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S covetoufnefs
~nd
a1:1bítlon of governme~c is natural to ali Men;
.fo
che~~
lncM
crarifported w1th a defire of new Kmgdoms and Conquefis, made
1t
lheir -~hief bufinefs and ·glory
to
enlarge ·cheir Empire.
Id
purfuance of which,
four years afcer that
Yupanqui
had fenc bis Army clown che Riv:er, ·he dtfigned
a–
nother Conqueíl: over the great Province of
Chir.i-huana,
which·is feaced in 'the
Antis
to che Eafiward of the
·chamu.-.
Bue in regard the,Countrey.was 4nknown,
and che ways undifcovered, ic was thougbc
fit
and convenient to fend fpyes
firft
inco chofe pares, who mighc fee and difcover che Sicuation and Nature of che
Countrey, and Manners of che People. The Spies ·being difpatched, as was re–
folved, they returned at a certain time, btinging a-report, that theEountrey was
bad,
foil
of high and barren Mountains, Bogs, Lakes, and Mariíh Grounds; that
che Natives were abfolutely bruces, and worfe than beafis, having no Religiorr, 9r
Woríhip of any thing, bue lived withouc law or good manners, wandring in che
Mouncains and-
W
oods, not aífociaced in any community or political government;
unlefs
it
weÍ-e, ·when chey joined their Forces cogether to infeíl: their Neighbours,
with incention to.1eac che fleíh df chofe which chey cook in War, without refpelt
eicher of Sex or Age , and chac nothing fhould be loíl: of all cheir fpoils, they
drcink che bloud when they cut their throats. · Nor did they 9nely eat.che fleíh
of cheir Enemies, buc~of cheir own people, wh~n chey died; onely chey lamen–
red over th@ir bones; which when they had laid, and difpofed orderly according
to their joims, chey buried them in oocks, or caves, and the hollow ofcrees. They
wenc .naked , and promifcuouíly ufed coition withouc regard eicher ro Siíl:ers,
Daughtérs or Mothers. And chis was the common way of living praétifed by che
Nation of
Chiri-huana,
·
The good
Inca Yupanqui
(
for
fo
was he fiyled commonly
by
his
own people,
as alfo by
Pedro de Ciefa )
having heard chis reporr, mrned ro
his
relations and Kin–
dred, who were tben prefent, and told them, that now he efieemed it a duty and
obligation incQmbent on him
to
reduce che people of
Chiri-huana,
that fo he might
withdraw chem from the nirpitude of their manners, and from that beíl:ial life
which chey did lead, ic being che grand deftgn for which his Father the Sun had
fent him into the World. Having faid chefe Words, he appointed ten thoufand
Mento be raiíed, and made ready, under the Command of Colonels and Cap–
rains ofche
Incan
Family, Men experienced both in War and Peace, and infüuéted
in tbeir duty, and che bufmefs chat they were
to
perform. This Army being pro–
vided, marched into the Province of
Chirihuana,
where chey foon found the want
and mifery of che Countrey; to fupply which, they gave notice to che
Inca,
who
fpeedily fumiíhed them with all chings neceífary. But fuch were che difficulties
of that Coumrey, b~ing nothing bue Mountains, añd Bogs, and Feos, chat afcer
che labour of two years, they were notable to effeét any matter confiderable chere–
in ; which being advifed to che
Inca,
he ordered their remrn, deftgning'after fome
time of repoíe to ernploy chem on forne more gratefull, and more pleafmg Con-
queíl:s.
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The Vice-King
D. Francifco de Toledo,
who governed chofe Kingdoms in the
year
1
572,.
refolved to cpnquer thofe
Chirihuanas,
as
Acofta
in the :z.8th Chapter of -his
4ch Book doth relate at large ; and in order thereunto having appointed a confide–
.rable force of
Spaniards,
provided with all'neceífaries to undertake that enterprize,
he emred into that Province, carrying with him great numbers of Horfes and
Cows to breed and increafe ; bue he had not marched
far
before he experienced
tpe
infuperable difficulties of that underraking, which he not believing by any
former reporr, nor yec admoniíhed
by,
the ineffeétual atremprs which che
lncM
rnaue