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III.
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Commentaries.
Having this DeÍlgn in his Eye, he fent for his Brother
Gonz.alo, _
.who was the~
in che
CharCM,
employed in the fectlement of a new Colony in the City of Place,
and of thac Divilion of
Indian
Subjeéts, and rule over rhem, as was faln to his loe
and poffeffion.
Gom:,alo Pifarro,
at the Summons of bis Brocher repaired fpeedily
to
Co"'co,
where che Marquis then reíided; and having there treated of che Con–
queíl: of
Canela,
he prepared himfelf for rhat adventure, íhewing therein the fame
forwardnefs, and perfonal bravery, as he had done in other Enterptifes of the like.
nature.
In
Cou:o
he levied above two hundred Souldiers, of which one hundred were
Horfe, and a li){e number of Foot; wich which he marched five hundred
Leagues, ( which is the diílance between
Co~co
and
f2!!.itu,)
where
Pedro de Pu–
elles
waschen Governour.
In
his way chither he mee with many light Skirmi/hes
and Encoumers wich the
Indian1,
which appeared in Arms; but chofe of
Hua–
nucu
puc him
fo
hard to it, (as
Carate
reporcs in the
firfi
Chapcer
Qf
bis fourch
Book,) cha
e
the Marquis was forced to fend him fpeedy Relief by
Franci{co de
Chaves,
Gon~lo Pifarro
being delivered out of chis danger, and from others of lefs mo-
1ñent,
anived ar length at
f2!!.itu,
where
Pedro de Puelles
yielde
d ali Obedience to
the Commands of che Marquis, providing him, as was the Office.of Gover–
nour, wirh ali rhings neceífary for that Expedition, togerher wich ·a recr.uic of an
hundred Souldiers,
fo
that his numbers were three hundred and forcy in all, of
which one hundred and
fifty
were Horfe, and the rell: Foot. .
.
Moreover he had a Recinue of four thoufand
Indians,
who were hden wich
Arms, ProviGons, and other neceífaries for chis Enterprife, fuch as !ron, Hatchets,
Match, Cords, and Bas-ropes, Nails, and wooden
Pios,
to u[e, as occaÍton fer–
ved: They alfo drove with them a Herd of about four thoufaAd Swine, and
Sheep of the biggell: fize that that Empire afforded, on which chey laded pare
of their Ammunition and Baggage.
_
Pedro de Pue!les
was ordained and lefr in
fl!!_ittt
in Qg_ality of peputy Gover~
nour, and
Pifarro
having reformed ali Diforders, and fetcled matcers on a good
Foundation of Rule_and Government; he departed from
fl..!!jtu
about Chriíl:mas,
in
the
Y
ear
1
5'
39.
Thus did he march peaceably, and was kindly received, and
tl-eaced by the
Jndians,
through all the Dominions belonging to che
lncM,
till at
- lengch·he encred into that Province which Hifiorians call
fl.._uixos.
And in regard
mat
Lope~ de Gomara
and
Carate
do
fo
well agree
in
the Re1ation·of
this
Adven, -
cure, chat their very Words are almoíl: the fame; ·and becaufe
I
have often heard
the particulars of chis D.ifcovery, from the !\Jouth o:f.ch0fe ..y~o wer~ prefent with
Gon~lo Pifarro
at the very aétion;
I íhall
repeat die1Summ
,of
ali thac
l)affed,
as
1
it
hath
b€en
delivered by divers Relations.
•
L '
. ,·
,
le
is
cer,tain, that in che Provin
ce of ~ixos,
-whith Hes North ·
from
fk.itu,
greac numbers of
Indians
prefented
themfelv.esin a warli:ke·pofoure
·¡n
oppofüion
to
Gom:.alo Pifarro;
bue
fo
foon as they difcovered 1he•,many
Spá~a~Js;
and th~
Horfe which carne with him, they irnmediately retired~wJthin'theCountrey, from
whence they never more appeared. Sorne few days '-afi:erwards there happened
fo
cerribfe an Earth-quake, thac_ma-ny Houfes in tho[eíÍVillages where chey then
were, fell to the ground ; che Earth opened in many pia-ces, and
fo
terribl~ Were
che Lighmings, and 'ifhunder,
and fo
very quick, alrnofi without Interrtiiffion;
and fo fierce .were the Rains,, w:M.ch poured down li½e Buckecs_ of Water; t•hat
che,
Spaniards
much admired
at
t
me nature
of
cha
e
Climace, f~' differ.ent to .µ¡y they
hao ever feen in
Peru.
,
·
After this Scorrh was 0v:er, which concinued about forcy or fifty days, they
-prepared to pafs the fnowy Mountains
1
;
for which though they ha4 ,r_nade good
Proviíions_, yet the Cli1m:te was
fo
extremely cold, by the great ·quantities of
Snow which fell , that many
Indiam;,
who wenr thin in their Clothing, 'were
·&ozen to death. The
Spaniards,
that .they might make hafie out
óf
~hac Snow,
and Cold, and fevere Region, left their Cattel, and proviGons behind i;hem, ex-
peél:irig to find fufficient fupplies of al1 things, ar rhe nexc place, where che
Indian1
inhabiced.
Blit
the rna-cter Jucceeded <Dthérwife, for having paífed the Moun–
tains, they emred into a Councrey
fo
barren, and fruitlefs, that ic was
void of
all Inhabitants; wherefore doubling cheir Journies
to
gec
out
of ic, they carne
at length to
a
Province, and People, called
Cumaco,
füuated
at the foot of a Hill,
H h h h
which
6oi