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the mean time
Diego
de
Mora
was appointed Deputy Governour,
.md Commander in Chief of the Forces which remained behind,
.
Matters being
in
chis manner difpofed, the Governoilr tnarched to the City of
Ls
Reyu,
where he receivecl into bis Poífeffion, and under bis Commártd the
Arms, and Souldiers, wbicb flocked to bim from all pares; and having left
Frdn–
cifto Barionuevo
bis Deputy in that place, and made and confütuted
¡ohn Pere:t. de
G1m1ara
Admira! of che City, he parted thence to
SauJ{a,
to follow his Army; lea–
ving Orders, that in caíe
Don Diego de Almagro
íhould come to the City of
Los
Reye,,
that Cai?tain
Pere:t. de Gue1H1ra,
and his Deputy
Barionuevo,
íhould take care
to embark on board the Ships chen
in
Porc all the
\Y
ornen and Children, and
infirm and uíelefs People, .thac
fo
they might not fall into the hand of the Enemy
ro be
ilI
treated by them; and tbac upon advice chereof, he would marcb to cheir
- Relief.
But lec us here leave him in his way, to treat of whac in the mean time paífed
amongíl: the
Almagrians
in
Couo;
where Difcord was noc fatisfied with tbe fire of
DHfencion, blown into a Flame becween che cwo Parties; bue Emulacion and
Envy f!:irred up Strife in chofe of the fame fide, which proceeded to effufion of
·rhe Bloud of chofq who were of the chiefeft Rank and Q!_alicy amongíl: chem.
For
A!m11gro
marching towards
Co«o,
made choice of
Chriftophcr de Sote/o,
and
Gar–
cía de A/varado,
for bis Counfellours, and chief Confidents, in che place of
¡ohn de
Rada,
who (as we have faid) dyed on che way, and gai;3e to them the chief Au–
chority and Command in the Army••
Chriftopher df Sote/o
w~s difpeeded before to
Couo,
with a certain number
óf
choice Men, to cake poífeffion of that City, and
to
reduce all-things to the Service and Devotion of
Almagro,·
that when he arri–
ved chere, he might
be
recei_ved wichout any oppofttion.
Sote/o
accordingly per–
formed his Orders, findtng _no Force to make -refiíl:ence ~gainíl: him;
fo
that with–
ouc any difficulcy he rernq1.:~d all che-Officers of Jufüce, which
Pedro A!varéll:,
had
ordained chere, and füpplied their places with others of his 9wn party. More–
over he gachered all che Provifiolls he was able from che parts ,round about, chat
when the Enemy carne near, they mighc periíh wich Want and Famine. Soon
afcer which
Almagro
arriving at
Couo,
rnade great quantities ofGunpowder, of
the
füongeíl: and fineíl: fort, by means of the Salt-Petre, which in
'tl-íofe
parts
is
bet–
ter than any in
Peru;
and by·che help and are of certain
Levantine.r,
(che
(]reekJ
fo
call_ed in ch~
lndies,)
he caíl: fevera_l pieces of Cannon, o_f ~hich People many
carne mto chofe pares out of good-w1Il and refpeét unto
Pedro de Candia,
who ha--_
ving (as we rnentioned before) been difobliged by
Pifarro,
followed afrerwards
the Parcy of
Almagro;
chat Countrey abollnding wich Copper, and othcr Metalls
fit
far making Cannon, they founded many P~eces, che ~ommand of which wa~
given to
Pedro de Candia,
wich Title of Maíl:er of ,the Artillery.
In
ijke manner
the
Greek_s,_
witlt
che affiftence of the
Jndian
Silver-fmiths, made many Helmets
and Corflets of Silver, mixed wich Copper, w,hichiproved admirahly good. Th~
Prince
M ,,mco Inca,
who had
for
long time voluntarily banithed himfelf into
the
Mountairis, calling to mind che ancient Friendíhip he had ,ente,rtain~d wich
Al·
magro
the Facher, was pleafed to revive th~ (ame by bis kindnefs to che Son
wfüch he knew not in what ocher manner to ceftifie in bis low condition, che~
by
preíenting unto him the Co:us of Maíl, Armour, Swords, and Saddles;
which had been che Spoils which che
Jndians
had taken froi:n the
Spaniards
whom
they had killed, during the Siege of
Co:uo;
ofwhich there was
a
fuffici¡nt quan-
tity to arm two hundred Men.
.
.
_,
.
Bue whilíl: matters fücceeded chus pro[perouíly on che fide of
Almagro
above
his hopes and expeél:ations, an unhappy controveríie fell out between
Chriftopher
de Sote/o,
and
Garcia de Alv4rado,
who being the Chief Commanders, and leading
Men of the Army, proved very unforrunate, confidering the circumílances ofAf–
fairs which at that time required llnion and Communication of Couníels, when
on che contrary whacfoever was ·propofed by one, was diíliked and oppofed by
the other; and in this manner Malice boiled in each other's Breaíl: to fuch a de–
gree, that one day being together in the Market-place, and happening to quarrel
about a trivial matter,
Garcia de A!v11r_ado
killed
Chri.ftopher de Sote/o;
and whereas
theíe two were che ChiefComm~nders of che Army, chey could noc want friends
on each fide to maincain the Q!_arrel;
fo
that many coming
in
to intereíl: them- .
felves as feconds in that Rencounter, much Bloud had cercainly been íhed, had noc
.Almagro
interpofed, and with
fair
and gentle Words appeafed .tl1e Tumult, which
was