WHOLE VOL. THE WEST INDIES VAZQUEZ DE ESPINOSA 537 



and potatoes ; the values of these contributions in kind were estab- 

 lished by the Viceroys in the following price scale : 



One piece of cloth of abasca, 2 assay pesos and 4 tomines. 



One llama, 2 assay pesos. 



A fanega of corn, i assay peso and i tomln. 



A fanega of potatoes, ^ assay peso. 



Hens and chickens, 9 assay granos each. 



This repartimiento and province contains 12 clans, which are 

 governed by their curacas and caniachicos ; these are all subordinate 

 to one principal cacique and his second in command. Of these tribu- 

 tary Indians, 395 were married and 177 unmarried; of boys and 

 young men up to 17, there were 786; and 1,651 women of all ages 

 and conditions, plus 170 exempt old people. 



1460. It is 9 leagues from the village of San Cristobal to Castro- 

 virreina. This province receives an income of 1,000 pesos collected 

 as an impost (censo) on the city of Guamanga, and 90 from its 

 encomendero. The system of the communal treasury is similar to 

 that in the Province of Los Chocorvos ; it is located in the village 

 of Tantara, the residence of the chief cacique; the excess of the 

 tribute is deposited in it, and from this fund are paid out the salaries 

 of the curates and of the caciques, construction expenses of the 

 churches and hospitals, and salary of the Corregidor ; out of the 

 imposts (censos; fines?) are paid the tributes for the dead and those 

 who have run away, until there is a revision of the list. 



The Indians' manner of life and occupations are the same as in 

 the Province of Los Chocorvos. The country has a good climate ; 

 all of it is rough, with high ranges and deep ravines ; the ranges 

 contain silver mines. The village of San Cristobal is at ii°53' S. 

 A river runs near it which rises 8 leagues away up on the puna, 

 and empties into the sea by the village of Chincha. This river swells 

 at the same season as indicated in the preceding chapter. They 

 irrigate their plots from it, and get pejerreyes, bagres, and excellent 

 crayfish in it. 



1461. There are two clerical curates for the eight villages in this 

 curacy, each with four villages under his charge ; one resides in the 

 village of San Cristobal, the other in that of Guacara. They receive 

 319 assay pesos salary, and the contributions will bring them each 

 in 200 pesos. There are no hospitals in this province, and although 

 each Indian pays i tomin for hospitals, the money is deposited in the 

 communal treasury ; when they fall sick, the priest or the Corregidor, 

 together with the others who hold keys, take from the treasury 



