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CommentarieÍ.
CH A P.
XVIII.
How the General
Qgjzquiz
was flain
hy
his own
Soul–
diers.
T
Hat we may ornit noching material of all thofe matters which occurred at
that rime i_n
Pmt,
it is neceífary for us to give an account of what füccefs
befell che General
,fki:tqui:i:,,
the yptain
Huaypallca,
and t~~ir Forces ; who be–
ing anirnated and encouraged by the advantages they had ga:med over
Don Pedro
de
Alvarado
and
Almagro
in three feveral Skirrnifhes, began to prefume thernfelves
able to drive che
Spaniards
out of their Ernpire ; and e[pecially
Hut1:Jpallca
was
füe
more confiélent, becaufe in the abfence of
fl!!.iu¡ui:t
he had been che Chief Com–
mander in chofe late Battels, which fo vainly puffed hirn up in his own imagina•
tion
¡
that he became prefümpmous, and fecure in his íl:rength and formne. Here–
upoo ·thefe cwo Commanders rnarched towards
f2.!!_itu,
wich defign
co
make new
Levies of Meo, and Provifions for a
VJ
ar againíl: che
Spaniards
;
bue they had noC'
made rnany days rnarch before they were difappoimed of their hopes and expec–
rations; for che
CuracM,
as well as the cornrnon
Indians,
being affiighred and fore–
warned by; he lace treachery of
Rumminavi,
and jealous·leíl: iliey fhould
aél:
over..
the like práéHces chac the others had done, refufed eirher to follow the,
to
the ,
'War, _or obey cheir C9rnh1ands,.l which were for bringing in óf Provilions;
for
amongíl:yáll che Captains of théir Arrny, there was none of che Bloud-Ro, al r:hat
appear_ea
1
nor any pe1fon ,with a l)tlé to the l(ingdom of
fh:!itu,
eicher derived
from
AMhualpa,
or
Manoo Inca,
who being che onely Lawfull and Univerfal Heir
of all ·thac'EmP,ire, mighc councena11cr the defign. , With chefe difficulties, ·and._
in
íhaits of Provilions,
fl!!_i:tqui:t'
was labouring when his Purveyors fell into
che hands of
Sebaftian de Bela/cafar,
by che'. Advice~ whicn his friends che
lndiqns
had giv~h ; for chey beif)g generally ,def1rous
of
a Peace, were troubled at ali aéts
and motions which tended .to a War; and in regard that there was no Anny
a–
foot again!l: the
Spaniards,
bu'c chis onely, they were deíirous to
(ee
it defeated;
fo
thac upon chis advice
Belalcafar
furprized che Foragers, and eaíi!y defiroyed
them, and took rnany of chem Priíoners ; füch as e(caped, carried che news
of
their defeat, and chat the
V.iracochM
were very numerous and íl:rong ; for
having
bue the day befare found fo many of chem in a body togecher, they were unde–
ceived in the reports chey had, rha cche
Spaniards,
or greaceíl: pare of them, were
departed ouc of the Counrrey wíth
Alvarado
and
Almagro.
Upon chis advice
fl.!!_i:tqui:t
:iffembled ali his Cap_tains to conlider whac would be moíl: expedient in
chis ca(e, propoling it neceffary to make a recrear for che prefent, in order to ga–
rher Provifions, which were greatly wanting, and rhen on a fudden to affault che
ViracochM,
and .profecute them untill they had entirely deíl:royed and extirpated
rhem ouc of rheir Countrey ; bue che Capcains amongíl: whom
H11aypallca,
(
who
ever fince che lace íucceífes, was acknowledged che Chief) were of a differenc
opinion, efieeming it their beíl: cour(e to render and fubmit chem(e!ves unto che
Spaniard1,
to delire Peace and Friendfhip with them ; whorn to fubdue, ir was
a ri1adnefs
to
imagine , íince experience had 111ewn them to be Invincible .
and that
ir
was irnpoffible to get Provilions from che
Jndians ,
who had wich:
dr:iwn thell~Íelves from their obedience; and in that íl:arving condirion, howdiffi–
culc would 1t be for rhem to make War upon a viétorious Army ; :ind which it
were more eafie to overcorne with fair words, and kind treacment than to reliíl:
a people come from Heaven, which upob fubrniffion would reldily emercain
Friendfhip and Peace with them. And in regard che Prophecy foretold by che
Inca H1tayna Capac
(
n'arnely, that a íl:ranger Nation fhould be Lords of char
Na–
tion_) ,~as n~w fulfilled, ic was in vain to ~empt.che fortune of War longer. Bue
~1:tqu1:t
bemg a íl:out Man, and a Sould1er, declared againíl: chis manner of fob–
miffion, upbraiding his Souldiers wich cowardife and pulill~nim_icy of fpi.ric ; aad
wich