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| Introduction | |
| CHAPTER I |
| How the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro went to the province of Arequipa to found a city there, and to apportion the Indians among the persons who were to remain there as citizens | 1 |
| CHAPTER II |
| How the General Lorenzo de Aldana determined to send people to settle in Anzerma, a province which had been discovered by the captain Belalcázar, and how he named Jorge Robledo as captain of the settlement | 4 |
| CHAPTER III |
| How his Majesty nominated Don Pascual de Andagoya to be Governor and Adelantado of the river of San Juan, and how Robledo set out to form the settlement in Anzerma | 7 |
| CHAPTER IV |
| How the Licentiate Santa Cruz sent certain captains and troops in pursuit of Vadillo, of the quarrels of these captains amongst themselves, and how they joined Robledo | 10 |
| CHAPTER V |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo induced the Chiefs near the new city to remain at peace, and how he sent Suer de Nava to Caramanta | 12 |
| CHAPTER VI |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo sent Gómez Hernández to explore the province of El Choco, and despatched Ruy Vanegas to the village of Pirsa | 14 |
| CHAPTER VII |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo distributed the Chiefs among the citizens who were going to remain in the city of Santa Ana, and how he set out to make discoveries on the other side of the great river of Santa Marta | 18 |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo arrived at the province of Pozo, how he was badly wounded, of the merciless punishment that was inflicted, and of the great quantity of human flesh that was eaten there | 21 |
| CHAPTER IX |
| How the Comendador Hernán Rodríguez de Sosa came to the rock, of the great number of people he captured and killed, and of the very great cruelty with which those natives were treated | 24 |
| CHAPTER X |
| How the captain Robledo discovered the province of Paucura, how the ensign Suer de Nava returned to Pozo, and how cruelties greater than before were inflicted; and how Robledo set out from Paucura to explore the large and very rich province of Arma | 27 |
| CHAPTER XI |
| How the captain Robledo explored the province of Arma and pitched his camp in the village of the principal Chief, named Maytama, and of some notable things that happened | 29 |
| CHAPTER XII |
| How captain Osorio, while going to the New Kingdom, was killed, with other Christians, and how the captain Pedro de Añasco was also killed by the Indians | 34 |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| How, when the death of those Spaniards was known at Popayán, captain Juan de Ampudia set out from there, and how he and other Christians were killed by the same Indians | 38 |
| CHAPTER XIV |
| How the Adelantado Pascual de Andagoya entered the cities, and was received in them as Governor | 44 |
| CHAPTER XV |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo discovered the province of Quinbaya, and how he founded the city of Cartago | 46 |
| CHAPTER XVI |
| How the captain Jorge Robledo left the city of Cartago and went to Cali, where he was well received, returning as Captain and Lieutenant-General of the cities he had founded | 48 |
| CHAPTER XVII |
| Of the things that happened in the city of Lima and how the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro, on the advice of the Bishop Friar Vicente de Valverde, made a general repartimiento; and of the departure of Gómez de Alvarado to people Guanuco | 49 |
| CHAPTER XVIII |
| How Gonzalo Pizarro, after he had been acknowledged as Governor of Quito, determined to undertake the conquest of El Dorado; and of his departure from Quito | 54 |
| CHAPTER XIX |
| How Gonzalo Pizarro left the city of Quito for the cinnamon country, which was one of the most laborious explorations that have been carried out in Tierra Firme and the South Sea | 56 |
| CHAPTER XX |
| How Gonzalo Pizarro left that river and went on exploring through those forests and mountains, without finding any populous country, and how all his party joined forces at a crossing over a branch of the Mar Dulce | 61 |
| CHAPTER XXI |
| How Francisco de Orellana went down the river and reached the Ocean, and of the extreme hardships suffered by Gonzalo Pizarro from hunger | 66 |
| CHAPTER XXII |
| How Gonzalo Pizarro and his people arrived at a place where Indians had lived, but had abandoned it owing to a war, and found a very great quantity of yuca with which they restored themselves and saved their lives | 71 |
| CHAPTER XXIII |
| How his Majesty appointed captain Belalcázar as Governor, and how he entered upon his government, and arrested the Adelantado Andagoya | 77 |
| CHAPTER XXIV |
| How the Alcalde Diego Núñez de Mercado arrived in Spain with the news of the death of the Adelantado, and how his Majesty considered that he had been ill served thereby, and sent out the Licentiate Vaca de Castro as Judge | 79 |
| CHAPTER XXV |
| Of the things that happened in Lima, and how Pero Alvarez Holguin left Cuzco on an expedition of discovery | 82 |
| CHAPTER XXVI |
| Of the things that happened to the President Vaca de Castro after he left the city of Panamá to go to Peru | 85 |
| CHAPTER XXVII |
| How the President Vaca de Castro found himself in great trouble and danger from not knowing where the port of Buenaventura was, and how, at the end of several days during which they had been seeking for the port, they met a ship on board of which was Don Juan de Andagoya, who explained to them where the port was | 88 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII |
| How the arrival of Vaca de Castro in the river of San Juan became known at Lima, and how sore the men of Chile felt about it; and of what else passed in Lima at that time | 90 |
| CHAPTER XXIX |
| How the Chile faction plotted to assassinate the Marquis, and how Francisco de Herencia, who was one of them, betrayed it, at confession, and of the great heedlessness of the Marquis, also what else happened until the men of Chile sallied forth to kill him | 96 |
| CHAPTER XXX |
| How the men of Chile sallied forth from the lodgings of Don Diego de Almagro, of their putting the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro to death, and of the valorous spirit shown by the Marquis before his death | 99 |
| CHAPTER XXXI |
| In which the former chapter is concluded down to the time when the Marquis was slain by the men of Chile | 103 |
| CHAPTER XXXII |
| Of what happened in Lima after the death of the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro | 110 |
| CHAPTER XXXIII |
| Of the things that were done by the Chile party, and how they acknowledged Don Diego as Governor; also of the imprisonment of Antonio Picado, and how the Licentiate Rodrigo Niño and Orihuela came from Spain | 114 |
| CHAPTER XXXIV |
| How Don Diego de Almagro, having tyrannically occupied the city of Lima, sent messengers to some of the cities of the Realm, requiring them to acknowledge him as Governor | 117 |
| CHAPTER XXXV |
| How García de Alvarado left Lima and landed at Santa, captured Cabrera, and went on as far as San Miguel. Of those he killed on the way, and how Alonso de Alvarado hoisted his banner for the King | 119 |
| CHAPTER XXXVI |
| How Don Diego de Almagro wrote to the captain Alonso de Alvarado, not knowing that he had raised the banner, and sent him a commission as lieutenant; and of the death of Orihuela | 123 |
| CHAPTER XXXVII |
| How Don Pedro Puertocarrero would not be a lieutenant of Almagro’s, but absented himself rather from the city of Cuzco, with Gómez de Tordoya and divers others, and how grieved some were on learning of the death of the Marquis | 126 |
| CHAPTER XXXVIII |
| How Gómez de Tordoya and the other citizens of Cuzco agreed to send messengers to the captain Pero Alvarez Holguin that, on hearing of the death of the Marquis, he might raise the banner for the King | 130 |
| CHAPTER XXXIX |
| How Pero Alvarez Holguin was received as Captain-General on the side against the Chile faction, and Gómez de Tordoya was appointed Camp-master, and in what manner they entered the city of Cuzco | 134 |
| CHAPTER XL |
| How the Licentiate Vaca de Castro arrived at the port of Buenaventura, and thence marched, suffering great hardships by the way, to Cali, where he found the Adelantado Sebastián de Belalcázar, his Majesty’s Governor; and of what he did there | 137 |
| CHAPTER XLI |
| How the President Cristóbal Vaca de Castro went from Cali to Popayán, where he heard of the death of the Marquis from Lorenzo de Aldana, who came to meet him | 140 |
| CHAPTER XLII |
| How Don Diego de Almagro ordered the Secretary Antonio Picado to be tortured, thinking he would divulge treasure belonging to the Marquis, and how Picado met his deserts | 142 |
| CHAPTER XLIII |
| How the captains Francisco de Chaves and Francisco Nuñez were arrested, and how Chaves was put to death | 147 |
| CHAPTER XLIV |
| How when the death of the Marquis became known in the town of Plata, the banner was raised for the King; and the captain Pedro Anzures set out with other residents there to join Pero Alvarez Holguin | 151 |
| CHAPTER XLV |
| Of the things that were done by the captain Alonso de Alvarado after he had raised the banner for the King | 155 |
| CHAPTER XLVI |
| How the President Cristóbal Vaca de Castro quitted Popayán to go to the city of Quito | 157 |
| CHAPTER XLVII |
| How the Governor Vaca de Castro, on his way to Quito, came to a place called Carangue, where he received letters from Alonso de Alvarado, and learnt that Alvarado had risen against Almagro, in the name of the King, which gave him great pleasure | 160 |
| CHAPTER XLVIII |
| Of what else was done by the General Pero Alvarez Holguin, and of his departure from Cuzco | 163 |
| CHAPTER XLIX |
| How Don Diego de Almagro, on learning the news about Pero Alvarez, left Lima, by the advice of his captains; and about the men he had raised, and his captains | 166 |
| CHAPTER L |
| How Pero Alvarez Holguin, after he had been accepted as General and sworn, the last time near Parcos, continued his march in the direction of Jauja, and how Gaspar Rodríguez de Camporredondo, while reconnoitring in advance, captured Don Diego’s adherents in those parts | 170 |
| CHAPTER LI |
| How Don Diego de Almagro, with his General García de Alvarado pursued Pero Alvarez Holguin, but turned back on coming near to Bombon; of the death of Juan de Herrada, and of how Pero Alvarez continued his march | 174 |
| CHAPTER LII |
| How the captain Alonso de Alvarado, hearing the news about Pero Alvarez, sent another messenger to Vaca de Castro, urging him to come, with all speed, to where he was | 178 |
| CHAPTER LIII |
| How that, Don Diego de Almagro and his forces being in the province of Jauja, it was agreed that he and no other should be General, and Cristóbal de Sotelo Camp-master; and how they were for sending García de Alvarado to Lima, which was opposed by Sotelo | 180 |
| CHAPTER LIV |
| How, after the Governor Vaca de Castro had sent messengers to many parts, he resolved to leave Quito and go to join forces with the captain Alonso de Alvarado | 182 |
| CHAPTER LV |
| Of the things that took place in the camp of Pero Alvarez Holguin, and how the Camp-master Gómez de Tordoya and the captain Garcilaso de la Vega left it, and went to meet the Governor Vaca de Castro | 186 |
| CHAPTER LVI |
| How the Governor Vaca de Castro ordered the Adelantado Belalcázar to return to his government, how he heard of the arrival of Pero Alvarez at Guaraz, and how, being at Motupe, Don Alonso de Montemayor and the captain Vasco de Guevara joined him | 188 |
| CHAPTER LVII |
| How the captain Pedro de Vergara spoke to the Governor Vaca de Castro, about providing some outfit for the soldiers who had been campaigning with him, and how the Governor arrived at the city of Truxillo | 193 |
| CHAPTER LVIII |
| How the Governor Vaca de Castro went up the mountain road from Santa, leaving the coast valleys, and how he met Gómez de Alvarado, and was annoyed on learning that he came without permission from Alonso de Alvarado, and how the Provincial, Friar Tomás de San Martín, also met him | 195 |
| CHAPTER LIX |
| How the Governor, Vaca de Castro, held a review of the Spaniards who were with him, and how he sent Lorenzo de Aldana and Diego Maldonado to the camp of Pero Alvarez Holguin | 199 |
| CHAPTER LX |
| How it became known at Guaraz that Vaca de Castro was in the camp of Alonso de Alvarado, and how the captain Castro went there, also of the journey of Vaca de Castro to Guaraz, and of how he took command of the troops there, and what else happened | 202 |
| CHAPTER LXI |
| How the captain, Pero Alvarez Holguin, felt aggrieved because the standard he had presented was not displayed, and a disturbance almost arose out of it; and how Vaca de Castro proclaimed afresh the powers he held from his Majesty and asked that, by virtue of them, he should be acknowledged as Governor | 205 |
| CHAPTER LXII |
| How, when Don Diego de Almagro arrived at Guamanga Martín Carrillo, his Camp-master, killed Baltanas; and of Almagro’s departure from Guamanga for Cuzco, and how he made provision of arms and cast some cannon | 207 |
| CHAPTER LXIII |
| Of other things that happened in the city of Cuzco, of the speech that Don Diego made to his companions, and what García de Alvarado did | 211 |
| CHAPTER LXIV |
| How the captains García de Alvarado and Saucedo went to ask Cristóbal de Sotelo to pardon the soldiers he had in prison, and what then passed; and of the things that happened afterwards, until García de Alvarado killed the good cavalier Cristóbal de Sotelo | 215 |
| CHAPTER LXV |
| Of the concern shown by Don Diego de Almagro and many of the Chile faction at the death of the captain Cristóbal de Sotelo, and how García de Alvarado, with many others, fortified his house, and Don Diego wished to attack them | 220 |
| CHAPTER LXVI |
| How Don Diego de Almagro gave over Sotelo’s company to Diego Méndez, and how García de Alvarado was slain by the hands of Don Diego, and Cristóbal de Sotelo avenged | 222 |
| CHAPTER LXVII |
| In which the preceding chapter is concluded, down to the death of García de Alvarado | 226 |
| CHAPTER LXVIII |
| How the Governor Vaca de Castro resolved to send his army to the province of Jauja while he himself went to Lima | 232 |
| CHAPTER LXIX |
| Of the things that were done in Lima by Vaca de Castro, of the arrival of the captains at Jauja, and of how Pedro Anzures went to San Miguel | 235 |
| CHAPTER LXX |
| How Don Diego de Almagro, after the death of García de Alvarado, decided to prepare to depart from Cuzco, and how he sent one Juan de Aguirre, and ten other mounted men, to find out what was happening, and how they were captured and put to death | 238 |
| CHAPTER LXXI |
| How Don Diego de Almagro and his forces left the valley of Xaquixaguana and marched to the bridge of Apurimac, and how they thought of withdrawing into The Collao | 241 |
| CHAPTER LXXII |
| How the Governor Vaca de Castro quitted the province of Jauja, and proceeded to the city of Guamanga, where the captain Diego de Rojas was already | 254 |
| CHAPTER LXXIII |
| How Idiáquez arrived at the camp of Vaca de Castro to treat of peace, just at the time when the Governor wanted to send messengers to Vilcas | 257 |
| CHAPTER LXXIV |
| How Vaca de Castro, notwithstanding that he had entered into negotiations, sent Alonso Çamarilla to the camp of Don Diego as a spy, with letters to several of his people, and how he fell among scouts from Vilcas, was captured by Juan Diente and, on confession, put to death | 259 |
| CHAPTER LXXV |
| How the messengers arrived at the camp at Vilcas, but the proposals did not lead to peace, so that the settlement of claims was left to arms | 262 |
| CHAPTER LXXVI |
| How the messengers arrived at the camp of Vaca de Castro and it was learnt that Don Diego had left Vilcas, how Pedro Anzures went out to reconnoitre, and how the two forces approached to give battle, each captain animating his men, and exhorting them for the fray | 265 |
| CHAPTER LXXVII |
| How the captains Castro and Pedro Anzures went out for intelligence, and how the armies approached to give battle, each captain exhorting his men for the fray | 270 |
| CHAPTER LXXVIII |
| Of the cruel battle between Vaca de Castro and Diego de Almagro, and how the men of Chile were defeated and routed with much loss of life, and their party destroyed for ever | 275 |
| CHAPTER LXXIX |
| How, after the battle, the Governor ordered the wounded to be tended, the captain Gómez de Tordoya being carried to Guamanga; how punishment was meted out to the conquered, and how the captain Gómez de Alvarado, being taken ill, died at Vilcas, and his body was brought to Guamanga for interment | 284 |
| CHAPTER LXXX |
| Of the things that were done by the Governor, Vaca de Castro, and how he despatched certain captains on expeditions within the Realm | 287 |
| CHAPTER LXXXI |
| Of the things that happened to Gonzalo Pizarro until he returned from his expedition into the land of cinnamon and once more reached the city of Quito | 289 |
| CHAPTER LXXXII |
| How Garcilaso de la Vega arrived at Cuzco, of the imprisonment of Don Diego, and how Vaca de Castro began his march to that city | 292 |
| CHAPTER LXXXIII |
| Of the things that were done in the city of Cuzco by the Governor Vaca de Castro, and of his addiction to covetousness and vain glory | 295 |
| CHAPTER LXXXIV |
| How Don Diego de Almagro, when he was in prison, tried to escape, and how he was beheaded by order of the Governor Vaca de Castro | 297 |
| CHAPTER LXXXV |
| Of other things done by the Governor Vaca de Castro, and how he nominated Diego de Rojas and Felipe Gutiérrez as his captains for the subjugation of the Rio de la Plata | 303 |
| CHAPTER LXXXVI |
| How the Governor Vaca de Castro parcelled out the land; of the arrival of Gonzalo Pizarro at Lima, and how he talked openly there about affairs | 306 |
| CHAPTER LXXXVII |
| How they discovered extensive deposits of gold near the river of Caravaya, how Vaca de Castro ordered all the ancient tambos and stations to be occupied, and of the departure of Pedro Anzures and Francisco Becerra for Spain1 | 308 |
| CHAPTER LXXXVIII |
| How the captain Gonzalo Pizarro arrived at the city of Cuzco, accompanied by some followers, but had not abandoned his treasonable design of occupying the Realm; and of what further happened | 311 |
| CHAPTER LXXXIX |
| How the leaders Felipe Gutiérrez and Diego de Rojas set out from Cuzco to proceed on their expedition | 314 |
| CHAPTER XC |
| How the General Felipe Gutiérrez and the Camp-master started forth from Cuzco, and how Diego de Rojas went to explore in the direction indicated by the Indians | 317 |
| CHAPTER XCI |
| Of what else happened to the captain Diego de Rojas | 320 |
| CHAPTER XCII |
| How Felipe Gutiérrez came to join Diego de Rojas, of the arrival of Francisco de Mendoza at Chiquana, and what else happened | 323 |
| CHAPTER XCIII |
| How the natives of those provinces concealed the food supplies, and of the scarcity that was apprehended, and how Diego de Rojas sent messengers to Felipe Gutiérrez | 325 |
| CHAPTER XCIV |
| How, after the junction of the captains, they determined to advance, and the party suffered greatly from thirst, so that many of their serving men perished, and how they went on exploring | 327 |
| CHAPTER XCV |
| How the bachelor Juan Vélez de Guevara came to Lima, where the municipality would not accept him; and of the departure of the accountant Juan de Cáceres for Panamá | 330 |
| CHAPTER XCVI |
| How the Indians who escaped from the hands of the Christians took further counsel, and very boldly decided to go out and fight them; and of the death of Diego de Rojas | 331 |
| CHAPTER XCVII |
| How Pero López de Ayala discovered the river of Soconcho, found a well peopled country, and returned to the General Felipe Gutiérrez; and how they all set out for that place | 334 |
| CHAPTER XCVIII |
| How the General Felipe Gutiérrez pursued his exploration down the river Soconcho, and of what else happened | 335 |
| CHAPTER XCIX |
| How, when the death of the Governor Don Francisco Pizarro was known in Spain, it was ordered that there should be a Viceroy appointed and an Audiencia installed; and of the conference concerning the Ordinances that should be enacted for the new empire of the Indies | 337 |
| CHAPTER C |
| How, when the new Ordinances had been enacted they were sent to most parts of the Indies; how in some localities strong dissatisfaction was shown, while in others there were no slight disturbances, and how, by order of the municipality, the Alcalde Palomino and Don Antonio de Rivera were sent from Lima to give Vaca de Castro warning thereof | 360 |
| CHAPTER CI |
| Of what more passed between Felipe Gutiérrez and Francisco de Mendoza, and how, after having explored certain regions down the river, Felipe Gutiérrez was put under arrest by Francisco de Mendoza | 363 |
| CHAPTER CII |
| Of further things done by Francisco de Mendoza and how he sent to arrest Nicolás de Heredia and turned Felipe Gutiérrez away | 365 |
| CHAPTER CIII |
| How H.M. the Emperor, our Lord, ordered Blasco Nuñez Vela to go out as Viceroy of the Realms of Peru, in order to enforce there the New Laws that had been enacted for the government of the empire of the Indies | 368 |
| CHAPTER CIV |
| How the Alcalde Alonso Palomino and Don Antonio de Rivera arrived at the city of Cuzco, and what took place | 371 |
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| Index | 377 |