ABSTRACT

Hernando Pizarro, with all his forces, marched over the deserts until he arrived in the valley of La Nasca, where he provisioned his troops, and seized many poor Indians to carry his loads. From La Nasca he took the mountain road to the Lucanes, and thence to Parinacocha, where the army rested for some days, and collected supplies. He then marched over the uninhabited and snowy heights until, at the end of some days, they arrived in the province of the Aymaraes.