43 ; 



Several Par 

 ticjs of th: 

 Peruvians 

 let upon the 



Spaniards 

 and over' 

 throw them* 



They are 

 beaten by 

 Jlv*rsdo. 



Civil War 

 between H- 

 Z*rro and Ah 

 majro. 



AMERICA. Chap. IV. 



Alphonfo Jlvarado Prifoners, condemn'd them all three to die, caus'd himfelf to be 

 proclaim^ Governor, and gave the Royal Taffel zoPaulo Inga y whileft Gonfalvo and 

 Jlvarado breaking Prifon, inform'd Francifco Pi^arro thereof (who then had ob- 

 tain'd the Title of Marquefs, and for an Inheritance, the Province Atubillos^) he was 

 exceedingly troubled for his Brother Ferdinand, whofe Enlargement he thought 

 would be bed procur'd by making Peace with Almagro, and the fooner, becaufe the 

 - Peruvians began to rebel againft the Spaniards in moft places, flew divers Companies 

 of them ; amongft whom Diego Pi^trro was fet upon in a narrow Path call'd Lau. 

 cefia Parcos, and amongft the Mountains loft feventy Horfemen • and Gonfalvo de 

 Tapico fav'd not one of eighty Horfe. Alfo the Peruvians fet upon three hundred 

 Troopers, Commanded by the Generals of the Horfe, Uorgoveio and Gaeti, in a nar- 

 row Path, and rowl'd down great Stones from the tops of the Mountains both be- 

 fore and behind them, fo killing both Horfe and Man before they could put them- 

 felves into a pofture of Defence, infomuch that none efcap'd with Life but two 

 Troopers. Francifco de Godoy, fent out of Los %eyos with forty five Horfe, upon 

 Difcoveries, returned alio with great lofs, being purfu'd twenty Leagues by the Pe* 

 ravw/i^againft whom Peter de Lerma being fent out with fixty Horfe,fought a whole 

 day with them, and though few of his Men were kill'd, yet many were wounded, 

 and feveral taken : The \i£toxious Peruvians retreating to the top of a fandy Moun- 

 tain in the Might, Offcr'd the Spaniards they had taken Prifoners, as a teftimony of 

 thanks, to Viracocha, and afterwards ftood drawn up near the City Los %eyos by the 

 General Tj^opangui. The Marquefs thus befet round, fent for Aid from New Spain 

 and Truxillo, and alfo for Alphonfo Aharado to come back, who had bee* fent to 

 difcover the Countrey Chachepoyos, and being gotten into a Defart, would without 

 doubt have perifh'd for want of Water, had not fome Horfemen riding fomewhat 

 out of the Way, found Pits with frefli Water : notwithstanding which, five hun- 

 dred Inaconas (for fo the Spaniards call'd the Peruvian Slaves) died for Thirft. He was 

 afterwards fupply'd by Gome^ Tor'doya with two hundred Men, by the help of 

 whom, though encompafs'd by the Inhabitants near the Bridge Lamucacba, where 

 began a fierce Battel, Jlvarado was in the end Conqueror. 



Whileft the Spaniards found fo much to do with the Peruvians, yet they could not 

 forbear mote and more Claftiing amongft themfelves, the Marquefs commanding 

 that Jlmagro fhould furrender and leave the City Cufco . but he refufing to obey, 

 fortifi'd himfelf on the top of the Mountain Gaytara, ftopt th* Ways by cutting 

 down the Trees : but Ferdinando Pi^arro getting up to the top along a private Way, 

 made fuch a confufion amongft them with Bolt-fliot, that Jlmagro, who wasfick 

 at that time, was fore'd to flye ; which being told Pi^arro, he purfu'd him, and had 

 doubtlefs utterly defeated him at that bout, had not his Men, benumm'd with 

 marching in the deep Snow, been taken with a Diftemper which made them as if 

 they had been all Sea-fick, (for fuch is the property of the Mountain Guaytara) in- 

 fomuch that they could fcarce carry their Arms : Whereupon Almagro was advis'd 

 to oppofe his Purfuers, and that he need not doubt of the Victory ; but he either 

 following his own Didates, or being counter-advis'd, fortifi'd himfelf in Qufco, 

 whither Ferdinand and Gonfalvo Pi^arro march'd againft him. ^odrigo de Orgonnes 

 Commanded Jlmagro* Army, who being fick, lay on the Walls of the City to fee 

 the Battel fought. The Peruvians, who on each fide were in the Spanifb Service, 

 march'd in the Front : on the twenty fixthof April, Anno 1538. the Fight began, m 

 which the Almagrians did much mifchief with Crofs.bar (hot amongft the Pi^arrians; 

 yet Almagro 's Horfe retreated firft, being under the Command of Peter Valdtvia ; 

 foon after which the reft of his Army, their Courage alfo failing, fled to the Ciiy; 



into 



