; but
because they did not bring as much maize as he wanted, he ordered
many Spaniards to go with their Indians, men and women to get maize,
wherever they found it. So they went to Bolo and to Palo, where
they found the Indians, tranquil in their houses; and the said
Spaniards and those who went with them, stole and carried off the
maize, gold, stuffs, and all the Indians possessed, and they bound
many of them.
17. When the Indians saw that they were treated so badly, they went to
complain to the said captain of what had been done, and to request
that the Spaniards should restore all they had taken from them. He
would not have anything restored, but told them that his men would
not go there a second time.
18. Within three or four days the Spaniards returned for maize, and to
rob the Indians of the town. The Indians having seen that the said
captain kept and observed his word so little, all the country
revolted, which did much harm and disservice to God Our Lord, and to
His Majesty.
19. So the whole country is left deserted, because the people have been
destroyed by their enemies the Olomas and Manipos: these are a
warlike people from the mountains, who descended every day to the
plains to capture and despoil them, seeing that their towns and
native country were left abandoned; and the most powerful among them
ate the weaker, because they were all dying of starvation.
20. Having done this, the said captain returned to the said country of
Ampudia, where he was received as General and seven days later he
again left to go to the places called Lili and Peti, accompanied by
more than two hundred men on foot and on horse.
21. Afterwards the said commander sent his captain in all directions,
making cruel war on the natives; and so they killed great numbers of
Indians, men and women, and burnt their houses and stole their
goods: this lasted many days.
22. The lords of the country seeing that they were killing and
destroying them, sent some peaceable Indians, with provisions. And
the said captain having left for a settlement called Yce, he at once
sent some Spaniards to rob, capture, and kill as many Indians as
they could, commanding that many houses should be burnt; and so they
burnt more than a hundred.
23. From there he went