146 NARRATIVE OF AMAEU'R REBELLION. Chap. IX. 



To the bishop lie said that lie had come forward, on behalf of 

 the whole nation, to pnt an end to the robberies and outrages 

 of the corregidors ; and ho promised to respect the priests, 

 all church property, and all women and inoffensive unarmed 

 people.^ 



But the garrison of Cuzco had, in the mean while, been 

 reinforced by Pumacagua, the Cacique of Cliinchero, and by 

 200 mulatto soldiers from Lima under Don Gabriel de 

 Aviles, who arrived by forced marches on January 1st. The 

 cabildo, therefore, refused to entertain any proposals from the 

 Inca. The Spaniards came out to attack him under Don Pablo 

 Astete, and the Caciques of Chinchero and Anta, Puma- 

 cagua and Kosas. There was a long skirmish in the broken 

 ground, which was brought to a conclusion by the evening 

 snow ; but on the 8th a sanguinary battle was fought in the 

 suburbs and on the heights, which lasted two days, and during 

 Avhich a Dominican friar, named Ramon de Salazar, concealed 

 behind a rock, did effective service with his musket, and 

 contributed to throw the Indians into confusion. The Inca 

 finally retreated to Tinta, to re-organize his forces. 



His cousin Diego Tupac Amaru was also unsuccessful to 

 the eastward. His division was detached from the main army 

 at Checacupe, where he crossed some mountainous country, and 

 again descended into the valley of the Vilcamayu, following 

 the course of the river until he encountered the forces under 

 tlie command of the Marquis of Rocafuerte, consisting of the 

 levies of Pumacagua, Cacique of Chinchero, and those of the 

 Caciques of Maras and Huayllabamba. An engagement took 

 place at Huaran, on the banks of the river, near Calca, when 

 Diego was defeated, many of his Indians being drowned in 

 the river ; and he again suffered defeat at Yucay on December 

 23rd. The Indian chief then left the valley of the Vilcamayu, 



Angelis and Guzman, MSS. 



