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Royal Comrnentaries.
BooK
IV.
Thus did
Can:ajal
avail hirnfelf of the opinión which
Me;1dºfª
falíly conceiveá
of the diíconcem of his men, and of cheir uíage which inclined thern ro revolt
when an opporcunicy íl~ould offer.. So foon as
Mendora
had read che Letter, he
gave foil credence. c~ 1c, though.
1t
had no ~an~ or_ hrrn chereunc~, becaufe it
agreed with che op1~ron he :once1ved of the ~nclmac1ons of
Carva}lils
men; a~d
wich rhefe expeétac1ons having drawn out
h1S
men, he attached the Enerny m
cwo places according to the advices which were given hirn; but he was beaten off
in both, becaufe chey w~re provi?ed to receive him; and finding chat no 1~an
joyned or carne over to h1s fide, w1th much d1fcouragement he drew off, havmg
]oíl: feven or eight of his rnen killed, and as many wounded. And having under–
Hood from che
Jndians
that about fix or feven leagues from thac place
Francifco de
Carvajal
had lodged all che Riches belonging
tO
himfelf and to bis Sould1ers, he
refolved to play him the farne game, and co pay him in che fame coin ; accordíng–
]y maccers fucceeded, for marching thicher he feifed on all che Spoils which
Car–
vajal
had made, wich which he rewarded bis mento their great facisfaétion; for
befides clothing ofali Cores, they feifed quamicies ofGold, Arms and Powder.
The chree Hiíl:orians reporc thac
Carvajal
was wounded chac nighc by a Musket–
íhot in his Thigh; howfoever he would not own
ir,
for, being privately dreífed,
he went abroad and gave fuch Orders as were neceífary ; bue if that were, it ~, as
but a ílight wound, confidering that he went the Rmmds, and was on che Guard
and Watch all that nighc, and che nexc day purfuing chem
to
their Quaners, beat
rhem up, and fell upon rhem in die nighc; and chey being weary, and tired, and
aíleep, were cotally routed and defeated; many of rhem were taken, but füch of
them as efcaped by che darknefs of the nighc, (amongít which
k ope de M e11dop:1
was one) were diíperfed into divers pares.
So foon as ic was day,
C1rvajal
per,
-ceived chat
Mmdºfª
was _gone, bue howfoever he followed him upon the rrack;
and chen ic was tl-iac he firíl: underíl:ood in whac manner he and his Companions
had been plundred of their Riches and Spoils by
M endof
ª·
Upon \ hich news,
curning
to
his Souldiers,
Lope de Mendo9a,
faid he, hath been ill-advi[ed
to
carry
wich hirn the iníl:rurnent of his deach; whercby he would give them to under–
íl:and chac he would purfue them
to
the laíl: excremicy, and uncill
[u
h time as
they had retrieved cheir eíl:aces. And according to chis faying, he hotly purfued
Lope de Mendo
1
a,
who having rravelled abour eighr or nine leagues, imagined thac
Carvajal
had
fo
much co doe that it was impoffible for him co make purfuic after
hirn eicher thac day, or che <lay following; and in confidence hereof, he paífed a
River, and laid himíelf down
to
repofe, and refrefü him[elf afcer che wacchingsof
feveral nighcs-: bue whilíl: forne were íleeping, and others eating,
C'arvajal
unex–
peétedly appeared deícending from che cop of a Mouncain direétly
to
che River ;
opon which an alarm being given, every one füifced for bimfelf, and chougb
Car–
vajal
had no more chan ftxty Horfe wirh him, of the choiceíl: of his Troops,
which he fuppoíed fufficient co purfüe a flying Enemy, yet chey believed him ro
come wich all his Force.
In
chis place
Carvajal
cook rnany Prifoners, and amongíl
them two or chree Files of Souldiers who were playing for che pieces of Gold
which they had robbed: upon which occafton
Carvajal
uccered fome very remar–
kable Sayings, which
Diego
Hernande'<-
memions. And ac chi place taking one
days reíl: for his neceífary refreíl1mem,
Lope de M endofa,
wich five or fix of bis
Comrades, had che opporcunity of flighc, and co difperíe chemíelves imo divers
places, noc knowing where
to
go, or where to cake refuge and onely to fly from
the face of che Enemy.
Carvajal
having recovered che greateíl: pare of whac he had !oíl:, chough noc ali,
followed che puríuic of his game, and ic was his fortune to cake che crack which
was made by
Mendopt,
noc chat he had any certainty thereof, but onely íeeing che
way
to
be larger and wider than che others, he followed chac crack fo cloíely chac
though che Enerny was gone five or Ílx hoars before chem, yec afrer che íecond
nighc, by break of day, he arrived ar che very place where
Mendºfª
was lodged,
in a little
Indian
Village, having in lefs chan thirty hours, from che time when he
was laíl: diíl:urbed in his Qgarcers, marched cwenry cwo leagues ; and indeed had
he noc been forced chereumo for want ofíleep and repoíe, he had yec proceeded far–
ther; but he and his people were
fo
overcome wich long journies, and fainc for
wanc of food and fuíl:enance thac they laid chemíelves
t0
íleep like fi.) many loggs
of wood, and wichouc feníe like inanimace Creamres.
In
the mean,time carne
C11rvaj11/
to
che Village with eighc men onely, leaving the reít 6€hiad, rhache
1
mighc