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the exactions of the ciiras, and the extortionate duties im- 

 posed by the aduaneros." This is a very able and telling- 

 document, and, together with the more detailed Avritings of 

 the unfortunate Inea, forms a most complete vindication of 

 this memorable insurrection.^ 



On September 12th, 1781, the viceroy of Peni, Don 

 Augustin de Jauregui, had issued a proclamation offering 

 pardon, on submission, to Diego Tupac Amaru and all his 

 followers.- It would swell this short narrative to an imdue 

 length if I attempted to give any account of the events in 

 Upper Peru during this period f but the final suppression 

 of the revolt in that part of the country by the Spanish 

 commanders Flores, Keseguin, and Segiu-ola, induced Diego 

 Tupac Amaru to accept the Viceroy's offer of pardon, give 

 up the cause, and place himself in the power of a faithless 

 enemy. Dr. Antonio Yaldez, cura of Sicuani, the friend of 

 the Inca, and author of the Quichua play of ' Ollantay,' was 

 sent to Azangaro by the Spanish authorities to persuade 

 Diego to adopt this course. They held their conferences on 

 the subject while walking up and down on the banks of the 

 river ; and there is a tradition that Pedro Vilca Apasa, one of 

 Diego's bravest officers, overheard one of these conversations, 

 and remonstrated violently against the madness of trusting to 

 the word of a Spaniard. But the advice of Valdez prevailed, 

 Diego sent young Miguel Bastidas to open a negotiation with 

 the Spanish Colonel Reseguin in November; and on De- 

 cember 11th he gave himself u]) to Don Ramon de Ai'ias, 

 commandant of the column of iVrequipa. At the same time 

 Mariano Tupac Amaru, the son of the Inca, Andres Menda- 

 gTire, and Miguel Bastidas, surrendered to Don Sebastian de 

 Segurola at La Paz. Bastidas was sent to Buenos Ayres. 



^ Cixstom-house officers. 

 * Informe jior Don Diego Tupac 

 Amaru. Azangaro, Oct. 18, 1781. 

 '■^ Angelis. 



3 By far the best account of the 

 rebelUon of the Cataris in Upper Peni, 

 and of the two sieges of La Paz, is to be 

 foimd in the work of Dean Funcs. 



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