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BooK

II.

Royal

omm~ntaries.

.'' thereof.

Go4oy

remrned ( as they fay) wim his tail between_his legs, anti with

t~o·{P:4ni~rds

iI)

compaoy with hiqi., wh_o had belonged to

(!t1hete,

and by help

; .9f

ili~1r

florfes h~d made an efcape ; che

,111

news hereof, which gre~tly croubled

l'ifarr¡o?'

was [peedily feconded by

Diego d Aguero,

who fled for fafecy to

los

Reyn;

" apa g_a~(a !elati_on; chac ajl the

Jndians

were in Arms, and had burned all

bis

~' Pl~niations; ,and were very near with a mofl powerfull Atmy. The news

~~J-\ereoT _gÍ-eatl;: cerrifie;d cbe whole Cicy, in regard che Ni.Imber of che

Spahi,irds

", ,w¡¡s

ínuch-dio;i,inííhed.~ how(oever,

P.ifarro

difpeeded

Peter de Lerma de B-urgoJ

~·

_wi~h fevericy Horfe, .and many

lndia,is

who were Friends, and were become

'~- Chritl:iáns'

·incer~ept them in their paífage, and him:kr them from-making too

"··nea"r an approach cowards the City, and he himfelf marched in.che Rere wich

" ál!

;~che

Spaniards:

t,hat rerpained ; bue

Ler711a

fighcing ,with good fuccefs, drove

~' che Enerny into che Rocks, where he might have rotally cjefüoyed them, had

. 't'

6ot

.Piétrr.o·

founded a retreat.

' '"

Tha( day¡Óne

Sp,mifo.

H9rfe-man was killed in che Fight, but many were

'' wóuhded ;· and

Pedro de-Lerma

had his Teeth beaten out: Howfoever, che

Jn.r

dians

recu,r.ned 'maríy cpanks

cheir Go~ rhe Sun, .;,~ho had delivered them

" ' from c~ófe ;dangers ; and in ceíl-im.ony chereof, offered many Sacrifices untó

" him. ,Tl¡¡en chey removed cheir Camp

a c.ert¡¡in Moumain near unto

/01

·~

_lj.eye~,

~brougb che middle

which runs a River, where

th.ey

q:mtinued for the

" fpa'ce of'ten Days, fighting and skirmiíhing with che

.paniar.ds

;

bue with .che

(C,

ind1ans/

·whp wcre 'cheir Enemies, they avoided ali Engagements,

,..

: ,

, i,

:·

•

~I,·

.,,

; Thu's far ~re rhe Words ,of

Gomara;

che which is conffrmed by

Carate

almofr

the famb-vords, and which

(if

we well obferve) is more •in favour

toe

ln–

dians,

than to the

Spaniards.

The trutb of all which is chis ; The Infidels havíng ,.

killed añd deílroyéd many

Spdniards

che

Ways and _Roads, became fo encou–

raged by cheir fuccefs, chat.they

refolv.ed

to at.tempc

los .Roes,

and defiroy che

fe.tarquis and ali his people ; and being on their March chither with chis intentibn; ,

aboµc eight. or ten Leagues from che Cit~; chey enrnuncred

Pedro de Lerma

and bis

Fót'~es·, and engaged valiantly -,with chem

And in regard che Fighc began

a ·

Plaih, che

'spanifh

Horfe had a great advantage on che

lndia,_n¡;

.and killéd many .

dfchem..; Bue chey afcerwards ma:king

rétreac inco che Mouncains, ,with loud. ,

íhours, and wich ene found

Ti:m.npets anctDrums,allarnm'd

alb che.indians

round; fo chac chey encreafed; to the number of forcy thoufand : And in regard -

·tbe

Mouncaiús were ibarp and craggy, and chac che Horfeshegan

t<O

be cired and

weary, che

lndians-

advencured co. fally out upon chem; a.rid ,to~renew .the Fight

Pedro de Lerma

had che rnisfortune to have.bis Teeth beacen ·ouc wich a Stone-hur–

led from a Sling·, beíides w~kh many

Spaniárds

were wounded,

which thirty

· two died,

che great grief

<Jn~

(orrow

all.; likewife eight Horfes died of rheir ,

wounds, .though aét:ually in 1qe ~attel cher~ was·.buc oneJMan, and oneHorfé

that was ílain.· The Gov~mour who carne in che,Rere, , ob,ferving how his Soul–

diers were diíl:reífed, founded a re~reac, whg:h ferved for a Signa! to che Enemy,

thac he was maréhing to che Succour

his friends; at which che

lndians

being

affiighteq, ma~e a retreat, and fo ended lthe--Batcel of thac day, which was very ·

bloudy. The

Spaniards

heteupon' retu.rneq tp che,Cicy, and

the

lndians

to their ,

Quarter and Reridezvous, where the Countrey·flocking in, chey quickly made

- Body of fixty éh(!ufand

Indi~ns

under Command

_df

tl-ieir Ge~eral

Tjtu 1upang_ui;

called by

Carate.

Ti.fo

Tupangui,

and by

GórJJara 'JJ,:.oyo

;

and w.·Ith ·thIS force tbey ·

piccbed their Camp neár die City, paving th~ Ri~er between co-k~ep and defend

iliem from che

Sp,wifh·

Horfe.

· -

·.

. There chey offeréd Sacrifices, and returned thanks

che Sun for having, as

they

imagined, given chem an advancage over'che

Spaniards,

and

eau[ed

chem

;CO

retreat into cheir Cicy, and to give over che Fighr. The Hifiorians who write of

che[e matcers fay, chat che

lndi11ns

otfered:cheir Sacrifices in chanks for deliverance

from their dangers ; and farther chey add, chac éhey Conrinually skirmiíhed wich

the

Spaniards,

and not wich che

Jndians,

who took part with che

SpaniardJ,

fcorning;

as it were, to engage and fight againíl: their own Vaílals, after they had had che He-:

nour

to fight with the

Viraéoch,u

;

and chough daily Encount_ers paífed becween

them of litcle or no,damage to.che

Spaniards,

becaufe on the Plains che Horfe had

greac advantage, ana éc,mld hem in and enco;ppafs the

lndi[fffs

all

fides; yet ché

continua! Allarums which were giyen the

Spaniards

both by Night and Day, kepf

Bbbb

füeni

555