tre señor el Licenciado Pedro de la Gazca, del consejo de S. M. de la Santa Inquisicion, Presidente destos reinos é provincias del Perú, para lo infra escripto, la notoriedad de los muchos graves é atroces delitos que Gonzalo Pizarro ha cometido é consentido cometer á los que le han seguido, despues que á estos reinos ha venido el Visorrey Blasco Nuñez Vela, en deservicio é desacato de S. M. é de su preminencia é corona real, é contra la natural obligacion é fidelidad que como su vasallo tenia é devia á su Rei é señor natural, é de personas particulares, los quales por ser tan notorios del dicho no se requiere orden ni tela de juicio, mayormente que muchos de los dichos delitos consta por confesion del dicho Gonzalo Pizarro é la notoriedad por la informacion que se ha tomado, é que combiene para la pacificacion destos reinos é exemplo con brevedad hacer justicia del dicho Gonzalo Pizarro.
Fallamos atento lo susodicho junta la dispusicion del derecho, que devemos declarar é declaramos el dicho Gonzalo Pizarro haver cometido crimen laesae majestatis contra la corona real despaña en todos los grados é causas en derecho contenidas despues que á estos reinos vino el Virrey Blasco Nuñez Vela, é asi le declaramos é condenamos al dicho Gonzalo Pizarro por traidor, é haver incurrido él é sus descendientes nacidos despues quel cometió este dicho crimen é traicion los por linea masculina hasta la segunda generacion, é por la femenina hasta la primera, en la infamia é inabilidad é inabilidades, é como á tal condenamos al dicho Gonzalo Pizarro en pena de muerte natural, la qual le mandamos que sea dada en la forma siguiente: que sea sacado de la prision en questá cavallero en una mula de silla atados pies é manos, é traido publicamente por este real de S. M. con voz de pregonero que manifieste su delito, sea llevado al tablado que por nuestro mandado esta fecho en este real, é alli sea apeado é cortada la cabeza por el pescueso, é despues de muerta naturalmente, mandamos que la dicha cabeza sea llevada á la ciudad de Los Reyes como ciudad mas principal destos reinos, é sea puesta é clavada en el rollo de la dicha ciudad con un retulo de letra gruesa que diga, "Esta es la cabeza del traidor de Gonzalo Pizarro, que se hizo justicia del en el valle de Aquixaguan, donde dió la batalla campal contra el estandarte real, queriendo defender su traicion é tirania; ninguno sea osado de la quitar de aqui so pena de muerte natural." E mandamos que las casas quel dicho Pizarro tiene en la cibdad del Cuzco . . . . . sean derribadas por los cimientos é aradas de sal; é á donde agora es la puerta sea puesto un letrero en un pilar, que diga, "Estas casas eran de Gonzalo Pizarro, las quales fueron mandadas derrocar por traidor; é ninguna persona sea osado dellas tornar á hacer i edificar sin licencia expresa de S. M., so pena de muerte natural." E condenamosle mas en perdimiento de todos sus bienes, de qualquier calidad que sean é le pertenezcan, los quales aplicamos á la camara é fisco de S. M., é en todas las otras penas que contra los tales están instituidas. E por esta nuestra sentencia definitiva juzgamos é asi lo pronunciamos é mandamos en estos escritos é por ellos.-Alonso de Albarado; el Licdo Cianca.
ABANCAY, river of, battle with Peruvians
at, i. 461; battle between Almagro
and Alvarado on, ii. 89; passage of,
by Gasca, 367.
Aborigines of North and South America,
ii. 223.
Acosta, i. 75, note, 100, note.
Adelantado, title of, given to Pizarro, i.
281; relinquished by him to Alma-
gro, 291.
Adultery, punished with death by Peru-
vian laws, i. 41, note.
Adventure, impulse given to, by improve-
ments in navigation, i. 173; romantic
character of, in the New World, 175;
perils attendant on, 176; on the north-
ern and Southern continents of Ame-
rica, 177, 178.
Agave americana, i. 128.
Agrarian law perfectly carried out in
Peru, i. 37.
Agricultural products, great variety of,
in Peru, i. 127; introduced into that
country, 130, note.
Agriculture, importance and excellence
of Peruvian, i. 120-127; supervised
by the Inca himself, 120; in the
valleys, 122, 334, 356, 467; on sides
of the sierra, 123, 124, 406.
Aldana, Lorenzo de, ii. 326; sent on a
mission to Spain by Gonzalo Pizarro,
326; takes side with Gasca, 328; de-
spatched by him to Lima, 331; his
proceedings there, 341.
Almagrian faction, proceedings of, ii.
183; driven from Cuzco, 184; at
Lima, 187.
Almagro, town of, i. 191.
Almagro, Diego de, i. 191; his agree-
ment with Pizarro and Luque, 192;
makes preparations for a voyage, 193;
VOL. II.
sails from Panamá, 208; loses an eye
at Pueblo Quemado, 209; meets Pi-
zarro at Chicamá, ib.; returns to Pa-
namá, 210; has a difficulty with
Pedrarias, 211, 213; his interview
with him, ib. note, Appendix, No. V.;
his contract with Pizarro and Luque,
215, Appendix, No. VI.; unable to
sign his name, 217; sails with Pi-
zarro, 221; is sent back for reinforce-
ments, 222; rejoins Pizarro, 229;
sails with him along the coast, 231;
quarrels with him, 234; returns to
Panamá for recruits, 235; ill received
there, 238; sends a letter to Pizarro,
240; exerts himself in his behalf,
245; urges his mission to Spain, 267;
honours granted by the Crown to, 280;
Pizarro's neglect of the interests of,
283; his dissatisfaction with him, 289;
frank and generous temper of, 191,
266, 290; Hernando Pizarro's jealousy
of, 290, 424; remains at Panamá, to
send supplies to Pizarro, 291; joins
him in Peru, 418; cordially received
by him, 419; receives no share of the
Inca's ransom, 426; urges Atahu-
allpa's death, 436, 449; Felipillo
hanged by, 452, note; detached to aid
De Soto, 464; sent against Quizquiz,
ii. 9; follows Benalcazar to Quito, 16;
negotiates with Pedro de Alvarado,
17; goes to Cuzco, 23; powers con-
ferred on, by the Crown, 25; his ela-
tion, 29; his difficulties with the
Pizarros, 31; enters into a solemn
compact with Francis, 32, Appendix,
No. XI.; sets out for Chili, 33; diffi-
culties of his march, 78, 79; traverses
the desert of Atacama, 82; claims ju-
risdiction over Cuzco, 84; seizes the
city, 86; takes Gonzalo and Hernando
Pizarro prisoners, 87; refuses to put
them to death, 88, 93, 94; battle of
Abancay, 89; leaves Cuzco, 94; has
an interview with Pizarro, 95; makes
a treaty with him, 97; retreats towards
Cuzco, 100; his illness, 101, 108, 112;
pursued by Hernando Pizarro, 101;
battle of Las Salinas, 106-108; taken
prisoner, 109; brought to trial by
Hernando Pizarro, 113; condemned
to death, 113; begs for his life, 115; is
executed in prison, 117; his character,
118-120.
Almagro the younger, his birth and cha-
racter, ii. 81, 161, 217; named his
successor by his father, 115; Pizarro's
treatment of, 122; proclaimed gover-
nor of Peru, 169; seizes the money of
the Crown, 187; his reluctance to
hostilities with the governor, 190;
his difficulties with his followers, 191;
attempts to negotiate with Vaca de
Castro, 194; addresses his troops, 195;
leaves Cuzco, 196; rejects the gover-
nor's terms, 203; battle of Chupas,
208-215; his bravery, 211, 213;
taken prisoner, 215; executed, 216;
his letter to Royal Audience, Appen-
dix, No. XII.
Alpacas. See Sheep, Peruvian.
Alva, Duke of, ii. 305, note.
Alvarado, Alonzo de, ii. 20; sent to the
relief of Cuzco, 86; at Xauxa, 87;
highly trusted by the Pizarros, 87,
note; defeated and taken prisoner by
Almagro, 89; escapes from Cuzco,
95; at the battle of Las Salinas, 105;
informs Vaca de Castro of the state
of Peru, 184; at the battle of Chupas,
211; sent to Panamá by Gasca, 319;
leads a force to Lima, 363.
Alvarado, Diego de, brother of Pedro, ii.
93; befriends Hernando Pizarro, 94;
maintains the cause of Almagro in
Spain, 126-128; his death, 128.
Alvarado, Garcia de, quarrels with So-
telo, ii. 191; puts him to death, 192;
killed by Almagro, 192.
Alvarado, Geronimo de, ii. 213.
Alvarado, Pedro de, arrival of, in Peru,
ii. 10 his terrible passage of the
Puertos Nevados, 11; letter of, 14,
note; negotiates with Almagro at
Quito, 17; bonus paid to, 17, note;
visits Pizarro at Pachacamac, 19; his
death, 20, note; Pizarro's letter to, 64.
Alvarez, sent with Blasco Nuñez to Spain,
ii. 265; liberates the viceroy, 265.
Amautas, Peruvian teachers, i. 108.
Amazon, the river of, reached by Gonzalo
Pizarro, ii. 148; voyage of Orellana
down, 149; adventures of Madam
Godin upon, 151, note.
America, the name, i. 38, note; effects
of discovery of, 174; adventure in,
175; northern and southern sections
of, 178; rapid exploration of the
eastern coast of, ib.
Añaquito, ii. 280, 281; battle of, 284,
note.
Andagoya, Pascual de, expedition of, i.
183; memorial of his adventures by,
184, note; his accounts of the Peruvian
empire, 190, note; Pizarro learns his
route from, 194.
Andaguaylis, Gasca encamps at, ii.364.
Andes, Cordillera of the, i. 4, note, 5;
cultivation of the sides of, 6, 124, 406;
salubrity of plateau of, 14; conjectures
respecting the origin of the name, 123;
Pizarro's passage of, 349; Alvarado's
passage of, ii. 11-14.
Anglo-Saxon race, objects sought by, in
New World, i. 177; adapted to the
North American continent, 178.
Annals, Peruvian, how kept and trans-
mitted, i. 109, 112, 113; much tinged
with fiction, 114.
Apostles, the supposed authors of Ame-
rican civilization, i. 101, note.
Apurimac, passage of, by Gasca's army,
ii. 369, 370.
Aqueducts, Peruvian, i. 121, 122; re-
mains of, 122; seen by Spaniards,
342, 356.
Arch, use of, unknown to Peruvians, i.
Architecture, illustrates national charac-
ter, i. 142; characteristics of Peruvian,
143, 145; inconsistencies in it, 146.
Archives, Peruvian, how constituted, i.
110.
Arequipa, Almagro arrives at, ii. 82;
taken possession of by the Almagrian
faction, 183; memorial of the munici-
pality of, 200, Appendix, No. XIII. ;
Gonzalo Pizarro builds galleys at, 262;
retires to, from Lima, 343.
Armour of the Peruvians, i. 67.
Arms used by Peruvians, i. 67, note, ii.
43, note; manufactured at Cuzco, by
Almagro, 193; by Blasco Nuñez, at
Popayan, 275.
Arms, family, of Pizarro, i. 285.
Army, number of Pizarro's, i. 335; Gon-
zalo Pizarro's, ii. 336.
Arquebuse, astonishment of the Peru-
vians at, i. 254.
Art, specimens of Peruvian, i. 138.
Artillery, park of, possessed by young
Almagro, ii. 196.
Astronomy, Peruvian, i. 116, 119; in-
ferior to that of other American races,
117.
Atacama, desert of, crossed by Almagro,
ii. 82.
Atahuallpa, i. 310; receives half his fa-
ther's kingdom, ib. ; his restless spirit,
313; makes war on his brother, 314;
ravages Cañaris, 315; is victorious at
Quipaypan, 317; takes Huascar pri-
soner, ib.; story of his cruelty, 318;
sole Inca of Peru, 321; sends envoys
to Pizarro, 338, 352, 353; his recep-
tion of Pizarro's messengers, 354, 360;
his camp, 356; interview of Hernando
Pizarro with, 362, 363; visits Pizarro
at Caxamalca, 373; his interview with
Valverde, 378; taken prisoner, 384;
contemporary narratives of his seizure,
Appendix, No. VIII.; in captivity,
387, 388, 395, 414; his personal ap-
pearance, 388, 444; his treatment of
the Christian religion, 380, 396, 443;
offers a ransom, 393; expects to recover
his freedom, 395, note; puts Huascar
to death, 398; accused of causing a
rising of his subjects, 402; his inter-
view with Challcuchima, 413; state
maintained by him, 414; his forebod-
ings, 421; refused his liberty, 432;
brought to trial, 437; accusations
against him, 438, note; sentenced to
be burned, 439; his emotion, 441; led
to execution, 442; is baptized, 443;
perishes by the garrote, ib.; different
accounts of his execution, Appendix,
No. X.; his character, 445; funeral
obsequies, ib.; his remains, 446;
reflections on the treatment of, 448;
opinions of chroniclers respecting it,
452; influence of his death in Peru,
454; his successor, 456; Pedro Pizar-
ro's account of his personal habits,
Appendix, No. IX.
Athenians, marriage custom of, i. 105,
note.
Audience, Royal, first appointment and
purpose of, i. 181; sent to Peru with
Blasco Nuñez, ii. 232; arrive at Lima,
251; differ from the viceroy, 252;
threatened by him, 254; take him pri-
soner, 256; send an embassy to Gon-
zalo Pizarro, 257; resign their power
into his hands, 259, 261, 262; judges
of, characterized by Blasco Nuñez,
286, note.
Avila, Pedro Arias de, i. 181; founds
Panamá, 182; discoveries made by,
183; expeditions of, 189; refuses to
aid Almagro, 211; his interview with
him, Appendix, No. V.; resigns his
interest in Pizarro's enterprise, 213;
subsequent fate of, 215.
Aztecs, belief of, respecting the soul of
the warrior, i. 29, note; contrast be-
tween the Peruvians and, ii. 5.
Balances of silver used by Peruvians, i.
140; for weighing gold, found by
Spaniards, 225.
Balboa, Vasco Nuñez de, discovers the
Pacific, i. 179, 188; hears of the Pe-
ruvian empire, 179; Quintana's ac-
count of, 182, note.
Balsas, Indian vessels, i. 60, note; first
seen by the Spaniards, 224, 225, note;
fleet of, 249.
Banana, i. 128; prolific nature of, ib.
Banquet given to Pizarro by an Indian
princess, i. 262.
Barco de Ávila, birthplace of Gasca, ii.
306.
Battles of Pizarro with Indians, i. 207,
232; on the isle of Puna, 301; of
Ambato, 314; of Quipaypan, 317; of
Caxamalca, 381; of the Abancay, 462;
with Quizquiz, ii. 9; on the Yucay,
43, 44; at Cuzco, 54, 56, 65; at
Tambo, 67; of Abancay, 88, 89; of
Las Salinas, 106; of Chupas, 209;
of Añaquito, 281; of Huarina, 353;
of Xaquixaguana, 380.
Benalcazar conquers Quito, ii. 15; ap-
pointed governor of Quito, 20; goes
to Castile, 124; joins Vaca de Castro,
185; his advice to him, 186, note; sent
by him to Popayan, 197; writes a
letter to the emperor on the ordinances,
233, note; takes sides with Blasco
Nuñez, 266; reinforces him, 275;
advises against a battle with Gonzalo
Pizarro, 279; wounded and taken pri-
soner, 281; restored to his govern-
ment by Pizarro, 284; joins Gasca's
army, 364.
Betel, chewing of, i. 129, note.
Bilcas, Almagro halts at, ii. 101.
Birú river, accounts of Peru obtained at;
i. 190, note; Pizarro enters, 194.
Body, the Peruvians believed in the re-
surrection of, i. 83; embalmed by them,
84.
Boiardo, quotation from, i. 243, note.
Boundary, dispute respecting, between
Pizarro and Almagro, ii. 85, note.
Bovadilla arbitrates between Almagro
and Pizarro, ii. 95, 96, note.
Bricks, manufacture and use of, in Peru,
i. 143.
Bridges, suspension, i. 59, 60, note, 458,
ii. 89; constructed over the Apurimac
by Gasca, 368, 370.
Buena Ventura, Vaca de Castro lands at,
ii. 184.
Buildings, Peruvian, materials and con-
struction of, i. 143, 341, 342, 358,
359, 409, 473; adaptation of, to cli-
mate, 146; remains of, 147; royal, at
Quito, 155.
Burial, i. 84; of treasure and utensils
with the dead, 84, note.
Burnt offerings, a form of sacrifice pecu-
liar to the Peruvians, i. 85.
Calatayud, emperor's court at, ii. 24.
Calendar, Peruvian, i. 116, 118; of Muy-
scas, 117.
Cañaris, ravage of, i. 315.
Candia, Pedro de, one of Pizarro's thir-
teen companions, i. 241; visits Tum-
bez, 254; fable concerning, 254, note;
accompanies Pizarro to Spain, 267;
rewarded by Charles, 281; superintends
the casting of cannon for Almagro, ii.
193; directs artillery at the battle of
Chupas, 208; put to death by Almagro,
Canelas, or Land of Cinnamon, Gonzalo
Pizarro's expedition to, ii.141; reached
by him, 142.
Cannibalism, not allowed in Peru, i. 97;
met with by Pizarro, 203.
Cannon manufactured by young Alma-
gro at Cuzco, ii. 193.
Capac, Huayna, anecdote of, i. 46, note;
reign of, 305, 306; impression made
on, by arrival of Spaniards, 307, 308;
posterity of, 309; his bequest of the
crown, 310; his death, 311; his li-
berality to females, 312, note; his ob-
sequies, 312.
Capac, Manco, tradition respecting, i. 7,
12; meaning of the word, 8, note.
Capitulation of Pizarro with the Crown,
i. 280, 282, Appendix, No. VII.; Al-
magro's dissatisfaction with the, 289.
Capture of Atahuallpa, i. 384, 385, Ap-
pendix, No. VIII
Caraques, Alvarado lands at, ii. 10.
Caravantes, manuscript of, i. 219, note;
account of Gasca's instructions by, ii.
310, note; opportunities of information
possessed by, 347, note.
Carbajal, Francisco de, ii. 207; his early
life, 395; at the battle of Chupas, 211;
joins Gonzalo Pizarro, 245; desires to
leave Peru, 245, 396, note; urges Gon-
zalo Pizarro to rebellion, 248; his cru-
elties at Lima, 258; surprises Blasco
Nuñez, 268; sent against Centeno,
274; his influence with Pizarro, 287,
336; his fierce pursuit of Centeno,
290; works the mines of Potosi, 291,
322; his extraordinary adventures,
291, note; urges Gonzalo to cast off his
allegiance, 293; his opinion of Gasca's
letter, 333; his sayings to Cepeda, 333,
339, 341; his military skill, 336, 398;
his practical philosophy, 342, 388, 394;
his corps of musketeers, 350, 353; at
the battle of Huarina, 351; gains the
victory for Pizarro, 356, 358; his
energy and activity, 372; dissatisfied
with Pizarro's conduct, 373; his coun-
sel rejected, 373; his eulogium on Val-
divia, 382; taken prisoner at Xaquixa-
guana, 389; his sarcasm on Centeno,
390; sentenced to be drawn and quar-
tered, 393; his indifference, 394; his
caustic remarks, 394, 395; executed,
395; his remarkable character, 395;
atrocities reported of him, 397; his
humorous vein, 397.
Carbajal, Suarez de, assassinated by
Blasco Nuñez, ii. 253.
Casques used by the Peruvians, i. 67;
ii. 43.
Castellano, value of the, i. 426, note.
Castes, divisions into, in Peru, i. 138;
favourable to dexterity in the arts,
138, note.
Cataract of the Napo, ii. 144.
Causeways on the great Peruvian roads,
i. 60, 468.
Caxamalca, the Inca encamped at, i. 352,
354; hot-water springs at, 352; valley
of, 355; the Spaniards enter the city
of, 358, 360; description of it, 358;
Atahuallpa enters square of, 378; at-
tack on the Peruvians at, 382; cap-
ture, trial, and execution of Atahuallpa
at, 388, 438, 443; arrival of Almagro
at, 420; proceedings of Pizarro at,
456; he leaves it for Cuzco, 457; the
rendezvous for Gasca's forces, ii. 339.
Caxas, De Soto sent to, i. 338; his pro-
ceedings at, 341; valley of, crossed
by Blasco Nuñez, ii. 269.
Cement, of gold, i. 28, note; used by the
Peruvians, 144, note.
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