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IV.
!{oyal Commentaries.
that defiring
to
[peak wich fome one or ocher whom he knew, and feei~g none
come out or anfwer him, he fec Sail and lefc che Port.
Carvajal
was furrher ad–
vifed, that
Lope de Mend.1Jfª
wich feven or eighc others were fled up into the Coun–
trey, after whom he fenc a Captain wich twemy Musketiers, who purfued chem
almoíl: an hundred kagues, untill they drove chem wichin che Governmenc and
Cóuncrey which was conquered by Captain
RojM;
from whence they recurned
again
to
render an account
to
Carvajal
of al! thac had happened. And afrer chis
,clefeat of
Diego Centeno,
and that none of his men appeared, he chen marched to
the City of
Plate,
to colleét fuch Moneys as belonged
to
Goncalo Pit;arro,
and to
chofe who had denied a concribution. Bue to remrn
tci
Lope d; MendoF_a,
he efca–
ped into che Governmenc of
Diego de RojM,
who was one of chofe Captains to
whom
Vaca de Cf!ftro,
late Governour of
Peru,
had given aCommiffion to make
new Conqueíls, after he had compofed and pacified the many diíl:urbances and
commocions in
Pera
by che dearh of
Don Diego de Almagro,
Junior. And now in
the following Chapter we íhall íhew what enfued hereupon.
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CH A P.
XXXVII.
Th'e fucce/fes of
Lope de Mendo~a. -
Of the manner how the
·, Jndians
infufe poifon into their Airows
;
and how
Lope
, de Mendo~a
returned to
Pe~u.
T .,
HE
defign of
f:.ope de Mendofa
and bis Companions was onely
to
conceal
chemfelves within chofe hign and rugged Mountains (which are fituated to–
wards che Eaíl:ern pare of
Peru)
untill fuch time as che loud voice of che King
íhould call them from chence; and little imagining
to
meet
Spaniards
in chat Coun–
trey~ ,they unexpeétedly fell into the company of
Graviel Bermudez:.,
who was one
- of tt10fe who followed
Diego de RojM,
wlio with his fellow Souldiers had perfor–
med great exploits agáiníl: die
Indians
in that Conqueíl, and having fuílained hun–
_ger, tedious marches and many other ·hardíhips, had proceeded in their difrovery
as
f¡¡¡
-as·
ro the River of
Plate,
and
to
the Fortrefs which
Sebaftian Gaboto
had builc
in that Councrey : bue
Diego de RojM,
who was their chief Commander, being
dead, diífenfions arifing amongíl: them
w
ho íhould be the perfon to govern thac
littlé bue viltorious Army, che difcord was
fo
highly carried on by che ambician
of Prernnders, rhac chey killed each other, and divided themfelves into divers Par–
tie1,
qS
if they had no Enemy, and could noc better employ their Arms chan
againjl: chemfelve~.
·
·
The <;leath of
Diego de RojM
was caufed by a poifoned Arrow, which che
lndi–
aris
ewppifon with a fort of Herb which begins to operare within chree days after
r1*-
wound is given, and performs ics effelt in feven days afcerwards; in which
ciive
é1w
Patient raves, eats and gnaws his own fleíh, and beats his brains againíl:
the'Wafl and fo dies. The
Spaniards
were defüous
to
know a Remedy or Antidote
again(t d1is Poifon, and perfuaded che
Jndians
boch by promifes and threacs to
g~ve ~}ie¡:p che Receipt of it, bue could noc prevail, untill fuch time as chey wbun–
.ded one
of chofe whom they had taken in che Thigh wich chis fort of poiforied
Arrow, and then,giving him libercy
to
go abroad and feek bis remedy, they ob–
ferved tbac he gachéH;d cwo forcs of t-Ierbs
~
che which he framped and pounded
fov@rally, and chen drank che juice of one of them, and che other he injeéted in–
to
his Wound ; bue firíl: he opened che Wound wich a Knife, and drew out che
Barbs of the Arrow, which are very fine and thin, and are left within the
fle{h
afrer che Shafc is caken out ; for unlefs che wound be firíl: cleared chereof, che
Herb can have no effeét ; and in chis manner che
Indian
cured himfelf. The
Spa–
niards
having made chis difcovery cared ¡hemfelves by applicacion of the fame
Antiqote, though fome of them died, who had n~ che are to clear che Wound
ofche Barb which remained cherein.
In
che Hlands of
Barlovento,
and in al! the
· Councrey of
Brafil,
in
Santa Marta,
and in che New Kingdom,
and
in other Coun–
tries1
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