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and Paspaya, from which it is 36 leagues to the Spanish town of 

 Tarija ; halfway is the Sinte Valley, in which many cattle ranches 

 have been established, and there are large vineyards, fields of wheat, 

 corn, and other cereals, and abundance of fruit. The river running 

 through this valley, besides furnishing delicious fish, carries quantities 

 of gold, which they can wash wherever they look for it. 



1762. The town of Tarija is the residence of the Corregidor whom 

 the Viceroy appoints for it and the Province of Los Chichas. The 

 Tomatas Indians come in for the service of the residents. The 

 Corregidor appoints a representative in the village of Viloca, which 

 is a mining camp in the Province of Los Chichas, which contains 

 many small villages ; the principal ones are Santiago de Cotagaita 

 and that of Talina. There are other silver mines in this province, 

 for it is all paved with those ores. There are large cattle ranches 

 here, and it is well supplied with provisions, although much comes 

 in from Tucuman, which adjoins it and the Province of Los Lipes. 



1763. Leaving Potosi for Tucuman, one goes 9 leagues to the 

 town of Espiritu Santo de Cayca, an Indian village, and then down- 

 stream to the Rio de Tocopalca, which is rather large and where 

 there is an Indian village by this name. Six leagues farther on is 

 another small village called Los Flamencos ; it is 3 leagues from there 

 to Santiago de Cotagaita, which is a frontier post against the Chiri- 

 guanaes Indians. From there one goes to the Tupisa mining camp, 

 and 6 leagues farther, to the village of Talina, which is the last in 

 the Province of Los Chichas, and the boundary with the great Prov- 

 ince and Kingdom of Tucuman. All this region described is in 

 the Archdiocese of the Charcas. 



Chapter XXXIV 



Of the District of the Diocese and State of the Provinces of 

 Tucuman. 



1764. All this journey above described from Potosi on is rough 

 country with many mountain ranges ; the fields are full of vicufias, 

 guanacos, deer, vizcachas, tortoises as big as tubs, and much other 

 game, as far as the village of La Quiaca, which is the first in the 

 Diocese and State of Tucuman. From here one passes into the 

 Omaguaca Valley, which is [100] 90 leagues from Potosi. Omaguaca 

 is an Indian village ; the valley is fertile and abounds in wheat, corn, 

 potatoes, and other native and Spanish root crops and fruit ; it is all 

 covered with small Indian villages and Spanish ranches as far as 

 the volcano, which is 6 leagues from Omaguaca. This is very high, 



