The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

BooK H. R~yal f;ommentaries. ____ .A95. fa ir an opportu n'ity whereby to compafs hisdefigns ; for that forrnne having puc into his hands ali thofe whom be inrended to kili, as namely rhe Sons and Bro- rher of Atahualpa, the chief Capta iO Cha!lcuchima, with many other Caprains and Lords then prefent, he refo lved tO execute his bloudy purpofe. To which erid he invited ali the great Perfons there prefent to a Dinner, that being together they might treat of affa irs, and confider of the way and rneans how to íecure and defend themfelves from the Spaniards ; he alfo nomioated f4!,i!iifcacha for Vice-king, or Regent, in the ,Kingdom of' .fJ.!!_itu, durihg the Minofify of thé eldeíl: Son of Atahualpa, who was as yet but an Infant. _ _ The Caprains and Curacru accordingly <iffernbled in the Palace of the Inca, where many things were propofed, but nothing determined : At lengrh Din- ner was brought in, which was very fwnptaous, having been prnvided at tbe coít and charge of Rumminavi. Dinner peing ended, and -the M.eat taken -a- .way, the· Driok was brought in, which they call Sora,1 aód in other :fongues f.innapu, whicb, as we have faid, is a forc df 1 Liquour fowi:ddeh by tl'ie -·IndDjil Kings upon pain of Dearh ; for thát on a fddden it feizes tbe fpirits{ ,anci in- toxicates in fuch manner, that fuch as dcink it remain (->as it were) ~'ad ·for fome time, and without fenfe. Acofta .faith, .that it inebrjates m11ch fopne-,. ;han wine, For though of their cornmon liquour tbey inake ireat quantities, yet this irnmediately intoxicares. So (oon as RummiJJavi ¡Jerceived thefe CaP.tains and Ctlraw befotted, and íl:upified witb this Liquóur, he fell to bis wotk; and crit ·au rheir throats ; arnongíl: which was c ha!lcuchima, fl!!_illi[cacha, and all ~he So.ns and Daughters of Atahualpa, not leaving one a1ive that was•capable tQ 'Qf)p_ofe his defign. And to éreate a greater terróur of bimfelf imth~ minds of the:péople , for .he pretended nor ro be obeyed for love, but for dread and feat ,- •he .flea'd off the Skin of ~i!lifcacha, and therewith covered a Diurn , the Ski'n of 1 the head hanging to it , that fo like a good Scholar and Officer of bis Maíl:er At~ hualpa, he migbt appear ~ith all the.Enfigns, ·and marks of tyranny and cruelty. Carate nientions onely, ln íhort, tbis barbarous Cnielty. Peter de Ciefa. faitb, .that Francifco Pifarro burnt Challcuchima in 'Sacfahuanna, but this was not the Challcuchima whom we mean, but a Kiníinan of bis of that Narne, but of lefs l ame and renown. He alfo adds, thauhe Gene~al Chal!cuchima was· pre- fent at the Deatb of Atahualp11, and that he carried bis ~ody to ~iiu, , ~s l;>e- fore rel~ted, and that be was afterwards Murthered tHere' by the hands of bis own people. · ' .CH A P.