted to them; an9 accor–

di ngly it was concluded, That ali thoíe, who liad unto that time fled from

their Mafürs, fhould

Free-mcn, and continue in their fl:ateof Freedom:,

bue for thofe, who lhould for the future efcape from their Mafters, the

Ci–

marrones

fhould be obliged to furrender them up ·,again to their Patrons,

' or pay the price demanded for them. That a

N eger

Man, or' Woman, be·

ing ill treate~ by their Maíl:er, he, or they paying the price, wpich he,

or lhe, ·or they cofr, the Mafl:er, or Mafrers, !hall be obliged

fet them

at liberty. That the

Negers

íhall People, and Inhabit that Countrey, which

chey at .prefenli poílefs, and lball live peaceably as good Common-wealths:

men, or Natives of the Country, and not difperfed within the Mountains,

as formerly ; -and that they !hall have free Trade _and Commerce with the

Spaniards

Ali which, in order to PI.lace and Quietnefs, was agreed, and

confirmed on one fide, ar.d the other; and the

N egers

gave Pledges and

Ho.

ftages for fecurity of the.P eace. Their K'ing, called

Ba/lano,

delivered his

own Perfon for a Hofr age, and bis Subjeél:s never redeeming him, be was

tranfported into

Spain,

where he die<l.

ow in rcgard a little befare the Vice-King began bis Voyage, a fatal ac–

cident happened to a Sbip· in the Ocean, l have thought

fit

to infert it

in thi~place, as not altogether impeninent to this Hiíl:ory.

'jcronimo de Alderere,

was feAt from

Chile

into

Spain,

011

occafion of bufinefs,

in behalf ofthe Governour

Pedro de f/aldivia:,

and during his R efidenc.: at the

Court, ad vice coming of the death of the Governour , he Petiti–

onect his Majeíl:y for the place, and obtained it. And being ready to depart

fe r

Chil~,

he took bis Sifi:e r· in-Law with him, an honell Vertuous perfon, and

one of thofe, who are called Devout Women, and with her he -embarked on a

G;ileon, where were

8 00

Períons, and which·was Admira!

óf

fix oclier Ships,

;i;1<l

iled from

Sp,iin

'two Monchs before the Vice- King. . This Religious

Woman being verydevout, defaed leave from tbe fy!after of the Ship, to

l;ee p a Candl;: in her Cabin

Night,for reading her office,to which the Maíl:er

rnndeftended, conÍidenng it Y{as for her Devotion, and that lhe might pray

fo r the whole Ship, an<l alfo was Daughter·in-Law to the Governour; Being ac

Sea, ar d íailing with a fai r wind , it happened that a Phyfitian belongine- to

another Ship, carne aboard the Galeon to vilit a Friend of his, who was th~re;

and bc ing old .Acquai ntance rejoyced to fee eac h other: T owards Eveni rrg

the Phyíitian defirops to return aboard his ownShip, was períwnded by bis Friend

l O

11:ay that Night with hi m, fe r thacthe W aL11er was very fair, and likt: ly to

conti nue ; and

the Boat was towed that night at the Stern of the Ship, inren–

ding next morniug to maki: uf'.! of

ir,

a,;d n:tqrn . Bue it happenccl,that th

cnight

this