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.

BoctK III. Royal Commentaries. ·e HA P. IV. Francifcó de brellan~ goés abóard the Ve/{el which was 1 built, and fails into Spairi, to demand the Governmeni of that Conquefl ; and of hi5 End and Death. A LL the .Gold which they had gather~d, whlch amo~n~ed to about the va~ Iue of one hundred rhoufand Pieées- of Eight, with-a great abundance of Emeralds, fome of-which were of great value, /as alfo. their Iron and Iron-work, and whatfoever was of any eíleem, chey laded on their Ve'ífel, and fuch as were weak, and fick, and noc able to cravel, were alfo pfit aboard. ·And now afrer a Joumey of almoft two hundred Í.eagues, they departed-from this place, taking their courfe down che Stream, fome by Water, and othe~ by lind, keeping fucb a convenient diftance each from the other, that at night they always joined and lodged cogether; the which Journey was performed with great difficulcy, both of one> and of the other; for chofe on the Land were forced to open a great. pare of their way wich Hacchet and Bill, and chofe on the Water were puc to hard Labour to íl:emm che Scream, and keep che Veffel from being forcibly car- )· ried down by che current fro.m che Company of their Aífociates, When at any · time their paífage was incerruptecl by fome Mountain , fo tliat they .could noc keep by che Shore of che River; they then lferried to che other fide by help of their Veífel , and of four Canoe1, which were with them; but chis gave a greaé ~et arid ftop to their proceedings, for the fpace of three or four days, whidi was ,very grievou~ to Men fiarving apd perifhing wi_th Hunger. - . . .. Having in tbis manner travell d for the f pac~ of two Months 1 they at l~ngth mee with certain- Indian1, who by Signs, and by fome Words which were~únder~ fiood by their .JndiMt ~ervants. gave them intelligence, that aboút teh daY,s 'Jour..: ney from thence they would qnd a Countrey- w~ll peopled, l>1entifull of Pro- vifions, and abounding with Gold, and Gther R.iches, of which they wer~ in purfuit; and farther fignified t0 them,by Signs, that this Councrey was-fituate on the Banks of another great River, which joined¡ :and fell inro th~c; wherein they now were. The Spaniard1 bein'g greatly coriifürred , and encouraged wirh this. news, Gon~alo Pifarro ma<:fe Francifco .de Ortl(anii,Cap~ai.n of bis Brigantine, or Veffel, and theFeOn put fifry Sould1ers aboard; g1vmg them orders to .país down che Stream to that place; where the two Rivers met ,r :¡nd that there leaving che Goods he had then aboard, he íhould lade his Veffel with ProvHions, and recurn to"Yards ~hem with all the ípeed imaginable to fucéour , and relieve them in that greát Difirefs of ,Famine, of which many SpalfiardJ were already dead , and eípecially Irídian1, who of four thoufand were requced to half the number. 1 • ' . According to thefe Orders Frtfncifco de Ore/lana• entred on the Voyage, and iiÍ · the fpaae of rhrée days, w ithout Oars, or Sail, onely by force of che Currenr, he W?S carried the eigh.ty Leagues before mentione.d, thou~h in_ t~e ºPÚ!ion of all they p11oved to, b e more 'than an hundred ~ notwithíl:andmg which bemg come thither; no Provifions. were found, as che Indian:r had promiffd; wherefore ,con- fidering what was t0 be done ,in that ·Extremity, they concluded, that to recura' again to GonMlo Fif i:!Tt"O with thi? ill news, they were not able in che fpace of a Year to perfoi·m · rha~ Voyage back, againfr the force of ché Stream, which they- had already with the help therecf been carried in three days onely. And not knowing in how long fÍme Gtmi:-aloPifarro would bé able to perform bis Journey thüh er,. Orell!'na re folved to ch¡mge his Defign, and fet up for himfe1f; an'd with thefe thowghts.he · fet fail ; and .cafüng off all care.and regard to Pirarro, and hts Com panions; tlien in difüefs~ he refolved to cake a Voyage into Sfain, theré to obtain the Govermñem and Conq1:1eíl of thofe Cdumries for himfelf : .Bue chis cruel'