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R(jyal

ommentarie,,

BooKIL

changed rheir refolution of aífaulting

los

Reyes,

and determined to íl:op and inter–

rupt rhem in rheir paífage, and co rhat end

cake poífeílion of all che narrow

Paífes and Avenues ; for in the R.oad frorr;i

Coz.ca

fluitu,

there are many íl:rait

ways, which are noc paífable wichout muc

h ctliffi

culty. """The .Pl0c being chus laid,

they fuffered

Diego PiRarro,

an1 his Co_mpany, to travel feventy Leagues vvichout

giving chem rhe leaíl: mterrupnon or d1íl:urbance ; for though there vvere many

difficult Paíles before they had proceeded

far, yet chey thoughc ficto trole chem

on to fome confiderable diftance from che Governour, that hearing no nevvs of

1hem, he mighc believe chat chey vvere arrived in fafety ac

Cow :

So ac length

taking them on che fide of a íl:ony Moumain called che

Parcos,

rhey rhrevv from

che top mighty Stones, and pieces of Rocks upon chem, called

Galga.,

againíl:

which no Armour being proof fufficiem, chey overvvhelmed them all vvirhouc

ufe ofLance or Svvord, not one of chem efcaping.

In ch~ Carne manner chey fer-–

ved Capcain

M or¡,ovejode ~

nnones

vvith íixcy Horfe and feventy Foot; and aftet

chat

dier

over-d1revv Captain ·

Gonfalo de Tapia,

as he vvas marching vvith

íixcy

Fooc-Souldiers, and eighty &Jorfe; anJ foon after ~hat rhey defeaced Captain

Alonfa

de Gahete ,vvioh

forty H-0rfe, and íixzy Fooc under his Command. So that on fe.

vera! pa{fages of che vvay, Jfour hundred and feventy

Spaniards

vvere loíl-, ofwhich

cvvo

ht1Aeré'd

:md frfcy' vvere Horfe.

Carate

reckons chem to have been three

hundred

and cvvo hundrt'"d 'and cvventy Foot : Bm

Peter dc,Ciefa

making up che

aowunc,of rhe number of,

Spaniards

whicl1' che

lndians

killed in chis'general Infur–

refüoa , dec¡:\ares in che-

2d Chaprer of bis Book, as follovvs :

'' le

is faid chat che

Indians

of chis Province of

Cunchucu

were a íl:ouc, anda

'' warlike people ; for which teafon che

JncM

finding fome difficulty to fubdue–

" chern,· did labour to wh1 and aliure _chem by fair words, ,¡md obliging aétions.

" Thefe

lndians

killed many

Spaniards.

in di.vers pares; to revenge which, Mar–

" quis

Pifarro

[ene

Francu de Chaves

make War on the

Jndians

in a moíl: crue}

'' and terrible manner ; in purfuance of which, as fome Wricers reporr, he burned

'.' and empaled greac numbers of chem.

•The trurh is, abcuc chat time, or alittle

" before, a general Infurreétion wasmade in ali the Provinces ; and on the

way

" or road, becween

Couo

and

f2.!!.it11~'

chey killed above feven hundred

Spaniardr .

" and fuch of·them as chey took atlve, chey put to dearh with cruel Tortures:

;: God deliver us fro¡m,

ene

rage of ehe

Jndians,

for cerrainly chey are a furious.,

and bloudy,pe0ple, where tbey can gec che Maílery, and

effeél:

their deíires;

:: ~hough~c.q excufe 'them1elves, they alledged, thac chey foughc for cheir Libercy, ,

and tQ..;free'd1emfelves

from rhe Shve1

y, and Tyranny of che

Spaniards,

&c.

•

Thus fur are che,Words of

de'Cie?a;

which are confirmed by

Bla. Palera,

who .

reports, chat above feven hundred

Spaniards

were killed in che late fnfurreétion ;

of which above three hundred were Aífaíinaced in cheMines, and in. their Pof–

feffions and1L'ands, whcrein r)1ey were ~attered in purfüit of rheir' gains arld bene–

fü-s ·

and nha

•fom,

hundred ar,id fevenc.y which were fenc for Succours, were killed

in thé Mountains:

blJll r.fiefe were ~ót ali diípeeded togecher, bm in feveral De–

cachrnenrs, thaqfo che

fir/it

.might' árrive -wich betteF{peed and diligence ; for

wa5

neven im

agined that

much da'nger was in che way ; or chat che

l ndians

who·

were

ah.lle.no

)

contend

wich, and civercom~ ten Horfe-men, íhonld be capable co

overn

1rr.o.w fi

xcy, ,feveoty or eighw R~ríe in a boely, beíides che Infancry. And

thougl he prefumed macJ;¡, on chis opinion, and

Oíl

che Gonfidente he had of

his

o,wn people:; yec nbchaving receíved incelligence of che

firfi)

nor yec

che fe-·

cond,thac we1;e,fei1~¡1 ltt~i\,'Vas grea.cl3/'croubled; wherefore ro fatisfie

felf chere–

in, .an9-to,umderílat1d1fü11!€ ne~' from his Brochers-i. he difpatched

aw'ay

another

<;:aptdmicalle?

Jirlmc?G ·

lle Godoy,

a Native of

CarcmN,

,~lith a Part1

óf

torty five

light Ho,fe vnchm1t baggage or oth~r incumbr,a-nce ; 11ot tJ1ac tlieyilicfu-Jd p

·.oc.eed '

far

as.-c:.,o~IJ,

b~t on~lfto enqu1r~ on the wayst á'~ ·ge;c

lieíl:'

/htelligence

ebey coel'? aoncermng 11he1r Compamons. Qf

w'lutli

paffagé

Gorrlllra_

fpec1king

che 136thl Ghapte1:, biath>itl];¡ffe Words:

·,

•

1""'

Pirarr~

being much cí-oubled that he received no 1.etcers from his Brnthers

nor from his q~her ~apt?ins; ami being jealous

che misfortbne which che~

fod

happe,ned, he drfpatched away,fmy Horfe under €ommani:I of

Fra11cú de

fiodoy

t<D m'ake enquiries of what had fucceeded, a-nd

bring him intelligence

chereof.