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but wild Fruit and Roots* when Captain Franc if cus Orellana, was ordered to Sail 

 away before with five Men, and feek out for Provifions, and at every Stream 

 whith fell crofs-ways out of the Countrey into the great River, he was to leave a JjJSli hu 

 Mann'd Boat : but Orellana in few days drove down fo far with the fwift River, ^^.^ 

 that he faw no likelihood of getting up again in a whole year, neither could he 

 find any Provifions, but fought daily with the bidiatis, who came ftoutly to Board 

 him in little Boats : amongft whom he was inform'd alio, that thereabouts liv'd 

 the Amazon Women, that Warr'd continually againft their Neighbors •• and at laft 

 hecameinto the Northern Ocean* But Orellana Sailing to Spain, obtain'd a Com- 

 mifliontobe Governor of the Jma^ons Countrey, whither he ftcer'd his Courfc 

 with five hundred Men in three Ships - but Landing at the Canaries they all ran a- 

 way from him, which fo incens'd Orellana, that he foon after dy'd with Grief. 

 Mean while Pi^arro inform'd by a Spaniard whom Orellana had put afiiore, that the 

 Brigantine was by the ftrong Current carried into the Ocean, knew not what to 

 do, his People fince their departure from Quito having travelled above four hun- 

 dred Leagues, had eaten moft of their Horfes : Many dy'd by feeding on unwhoU 

 fom Herbs 5 others fell down dead for Hunger, or tir'd out with toilfom Travel - 

 their Clothes, rotted by the Rain, hung upon them like Rags, their Shoes were 

 worn out, theit Feet full of Blifters, their Bodies fadly mangled with Brambles and 

 Thorns, for no place afforded them a Boat, Pi^arro leaving the River Maranon, ™^^ r . a " 

 went another Way, no lefs troublefom for fteep Rocks and inacccflible Mountains. ™$&* 

 The Valleys through which they wcnt,began now to be ftrew'd with dead and fick 

 Bodies, who were not able to follow the Army, which march'd very fait, every 

 one judging to be fd much nearer his prefcrvation the farther he could get : Thofe 

 that fainted call'd continually on their Friends for help, but the Horfes were 

 grown too weak to carry them : Every one faw nothing but Death before his 

 Eyes } wherefore, though call'd by their deareft and moft intimate Friends that lay 

 a dying, they never look'd back, their compaffion towards others being turn'd into 

 fear and care of thcmfelves. The Forfaken implor'd their Saints, and befought ?i- 

 %arro for aid, but finding their Complaints to be in vain, and raging through dc- 

 fpair, they wifli'd all the reft the fame fuccefs, and the like Friends, whenever they 

 ftiould be in the like Condition, 9i%arro cxtreamly griev'd and troubled, that he 

 had brought the People into this Mifery, fent a few Horfemen before to Quito, to 

 carry the fad News of his deplorable Condition, that they might immediately fend 

 Provifions to him ; which he receiving when he was within fifty Leagues from the 

 faid City Quito, diftributed amongft thofe that were left alive, who being alfo al- 

 moft ftarv'd, eat fo greedily, that feveral of them were chok'd ; the remainder were 

 kept a confiderable time in Garrifon under the Command of <Pi%trro in Quito. 

 Which City, built in a pleafant place, grew very populous in the Year 1544. there 

 being feveral Gold-Mines found about the fame in that time. But this laftcd not 

 long, for Quito fiding with the Vice-Roy Ulafco tymne^ Vela againft Gonfaho <Pi- s&t* rtv, 

 %arro, moft of the Citizens weredeftroy'd by him, and their Houfes burnt to A flies, t? fidi* 

 The like Deftruction, and upon the fame occafion, befel the three Villages in the ga .nft g*»- 

 Province <Sracomoros, difcover'd by Juan Parcel and Captain Vergara, together with 

 the Countrey Qbichiapoios, where Alpbonfo Aharado built the Town Levanto, fur- 

 rounded with deep Caverns, through which, to the great ftrengthning of the City, 



flow feveral Rivers. 



Round about Puerto Vtejo the Natives dwelt in Trees, whom the Spaniards had 

 much ado to bring under their fubje&ion. for their Countrey being barren and 

 mountainous, was not onely wanting in Provifions to feed an Army, but the Peru- 

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