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R,,vy-al

Comment@rier.

Bo-o-K

1l.

formerly, to prevent furprize, mee forne Enc?unters on the ~ay, \víth certai11

Captains of

Atahualpa

ftnall note, who heanng of the Impnfonrnent of their

King, had 'raifed fome peopl~ in a confufed manner; _and being but fewin nurn–

ber, were Aed to t~e Mountams, to guard forne Paífes en the R~cks and Precipi–

ces which were d1fficult to take. And though they had been mformed of che

Ddath of

Atahualpa,

yet they Disbanded not tneir people in expeétarion of Sum–

mons from fome of the next ,ef BJoud, who migl-it require rheir aíliflence to re–

venge rhe Murther ofth'eir King: For which reafon feveral fmall Companies were

fcattered over ,the Countrey wirhout .Chief or Cornmander

Marfhal_or Con–

duét chem , which had they been uniced togecher to guard and ~efend diofe diffi–

cult Paffes, rnight have done che

'Spaniard1

grear mifchief. Wich chis forr of Soul–

diers

Sebaftian de Belalca~ar_

had feveral ílight Skirmifhes, but they quickly deferted

rfue Fight, aocl,gave,0vedlefore-mudi1 hurt was done; onely

CupayYupanqui,

which

,is

,as ,mudh as t@ ·fay,

Trupanqui

1the ·Devil_fought very íl:outly, havi~g killed five

S,p-,ini;mlr,

and w:0uoded fourteen, ,and m1ght have cut rhern al!

p1eces, had he

beefl füpp1ied wjch force fuflf;iciemt.

Lopez- de Gumara,

who was one of bis Carho–

H<ik MajeGly'.s Chaplains, writing @f ohefe Skirrnifhes in ·the 11.8th Chapcer of bis

B00k, calls himCaprain

Zopo Cofagui;

and

Augufoin Car11M,

who was the Empe–

.rourl_s Accouman

iim

the

oth Ghapter of bis fecond Book, names hirn

Capa Co-

p.agui,

which ,c0rnes neareíl: to the trueword; bue to give him

his

true Name, we

m,1!10: ca,11 ,him

Cumac 1u,panq11i,

which fignifies che handfome

1"upanqui,

becau[e thac

w,hent lnis

Jndian ~was

young, Jie was ,of oe>rnely fearures, and of a well fhaped and

pr,0portfoned lbodly ;_~or true word

Cumac,

a~ we have mencioned in che Poecry

ufed by nhe

lnc,u,

f1gmfies handíome or beauc1full.

He wasa nar.ural Son of one of che Royal Bloud, his Mocher was of the Kiog–

d@l_1/il of

f2.!:!i1u

;

,fue was bred up with

Atahualpa ;

and far his skilfulnefs in Martial

affairs, merited che ho·nour to be one .of his Captains. After that

Atahualpa

had

taken his Brocher

Huafcar

Prifoner, and commítted many cruelties; this Man was

a chiefiníl:rument in che ~xe~ution of all bis hl?udy pr~füces, and inyenced many

exquifae itonnents ca be mfüéted on the Enem1es of h1s Maíl:er, which could ne–

ver enter inco·the head of nhe King, or any ochers to perform; following herein

tlue cmf.l:ome of wicked Servants, who having neither the fear of God, nor che

í'hame of the World before their eyes, perpecrate ali Villanies ca gain rhe good

will

and favour of nheir Mafiers; for which reafon the Capcains and Servancs of ,

Atahualpa

obferving bis cruel and di:ibolical nat.ure, changed his Sir-hame of

Cumac

mt01that of

Cupay,

which íignifies tbe Devil. This

l ndian

after he had made fome

lit{le'Oppofition againíl:

Sebaftian deBelalcarar,

and done him what hure he was able,

·retired -iinto fome 00fcme places unknown both to

lndians

~nd

Spaniards.

How–

foever it is believed , that being abhorred by che

lndian1

for his wicked praéüces

and living in fear 0f che

-SpaniardI,

not daring

cohabit wich his own people no;

trufi ,himfelf ~ith Srrange~s, he _fled

che craggy and

wil9

Mouncains of chd

An–

ti+,

,th

ere

to hve and aílóc1ate wi1th Tygers and Serpencs, m fuch manner as ocher

Cap~

aif.ls

·h,is Comf)anions had done.

chis Enterprize

Belalcafar

rroceeded, an~ cal!le to

itu,

rhere to give a

fiop ·to oheCruelt1es of

Rmnmmav,,

and

pumfh h1m ;

R,umminavi

(

as we have

faioi) fallied forth

meet aod skirmifh wich him ; but in all Encouncers che

Jn–

di,ms,

who were few in number, and ill difciplined, were woríl:ed wirhou~ alrnoíl:

a-ny damage to che

Spaniard1.

For this Captain, by reafon of che many ctuelcies

he hacl executed on hu; own people, having Murchered his fellow Souldiers

with 'nhe Brother and Sons of füs own King, and buried che Seleet Virgins aJiv~

wichout any reafon or juíl:ice, he became fo haced and deceíl:ed by che

Jndi11m

that oone would appear on

bis

fide againíl: the

Spaniards,

though he.pretended t~

revenge che Death of tbeir King

Atahualpa.

Thus not being able to rnake head

' againft

Atahualpa,

he retired wich melancholy and defpair into che Mouncains .

tl-ie which place, according to thefe Examples, became alfo a refuge to fome

Spa~

niard1,

as we íhall hereafter declare.

CH A P.