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Bo'oKIH.
Roy4/
Comm~ntarier.
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A P.
XIX.
The
gooJ Government of
Vaca
de
Caíl:ro ;
the peace
a,áÍ
'
,quietnefs of
Perl,\
; ·
the caufe and original of other
•
1
Troubles.
·non
'f)iego 4/magro
Junior, being dead, ang all the Complices and Heads of
-
that party being either puc to death, or bí!nitbed, the whole Empire of
Pe-
.
rfl
began t9 enjoy peace and fe~clernent, che name and imereíl: of that
Almagria11
Faaión being totally extinguifhed. Judge
Vac;J, de Ca,flro
being a prudent, anda
difcreet perfon in ali his aélions, governed with much Equicy and Juíl:ice, to ibe
greac fatisfaétion and contentmem both of
Spaniard¡
and
Ir,dians?
having eíl:ábliílji–
cd
f'lveral Laws fo advantageous to the Welfoe cf both Nauoas, that the
Indi–
ain
themfelves rejoyced in fuch happy coníl:itutions, and eíl:eemed them equal to
thofe-which had been made by their
Inca..
Likewife the Governour beíl:owed
fuch ·Plantations of
Indians,
whicb were void and forfeiced for Rebellion, on per–
fons who had well deferved for their Services tQ bis Majeíl:y in che fare War
~
He
alfo encreafeµ the Poífeffions of ochers, or exchanged them for cho(e which
were better in other places, or Cities; where they were moil pleafed to chufe
~heir habitation. Ae that time many of the Jnhabitants of
Chflrca.
tranfplanted
themfelves and Families to
Co:{.co,
amongíl: whom my Lord
Garyilaj[o de
/11,
Yeg.t
·
was one, who (as we have faid former!y) had lefc the Province
T4pac•ri
to fettle
himfelf in che Province
fl!!_echua,
which belongs to the Nation
Cota11m1,
and
Huamampallf4.
And though the Govemour in the Divifions he made proce'eded
with ali,thé equalicy and caution imaginable, ¡¡s was a,pparent
to
all the World,
yec
many were difconcented for want of having Lands, and Plantations of
Indians
allotted to them, which thev believed and prefumed to be due for all rheir Servi-, .
ces and Labours they had fuíl:ained in the Conqueíl: of
Peri(.
Amongíl: chefe dif–
contented perfons there was a certain Gentleman called
Hernando Mog9/lon,
born aÉ
¡?adajoz.,
of whom we have made mention in the chird C:::hapter of the
firíl:
Book
of our Hiíl:ory of
Florida.
This Gentleman prefüming that he had well deferved
and performed great Services in the Conqueft of thefe new Coumries, and par–
ticularly at che Battel of
Chupa.,
where he fignalized bis pravery
in
an extraordi–
oary manner, of which
Vaca
de
Caftro
himfelf was a Witnefs; for which finding '
he had no reward, or Lands, or
Indian
Servants divided
to
him, he went and ap–
.plied
himfelf
to .che Governour, and told him plainly :
Sir, In this Cou11trey,
M
your Lor'djhip wefl k!,ows, all People eat from the Labours of
,Mogollon,
and he alone flarves with hunger. And in regard that he w.u one of thofe who
difcovered
Florida,
,md wa. forward and aétive in other irnportant Conquefls which have
heen acquired to the Crown of
Spain ;
and lafl!y,
WM
pre{ent in the Battel
of
Chupas,
where
he fought underyour Lordjhip's Standard
;
it is but rea/on that fome remembrance
fho11ld be h~d
of
him, who hath not forgotten hú Duty anrJ. Serúce to hú .(t1ajefly.
• The Governour conGdering weÍl che Merits of the Man, and thar he asked
notMng but whac was very reafonable, he beíl:owed upon him a final! fhare of
Lands, inhabited by
Indiam.
And as an expedient tó quier the rninds of other .
complaining and indigent Souldiers, of which, many wern unrewarded ; and to
Rrevent a farchér Maciny, he imitated the example of Marquis
Pifarro,
who on
the like occafion difpeeded feveral Companies wifü cheir Caprains, to ~onquer and
poífefs divers other parts of che Coumrey; b'y which means enlarging their Ter·
ritories, every Man mighc obtain fome Inherirance and Dominjon over che
lndi..:
anr.
.
And accordingly he gave order to Captain
Pedro de Yergara
to renirn tQ his
Provmce of
Pacamuru,
where he had rnade fomer.progrefs in
bis
Conq.qe,fl',
whcn-
h~·