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CH A P. XI.
The Prefident arrives_at
Tumpiz;
the Orders he i/fued
out
th~re.
Gon~alo Pi~arro
fends
:J
ohn de Acoíl:a
againfl
D1ego Centeno. Loren~o de Aldana
,comes
near
to
Los Reyes;
-anrl
/Gon~alo
Pi~arro
adminifters
an Oath
of
Fidelity
to
his
Souldiers.
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T
HE
Prefident having overcome many difficulties,jn his
Voyage,
at length
.wived -fafe in rhe Port of
Tlfmpi,::,
with ali his ~leet, excepting one Ship,
which bei~g a.dul!. failor upon a wi1,1d, was left behin~
ti
tl;ie name of the Captain
was
Pedro Cabrera,
who finding ic impoflible to turo to ·windward .with líis lee–
wardly Sl\ip, he entred into Port
Buena Ventura,
and uravelled over Land wich his
fmall Company, and carne
to
the Preíident at
Tumpi;z::,,
whqm he found chere em–
ployed in giving out Orders, and rnaking neceffary provilions for 'the fubfülence of
liis-Army,?which qmfül:ed nmy ofabout five hundred rnen. At this place ,he re–
ceiyed rnany Letcers from con,fiderable perfons, as we)l,.Citizens a~ Captains·and
SoQldiers:,
fo
ali which he recurned civil and obliging anfwers, promiling them re–
compence,and rew¡¡rds in the·name of his Majefiy.
1-{e
gave Orders
to.Pedro de
Hinojoja,.
}V]1Pm he had made Captain-General,
to
march before with the Forces
to
Cajfama¡c;ca,
and to joyn wich tlíe Party which was there.
Paqlo
de
Menefes
was
app_ointed with the Fleet to coa(l: ali along by the fhore; and he himfelf with a
C-Ol}V,en¡ent 'Guard for the [ecurity of his perfon travelled by way of the Plains, as ·
1
far as
TrHxijlo~
yvhere he received fhe ne\3/S of chofe Captains and Souldiers, who
•
had declared for bis Majeíl:y, and
1
\n what'places and Counrries ihey remained in
expell:ation of his coming,, he ,difprtched,,jY.teífengers in~o ali pares, with direéti-
ons1 to p_afs by way of the Defarc untill chey carne to the Valley of
Caj[amarca,
where they were to attend farther Orde~s. After which he travelled
QY
way of
che Plains, and fent Scouts before
to
[ee
that the way was clear befare him.
. Whilíl: tb.ings fucceeded chus with the PreGdent and his Army,
Pifarro
received
news from
Couo
o[
the Vi4l;ory,ol;,tained there by
Die;r,o Centeno,
of the dearh of
Antonio
de
Rob/u;
arid of rhe irnprifonment of
Luc,u Martin Vegaf{o,
at which
he
was very rnuch troubled, and feei9g that fabrick ofEmpire which he had ereéted
for hiqifelf, to fa!l and becorne daily ruinous~for want of
a
good foundation, he
began to doubt his condition, and fear that he íl,Jould never attain
to
that height
of Go:vemfnent which he had long (anÍtGd
to
himfelf. Hereupon in aH haíl:e he
fent to recall Captain
rohn de Acoftf,.,
wbom-, {as we bave faid befare) he had fent
with foq¡e ·Souldiers to
Truxillo
to
ÍUpP,refs fome difiurbanc~s which began to ap–
pear in chofe parts. At. this,titpe alfo
Fr/ncifco de CarvajaJ
:cut off the.Head of
Antonio Altamirano,
who,carried th~Scandarq in
Pifarro's
Army, forno other rea–
fon than·that he fanfied, chat
Altamirano
was pleafed with che news of
Centeno's
fucce[s, and that he of late carried
hirníe.ifcold)y and uncróncerned in the fervice
of
Rifarrg,
which was caqfe eppugh
for
Ca'.vajal
to
t~~e
aw.ay,any ,rnan's life; the
Standard was afcerwards conferred on
Antonio de Ribera.
So foon as
Acofta
was re–
mrned, he .ordered him wich three hundred men
tó
fall
upon,Diego Centeno : Mar–
tín de Olmos
was appointed ,to cornmapd the Horfe, and
Diego Gumiel
the Foot, ·
with 69th which perfons
I
was acquainted :
Martin de Almendr,u
commanded the
Pjkes,
Martin de Alarcon
carrie9 the Standard,
Pae,::, de Sotomayor
was Lieutenant–
General, and
rohn de Acofta
was Cqmmande~in Chief. The[e Forces were orde–
red to march to
Couo
by way of the Mountains, and in- a few days afcerwards
to
de[cend into the -Plains, and on ali Gdes to make War 'uppn
Diego Centéno;
for
abov~ all men living he refented his carriage towards him, and haámofi caufe to
complain of him, becau[e he had been the
firíl:
and the mol1 imponunate of any
to
advi[e and perfüade him to accept and t:ike upon him the Title and Office of
Procuracor-General of thac Kingdom ; and afterwards upan a report onely of
a
general Paidon, and repeal of the late Ordinances ( whether true or fal[e no man
knows) he poorly and meanly deferted rh:ic cau[e which he him[elf had owned
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