58 HISTORY OF AMERICA.

B O 0 ItVI.

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Aw infnr-rcttion ofthe Peru-vians*

Its vifc,

of making any fettlement amidft fuch formidableneighbours , that, in fpite of all the experience andvalor of their leader, the final iffue of the expedi-tion ftill remained extremely dubious , when they■were recalled from it by an unexpected revolutionin Peru ”. The caufes of this important event Ifliall endeavour to trace to their fource.

So many adventurers had flocked to Peru from every Spanifh colony in America , and allwith fuch high expectations of accumulating inde-pendent fortunes at once, that, to men poffeffedwith notions fo extravagant, any mention of ac-quiring wealth gradually , and by fchemes ofpatient induftry , would have been not only adifappointment , but an infult. In order to findoccupation for men who could not with fafetybe allowed to remain inactive , Pizarro encouragedfome of the moft diftinguiflied officers who hadlately joined him , to invade different provinces ofthe empire , which the Spaniards had not hithertovifited. Several large bodies were formed for thispurpofe; and about the time that Alnjagro fet outfor Chili , they marched into remote diftrids ofthe country. No fooner did Manco Capac , theInca, obfervethe inconfiderate fecurity of the Spa-niards in thus difperfing their troops , and that onlya handful of foldiers remained in Cuzco , underJuan and Gonzalez Pizarro, than he thought that

” Zarate, lib. iii. c. i. Gomara, Hi ft. c. t; i. Vega, p. 2.lib. ii. c. 20. Ovalle, Hift. de Chili, lib. iv. c. 15, &c.Herrera, dec, 5. lib. vi. c. 9. lib. x. c. 1, &c.