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DIEGO TUPAC AMARU. 



Chap. X. 



western banks of the lake of Titicaca fell into their hands. 

 They committed indiscriminate slaughter in revenge for the 

 cruel death of the Inca, and only a few Spaniards escaped 

 to Puno. The governor Orellana sent balsas to rescue some 

 fugitives who were concealed in the rushes on the shores of 

 the lake, he himself being confined to his house ^ by a wound 

 in his foot. Meanwhile the Indians of Azangaro, by caj^tm-ing 

 the town and peninsula of Capaehiea, completed the conquest 

 of the province of Chucuito, and the rebel chiefs prepared 

 for a second siege of Puno. 



Diego Cristoval Tupac Amaru the Inca's cousin, with his 

 nephew Andres Mendagure, Mariano the young son of the 

 Inca, and Miguel Bastidas a nephew of the Inca's Avife, 

 escaped when the rest of their family were betrayed and cap- 

 tured at Lanqui. They now joined the rebel army in the 

 Collao, Diego took the command, and on the 9th of May he 

 invested Puno on all sides, and commenced the second siege. 



The Indians were formed in a semicircle on the sides of 

 the surrounding hills ; while Orellana had deepened his 

 entrenchments, and occupied a very strong position on the 

 Huassa-pata hill, above Puno : he also built two forts, one 

 called Santa Barbara, where the triumphal arch now is, and 

 the other called Horca-pata, on the descent from the heights 

 of Cacharani. The corners of the plaza and of the streets 

 were barricaded. On the 10th there were skirmishes all day, 

 and on the 11th the Indians carried the forts of Santa Bar- 

 bara and Horca-pata by assault, and penetrated into the 

 streets, but failed in their attack on the rocky height of the 

 Huassa-pata.* On the 12th the besiegers suddenly retreated, 

 at the approach of the army advancing from Cuzco. 



General del Valle, after defeating the Indians at Comba- 



^ Diuing my stay at.Puuo I lived 

 in the house which was occupied 

 by Orellana during the siege. It is 



now the pro2)erty of Dun Manuel 

 Costas. 



"* Iiit'orniation fniru (Ten. San Roman. 



