ABSTRACT

After defeating the Indians the Spaniards pursued them for some distance, and those who escaped, Terrified by their experiences, Scattered among the pueblos, each one going to his home with no intention of engaging in another such contest. Gonzalo Pizarro had information that a number of natives, in the valley of Pocona, were coming to help those who had already been conquered. So he sent Garcilaso De la Vega, with twenty horse and ten shield men, to see if this was true, and if so to disperse them. Garcilaso set out and, arriving at the valley of Pocona, he saw a thousand Indians who had assembled to give help. The native warriors seeing how few the Spaniards were, Came down to the plain in the belief that they could easily kill them and their horses. This was a mistake, for the Spaniards, as Soon as they saw the Indians On level ground, Put spurs to their horses, and dashed amongst them, killing four hundred. The rest, Seeing the havoc, turned their backs and fled. The Spaniards following them across the plain drove them into the fastnesses of the sierra and then returned very joyfully to their Camp.