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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
IV.
c ·H A P.
XXXI.
Pedro de Hinojofa
tak_es
Vela N
unnez
in
hú
voyage. The
great Preparations wbich were made -~n
Panama.
And
how thofe Troubles were appeafed.
T
HE
Governour of
Pa;ama,
called
Pedro de Caftm,
bom at
Seville;
went in
haíle
to
Nombre de Dios,
where he raifed
ali
the Men he was able; with what
Arms he could find both offenfive and defenfive, which he carried wirh him to
Panama
to
oppofe
Pedro de Hinojofa :
the like diligence was ufed by the two Cap–
tains of
Pifam,
between whom and
Pedro de Cafaos,
though there had fqrmerly
rifen fome Difpuces and Conteíl:s abouc place or preference , yec al! agreed
to
chufe
Cafaos
for Cornmander in chief.
Pedro de Hinojofa
having diípatched
Rodri–
go de Carvajal ,
proceeded on his Voyage to
Panama,
enquiring along the Coafi:
concerning che Vice-king: and in the River and Port of Sr.
'fohn
he put fome
Meo
aíhoar, to receive what lncelligence
:md
Nevvs was there fürring, who took ten
Spaniards,
and brought rhem on board; by one of whom they were given to
un–
deríl:and, that rhe Vice-king by reafon of the long ftay of cwo of
bis
Captains,
¡ohn de Gu,:,man
an~
rohn de Yllane,:,
in
P.wama
,.
had íenc alfo bis Brother
Vela
N11,i,.
ne,:,
thither to ha-íl:en tbe Recruics, and ro increafe the numbers, he fenc great
íums of Money ouc of rhe King's Treafury, and delivered
co
him alfo the baílard
Son of
Cionyalo Piyarro;
and rhar
Vela Nunne,:,
had fenr a Souldier before to dif–
cover whar danger time was on the Coaíl, whilíl he remained a day's journey
be
4
hind, upon which Intelligence,
Hinojofa
íenc cwo Capcains wich different
Parries
by íeveral ways; boch which had good fuccds; the firíl: had che forrune
to
cake
Vela Nunne,:, ;
aod the ocher
Rodrigo
.,l1e:áa,
who was born in che Cicy of
Caftin,
and wich whom was
Gonfalo Piyarro's
Son; and borh of rhem gor great boory.
aod riches;
ali
which carne vet-y acceprable to
Hino-jofa,
who was much pleaíed
wirh che raking of
Vela Nmmn,
who might oppo[e a_nd prevent his deíign
in
Panama :
and with che refcue of che Son of
Gonf_alo Pif_arro ,
who[e
freedom
would be joy full
ro
his Father. And encouraged wuh chis happy fuccefs they
fai4
led toward
Panama
,.
and being near che Place,
Rodrigo de Carvajal
came forrh
to
mt:et rhem, and gave them Inrelligence of all Marters ar
Panama,
and how
tbe
Ciry was prepared ro oppo[e them.
Hinojofa
was racher pleaíed than diícouraged
wich rhisNews; and putting himíelf inro
a
poíture of War, failed forward
un–
till on a day in che
n
onch of
Oflober,
which was in the year
15'45'·
he carne
wirhin fighc
of
che Ciry of
Panama
with a Fleet of eleven fail of Ships and
a
hundred and fifry Men aboard :·upon rhi appearancethe Ciry
was
in greac coníl:er
4
nacion; all Souldiers repaired to rheir Colours, and
Pedro
de
Cafaos
who was chief
Officer, had above five hundred Men
under
his cornmand; bu~ the moíl of them
were Merchancs, :rnd
che
Officers Cuch unexperienced Men in·rhe War, rhat few
of them knew
how ro
fire
a
Mu(quer, and all of chem unwilling
to
engage in fighr,
e(pecially againíl: Men comiog from
Peru,
with "hom having formerly been acco–
ftomed
ro
deal
in
Traffick and Merchandize, ic feemed ftrange
to
conrend with
them ar any other Weapon. And moreover rhey confidered, rhat a great pare
of
their ECraces,
and
effeét were
in
Pcru,
which would a1l be confifcated by
Gonfalr,
Pifam ,
in cale they (hould appear in Arms, againíl bis Forces. Howíoever they
forrned and joinecl
in
feveral Bodies commanded by d1eir refpeétive Officers, che
chief of which were
firíl
Pedro
Je
Cafaos,
General; rhen
AriM de Aubedo,
who
orne
afterwards 0ver, and li.ved ar
Cordo,,11,
where at chis rime fome of his Grand–
children inhabic : Other Captaim and Officers were
tohn Fm1ande,:, de Reboieda
Andm~: de A:ray~11,
wirh the Vice King's rwo Caprains',
¡ohn de Guz,man
and
foh;,
de Y!lrmn,,
wi~h
feveral
ocher
Noble
Perfrms
then prefemt, who refolved to
cle–
fend che
City
for the
fervice -
of
bis Majelty ;
,rnd orhers being affügl~red
with
che
lace Omr~es
and
lnfül:es
of
Bachicao
were
iimclined ro
preferve rroemfelves from
rhe Uke Tyrannres, whid1 tltey feared from
Hinojofa :
bm he, confiderina what
Cort of people be liad
ro
deal wich, landed
mo
hundred
Men, a.11
old
a:d
vete-
rane