627 / 1070
Booi II.
Royal
Commentaries.
CH A P.
XL.
Who thofe Captai'ns were that were employed
on
the
New
Conquefls
;_
the Arrival of
Hernando
Pi~arro
in
Spain ,
and hi-5 long
l~iprifonment there.
S
O foon as
He,:nando Pifarro
had
takenAlmagro
Prifoner,he immediateÍy employed
many ofhisCaptains in new Conqueíl:s; both rhat rhereby he might free him–
felf
from their importunities,who were in expeétation ofgreaí: andmighty rewards
for their Cervices, and might alfo fecure his own Perfon from fufpicion and jealoU•
fies
7
which his Enemies were contriving and plotting againíl him.
Pedro de Val–
divia
was fent Commander in Chief, wich a confiderable Force to the Conqueíl:
of
Chili,
which was begun, bue left imperfeét by
Almagro;
tbe fuccefs of which,
wich bis profperous and unhappy fortune, we have formerly declared in che Life
of
Inca Yupanqui
che tenth King of
Peru.
Francifco de Villagra
(
witb whom
I
was
acquainted) went in cornpany with him , as did alfo
Alonfo de Montroy.
Captain
1
Francifco de Olmos,
with whom wenc
Garfilaf{o de la Vega,
was fenc to che Bay of
St.
Matthew :
O[
whofe Conqueíl:s and Succeíles
Gomara
fpeaks in thé
14
3d Chap–
cer, as follows :
,e
Come::.
de
A/varado
was ~mployeq in the Conquea of the Province of
Guanu•
"
cu : Fra~ifco de Chaves
wa~ fent to fupprefs the
CGnchucos,
who rnuch
infeílcd
" the Inhabitants about
Trugillo,
and
in
their Army carried an Ido!, to which they
" facrificed che fpoils of d-ieir Enemies, and the bloud of Chrifüans.
Pera
Je
"
Vergara
marched a·gainíl: the
Bracamoros,
which is a Countrey, that to che North–
" ward joins to che Councrny·of
f2.!!itu; Pere::. de Vergara
went to che
Chachapoyu,
" and
Alonfo
de
Mercadillo
to
,MH!lubamba;
but
Pedro de f:andia
went to the High–
" lands of
Collao
;
into which, by reafon of che difficulty and badnefs of the Coun–
" trey, he could rnake no gréac·progrefs ; and·befides, his people fell into a Mu–
·'' tiny, who were for che rnoíl: part friends of
Almágro,
as was alfo
Mefa
Captaia
et
of the Artillery
to
Pifarro :
For which neafon
Fernando
wrnt
to
them ; and ha–
': ·ying accufed
Mefa
of Muciny, and with ~candal?us Words againí): the
Pifarrot,
' and wich a Plot
to
have
fet ,Almagro
at hberty,
1~
cafe he had been carried
to
" the Marquis·at
!01
ReyeJ;
ali wbien having been proved againíl him, he puc him
" to Deach. The chree hundred Men Vl.!hich belonged to
Pedro de Candia
hCi! gave
" to
Peranfuret,
and fent him forwar.d to che Conqueíl: of that Coumrey.
In
chis
'~ manner ali the
Spaniard1
were employed,,and
in
a very íhort time énlatged their
" Conqueíl:, at ·leaft three hundred Leagues in lengch from. Eaíl: to Weft, though
" wich the death and
lofs of Multitudesr0f
péople.¡
Fernando
and
Gonr¡alo Pir¿amJ
'~fübdued the
Collao,
which.isa Countrey,,
v.rh€'rein,Gold fo much abounds, that
"'they Wainfcoat che in-lides of cheir Chapels, and Chambers wich Places of
"
Goía.;
and cherein is a fo1;t@f:Sheep, which have fome refemblance
of
a
Ca–
" ,ínel,
and fomething of a
t)~¡
Thus·far
Gqmarfl;
whQ farth€r'on in,the fame-
Chapt~r adds :
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Fernando
Píf.am,Íaith he, réturhed to
"C;ouo,
where he inet with
Fr11ncifco Pi–
ce
' farro,
whom he had not feen 6nce the Irnpfifonrnenc of
Almagro.
Afcer they
" had entertained difcourfe for feveral Days,- concerning ,the macters lately paft,
" acia what was farrher
to
be done in order
to
che Govetnment :
le
was decermi–
" ned
chat
;Fernando
íhould go imo
Spain
to render ap-ue information unto the Em•
" pér'our of ali macters which.had paífed; ahd to carry with him the Eifths of ali
" which belonged
to
his Majefiy, with an atcount of che Revenue, as it was late–
': ly
augmemed-. ·Many of bis friends who knew the true fiate of matters, and
~
how
ill
che D"eath of
11/magro
would be refenced by che Ernperour, diffuaded
G
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g g
''.
Fernand~
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