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'/ohn. de Herrada,
who were lefc in
Peru
fo( Agents
to
Almagro,
paífed char \iiiay
" wich cheir people, and in like rnanner eodured much excrernicy boch by húnge~
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and cold ; for che paífage is long, and of ar leafl five ór fix days continuance,
" with hard cra,,el; durin'g which time chey wanced Provifions very much; be–
,, caufe che
Jndians,
which carried chem, were frozen
to
deach : And yec chey
" paíled ac a better feafon chan did
Almagro;_
che Snows not being
fo
deep, nor
" che cold
fo
iocenfe ; howfoever chey fuffered rnuch, and many died : Their .
" chief relief and remedy againfl Hunger chey received from the Flefh of chofe
" Horfes, which being frozen , were conferved from corrupcion. Bue
Almagro
" ( as is faid) remrned not by this way of che Mountain by which he carne, out
'' by che Plains , which run along by che Sea-coafi, where che Countrey is de–
" fart, and uninhabiced from
Atacama,
which is che mofl remoce people of
Peru,
" untill you come
to
Copayapu ,
which is eighcy Leagues difiant from chence, and
" in che way chere are certain Poolsof íl-agnaced, or Handing Waters, which do
'' not run: For which reafon, and becaufe they are not drawn, chey íl:ink, and
" are corrupced , and are abouc fix or feven Leagues dillanc one from che ocher ;
" wherefore for better Accommodation of che whole Army,
Almagro
ordered,
" chat che Horfe íl,ould lead che Van, and be che firfl
to
p¡¡[s che Defart in fmall•
" Parties of five and
Í1x
in a Company;
fo
chac che Wells being drawn by che
" firft, che Wacers became fweec and wholfome for che ufe of chofe chat follow–
" ed, and were again filled wich a new fopply of Water fufficient for a fmall
" Company, by whicb means che wfaole Army'paífed wichouc much inconveni–
" ence; bue
Almagro
himfelf, to avoid che Defart embarked on a fmall Veífel,
, " which was broughc for him by
Noguerol de
V /loa,
one of his Caprains, who was
" Son of the
Alcayde,
or chief Coníl-able of
SimancM,
whom che Biíl1op of
Camura
'' puc
to
deach.
Gero_nimo de Alderetc,
who many years afrer was Governour of
''
Chile,
obferving when he was ac
Copayapu,
chat che paífage over che Mountains
" was clear of Snow, refolved to país chac way ; and having many others in his
" company, chey mude fearch for che Remains and Relicks of that great Morca–
" licy which happened cq chofe wlmpaífed wich
Almagro
;
and there they fom)ld a
"
Negro
íl:anding againfi a Rock on his feet bolt upright, as alfo a Horfe on his
" feec, as if ic had beena Figure fet up ofScraw, and che
N e¡,ro
holding the Reins
" in hishands, which were rotcen, che skin and flefü being fallen from the bones ;
" and chis was five or
ftx
years alter that
Valdivi1t
had been Governour chere,
" whom
Aldmre
fucceeded. And chus far are che Words of thac ancient Con–
querour, who rnade Marginal Notes on the·Hiíl:ory of
Gomara,
and farther ex–
p!·effes himfelf in che followingChapcer.
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