4000003871

Royal

Commentaries.

BooK

III.

means to reduce thern, and though they fhould find fome fo obfiinate and perci–

nacious, as not t<? be prevailed .vith by any terrns of frien~ly aq:ommodati?~;

yet notwithíl:andmg tlut they fhould not prefemly break mto open Hoíl:ihty

wich them , being aí!ured, that what oppofüion foever che b,¡roarous people

made, it would be more difadvamageous, and of lofs to themfelves, than tbeir

volunrary fubmiflion could prove of benefit to che

Inca,

With thefe Inílruél:ions,

and great fupplies of Provifions, which they daily gathered in their march, they

paífed che fnowy Mounrain wich che more difficulty, becaufe chey found no pach

guide them, travelling for che fpace of at leaíl: thirty Leagues, through an

un–

peopled, and a moíl: deíolate Countrey; at lengch chey carne

che Province

Cu–

chrma,

which was well inhabited , though they lived noc in Towns or Villages ,

bue fcattered over che Coumrey, where every one was moíl: pleafed to raife

his

Cottage. The Natives being allarmed with che approac

of chis Army, built a

Fortreís, and recired inca it vvith their Wives and Children; che place was

. weak, that it might eafily have been forced; bue che

Inca;

in obedience

their

King, encornpaíléd it with their Army, and offered chem condltions of Peace

and Friendfhip; all which they refufed, and for che fpace of above fifcy days per–

fiíl:ed in cheir obíl:inace Reíolucion ; during which time che

l nctU

had ftequent op–

portunities to have deíl:royed them; bue che orders of their King, and their for–

mer Cuíl:oms and Principies of Merey and Genclenefs forbad chem to make ufo

of che advamages which offered. Howfoever at length Famine, che ufual ele-,

{troyer ofche befieged, began ro rage amongíl: chem, having not had time to make

their provifions for a Siege, which chey could not imagine would have endured

long; bue being much diíl:reífed by Hunger , which che Men and W omen

more eafily fuífered chan cheir Children, were forced ac le:>ng: ,

permit the

younger forc

advencure abroad, and gacher che herbs of che h,eld for cheir fuíl:e–

nance; many of chem fled

che Enemy, which che Parents m ,re willingly

fof–

fered , than to fee chem <;lie with hunger before their faces. The

Incas

feizing

thofe thac were fenc abroad, gave them to eat, with fome ProviÍlons to carry

with them

their Parents, and wich che fame occafion offered che ufüal and

accuíl:omary cerms of Peace and Friendfhip.

The

Jndians

obferving chis kind

creatment, and being without all expeétation of Succour, refolved ro com–

mit themfelves to che Merey of cheir Enemies, conduding,

that

chey were

fo p1tifull to chem at a time when they íl:ood ouc in oppofition

chem, how

much more compaflionace would chey be afcer their fubmiffion and reÍlgnn ion to

their Will and Pleafure: Wirh chefe hopes chey !efe their Fortre~, .ind furren–

dred all to che Cornmand. of the

Incas;

nor were they deceiveJ in

eir expe:>éta–

tions, for all kind and friendly reception was given them, mear being fer before

them to fatisfie cheir hunger; and then they farther infonned chem, char che

Inca,

whofe Father was the Sun, had no other de11g11 chan of doing good co the Inhabi–

cants of che Eartb, and chac they mighc be better affured hereof by their own ex–

perience, Garments, and orher Prefents, were given to the moíl: principal Com–

manders of rhem, in che name of che

Inca;

and che common fort being fe íl:ed, ac

leall: their preTenc hunger íatisfied, they were ali difiniífed, and fent

their own

homes with emire concentrnent and aífured fecurity.

The

Generals afrer chis difpeeded lmelligence to the

Inca

all that had paf.fed,

defiri.ng

rhac People might be [ene them for plancing two Colonies in chat Couo–

crey ; f

regard the foil was rich and fruitfull , it was capable co maintain a

conGderable number of. People; an

d chat i

t would be requHice

alfo

co eíl:abliOr

a G~riíon in thofe_par~s¡,_ boch for

~curi.ty

of. che la.,te Cooqueíl:s, as alfo for pre–

venc1on of fuch 1mfcl11ets as may an

fe for t

he futl}re. The

Inca

accordingly (ent

tbem Wornen wich their Children, fufficienc for rwo Colonies, one of whic;h

they planted at che foot of che Mountain, where che Fortrefs was builc,

which

they, called

Cuchuna

af~er che name of the Monntain, and tbe ocher

M oquehua;

wh\ch People are d1íl:ant five Leagues one from the other, and che Provioces coa–

(erve

ll:ill

their denomiftation, being within cbe Juri(diétion of

Co!Lif,-1ytJ..

Whilft

the(e _Comm~nd~rs we~e.bufied_

iQ regulating thefe People, and giving orders for

dmr m_íl:ruétton

Rehg1on and Laws, they carne

underftand rhac cbefe

Jndiam

were notorioufly skilled in.che ares of poifoning, which upon every occaGon

o~nce they ad!"Dini(l~ed t? their Adverfaries, che which was not

deadly as ro

kill prefemly, bue wtth time redlJC€d the body to a languiíhing and macerated

candi-