[1228] Vol. II. p. 573.
[1229] Cf. Vol. II. p. 546.
[1230] Suma y narracion de los Incas, que los Indios llamaron Capaccuna que fueron señores de la ciudad del Cuzco y de todo lo á ella subjeto. Publícala M. Jiménez de la Espada (Madrid, 1880).
[1231] We learn from Leon Pinelo that one of the famous band of adventurers who crossed the line drawn by Pizarro on the sands of Gallo was an author (Antonio, ii. 645). But the Relacion de la tierra que descubrió Don Francisco Pizarro, by Diego de Truxillo, remained in manuscript and is lost to us. Francisco de Chaves, one of the most respected of the companions of Pizarro, who strove to save the life of Atahualpa, and was an intimate friend of the Inca’s brother, was also an author. Chaves is honorably distinguished for his moderation and humanity. He lost his own life in defending the staircase against the assassins of Pizarro. He left behind a copious narrative, and his intimate relations with the Indians make it likely that it contained much valuable information respecting Inca civilization. It was inherited by the author’s friend and relation, Luis Valera, but it was never printed, and the manuscript is now lost. The works of Palomino, a companion of Belalcazar, who wrote on the kingdom of Quito, are also lost, with the exception of a fragment preserved in the Breve Informe of Las Casas. Other soldiers of the conquest, Tomas Vasquez, Francisco de Villacastin, Garcia de Melo, and Alonso de Mesa, are mentioned as men who had studied and were learned in all matters relating to Inca antiquities; but none of their writings have been preserved.
[1232] But not dedicated to the Conde de Nieva, as Prescott states, for that viceroy died in 1564.
[1233] B, 135.
[1234] Report by Polo de Ondegardo, translated by Clements R. Markham (Hakluyt Society, 1873).
[1235] [See Vol. II. p. 571.—Ed.]
[1236] [See Vol. II. p. 567-8, for bibliography.—Ed.]
[1237] [See Vol. II. p. 542.—Ed.]