156 ovalle's historical relation of chile. 



Ihip failed, and came to the place where Pizarro and his companions were left. Who 

 can exprefs the joy and furprize of thofe poor abandoned wretches, when they defcried 

 at a diftance the fails of the fhip ? At firil they could not believe their own eyes ; for 

 the defire and longing for a thing makes it appear lefs probable to come to pafs : but 

 at laft it arrived ; and Pizarro feeing himfelf mafler of a good veffel, could not forbear 

 attempting fome difcovery* 



They failed as far as the country of Tumbefe, which is very rich ; though the Tum- 

 befe Indians faid, that their riches were nothing in comparifon of what they might fee 

 farther. The lord of that country having heard of the arrival of the Caftilians, he 

 fent prefently to vifit them at their fhip, with twelve bafkets of provifions, and, among 

 the reft, a fheep of that country, which was prefented to them by the virgins of the 

 temple, as to men who feemed defcended from heaven, and fent by God for fome great 

 t;hing. The ambafladors came ; and wondering to fee the fhip with white men who had 

 beards, they afked them. Who they were ? whence they came ? and what they pre- 

 tended ? They anfwered them, that they were Caftilians, vaffals of a powerful mo- 

 narch, who, though fo great, had yet a greater over him, whom he owned, with all 

 other kings, and who is in heaven, and is called Jefus Chrift, in whofe name they came 

 to undeceive them of their errors in worfhipping gods of ftone and wood, there being 

 but one God, Creator of all things, whom we all ought to worfhip. They explained 

 to them, that there was a heaven and hell, the immortality of the foul, and the other 

 myfteries of our faith. 



The Indians ftood ftaring and gaping, hearing this doftrirre, which had never been 

 heard of before in their country ; for they believed, that there was no other king 

 in the world but their King Guayanacapa, nor other gods but their idols. Among all 

 the things they admired, there were two chiefly : the one was a negro ; for they never 

 had feen one, and did believe that his colour was fome ftrong dye ; for which reafon, 

 they beftowed much pains in wafhing his face to get it off ; but when they faw that he 

 was rather blacker, and that he fhewed at the fame time white teeth, for he could not 

 liold laughing to fee their fimplicity, they fell a laughing too, and could not but admire 

 fuch a fort of men. The other thing was the crowing of a cock, which the captain fent 

 them with a hen of Caftile : every time he crowed, they afked what he faid ? for they 

 thought his voice articulate, like the human voice ; which is an argument that they had 

 not that kind of fowl : and Garcilaffo de la Vega is of that opinion, anfwering the 

 objeftion of the Indian name they give a hen, that is, Atagualpa, which, he fays, was 

 a name given by the Indians after the coming of the Spaniards. The Spaniards'ha\'ing 

 refrefhed themfelves well on fhore, began to defire of Pizarro to return to Panama, and 

 gather a greater force, that which he then had being very difproportioned to his under- 

 taking : he yielded to their perfuafions, having, for this time, made difcovery only as 

 far as a place called Santa, which is very near the equinoctial line ; and having had a 

 more certain account of Cufco, its riches, and the mighty empire it was head jqL So 

 taking with him fome Indians, and fome patterns of the gold, ds a teftimpny of the 

 difcovery, he returned to Panama, 



CHAP. XIII. — Captain Francifco Pizarro returns to' Panama^ goes from thence to Spain, 



and purfues his Conqueji. 



PIZARRO being come to Panama, went with his two companions to the Governor 

 Don Pedro de los Rios, to reprefent to him their reafons for continuing their difcovery, 



upon 



