How Hernando Pizarro sent Pedro de Candia and Alonso de Mercadillo on an expedition of discovery , about the people they took with them , and how an indictment was ordered to be prepared against the Adelantado Don Diego de Almagro.

Many days had not passed before the news of the battle of Las Salinas reached Lima, where the Governor Don Francisco Pizarro was then residing. He had left Yca, after parting with his brothers, and had remained in Lima during the whole of Lent. At this time the Bishop D. Fr. Vicente de Valverde had arrived, as the first Bishop in this Kingdom. The Governor and all the citizens of Lima gave him a good reception. As the result of the battle was as yet unknown many tried to persuade the Governor to go to Cuzco and prevent any breach between his brothers and Almagro. He said that he would do so if the Indians were not in insurrection, and the country in such a disturbed state that it would require a large force to go from town to town, but in that case, he said, he could not go. Then the news of the battle reached the Governor, when he was playing at bowls. He received it with no little pleasure, and decided to go to Cuzco with as little delay as possible.