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 11. Royal Commentaries. C H A P. XXVIII. What Number of Spaniards the Indians might kili zn the ways ; and rvhat fucceeded at the Siege of the tity of los Reyes. S O foon as Marquis Pifarro perceived that the ·ufual correfpondence and imer- courfe of Letters between him and his l3rother~ ceaíed, be immedfately fuf- pefüd forne mifchief in the way ; and to-prove and try the truth thereof, he em- ployed feveral lndians, who were Domefiick Servants to SpaniardJ,, to enquire of iheir Kindred and Relations, and inform themfelves of the News of €o:uo, and of ali the Tranfaétions of that Kingdom; for it was not without juíl: fufpicion of rnifchief that the Ways and Avenues were ali fiopped. The YanacunM ( for fo they call the lndian Servants) enquiring into the matter, underijood that the lnC'a had made an lnfurreétion, and with a íl:rong Army was Maíl:er of Cow ; but as to ¡ the Particulars thereof, they g'ave no other account to the Marquis, but onely in a confufed manner, without J-iead or taU; howfoever, -he thought fit wirh all dili- gence to write unto Panama; Nicaragua, Mexico, afld.Santo Domingo, defiring thac Succours fhould be fent with all fpeed. UpoQ which paífage Carate hath thefe Words: . " The Marquis feeing the Number of Jndi11ns to increate, and Multitudes of " them ready to .Aífaulc the City of los Reyes, he gave ic for granted that Hernando " Pifarro, and all thofe of Cow, were perifhed ; and that chis Infurreétion ha<l " been fo general over all Chili, chat Almagro :¡nd al! his So.uldiers were defeated '" ?nd deíl:royed: Howfoever, to undeceive che JnP,ians in their belief,, that the " Ships were derained on purpofe to make an .efcape, a11d1thac che Sf.aniards alfo " might defpair of ocher fafety ch:m in their Arrns, he d~fpatehed away the Ships •• for Panama wich Leccers to che Vice·king Qf New Spain, and to all che Gover- " notirs of the Jndie1, acquainting them with,the dangers and difficulties in which " they were engagéd, and deíired Succours and Relief fro'U'l themjn thac diíl:rcfs. Thus far Carate. 11< · ·Bue beftdes thefe bifpat~h~s, he '~rote alta by rnnveyanc~.of che faiéhfoll Yana- rnnM, to Alonfo de·A/varado, who was then ei;nployed in the. ~onqueíl of che Cha- ch11p11JM, and to Sebaftian de Be/alcayar, who was then in Peru, che Affairs of boch which fucceeded profperouíly. He wrote alfo to Garplajfo de la Pega, whofe Af- fairs on the other fide were not fo happy in the Conqueíl of chat Coumrey, or Province, which by contraries they called the B11enf? Ventura, or che Coumrey of GooáForrnne, ,diere che five Rivers called f2.11iximies ernpw.chemfelves into the Sea, and are plencifull and rapid íl:ream~. In thefe parts marcers <lid not fucceed ilI wich him, by reafon that be found little refiíl:ence from che Inhabicanrs, for there were few or none in ali that Countrey; onely the M~:mncains w.ere fo high, barren and cragged, that it was [caree inhabitable : of which, and of che difficul- ties he fuílained in this E~pedirion, we fhall difcourfe more at large hereafter. He wrore alfo co '/ohn ,P9rcel, , who was ernployed jn che Co.nqueíl: of che Pacamurm:1 inílamly conjuring th_em w~th ali fpeed to. come unto che City of los Reyes, char being pnited ~ogether they might rnake che better tefil1epce againíl: rh'e l ndians. In che mr:añ time, not knowing to what difüeís his Brotfoers might be reduced, he with all diljgence difpatched away fevency Horfe under the Command of his Kiní- m:m Captain"Diego Pifarro, which was ali che force 'rhat he was able ro fpare, with an Addition of tbirty F90t-Souldiers, as Carate reports. · · .. The lndians, whofe defign y.ias to deíl:roy che Marquis, and all'his 13eople, un- derfünding by ch12ir Spies j that he was fending Succours to relieve his Brothers; B b b b changed 55 3