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++8 AMERICA. Chap. IV. 



Beti.azar Whileft Pi^arro kept the Inga Attabaliba Prifoner, he lent Captain SeValca^ar to 

 KMminagHM, the new Fort St* Miguel, where eighty Horfeand a hundred Foot beinc* arriv'd from 



takes Quito ^ . ., . . *^ ' t? ^Hl 



Panama and Nicaragua, and he being informed that there lay a great Treafure in 

 Quito, and that the GiM<*m,the Spaniards Friends, were exceedingly opprefs'd by (J?«. 

 minagua, Attabaliba's General, immediately march'd thither with the new arriv'd 

 Forces before mention'd,to fetch the Booty, and to atfift the Canares 5 but feveral 

 things oppos'd him in his Defign : for ^uminagua guarded the Way with twelve 

 hundred Indians, diggdPits in the fame, and filling them with (harp Poles, covered 

 them (lightly over with Canes and Earth 5 all which Bevalca%ar fliunning, went 

 about, fell in upon the Rere of the Enemy, and after a fmall Refiftance conquered 

 the City Quito. Mean while Ferdinand Cortefio fent Petro Aharado from New Spain 

 who taking Guatimala, received a Commiflion from the Spamjl? Court, tofubdue the 

 Northern parts of Peru* Soon after which Garcias Holgua being fent with two 

 Ships to enquire concerning the State of Peru, brought News back, That Francifco 

 Pi^arro had gotten an un valuable Treafure at Caxamalca ; which fo ftirr'd upjha* 

 rado, that he Landed five hundred Men at Puerto Viejo, march'd in great want of 

 Provifions over the Mountains Jcabucos, and had he not accidentally found a Pond 

 of fweet Water in a Thicket of Canes, both Men and Horfes had all perifh'd . at 

 lafl: upon his approaching Quito, theCovernor thereof, being Sevalca^ar, not endu- 

 ring tofurTer an E^jual, drew up all his Men in Battel array - but fome Perfons in* 

 ^^ e s . to breeding betweefi them, they were foon reconcile, and Aharado being btfught 

 XX h out with a S reat fum of Money ,deferted Quito ; where after Gonfaho Pi^arrofad re* 

 rrlain'd a confiderable time he march'd Eaftward of the Province, which produces 

 abundance of Cinamon; whither he was accompanied by two hundred Spaniards 

 and four thouiand Peruvians ; againft whom the Natives dwelling on the Borders 

 ofLosQuixos fought very valiantly, till Night apprcuching,when they all ran away j 

 after which refting a while, there arofe a mighty Tempeft of Thunder and Light- 

 ning, accompanied with a dreadful Earthquake, which fwallow'd above five hun- 

 dred Houfes, whole Woods and Fields, whileft an unknown River burft out of the 

 pi K Mrr*2n& Eart[l > an d overflow'd all the Countrey, infomuch that Pi^arro expected nothing 

 ve^; r T r d :;; but a f P ee <ty ^i™> in regard no Provifions were to be found in all the Countrey : 

 straight -atlaft getting on the top of the neareft Mountain he loft many of his Men, who 

 were frozen to death with exceflive Cold. From thence marching to the County 

 Zumaque, he got plenty of Provifion and Cinamon, which grows on great Trees in 

 the Woods . the Leaves thereof refemble the Laurel . the Fruit grows in little Bcr- 

 ries . the Root and Bark have a ftrong odoriferous fmell. Thence travelling to the 

 Town Coca,he found a mighty Cataraft of Water,falling £om a Rock above fifteen 

 hundred Ells high . infomuch that the noife in calm Weather was heard fix Leagues 

 off. Pi^arro leaving his fick People in Zumaque, went onely with a few Eaftward 

 from Coca to the Plain Countrey Guema, full of Moorifh Grounds, the Inhabitants 

 whereof went naked : at laft he came to the great River Mar anon, which falls from 

 the Mountains near Qgito, and extends with feveral windings above eight hundred 

 Leagues in length, and at the Mouth thereof is fifteen Leagues broad, which at that 

 time overflowing allthe-Countrey, he judged it convenient to build a Brigantine, 

 making the Shoes of the dead Horfes ferve for Iron-work,his Mens Shirts for Sails, 

 and a Gum, which was to be had there, for Tar, and having Lanch'd their VeiTel, 

 and put all their Baggage and fick People into the fame, they Sail'd clofe along the 

 Shore, on which Pi^arro made his Way through Brambles and Canes, or went over 

 in the Brigantine whenfoe're he efpy'd a better Path on the other fide . in which 

 manner thev were gone two hundred Leacmesdown th 



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