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.

554 R.@yal ~ommentarieJl, BooK It changed cheir refolution of aífaulting los Reyes, and determined to fiop and inter- rupt chem in their paífage, and to that end to take poífeffion of all the narrow Paífes and Avenues; for in the Road fron;i Couo to fluitu, there are many füait ways, which are not p~ífable wirh_out much cdifficulty. 1he ,Pl©t being chu~ laid, they [uffered Diego Pi1arro, and h1s Company, to travel feventy Leagues vv1thout giving them che leaíl: interruption or difiurbance ; for though there vvere many difficult Paffes before they had proceeded fo far, yet they thought fit to trole them on to fome coníiderable dHtance from the Governour, that hearing no nevvs of -rhem, he might believe tfuat they vvere arrived in fafety at Cow : So at length taking them on the íide of a íl:ony Mountain called the Parcos, rhey rhrevv from che top mighty Stones, and pieces of Rocks upon them, called Galg,u, a_gainíl: which no Armour being proof fufficienr, chey overvvhelmed rhem ali vvirhouc ufe ofLance or Svvord, not one of rhem eícaping. In rh~ fame manner rhey fer.- ved Captain Mor¡,ovejo de ~nnones vvith fixty Horfe and feventy Foot; aod afee¡; that d-iey over-ehrevv Captain · GJnfalo de Tapia, as he vvas marching vvi_th íixty; F0ot.Souldiers, and eightl, Morfe; anJ foon afrer ch_at they defeared Captam Alonfo de Gahete vvioh forty Horíe, and íixey Foot under h1s Command. So that on fe- veral pa-{fages of che vvay, ,four hundred and feventy Spaniard's vvere lofi, ofwhich tvvo h1rnaréCi :md fñry · vvere Horre. Carate reckons them to have been three hundred, and tvvo humdrl'"d ·and tvventy Foot : But Peter de ·Ciefa making up the acrnunr,of rhe number of. Spaniards which·che lndian1 killed in chis general Infur- refüoa 1, decdares in che 8 id Cbaprer of his Book, as follovvs : ' ' ' Ir is faid that the Jndian1 of rhis Province of Cunchucu were a•íl:ouc, and a ' ' warlike people ; for which reafon the Jnc,u findiog fome difficulty to fabdue· ' ' chern, · did labour to win and allure chem by fair words, ¡ind obliging aétions. " The[e lndi11n1 killed many Spaniards. in divers pam; to revenge which, Mar- « quis Pi 1arro [ene Francu de Chavn to make War oo the Jndians in a moíl: cruet " and terrible manner; in purfüance of which, as íome.Writers repon, he burned ~' and ·empafed great numbers of ~hem. ·The rrurh is, abcut rhat time, or a little " before: a genernl Infürreétion was made in ali the Provinces; and on rhe way " or road benween Co~co and fl!!_itu ' chey killed above [even ht:mdred Spaniard1 ; " and fücb of· them as chey took atíve, chey put to dearh with cruel Tortures. ;' God deliver us from,the rnge of ehe Jndian1, for certainly they are a furious., ' and bloucly. pe©ple, 1 wheire rbey can ger che Maíl:ery, and effeél: rheir defües; " ~hough~ ro excufe 'themlelves, chey ~lledged, that they foughc for their Libercy, . ' ' and to free ' ~hemfelv~s from El1e ~ve11 y. and Tyranny of che Spaniard1, &e, Thus fur are che·Words of de 'Cie?a; which are confirmed by Bf,u Va/era, who . reporrs, rhat above feven hundred Spaniards were killed in the late'lníurreétion; of which above chree hundred were Affafinared in rhe Mines, and in their Pof- feffions and1J:.'ands, wherein they were ~actered in purfüit ot their gains :ind bene- fit5 ;.. .and uhaHom, hundrnd aiid fevtncy which nere fenr for Succours, were killed in rhé Mountains : b~ r.llefe were 1'iót atl diípeeded cogether, bm in feveral De- tachrnents ~ tha~ fo the fülit .might' arrive ·Wit~ bettei: [peed and diligence ; for it was neven.imagmed that fo much danger was mrhe way ; or rhat the lndian1, who· were abiJe.no; contend wich, and overcom~ ten Horíe-1nen, fhould be capable ro overnhro,w fi.xty,. feveoty or eigtuy W©ríe in a boidy, belides che Infamry. And thoug) h~ prefumed mtKJli on chis opini011, and on che fonfi~nte he had of his . o,wn people.; yer.nht h?Ving received incelligence pf the firlt/ nor yec [che fe~ cond,rhar we1:e.f€11l!J! Iinh ,vas greatliy·troubled; wherefore w faúsfie 1um[elf there- in,,and\.¡:o uhderfiand•füm€ ne,~·s from his Brorhers-, he diípatched away another CaptJirt icaUed Ftlmcw ' lle Godoy, a Na ti ve of Carcer;1, \~ ith a Pan~ of'Íony five light Horfo with0uc baggage,or other incumbrnnce; ot cliat tliey íhquJd p oc.eed ' fo far as.·C,azico, .bt'.t on~l~ 1 co enquir~ on the ways~~ áilill ·g~t th b'éfil jhtelligence tbey cot11ld aoncerrung nltieir Compamons. Qf wh1tbrpaffage G~ra. fpeci kiog in che 136tld Ghapter, hatÍPíUh€fe Words: - 11 , - , , • I í J' 1 ~ !., r_,, f..\ \ -"' P~rarrp being much froubled rhat he received no 1.etcers from his Brnthers " nor from his q~her Capt?ins ; arnd being jealous ·OÍ ene misfortune which the~ " ·had happeped, he '-d'ifpatched away, fórty Horfe under eommana of Fra11cü de " '1odoJ t© m'ake enquiries of what had fücceeded, and to bring him imelligence h · ~ thereof.