The War of Chupas

Name: The War of Chupas
Author: Cieza de León, Pedro de

Cieza de León, Pedro de

Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548

_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 Spain_[1]              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

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The War of Chupas

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