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R°lal Commentarier. BooK IX.
" dued many Caciques an~ lndians, reducing them all to che obedience of Ataba–
" lipa; o[ which, when Guaft:ar received incellige1.1ce, and of whac chey had ac-
" red, he prefently put himfelfinco a poílure ofdefence, and with what force he _
" could aflemble in fo íhorc a time, ne marched from Couo to fl.!!:ipay¡an, which
'' is about a League diílant :from thence, where· jóyning Batee! with Arabalipa
" Guafcar was overthrown, and taken Prifoner. The Fight ( as is faid) was f;
'( .bloudy, thac a hundred and fifty thoufand lndi~ns were ílain in the BattCel ; and
" afterwards Atabalipa entring viétorious inco Couo, they killed Man, Woman,
~ " and Child, fparing none who declared chemfelves for Guafcar, and moft efpeci–
''. ally made fearch for che Children of Guaft:ar, and his Wives and Women, who
'' were wich Child by hirn : Howfoever One of his Wives called Mama Varcay
''. made an efcape witb her Daughter Coy11 Cuxi Varcay, who is now Married to
" Xayn Topa Inga, cfwhom we have made mencion in this Hiíl:bry, &c. Thus
far are Words of chis Authour; and the ds in che fequel of chis Story,
he recouncs che cruel treatmenc and hard po6r Huaféar, during che rime
of his imprifonmenc, cogecher wich che plaincs he imered; which-we
füall rehearfe in cheir due place. This Coya Cuxi Parcay, .which he fays, was' che
Wife bf. Xqyre Topa, was called Cuji Huarque, of wl)om we !hall difcourfe heréaf–
ter. The Field where chis Battel wá6 foughr was called fl.!!:ipayp_an by corniptiOffi
though properly ic had che Name of ~epaypa, which fignifies a Trumpet, as ff
from thence che Triumph of Atahualpa was trumpeted, and fenc its found into ali
pares of rhe Empire. , I remeruber, chat when I was a Boy, I wenc three or four
rimes into chofe Fields wich ocher 'Boys, who were my School-fellows, where we
enjoyed-che recreation of Hawking with fome Hawks, which the Indian Faulco-
ners mañaged for us. .
fo chis manner, as we have related, was ali che Bloud-Roy?l, arid Family of che
lnw, extinguiíhed and excirpated in che [pace oftwo years and a half; and though
they mighc in a much íhorter time have exhauíled che.veins of Royal Bloud, yec ro
prolong their pleafure in Cruelty,they reíerved fome on which rheir appetites mighc
feed, and íl:ill be delighted in new exercifes of tormenc. The Indians fay rhat che
Field where che great effufion of chis Bloud was made, was called Yahuarpñmpa
or Field of Bloud ; and that it rather took its denominarion from che Bloud
of IncM, chan from that ofche ChancM ; for though the quancicy of the Bloud
of Chanc,u was greater, yec che qua lity of the lnc,u made -cheirs much more
eílimable ; and che deach of Women and Children being of render fex and age·
rendered che maAy Murrhers more tragical and execrable. '
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