ABSTRACT
Many faults have been committed by the Spaniards in this kingdom. Assuredly I Am sorry to have to relate such deeds of my countrymen, who committed them without considering the benefits they have received from God Our Lord who vouchsafed that they, and not people of some other nation, should acquire such kingdoms and provinces as are included in these Indies. We have Surely Seen His Justice, and the Punishment He inflicts on the wicked. As to what happened I Shall be a true Historian, and will now relate all that took place, which is that, as soon as the battle of Las Salinas had been fought, many of those who had been on the Side of the pizarros, without fear of God or of the King, broke into the Provinces of Cunti-suyu and Chincha-suyu, to plunder the natives. When these hid their flocks the spaniards tortured them with cords until they gave them up, and carrying off great droves they took them for sale at Lima for next to nothing. When the Unfortunate natives Went to beg justice from the Marquis he turned them away saying that they lied. So they wandered from hill to hill, complaining of their ill-treatment. The alcaldes and alguacils also proved to be heedless, and the wives of chiefs and any beautiful girls were taken in chains to be mistresses of the spaniards; and if their husbands, Complaining, asked for them back, they were murdered, or beaten with sticks or sword scabbards. Some Spaniards did even viler things, the worst among them being Gonzalo De los Nidos, who was afterwards hung as a traitor at Cuzco, and one Alonzo De Orihuela who is still living in this year 1550. These received grants of Certain Chiefs and Indians, and, after having robbed them of all they possessed, they put the Chiefs into pits up to their waists, and then demanded 231gold. They had already given all they had, and Could give no more, so the Spaniards flogged them with whips, then, bringing more earth, they covered them up to the Shoulders, and finally up to their mouths. I even believe that, if I am not deceived, a great number Of natives were burnt to death. Other things of the same sort were done in various parts Of the Country, and the perpetrators remained unpunished, as we have seen.
