The War of Chupas

The War of Chupas by Pedro de Cieza is about de Cieza's magnificent travels through the beautiful country of Peru, and his despairing and horrified observations on the Peruvian Civil Wars. Excerpt: «PAGE Introduction CHAPTER I How the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro went to the province of Arequipa to found a city there, and to apportion the Indians among the persons who were to remain there as citizens 1 CHAPTER II How the General Lorenzo de Aldana determined to send people to settle in Anzerma, a province which had been discovered by the captain Belalcázar, and how he named Jorge Robledo as captain of the settlement.»