4000003871

BooK

R ~yal

f;ommentaries.

_____ 19~

fair an opportunicy whereby

compafs hisdeftgns; for chat fortune having puc

inco his hands ali chofe whom he inrended

kili, as namely rhe Sons and Bro–

rher of

Atahua!pa,

che chief Captaih

Challcuchima,

with many ocher Caprains and

Lords chen pretenc, be refolved

execute his bloudy purpofe. To which eria

he inviced all the great Perfons there prefent to a Dinner, that being cogether

they mighc crear of affa írs, and confider of the way and means how

íecure

and defend themfelves from the

Spaniards

;

he alfo nominated

12.t!,iliifcacha

for

Vice-king, or Regent, in che 'Kingdom of'

.f2.!!_itu ,

during che Minofity óf the

eldeíl: Son of

Arahuafpa,

who was as yet but an Infant.

The Captains and

Curac,:u

accordingly .íífembled in the Palace of che

Inca,

where many thíngs were propofed,

but nothing determined : At lengrh Din–

ner was broughc in, which was very fwnpmous, having been prnvided at the

coft and charge of

Rumminavi.

Dinner peing ended, and che Meac taken a-

_way, che Driok was broughc in, which chef call

Sm,,,

aód in othe:r :fongues

F.innapu,

which, as we have faid,

a fort

Liquour fomiddeh by the

··Indf?.11

Kings upon pain of Death; for thát on

füdden ic feizes the fpit'itsf an'él in–

toxicares in fuch manner, that fuch as drink it remain .( as it were) de'ad ·

for

fome time, and withouc fenfe.

Acofta

.faich,

that it inebriates m1tch fopne-,. 1hqn

wine,

For though of their common liquour chey inake -greacquantities, yec chis

immediacely intoxicares. . So (oon as

Rumminavi

¡::,erceived thefe CaP,tains and

Ct-1raw

befotted, and íl:upified wich chis Liquour, he fell to his wotk; and cut

all cheir throats ; amongíl: which was

Challcuchima, fl!!_iffifaacha,

and a-lt ~he

So.ns

and Daughters of

Atahuafpa,

not leaving one alive thac was capable tq'q~p_ofe his

defign. And to create a greater terróur of bimfelf imth~ minds of tbe• -péople ,

for he pretended noc to be obeyed far love, bue for dread and fear,.

hé

flea'd

off che Skin of

~i!lifcacha,

and therewich covéred a Drum , the Skin of

che

head hanging to ic , that

like a good Scholar and 0fficer of bis Ma'íl:e~

At~

huafpa,

he might appear ~ith all the_ Enfigns, and marks of tyranny and cruelty.

Carate

111entions onely, in fhort, chis barbarous Cruelty.

Peter de Ciefa_

faith,

.tlm

Prancifco Pifª"°

burnt

Chaffcuchima

·Sacfahuanna,

bue this was not che

Chaf!cuchima

whom we mean, bue a Kinfman of bis of that Name, ·· bue of

lefs fame and renown. He alfo adds, chauhe Gene~al

Chaf!cuchima

was pre–

fent at che Death of

Atahualpa,

and that h€ carried hi~ ~ody to

fkiiu,,

~s be–

fore rel~ted, and that he was afcerwards Murthered tHere' by the hands of bis

own people.

.CH A