Ecuador -- History -- To 1809; Peru -- History -- 1548-1820; Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548; Pizarro, Gonzalo, -1548
On this proposal we were occupied for two days. Afterwards the Inca said
that if the Spaniards lived amongst them and there was some grievance,
owing to which the Spaniards killed one of them or they killed a
Spaniard, there would be trouble. For this reason he did not wish that
there should be a town, or that the Spaniards should live among them. I
replied that I did not wish that to happen, and that it would be better
for the Inca or his son to come out and take possession of the estates
which the President had promised him in the name of his Majesty. A
Corregidor might then come here in the name of his Majesty to administer
and maintain justice in that land, the inhabitants receiving the
evangelical law and holy baptism. From this much good would come and
they would possess their houses and estates. They received this proposal
very well, with the condition that his Majesty should pardon everything
that had been done up to that time. The Inca’s conditions were that
estates should be given to those who were with him and had served him;
that the lands which he and his father had desolated near the land of
peace and the valley of Amaibamba should be granted to him; that the
Indians taken from there should be his; that his Majesty should gratify
the persons favoured, that they should be given a promise that they
should enjoy the liberties and privileges enjoyed by people of noble
birth; that friars and clerics should enter to preach the holy evangel;
and that he should be obedient to his Majesty. As the Inca was poor and
unable to appear in conformity with the dignity of his position, he
stipulated that his son Titu should go out, and be married to the Inca’s
niece Doña Beatriz. He also stipulated that the friars and clerics
should not be admitted until Doña Beatriz had been delivered to him. He
feared that if she was married to anyone else, he and his son would be
left without the _repartimiento_ of Indians granted to his brother
Sayri Tupac. After a year or two the Inca undertook to come out
peacefully, having collected the means to buy what was necessary. He
would settle near Guamanga or Cuzco, whichever locality he liked best,
with his son Titu and the governor Yamqui Mayta. This arrangement
appeared convenient, and he and his captains would swear to observe it,
if it was necessary. I was to go out by the way of Guamanga, to complete
the treaty with the President.
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