846 / 1070
BóoK
V.
Having ended chis Diícourfe, he ordered the Marefchal
Alonfo ae A/varado
to
go co
Rimac
to bring thence che Forces which remained there, as alfo che Guns
from che Sbips, and othér~Ammunition, which carne from
Sp11in,
cogecher wich
whac Money, Arrns án<l"'Ho1fes, and ocher provifiofis
for
War which he coúld
fiod ac chat place. He farther ordered, thac all Artificers and ocher Workmen
·{hould aét and labour wich all diligence in cheir fever-al ernploymencs ; namely in
makiog N:1ufquecs and fiFe-arms, Gun-powder
1
Bul-lecs, Pikes, Helmets, Crof–
lets
&c.
all which che
Indians
made of Copper wich greac ingenuicy; and the Ar–
ctfi~ers applied che1J1felves thereunto wich great alacricy and Are, beirig chief Ma–
fters
aínd
excell~nc Workmen in their refpeétive Trades. Likewife Cáprain
Alon–
fo
M ercadillo
was di('p~t-ched away to
Pluamanca,
and afc_er him
Marti'.n Lope Lu(ita~o
with fifty men to fe1fe•the paífage towards
Couo,
and füccour fuch of
Centenos
meo who were wanarffig and difperfed in chofe pares. And here we
íhall
leave
che Preftdenc
in
l'iis prepar-ütions
co
fpeak of
Gonyalo Pifarro,
whom we left
in
che
field of
Huari11a,
\l\),'here eha't famous Batee! happened.
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,CH A P.
XXVII.
Liceiíciado C~peda
and others advife
Pi~arro
to ma1<_e
an
Aare,ement ,
a17d
Peace with the Prefulent. His
Anf wer
tl~mmto. The death of
Hernando
Bachicao. Pi~árro
11u:1/zes his entty into
Cozco.
G
OncarJ
1
Picar~o,
having performed che laíI office to the dead, he refolved
ro
marcl't c"ówards
Có:úo,
bue he was forced to defer it for feveral days by reafon
of rhé \~1ounded men, who were noc in a condicion to travel ; and at Iengch rhey
ma.rched very eaGe and fhorr Jourriies: wfülíl: chey were chus on cheir way
Licen~
citido 'Cepeda
put
Piydrro
in mind of a promife he had made him fome days pafi, to
enrer into a Treaty with tche Prefident
Gafca
whenfoever any feafonable and con–
venieht oppormnicy fho'll
1
ld happen, which mighc induce che Prefide'!}t to admic
0f
fome fair
aricl
moderare terms:
of
chis opinion with
eepeda
chere being divers
ochers, •'clie marrer was debated at a general Council of Offic-ers, who for cpe
greaceíl: pare were inclinable co 'peace ,an'd accommodacion, and urged
Piyarro
fo
earneíl:ly thereµnco, chac he becarne very aagry and difpleafed wich cheir impor–
cuniries ; as is confirmed by
Gomara,
Chap.
18
3-.
in chefe words :
In
Pucaran
forne
hard words paffed becween
Piyarro
and
Cepeda
couching
a
Treaty wich
Gafca;
for
C-epel:ia
urged chat it was very feafonable
to
encer inco Arcicles, and puc him in
mihd of bis promife given hirn at
Arequepa :
bue
Pifarro
being carried away wich
che opinion of others and che
air
of his lace forcune, denied thac the time was con–
veniem, fot that propofüions for péace would argue weaknefs and fear, which
would éaufe many éo leave their Colours and
fly
to
rhe Enemy, and difcou.age
chofe Friends who were then aél:oally with
Gafca:
qf
chofe who were of the opi–
nion of
Cepeda, Garfilaf{o de Pega
was one. Thus far
Gomara.
Bue
Pifarro
rejeéted
chis C~unfol which was good and wholfome, and cook char which was given
him
by yoU0g and raíh
i]1era,
fuch as
'fóhn de Acofta, Herndndo Bachicao, 'fohn, de la Torre,
and•others, who berng púffed úp with their late fuccefs ac che Battel of
Huarina,
tho~~lic,themfelves ·invincible, and would hearken to no Propofals or Articles
lefs
N1an
án
emire furJ.l(!nder to them of che whole Empire of
Peru.
1
Two days at:
ter chis Ccmfulcation, the Lieucenanc-General
Frimcifco de,Carvajal
recurned from
his Jóurney ro
Areqdepa;
and cwo days afterwards he hanged up
Hernando Bachi–
cao,
for having ac che Batcel of
Huarina
paffed over co che Eaerny's fide. A1id
chough
Carvajal
was QOt ignorant of chis
'faét
oh che fame day when
it
was done,
yet he 'deférred thi-s)puAi'íhrn@nc uriüll a ficcer feafoo, noc thinking
íc
fit
to incer–
rupc che
1
joy
©f
~hat-figña-1 Vf&:ory by thé fa0neí§ whic_h the·deach of fo anc-ieric
a
Capcail.'IJ and
fo
zealous for
the caufe,
as
was
Hernan'iloBachicl!0
1
woulá caufe. At
lengch,