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he was recall~d from thence to ferve his Majeíl:y in the lace War with
his
Men,
who were very good and experienced Souldiets.
Diego de
Roj.u,
NickolM de Eredia,
an~
Philip Gutier~e~
(
a Native of
Madrid)
were fent coche Provmce of
MHJ{u,
cal1ep by che
Spamards los Moxos;
wich chem
were liíl:ed a Company of brave Men, who had fuíl:ained many great difficulties
before rhey arrived at che River of Place, of which we fhall hereafter give aRe–
]ation.
GonMlo de Monrroy
was fent
to
the Kingdom of
Chili
to recruit and affifi
the Forces of che Governour
Pedro de Valdivia,
who then wgs employed in the
Conqueíl: ,of che Provinces and Nations ~longing to chac Kingdorn. To another
Province called
Mullupampa
he fent Captam
¡ohn Pere~ deGuevara,
who had made
a late difcovery thereof, and had there received incelligence and intimation of
other new Countries, and large Terricories, which íl:recch themfelves Eaíl:ward
between che Rivers called
Ore/lana, lWarannon,
and che River of Place: :Bue chat
chofe were Councries very Mouncainous, and
ful!
of Moors, Fens and Bogs,
aad
inhabited by few
Indians,
who lived in
J
beíl:ial manner, like bruce Beaíl:s, wich–
ouc Religion, Laws or Civilicy, and were fuch as are one che ocher; and chat che
Climace being hoc, chey needed no cloaching, bue wenc naked.
Thus che Governour
Vaca de Caftro
having ridded his hands of che Souldiers,
and cleared che Kingdom of
Peru
ofche burthen of new Levies, having [ene them
from
f2._uiru
to
che
Charc.u,
which are feven hundred Leagues diíl:ant each from
che ocher, he remained much at eafe, and freed from che daily importunicies
which diílurbed him; fo that he attended to his Government in peace and qui–
etneís ro che general facisfaétion of ali people. And chac he might form and
eíl:abliíl1 Laws moíl: agreeable to the nacure and coníl:icution of thofe Countries,
he informed himfelf of che
Curacas,
and ancient Capcains; of che Order and
Rules which their
lncan
Kings obferved in cheir Adminiíl:ration of Juíl:ice, ouc
of which he chofe and culled fuch as he eíl:eerned moíl: proper and agreeable to
the confücucions of both Nations, whereby che
Spaniard1
rnighc be conferved,
and che
Indian1
inm:afed. Then he fent Lecters
to
Gonz:.alo Pi(arro,
who íl:ill re–
mained in
f2..!!ir,,
to come to him; and having in che Name of his Majefiy, and
in bis o\, n behalf, thanked him for al! the Services he had perforrned to the
Crown, and applauded che dangers and advencures he had run, which bis Ma–
jeíly would in due time reward ; he gave him leave
to
recurn
to
bis
0\\'11
habita–
tion, :ind to his Dorninion in che
Charca1
over the
J11dian1
there, advifing hin;i to
cake care of bis health, and actend to the imprO\ emenc of his Eílare. The
lndi–
ans
finding themfelves freed from che calamities and miferies they had fuílained
by che lace inceíl:ine Wars, which had been carried on ac che expence of rheir
Lives and Eílares; of which, as
Gomara
faich, che
Spaniflrd1
had been
fo
prodi–
ga!, chac above a Million and a half of rhem were defüoyed ; ac lengch being
more at eafe, rhey recurned to cheir Counrrey affairs, and
co
cillage and cultiva·
tion of cheir Lands, which by the induíhy and knowledge of the
Spaniards
in
Agriculrnre yielded great plemy, and abundance of al! Provifions; and boch fides
atrending ro their
O\\
n quier and eafe, the
lndian1
difcovered feveral rich
Mines
of Gold in many parts of
Peru
;
che richeíl: of which were ficuaced Eafiward from
Coz:.co
in the Province of
Collahuaya,
called by che
Sp:wiard1 Caravay.t,
frorn whence
chey digged great quancities of che fineíl: Gqld of twemy four Qpilates; which
Mines alfo yield fome Gold ro chis day, ..though not in fuch abundance as former–
]y. To che Weftward of
Co~co,
in che Province of
.f2..!!echua,
\
hich is wel1 peo–
pled wich divers Nations fo narned ; and on chat fide ~hereof which is called
Huallaripa,
other Mines of Gold were difcovered; which chough chey yielded
not cheir Gold fo fine as rhat of
Coíl11hu,rya,
yet it amounced ro rwenry Quilar¡
more or leís in goodneís; howfoever the quancity rhereof \\·as fo great, chac abouc
nine or ten years after rhe Mine was opened, I remember to have feen forne
In–
diam
bring home to their Maíl:er every Saturday night cwo thoufand Pefos of
Gold Sand for bis fingle pare or ílme in chofe Mines. We cal! chat Gold Sand,
or Duíl:, which they gather like che Filings of !ron ; there is alfo anocher fort
fomething chicker, like Eran after it is fifced from che Flour, arnongíl: which they
find now and chen fome granes as big as che Seeds of Melons or Pornpions, to
¡he value of fix or eight Ducacs each grane. From fuch confiderable quanrities
of Gold as were daily brought to che Mine, or Melting-houfes, che fifth pare chere–
of which appertained to his Ma!eíly, arnounced to a vaft Treafüre; for of
every
five