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1365. The city governs a large district, with many very rich 

 provinces in it, Hke those of Chinchaycocha and Tarma on the S. ; 

 to the N. are Huamahes, Pincos, Cajatambos, Guares, Huailas, 

 Conchucos, Piscobamba and others of less importance ; they bring 

 in over 40,000 pesos income in tithes, and form five Corregimientos, 

 in the appointment of the Viceroy. So for the reasons tabulated, 

 this city's wish should be heard and His Majesty should graciously 

 grant them a prelate ; then it would be better administered, many 

 existing evils would be remedied and inconveniences obviated, if 

 nothing more than that the highland Indians of these provinces should 

 not have to go down to Lima, where they are sure to catch the valley 

 sickness, from which very few escape ; and many would abandon 

 their idolatries. (Marg. : In the district of this city there are excellent 

 silver mines, those of Nuevo Potosi and others ; there are large cattle, 

 sheep, mule, and hog ranches, and mills for weaving cloth, blankets, 

 coarse cloth, and grogram.) [This must suffice for the city of 

 Huanuco, to let us give some account of the Corregimiento of Tarma, 

 noting that the city has in its jurisdiction excellent silver mines, large 

 cattle and sheep ranches, and cloth, grogram, and blanket mills, the 

 mines of Nuevo Potosi and others.] 



1366. From the city one goes 7 leagues toward the Province of 

 Chincha Chocha (sic) along a pleasant valley, which keeps narrowing 

 up to the tambo of Ambo, about which are a few Indian villages 

 with a good climate, named Cairan, Huacra, and others. Traveling 

 south one passes some ravines and comes to the tambo of San Rafael, 



7 leagues S. of the city, where there is an excellent cloth mill. A 

 league and a half to one side of San Rafael is the village of Huariaca ; 

 it is already cold in this neighborhood, and 5 leagues farther S. is 

 the tambo of La Quinua, where the cold is intense ; 4 [leagues] 

 beyond is the village of Ninacaca in the Province of Chinchaycocha, 

 in the midst of the Cordillera. The province is very cold, and level ; 

 it has [in it] a lake which is more than 10 leagues in circuit, and which 

 is the source of the river running through the Jauja Valley. The 

 province contains the villages of Ninacaca, Pasco y Pisco, Carhua- 

 mayo, and that of Los Reyes, which is the capital and the largest, 

 San Juan de los Condores, San Pedro de Cacas, and San Miguel, 

 all very cold. The village of Los Reyes is 5 leagues S. of Ninacaca ; 



8 leagues E. is Paucartambo, down a valley with good climate ; there 

 is an excellent mill here belonging to Don Fernando Tello de Soto- 

 mayor, its encomendero, where they turn out excellent cloth, grogram, 

 and blankets. This place has a temperate climate and they raise 

 excellent fruit ; nearby are sugar mills, and to the E., many heathen. 



