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habitants, or wealth, become the title, but on account 

 of the privileges annexed to it. 



At the time of the conquest this ^g^ovcrnment wns 

 known by the names of I^ualsongo and Pacarnoros, 

 since corrupted into Yaguarsongo and Bracamoros; 

 the names of the government conferred on Jnan de 

 Salinas. And thus they continued to be called for 

 many years, till the Indians of both territories in a 

 sudden revolt destroyed the principal towns. Those 

 which were spared, after passing near an age in wretch- 

 edness and barbarism, happily recovered themselves, 

 became united to the city of Jaen, as part of a go- 

 vernment, with thelitle of Jaen de Bracamoros; nnd 

 the title of governor of Yaguarsongo was, as before 

 related, kept up by being annexed to the corregidor 

 of Loja. 



The town of Jaen, with the nddition of Pacarnoros, 

 or Bracamoros, from the reunion of the towns of that 

 country to it, was founded in the year 1549, by Diego 

 Palomino. It stands in the jurisdiction of Chaca-Inga, 

 belonging to the province of Chuquimayo, and is the 

 residence of the governor. It is situated on the north 

 shore of the river Chinchipc, at its conflux into the 

 Maranon. It lies in about five degrees 25 min. S. 

 lat. and its long, may be conjectured to be very little 

 distant from the meridian of Quito, if not undvn- it. 

 The account given of the mean condition of the cities 

 of Macas and Quixos also suits Jaen. We must how- 

 ever observe, that it is much more populous, its inha- 

 bitants being, of all ages and sexes, computed at 

 3 or 4000 ; though these for the most part are Mes- 

 tizos, with some Indians, but very few Spaniards. 



Juan de Salinas likewise found in his government 

 of Yaguarsongo three other cities, still subsisting, but 

 small, mean, and defenceless, like Jaen. Their names 

 are Valladolid, Loyola, and SaniagodelasMontagnas: 

 the last borders on the government of Minas, and is 



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