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risdi6lion of the whole of the distri6t of the dodrina of Chavin 

 should be conceded to him, with permission to employ, with- 

 out the risk of incurring any penalty, all those who should be 

 essential to the operations, he binding himself to pay, for 

 them, the royal tribute which might be due from each of 

 them respedlively, &c.'* 



The proje6t having been approved in its full extent, the 

 viceroy, Don Teodoro de Croix, by a commission bearing 

 date the nth of 06lober, 1788, bestowed on Bezares the ap- 

 pointment of chief magistrate of Chavin de Pariaca and its 

 distri6l, without any salary, for the term of two years, during 

 which a judgment would be formed of the nature and success 

 of his operations. He was enjoined to give an account of them 

 monthly to the supreme authority, to the end that his juridical 

 authority might be protra6ted and extended according to the 

 circumstances. 



By virtue of this decree, Bezares took possession of his new 

 government, to the great satisfaction of the settlers and aggre- 

 gated Indians, who were well acquainted with his estimable 

 qualities. They all of them made an offer to co-operate in the 

 execution of so desirable a proje6l, which would constitute the 

 whole of their felicity. In addition to a large stock of imple- 

 ments, a complete forge had been provided, together with the 

 necessary artisans; and on the 25th of April, 1789, the road 

 was begun at the old town named Urpis, which was considered 

 as the most convenient site for that purpose. Huge trees having 

 been felled, hills of limestone broken up, rugged mountains 

 cut through, palisadoes planted, and the earth raised and 

 banked in the hollow places named sartenejas^ the works were 

 carried to the bridge of Chinchima over the river Monzon. At 



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