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111.

Royal

Commentaries.

-~éOl:llilt

evecy

fyllable of them to the Majefty of their

Inca,

who, no doubt: bue

-would.11ernain

fenftble

of their good will, that he would not omit t()' make

· fu_

table returns in the fame, if not in a higher degree, tha_n he had towards others.

The

,Cw-,aca. 1

were greacly pleafed, that their words íhould have the honoqr to

·,reg<:ht he Ears•of the

Jnc,i ;

and therefore every day gave new tefümonies of theit

áffe,él:iü'lil,

theirreadinefs to execute what Cominands foever the Captains im

·1pofed

pon them. ·And having left in this place fuch inffruéHons as were con~

venien'c

for

rhe orderly government thereof; they proceeded to another Province

called

Huamampaltpá,

which yielded ic felf without any contradiéHon or oppofüion

:,'Yha~íbever.

'Ihence the

lnw

paífed a

Rhmr

which dMdes the two Provinces

two pr

three fireams, which afterwards a litcle lower falling in tqgecher, make

thát

famous River

o f -Amanc11,y.

•

ÜLle

thofe frreams paffes thorough

Chuq1'iinca,

where the Battel was foughc

, l;>etwe~J:il

Francífc.o Hérn1tnde'l:. Giron,

and tl}e Marefchal

Don Alonfo de A/varado;

and

;fome

yéars

beforé, on the very fame place, a Battel was fought between

Don

Die–

,go

'de

Almagro,

and the faid Marefthal ; in both which

Don A!onfo de A/varado

was

9verdirown, as we füall recount in its11tfoe place, if God

ves us

life

to arrive

.far

this

Hifi:ory. Thus.

the

Jnctt-1

continued their progrefs i'n reducing the

Goatmies both on one

ficle

and the orher of this River

Amancay

which 'though

,they be many

number, yet they are all contained under the common apµellation

,of

f2J!.echua,

which abounds with Gold and Cattel.

. ·

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C· H A P.

XIII.

· ··.

Mt:tny

Plains

and

Va!Jies

the Sea-coajl .are reduceJ, ánd ·

ihJ

Sin of Sodoffty p~nifhed.

s·

U~h Órd~rs ~eip~

~ven_and

eílabl!íh~d as

wer~

rectuiíite

(oi;

t!1e·better

goVern•

- ment ~nd admm10:ratton of affarrs

the conquered places, they proceeded

'ifitq .the defolate Counttey

HuallaripJt,

which 'is a defart much farned for

che _

geat quantiri-ies·

óf

Gold extraél:ed thence, and where ml'lch more remains to be

ftill

digged; and-having

croí*d one

fide of the defart

for

ahout

'..3

Leagues,

they

·d@ftended,iñto thofe Plains which run along by che SeHoaíl::

All

this Conntrey.

·by

the Seá-coafi:, che

Indidns

call

Tunea,

which is as much

fay,

the HorCm1n-

1rey,

under which name are compréhended

_all

the

a.llies "' hich border on the

Sea

;

and the

Sfftniards

call the Low groundsVallies; ,»hich are warered by the

'ftreams tbat

faiil

from

the Mountaihs; for in that Countrey, tbat part is onely ha–

bitable ·which lyes to~ardl; the Sea_; all the reH being dry, is nothin~ but dead

ánd barren Sands, wliere grows ne1ther Grafs,. nor Herb, nor _any thmg

for

the ,

fufienance ofMankind.

that fide, by which

the

lncaJ

paífed into thofe Plains; ·lyes the Vale of

Ha–

rati,

which

wide, rich and well peopled, and which in tittles pafi contained

zoooo'

Jndia~s

;

all whid\-with.muen wtllingnefs fubmitted to the obedience atid

fervice

of the

Inca.

ThisVale

ofH-acar1

led them into other Vales called

Vuinna,

Camana,

CaraviNi,

Pifla, ~eíléa,.ahd

others_, which run for the [pace of

7 0

Leagnes

North and South along the Co~íl: of the- _Sea of

Zur :

All

which Vales here na~

med,

ar~ each above

.,o

Leagues long from the defart

che Sea, and all' watered

; by íl:reams

mí

one fide and

die

ócher ; fome

.of

which

are

foll

and plentifull;

tnac afte

r they have fupplieG!· the L;¡.nds with füfficient tnoifü1re, the ·remainder

empO.es

it felf into the Sea ; anq;others perhaps havi.tag refreíhecl .rhe Lands for

two o

r three Leagues from their Source or :fpuntain-head, are afterwards ~bforpt;

or drank up by the drine~ of the Earth. The General

Aqui

Titu,

and h1s Cap–

(ains, having reduced all thefe Vallies to obedience without fighting one füoke,

rendred