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Royal

Commentaries.

and another Gentleman called

Don rohn Pifttrro,

who acrnrn'panied

Her11lndo-Pirar~

in chis Journey, rnade a hke report of tfie golden Hill. -, •

' '

We have ah·eady Ciid, that fo /oon as this

fl.:!,i!!ifcacha

was'con:ie

tó

Cáfamarca

with the áforefaid Treafüre;-f1é immediately advifed hisfümtte{

Arqhuitp1

come

wit!'i all fpeed

the Kingdorp of

9!!.itu,

to.,prevem the ln(urreétion;-~vhich th~

.Comminder

Rtfmminavi

wasrdefigning to n\alfo;

which·P)e>rKtahualpa

Hai.Jiríg for-,

rnerly

füf

p_eél:ed, had fent

bis

.Bróther in ptlrfóit of him.

,; .

' ·

J'fhis·Rumminavj

had forme,rly-léen an Afftíl:ant to

At.ahuát¡J ih

~xecutiop of'alt

his cruelties, anct tyrannical'praél:ices;

tHa(

Pie·wa_sácqiJaipted wit_h his nárnral·

tetT)¡:iec, and well forewaru,ed

qis treach~~Y

aod

falfe dyc!lin~

1·

ana fü'fpeétingho,

lefs from

fki!itfc~cha,

reeeived -nim like the Kiog's Brotherrapd inforn:íe\:fRimfelf

ofthe

Inca's

ím

_priíonm

en.t s apd che b~rgai~fqr

ryis

n¡~ío¡ne,

t_b

obra_i~ whích, they

bmh agreed' to

anw.fs

ali t&e í'Gold and Platé'

~~at

was

pe fc;iund m that K;ingf

dbm. And though

mminqvi

defired noiliing ]eís thál1 the'libeny

the

li<!a,

yet.

like a fa'lfe

and

perfidious Tray'rór he ferv~<.f, a:nc,i treated

f/J!illifcaéha

with ·dmch.

kinclnefs, as if he had been a moíl: faithfull·and Joya! Su&jeél:l;Yánd'~arried éfuis.fair

outlide untHI fuch time as occalion offer~o; to

J)t;tt

in, pr~t,:ice his vH!a-h9us

de-

fign.

i',Jf'_()

¡·

Hernando Pi·pirro

permittfug

'f2.!!_illifcachá

tó

pafs beforé'

lfür(;-

proceeded oi;i his·

Journey to the great Temple of

Pach.ica',¡}¡¡¿;_

Whofe-iinmenie-

rrches,. an8 mú!ti~

tude of people, ,which inhabited the Valléy',rou~d atióu~, 'fu!jfriz~d

th~

Spa11iard~

wit& íl:range adiniration; but·mqch mor.e 'w.et.e-'thé

Jn11'{ins

~bnifüeg

' to

fee t~e¡,

Faíhion, che Piabits, the Arms and H,orfes of'th~ir new

6 ijr,fü

;'~he;Novelty

óf

which,. and che Command

~heir

I~ca

ca~fed-tli~m to,aq?fe,them

y~~,:?,ri~

rece1ve·,md treat them w1th fuch kmdnefs añd¡efp_eér,-asJ?affes ali_ 15Pagma'tjotj,

ot.

exp~effion ; ~nd (o

fill~

were. t~efe

po~~

p~opl~

'¡.,t~a,c-

o~r~ry~ng th,e.f~orfes

wtth Bits and Bndles

their moutHs, tp~y 1m,¡g1ned hk~ tho~

C:a}Tam

m~;

that

the Iron was their food ; ánd picying to fee 't~e poorBeafis \il¡ith no better

iél;u–

als, chey broughc chem Golq and

~il1er,

defiting thénh o'~dtJhóf~Mft~~s whí~~

were much more pleafant and delicate than.the Iron.

Th~.Jpaniards

were much

pleafed ac tbe ignorance of flie

lndi~ns,

a.r'id ~heJiíhit1~ t~e'mt

l_h

t opmton,,

to[~,

them ( as they bad done.

~hofe

Ca/fa,mtttda)

tbat tnév. Jhould bring much of

that (odder·to (heir Horres, and lay ~t und,er

f~e

Gra{s and _Mayz,

,fqr

rhey wer~

great devourers, and would foon difpatcq and eac frall

wfikh ~he

.Jnd/ans

beli~~

ving,

did as they defired. Of che Gold which was

the Temple.,.

Hetnrt11do Pi–

farro

took as much as he tould carry with him , leaving his Command

carry

ali the reíl: to

Ca}Tamatca

for ranfome of'tHdr King;

bn:

wh~ch

belief.tq~

people'

.readily brought ali, not concealing or eml;>ezling a:ny pa'rt thereof.

Whilíl:

HernandoPifarro

was at

Pach~citmac,

h_e receiye~ advice, that about forty

Leagues from thence there was a certau'r Captam of che Army of

Atahualpa,

called

Cha!lcuchima,

who had gathered great Forces to

hjrri ;.

upon which

Hmra~do

fent

to him to come, and meet him, that they

migµr

treat of 91atters condu~ing_to ~he

publick peace and quiet of thofe Kingdom~; 'búc the

Indilm

r~fufing t_q'coi:ne where

the

Spuniards

were,

Hernando

adventured wtth great hazarcj of his- own Perfon,

and of the lives of his companions,

to'

país•unto him, being a' Journey noc to b~

performed withouc much labour and danger both in the going, and

the return ;

for not onely the roughnefs of the way, and craggy Mountains were incommodi–

ous, but che broad Rivers gave them much obíl:ruétion ; for in paffing over the

Bridges of

Ojier,

(

which we have formerly defcribed) che greateíl: dífficulty was

how to Ferry over che Horfes. Wherefore chis attempc was eíl:eemed very rafh

and inconfiderate by tbe other

Spaniards,

to whom it appeared a vain confidence

to put themfelves into the ha ds of an Infidel, in whom, according to common

report, was no faich, and into che power of a perfon who was furrounded with

an Army. Howfoever che reliance which .this

Spanijh

Commander had on che

promifes of

Atahualpa,

which at his departure he had expreffed by figns, and had

given him fome tokens which mighc ferve him for a Pafs.port, in cafe he íhould

meet with any Commander or' General in hisJourney, fo animated

Herna1do,

that

he marched boldly towards

Challcuchima;

and having met, he perfuaded him

leave his Army, and to accompany him to che place, where he might fee and

difcourfe with lus King : The

Indian

fuffering himfelf

be overcome by his im–

portunity, attended

Hernando

;

and to make the Journey more íborr, they cut off

greac pare of cheir way, by croffing over fome fnowy Mountains, where they

had