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II.
Royal Commentaries.
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deílroy him;. which had. been avoided, had there been a true and ríght under–
fianding of matters between them; but .the Devil, who always delights
in
Dif–
cord ancj Mifchiefs, had by his Artífice contrived to prevent the true lnformation,
d1at
fo
rnarters proceeding to Bloud and Tyranny, the
lndians
might be poffeffeci
wich a finiíl:er and prejudicial eíl:eem of the
Spaniards,
and ofthe Chrifüan Doc- ·
trine they profeffed to propagare.
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CH
A P.
XIV~ -
.
Three
BatÚls
betwie'n
th..e
Indians·
anj
the
Spaniards-;.
and
of the
Nunt/Jer
ofa
he
Slain.
Q.·
Viz:qui:c
obferying the·h~fie which the
Sp,1,niards
made towards-him; did ima~
gine that cheir Defign was to engage him to fight, and therefore repenting'
too late of his Securiry and Negleét, and being mad, and aíhamed for his Folly
and·íl:upidicy, he rerreated as well as he could, untothe top of a craggy and rug–
ged Mouncain, which was unpaífable, and inacceffible for Horres, where he fe-
. cured his Wornen and ufelefs People; and in the mean time, to amure and em–
ploy the
Spaniards,
he rent a certain Captain, whom the
Spaniards
call
Guaypalcon;
though his proper Name was
Huaypallca,
the fignification of which
I
do not well
underíl:and, becaure ic is a word of the- Language of
~itu;
but chis Perfon,
as
we faid, was rent wirh Commiffion to raire whac Forces he .was able to oppofe
the
Spaniards,
and having gathered fome numbers.together, he duríl: not aífault
A/varado,
fearing the .greac Body of his Horfe, which drew themrelves up
on füch Ground
>
where chey' might be moíl: rerviceable, and noc fighc up- .
9n a difadvantage. Howfoever he found an opportunity to engage
Almagro
,
who, to encompafs
!12.!!_ifqui:c
between him and
Alv11rado,
was mouqted wich
bis Horre to füch a craggy and afp~rous pare of a mountain, that he was
in. ·
danger of being entirely loíl: and defeated, as
Carate
confirms by there Words :,
''
Huaypalcon,
fays he, with his Souldiers, w.ent to engage
Almagro,
who, wich his
''. _fforre, was.got up
to
che-ridge of
a
Mouncain, che arcenc unto which was
fo'
. '" fieep, that chey mounced by turnings and windings, and had wearied and tired ·
" ali
their tJorfes; and befides , che
Indians
chrew clown from che top mighty
" great Scones, called
Gálgas,
which tumbling five or.fix·furlongs ddwn, carried.
" chirty or forty more befare them, and there drove innumerable others, before
" chey carne
to
che bottorne. Thus far are che Words of
Car4te,
~he which are
confirmed in like mariner by
Gornara,
as we íhall ree hereafcer,
Almagro
was greatly incommoded by che
fall
of there Rocks which killed boch–
I1is
Men and Horre, and he himrelf alfo was in great danger of bis Life,
to
avoid
which, he was forced to cake another way lefs rugged, chl t
fo
he rnighc be enar
l;>led che better
to
come at
H11aypallca,
who'fearing to
fall
between the two Com–
manders, recreaced
to ,
che fafeguard of a íl:eep and craggy Moumain , by help of
'Yhich pe valiantly defended hirnrelf untill night; for in füch inacceffibl~ places as ·
thore, neirhet.che Horre nor Foot could be of Service; and che
Jndians
liad
a
greac
advantage
of
che
Viracochas,
or
Spanjards,
who were laden with Armour and
of–
fenfive Weapons. The nighc being come,
Huaypa!lca,
by help of the darknefs re~ ·
creaced wich hisSouldiers into more
faíl:
and recure places.
lihe Day following
cbe
Spaniards
fell in with che Rere-guard of
.fkiz:,quiz:,,
who not dreaming of War
Qr fighting, marched wich cheir Army divided into cwo Bands, at leaíl: fifceen
Leagues diíl-ant one from che ocher ;
as
is reported by
Carate
in che uth Chapter
of
b.i? 1-d
Book, and in ·che fame Chapcer he hath.thefe Words fo.llowing. "
Don
"
Diego,
and
D. Pedro
rallied ali their Forces cogecher,' and che
lndi.ans,
by che ob-
" rcurity of
che
ntghc, eftaped, and, \veñt
ro
1
join chemfelves wich
f¿_ui:{,qui:t.,
and
'' che
3000
Indiam,
who taking cheir way
b_y
che Lefc-hand, cut off eñe Heads of,
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