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ónquefl' of
th'e
Charcas ;·
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d,;d
of other
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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
p¡
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
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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
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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
tó
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·;
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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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