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

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

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The War of Chupas

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