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" failed ofCats, and Dogs, and the Skins of Beaíl:s; a¡¡d this wa's all the Íncelli–

" gence they had, beihg brought

chem by aMeífenger who eftaped down che

" River, reprefenting wich Sighs and Tears· di.e miferabhe condiridn df their

" people. Wherefore the

firíl:

thing thac this Colonel defigned afcer bis landing;

'' was to relieve the Cicy of

O/orno,

for he was informed that the Enemy foon

", after .the D~llruétion

óf

faldivía,

were goI,1e tlrither_ wl(h the. like in(ent 5.

h\s

" fqccefs herem was accordmgly profperous

·for he ralfed•theSiege, and petfor-

,, ~ed other Aétions of happy confeqúence.

, " At the iníl:ant that I am writing this, news is come¡ that ali.the peopfe1 iri

·''

Tmperiall

were [Jarved with hunger a~r the Siege ofa complete

ear, excepting

" twenty Men, who, ro avoid Famine: yielded themfelves into .the hanas of

." _the Enemy, and thereby endured a greater mifery than-Death itfelf.

Jn.Ang~l

'' they killed four Souldiers, bue who they,were

·is

not yet known. God Al~

inighcy have Merey upon us.

. ·

From

Santiago

Chili,

thQ m,onth

March, ·

16'00,

All

which Relatlon éame ( as I have faid) in 'feveral iette'r~

fi-om

Peru

and

the kingdom of

Chili,

which was a great ~alamjcy to that Councrey. Moreover

Father

Diego

Alcobaf.a,

whom I have formerly mentioned, in che Year

1601:

amongíl: many other things reláting to che Affairs of thac Councrey, writes me

thefe very words concerning che Kingdom of

Chili.

" The condition of

Chili

now become very unhappy, for iliere b.not an

inJ.

dian

but who can.mount

hl&

Horfe, and dai;e encounter wich bis Launce che

" befr

Spanifh

Souldier thac

is;

and though we fend every vear Souldiers thither;

" yec none of them recurn; chey have deíl:royed two Plancations of che

Sp:iniard1;

" and having killed all .che Men, and deíl:royed every thing of ufe, they carried

" their.Wives and.Children inco Slavery; and lately they killed the Governour_

LcJola

from an Ambufcade, who married the Daughtet of

D. Di-ego Sayrutipac~

'' who was an

Inca,

and was departed from

Vi!lcapampa;

beforé you left cliefe!

" pares. God in

bis

merey pardon che Sins of the dead, and put an ene! to thefe

" Affiiétions of the living. Thus far are che words of

Alcobdfa;.

whkh he writes

me with many ocher fad fiories, which I purpofely omic, becaufe they contain .

noching but what

tragical, and full

forrow; amongíl which recounting thé

affiiéted Eíl:ate of

Arequep~,

he fays chac Wheac thac Year was worth in that'

Coµncrey ten and eleven Ducats a Buíhel, and Mayz thirteen.

. Moreover, fuefid~ all thac which we have already delivered eoncerning

Areque–

-ra,

---rhey wrote farther, that their cafamities -fü.U...continued, having to contend

wic~ tlie extre1~ic¡es of the

fo~

Elements, .a~ appe~rs at Jarge

by,h~fe Relations

wh1ch the Jefmcs have g1ven to the General of therr Order,

concernmgl:he.moft

temarkable Occurrences

.of

Peru;

which happeried in cheYéa~

1601..

And though

thofe Lecters fay, thac their misfoí:times were ,not ac an end, yec chey farther add,

thac greater were che Affiiétions of the }Gngd_om of

Chili,

which happened after

the forementioned troubles; the parciculars of whicp were giveil me f>y

Francifao

Cajlro,

who was born at

Granada,

and in this Year

1604.

is Prefeét of thé

Schools of che facred Univerfity of

Cordova,

and Rhetoric, Profeífour.

The Ti:

de ofwhich, cogecher with che particulars, is

rerbatim

in thefe words;

P.,

p·~