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ommentarier.
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VII.
Mande,
fo
was all Peru
in
comparifon o~ thac. <;:ountrey; but t~ let pafs his Cof..
mography,
there.isno doubc b?t chat chis Proymce was both w1d~ and l<;>ng.
Afterwa
rds theíeJndians
bavmg every Evenmg converfe and foc1ety w1th thoíe
o[
Peru
had underíl:ood.from chem, chac chis
Diego Aleman
had been the Leader
and Chiefof chafe few, who accempced this bold and rafh Defígn; on reputation
of which rhey
fo
highly eíl:eemed and honoured him, chat they chofe him the
Capcain ~f rheir Army
_in
chacWar which r~ey 1:1ade againíl: their Neighoour,s on
che ocher ftde of che River of
Amarumayu;
¡udgmg chemfelves excremely honou–
red; and fecure under che conduél: of
fo
renowned a General of che Spanifh Na–
tion. But
Francifco Moreno,
his Companion in thefe Travails, beíng overwearied
in bis Journies and Labours,
fo
foon as he arrived in his own Councrey, dyed,
having puc hirnfelf inco a Fever in bis Travails over che Mou~rains and Ma-'
rifhes, which were noc to be paífed on Horfe-back, bue on Fooc onely: This
.1vforeno
recounced many chings ac large relacing
to
nhis Diícovery, which moved
and perfuaded many
co
undertake chis Defign; ¡he.chief whereof was
Gome;i, de
Tordoya,
a young and brisk Gentl'eman, to whom 'che Count
Nic-ua,
Vice-king oF
Peru
commu'nicaced all che particulars of
Moreno's·
Journ:il at large: But in regard1
greac number of people came in ro offer cheir fenrice, and
liíl
themfelves
in
this'
Expedition; che Vice-king fearing a Mutiny, or fomeC0mb1:1füon, gave out tbat
the Defign was laid aGde, and chat they would
1
disband che Souldiers which they
had alreaély raifed.
·
CH A P.
,11
XVI.
,.,
r
•
1
'
Of oth61· unhappy Succe/fes whicb .,befe!! the
Spaniarcts
zn
that Province.
T
W O Years after,
Caftro,
a Doétor of the Civil Law, Governour of
Peru,
gave a like Commiffion to anocher Gentleman , an Inhabitant of
Co'{,co,
called
Gafj,ar de Sotelo,
who ficted and prepared himíelf wirh a brave and Hout
company of Souldiers, who freely and voluncarily offered chemfelves
to
accompa–
ny
nim
in chis Expedition: But chat which gave moft hope and advancage
to
rhis Defign was a fecret Correfpondence between him and che
Inca
7
upac Amar1$,
who was recired into
Villcapampa;
rhey boch having agreed to join cheir Forces co–
gether for chis Conqueíl:, and rhac
Tupac
was to furniíh him wich flac boccomed·
Boats to país che River of
Villcapampa,
which lies
to
che Northeaíl: of
Coz.,co.
But
as in che like occafions chere never want malitious Spirits, who, envious of. the
Enterprifes ofgenero1:1s Men, do always endeavour to doe
ill
Offices;
fo
in chis
alío chere appeared chofe, who derogaring from che worth and ability of
Gefpar
de Sote/o,
perfaaded che Governour
to
cake away his Commiffion , and confer
it
upon
ruan A /vare'{, Maldonado;
which being done, he raiíed tWO hundred and fifty
Fooc, a1:1d one hundred Horfe, and embarked chem on greac fiar bortomed Boacs,
buUc on che River
Amarumayu,
which líes Eaíl: from
Coz.co. Gome'{, de Tordoya
ob–
ferving chacchis Conqueíl: which he defigned
to
him
felf, was by Commiffion gi–
ven co
Gafj,ar de Sotelo,
and afcerwards to
'/uan A/vare'{, Maldonado,
in preparing
for which,
he
had engaged his Friends, and [pene his own Eftace, he
fo
highly
refenced, chac he would not be diverced, but publiíhed abroad, chat he alfo in–
tended
to
proceed on chac Defign; for chough chey had revok~d his Auchoricy,
yet he füll kepc his Conimiffion, by virtue of whicb he went· o,n in raifing his–
Souldiers; and though few appeared, and that his numbers did noc amount to
above fixty Men in ali, ~ecaufe che Governour had declared his [énfe and pleafure
againíl: ic ; yet in defpiglic ofall oppofition r.efolving to proceed, he entred by rhe
Province of
Camata,
which is Southeaíl: of
Coúo,
and having paífed ínfuperable
·
Moun-