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ónquefl' of

th'e

Charcas ;·

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d,;d

of other

-Bdttels

be·

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twéen

_the

Irí.&iañs·,and

'the

Spaniards.

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the' Deaéfí

of

Al#ragro,

arid

the;Abferice of

Hernttndo

ftf~to;

ail1

the

managenient óf the Cot-iqueíl:, and the weigbt of the Govethm@nt

of

Peru

was-charged oo die fho¡i¡ifders o.f Marquis•

Pi¡arro,

to whom

God

~~d

given a füffic~e·m tale·m

óf

Wifedom to füpp0rt the· ·care

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qoth of pne and th~ other, had not evil Counfellours imerpofed,

to

·

dl'.e'diífutbance afid-confofion of every thiflg ; fot the Captains ( as

w~

-ln'.ive mentiened;in the ,prece81ng Booi:) being difpeeded áway, and arímfecF

wit-H

new Concfl1eíl:s, the Land

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w'as at reíl: and qurec ; arnengíl: which Com-

. Iflatt9ers\

Gontdlo ·Pifarro,

Brotpét

to the Marqttis, was·fent to·ebnquer the

Colla~;

artd

tli~

C'harea-s~

~nd peoplé diílatit about two hundrnd

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Leagues to the Soutfi–

warti

of

Co"t-co

;

wiéFt

füm rhe greatelff pare

óf

th0fe-Cava-liers

wete

fem, who carne

in

with

Don Pedro de A/varado

to gain new Countries; for chofe already fübdued,

we¡;e onely fuch,as w<:;re Dependani;:

es.ol)

the Cities of

Co~co

and

lpJ ReyeJ,

which,

rogeth€t' with ail

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1:l'J'e Vallies al&-J'.g'the Sea-c·oafr, as far as

Tumpiz:.,

were divided

~dlongfll

t'f!ié

firfl:

Cortquernurs, who had had a hand ,in che Im~rifonmem of

Ata·

Tn#alfra.

Wherefore it wa's ñeceffary

édlarge thcfe Conqueíl:s, that out ofthem

19f0;víG0n-rn:ilghr bé mád'e for,the,fet:ond Advenmrers-, who·e·mred in wich

IJ.

Dieg~

de,

AlmagrO',

c1;rrd

Pedro

de

Atvarttdo.

Gonz.,alo Pifarro

entred 0n d\e

Collao'With

a good number of fiout and valiant

Men ; at firíl: the

In.dian~

made little oppofüior1, but afterwards when they found

tJiiém·

we!lj'

entred into-

t'f!i'e'Charca-s,

and ata hurrdred a'nd fifty teagues difümce

ftofu

·Co"t-co,

tney- then plied them clofe, and frec¡uendy en'gaged

nhem·

in Báttel~

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in

vflWch rFi·ere'

wete

fo~s

Ofl

f:íoth íicles; andIthe

Indi-an:S

airnetl '(füiefly at' tneir '

}lorfég. ; fot tney' were·o:f opinion, that if tfüey coufü

Tui!l.1

thetn\

and

force· füe'

lt/4én-

to• fight on Foor, they'fl'lould nave mucJ!i• che advarltagé, ánd over-power

dii~fn -tvith their Mulrítudes, At length it I~appened-, chat after a tloudy Egfit,

ift'

W~'re:9

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many Were killecl on both

fid'es,. thar

tbé

Spaniards

gaifl'e¿: che Viltory :

·ro

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ptofecuce

wFüG:n

on a

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l~ fid'es, fevera-1' P,arr:ies-fook divers ways, and amongfr .

d'1é'

reflll, rñree Companrom-agreecl

to

g'o·

Witn

(JofR.a!o•

Pi1arro.

Obe

tJ

which'

m~

Garpfajfo de la

Vegtt,

aa0ther

foh~

de Figueroa, ,

and ~be _third

Gaftarjata·;

-~1!

v.inich- had Commanas over

lr1d!tt11.1

m that Town-,

wh1ch

1s noW· calle che Ctry–

of

Plate,

and in che

IndiM

Tongue

Chuquifaca ,

and afcerwards they imprnved

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