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11.

Royal

Commentaries.

:Almagro

beiog employed in bis Wars in

Chili, '/ohn de Herrada

carne

him

with a Comrniffion for

bis

Government, which was btoughc from

Spain

Hernando Pifarro,

which, though it coíl: him bis Life, yet he more rejoiced and

" triumphed,rhan with all the Gold and Silver he had g~ined, for he was more

'' ambitious of Honour rhan covetous of Riches. Hereupon he ent:red into con–

fu!tati

on 0fche courfe he was to íl:eer, wherher to remain in

Chili,

or feturn td

Coz.co

;

afte

r fome debate thereupon, che latter was refolved, namely,

retum

,ce

unto. Coz.oo

to cake poffeffion tbereof, lince nhe Governrrient of thac place fell

". to bi

s Forc

une.

le had been better for him if he had followed che·.A'.dvice and

.,,·R~ueíl: 0f 'nhofe who perfuaded him to rernain

ifl

Chili,

or in che

Charcas,

." which is a very rich and fruitfull Countrey, and frorn thence to have fent and

" known cheWill and Pleafure of

Francifco Pifarro,

and his Affiílants

Coz.co,

be–

fore he attemptetl a,macter, which proved a breach of their Aífociati

on. T

'' Perfons who perfuaded him

return, were chiefly

Gomez.

and

Diego de Alvárado,

-" and

Rodrigo Orgonnos,

his familiar and intimare Friend. In fine,

Almagro

refolved to'

" remrn

Coz.co

and affume che Governrnenc thereof by force, in caíe .che

Pi–

carros

ího

uld n

oc eafi!y render and refign che fame. Thus

far

are che Words of

Go'mara.

•

533

The Motives which incited

_Alm1gr~

and his Captains tó return unto

Peru,

were'

not che bare Command and Jurifdiétion over a hundred Leagues of Land, for

they poffeífed thac, and much more, already in

Chili,

where the People received

ánd treated them with exceífes of Kindnefs and &rvice, and where thei_r Domi–

nions increafed , and, were daily enlarged with 11ew Conquiíls over Countries

that abounded wich Gold, and ocher Riches; bue che ambiiion of being Prince

-o~

che,lml')erial City of

Cou:o,

over-balanced

'<111

other confideracions; and was

that Borne of Difiehci0n chrown

!,)y che Devil between _th0fe cwo Governours,

from whence arofe che Civil Wars which iateurupced .che ·pr.opagacion of che Gof–

-pel, .and occalioned che.Death ;ofrnany ChrHHans, and was the Caufe chac an innu–

mer.able,compainy of others dyed wichouc che Sacrarnenc

,0f

Baptifm; but the paf.

... .fi@m

,w1uich

A!m~i:o·

and his ,Connpanions had for the Imperial .Cicy, cranfporced

chem

with

deítue to ~turn finto

Peru,

not b;r che way rhey carne, for the Diffi–

cufoy diere@~ and their Sufferings were

íbi!ll

freíh

éheir memory, ,bue rakin~

their pa-ífage over a Sandy Defart, in whicm. they endured extremicy of Heac,

~itih

JWanC

of ·Watter., l[he :Suffering~ wer'e as gr.eac .as when rhey fufiained che

mntraries·ofSn0w, f ¡¡0ft, and craggy Moumains; as we íhall hereafcer more pq,r–

r:icl!llarly tr-elare; ancl in .the 1JJ~ean time we canaot bue cake notice of the different

inanner that thefe Hiflorians,

Carate

and

Gomara

relane,thís Expedition

o(AÍmagro

into

Chili,

for they fay that he returned by che fame

way,

and chat he made feve–

ral Lerher Bottels, or Jacks, to carry Water,

whic

w.as

rnuch wanting in chofe

dry Defarts, in which there

a plain rniíl:ake;

f.or

where

chere is abundance of

Snow, there can be no want of Water: Bue r

hefe A

uchours.confound che going

with che return of

Almagro,

which were

iwo

different ways, fubíeét to contrary

<–

inconveniencies. And farther they fay, chat che Gold which

Pauliu

prefented

Almagro

Chili,

was forced from the

IndianJo[ Charcas

Saavedra,

as chey were

carrying it for a Prefenc

their King ; for tha_t tv~r lince the begim~ing of che

War betwe

en the

two Brothers,

Huafcar

and

Atahnalpa

they had conferved their

G_gld , ..and

.ha.d.íl:

Qppe..d a~! iotercour~ an..d ..C

9JJJ:fpoIJ.d~

nc~s b_y chat way. U,pon

ali which r

natter;

thac anc1ent Conquerour, (

of whom

we have rnade rnention in.

che former pare) taking notice in his Margina-! Notes on the Hiíl:ory of

Gomara

che confufed Relat\on of rhefe paífages ; in a kind of anger makes _che Exceptions·.

following to che Cnapter

135"·

" In

che Relation which this Auchour gitres of

Coz.co

and

chile,

there are many

" rhings rhac rnight be added, and ítlany things

omitte

d ; for in writing bis Hi_,

'' ílory, he faems ro have taken his information from fuch as were a~ ignorant of

-'' matters as himfelf; che which appears in this particular paífage ; the rruth of

" which is chis :

Almagro,

as is evident, did not recuro frorn

Chile,

by che way rhat

" he went thither, wfüch was by a paífag€ over rhat MoUAtJin , on which rhey

;; end_Ore~~lrret9-ity of hunger ~nd cold , Jnd by clíac encrance imo

Copayapu,

which 1s rl1e firíl: Valley of

Chile

on rhac fide, where fell

much Snow, chac

" many

Indians, Spaniards

and Horfes were frozen to dearh ; and many of chofe

" who efcaped, !oíl: their Toes and Fingers, benumbed by the Froíl:, but by ano–

'.' ther way, as we íhall hereafEer dedare. Five Momhs afm which,

Ruy-di;u;

and

¡ahn