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VII.
the Scoucs of
Hernande~ Giron,
and went wich them
to
Nanefca,
where in privare
they gave a true accounc of che force which the Maríhal brought with him, and
-
that he was coming to feek them by the way of
Parihuanacocha:
though in pub–
lick, not to difcourage che People, they reponed, that his force was weak and in–
confiderable : bue
Francifco Hcrnande~
difabufed his people, and told them che
truth:
for,
as
Palentino.
faith, he fpake to them in th~fe words:
Gentlemen,
do
not flatter or deceive your felves, but clinch your Fiíl:s clofe, for
l
affure you, that you have a thoufand men coming againíl you from below on
one fide, and
11.00
from above, which by che helQ of God,
I
eíleem as nothing,
for lec me have bue a hundred fiout and valiant friehds, wh'o will fiick to me, and
I
{hall hot doubt, bue
to
defeat them all. And hereupon having prepared
for
bis
deparrure; opon ch~ ei~htp of
M":Y
he l~ft
Nafca
and _marched to
Lucanes
by way
of che mooncain, with mtenc to poffefs h1mfelf of
Parmacocha,
before the Marfhal
carne thither,
&c.
Thus far chis Auehour, Chapter
41.
Howfoever che Mar(hal
A!onfo de A/varado
cominuing bis March, entered opon
theDefarcs of
Parihuanacocha,
where by reafon of rhe bad and craggy ways and
tempeíl:uous weather , or the onhealthfulnefs of the Climare, above fixcy of their
beíl: Horfe dyed, thoogh they were led by hand, and well covered with Clothing,
without any reaíon given for che fame; che Grooms faid, that chey were caken wirh
a
fhormeís of breath like Horfes that are broken winded, at which ali people won–
dered, bue none knew che reafon; onely the
lndianseíl:eemed
it ominous, and
to
be
a
forerunner of
i1l
fuccefs.
Diego Hernande~,
Chap.
41..
fpeaking of this paffage, faith,
as follows. When che Marfhal was come unto
Chumbibi!CM,
and had chere provi–
ded himfelf with ali chings neceffary for his Camp; he advenrured to país che de• .
fart of
Parinacocha,
which is about
3
:r.
leagues over, which was
fo
foil
of boggs and
moriíl1 places, ínow and rocky afperous paffages, and
fo
many broken cliffs and
wa–
cer-galls, that many Horfes periíl1ed in that defolate Land, which fe'emed at thac
time to be acomer of Hell, where was nothing bue rnifery and famine,
&c.
Thus
far this Aothoor, whofe Auchority we have broughc to confirm che cruch ofwhac
we have before alledged.
The Marfhal left Captain
Sancho Dugarte
in
Parihuanacocha
fick of aFlux or Dif–
fentery, ofwhich in afew days afcerwards he dyed : the Army füll proceeding
in
their march the Scouts happened to take one ofche Scoutsbelonging to
Hernande~;
and
to fave bis life, they reponed, that he volontarily was coming to ferve his Ma–
jefiy
,
and from hjm the Marfhal was inforrned , that
Francifco Hernandez.,
was noc
above twenty leagues diíl:anc from that place; for which reafon he kept bis peo–
!)le on the Wacch, not to be furprized or to have their quarcers beaten op in che
night. When the Army was about two days march from
Parihuanacocha,
a bold ac–
tion was performed
by
acertain
Negro
which alarum'd the Army, and was chis:
Capcain
Diego de AlmendrM,
according to his ufual Cuíl:ome, did often feparate
from the Army to fhooc wild Beaíl:s, of which there were very man
y
in chofe De–
farts ; and being in this manner one <lay opon ihe rarnble , ic was his fortime
to
meet amidíl: chofe rocks with a
Negro
belonging to Serjeant Major
Villavicencio
,
who had run away; and whom
Almendw
would have bourid, and brought back
to his Maíl:er. The
Neger
fiood
íl:ill,
as if he would have fubmitted ; but fo foon
as
Alm~ndw
carne near him, thinking to bind 11is_hands with marc~, t~e
Negro
ftoopea down, and catched hold of the Ankles qfh1s Leggs, and runnmg lus Head
againíl: his Brea'ft, threw him backwards; an~ then wich his own Dágger and
Sword, he gave him fo rpany Wounds, thac he ,'!efe him dead. After which che
Negro
fled to che refi ofhis Kindred and Relations who were wich
Hernandez..; .
and
having reco\lnted to chem chis brave exploic, by which he made his efcape, they
aU
rejoyced, and gloried in che aétion, every one boaíl:ing of ir, as if ir had been
done by
1
himfelf. A young man ofmongrel race half
Spaniard
and half
lndian
being
with
Almendra.,
and feeing his Maíl:er on che gro1md, and ill created in chat man–
ner, took the
Negro
by che Shoulders to free his Mafler from him; bue
A!mendrM
be–
ing fenfible that he was mortally wounded, called
to
the youch to fly before he was
killed -by che
Negro :
and fuch was the Cry and Groans he made , as gave an alla–
amm to ali che Army: he was afierwards carried to
Parih,,ana
to
be there cured,
bue he dyed in his way thither,,fuch was che end ofchis poor
Gemla:ian,
who !oíl:
his Life in -huming a.fcer another man's
Negro;
the which onhapp"ccident both
Indians
amd
Sp,miards
interpreted as an
il1
ornen of their
future
Succeífes.
CH A P.