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BooK
111.
C H A P.
11.
The Marquis ma~s a Divifion of the líingdom and Province
of the
Charcas,
ª1!-d
Gonzalo Pi~arro
is fent to the
Conquefl of the
Canela.
T
HE War being ended, and che
lndians
fetled in peace, che
Marquis
made
a
Diviíioh of the Conncrey amongíl: che principal Perfons concemed in
che Conquefi. To his Brother
Remando Pifarro
he divided a very large'lhare,
and another pare to
Go~alo,
wichin whofe Divifion, fome years after, the Silver
Mines of
Potoji
were difcovered; of which one part belonged
to
Hernando Pirarro,
as Inhabitant of thac Cicy ; and chough he were chen in
Spain,
yec one
Mine
was
religned to hisOfficers, co dig che Place for his
Benefic
and Ufe; che which was
of fo rich a vein, chac in fornething more chan eighc months, chey digged Silver
of che fine/1 fort from chence wichouc atly Allay, and wichoat
ocfier
trouble
chan onely co melt down che Metal.
I
have mencioned cheíe Riches in chis
place, having forgotten
to
fpecifie them, when in che
firíl:
pan of thefe Com–
mentaries we rreaced of that famous Hill. To my Lord
GarfilajJo de la Y,ega
that
pare was given which is called·
Tajac-ri.
To
Graviel de RojM
anocher very confi–
derable Poffeffion was given, and che like
to
many other Cavaliers, and all wich-
. in che compafs of 0ne hundred Leagues; of which alfo fome part was given·tó
the City, called
la
·p~,
or che Cicy of Peace.
'
,;
Bue
chefe Divifions chen-given, were of lictle value, though ch~ Soil was
frtfü–
full,
and abounding wich ali Provifions, and very populous, and well inhabited
by
Indian1,
untill che Mines of
Pofoji
were diícovered in chofe pms; for chen
rhe
Rents were raifed cen for one; and chofe Poffeílions which yielded cwo, or chree,
or four chouíand Pieces of Eighc, amounced afterwards co cwency, chircy, and
forty ·choufand Crowns ayear. The Marquis,
Francifco Pifarro,
having given ar–
der co found chac Cicy, which
is
called che Cicy of Place, and having divided che
lndian1
under chat Juriídiétion amongíl: che Conquerours and Advencurers; ali
which happened in che Years
1
ns,
and
1539.
he had noc reíl:ed and repoíed in
quietnefs from his civil War, and lace Conquefts, befare he undercook fome
ocher more laborious, and more dangerous Adventures chan che forrner, which
!hall hereafcer be related.
By che deach of
Almagro
che Marquis remained Cole and fupreme Governour
of
morethan
700
Leagues·of Land, which reach Norch and Souch fróm che
CharcM
ro
12..!!Jru,
and had enough
to
doe, how and in what manner to íecure chofe new_
Conqueíls, which his Captains had made in divers pares, and how to rule wich
Laws of Juíl:ice chofe People who were íetled in a quiec :rnd peaceable Condition,
yec íince che defo-e of Rule and Governmenc is never to be facisfied, his Warlike
Mind was incited to farcher Encerpriíes, being encouraged wich che good Forcune
of his paíl: Succeffes.
For now che News arrived, chac beíides che Limics of
f2J!it11,
and ocher Coun–
críes, over which che
Incan
Kings were fupreme Commanders, anocher Councrey
was diícovered both long and wide, where Cinnamon was growing, for which
reafon chey called ic che Coantrey of
Canela,
which fignifies Cínnamon. The Mar–
quis had a defüe to employ his Brother in chac Conqueíl:, wich incencion co
make
t
e
Extent of his Land as long and wide as his own; and having coníul–
ced hereupon with chofe of his Cabinec Council, he renounced his righc to che
Government of
f2l!hu,
and cransferred it co his íaid Brother,
fo
chat
in
che Con–
queíl: of
Canela,
which líes EaHward from
f2.!l.it11,
he rnighc have che benefic of
fupplies and fuccour from chac Cicy.
Having