CHAPTER XLIII
_How Gonzalo Pizarro prepared to set out from Cuzco, and how he took the money that was in the royal treasury for the expenses of the war._
Gonzalo Pizarro rejoiced much when he saw the letter which, as they say, the Father Losa wrote from Guamanga. He also had news of the coming of the Bishop. He made great haste to complete his preparations for leaving the city, frequently reviewing the troops. Bachicao went about in a small litter because, in firing off a piece, he got a wound in the thigh. The citizens assisted with some money, to pay the soldiers who had arrived. Pizarro said that the money to pay the troops must be taken out of the royal treasury. The citizens looked upon such a step as indecent, and said that they preferred to guarantee their persons and goods to make the payments; because it was not right that the property of the King our Lord should be expended without his order. The citizens, therefore, made the payments, for notwithstanding that they wished to see the protest go forward and the laws revoked, few wished, at that time, to do a disservice to the King nor, with an armed hand, to disobey his commands, notwithstanding that all were on the point of making war. For the learned men of letters said that this might be done without incurring the crime of treason.
Some soldiers came from Condesuyos, with a citizen of Cuzco named Navarro and bringing a few arquebuses. There also arrived, at Cuzco, at that time, Felipe Gutierrez, while Serna fled to Arequipa with the intention of joining the Viceroy. At Arequipa he conversed with the Captain Alonso de Caceres, a valorous man who was Captain General in the government of Cartagena, and held other honourable posts. Of this I am a good witness, for in the discovery of Urute I served under his banner. We passed through many hardships, suffering hunger and other miseries, as the readers will see in a book which I have commenced touching the events which occurred in the provinces bordering on the ocean sea. After we had served with Juan de Vadillo in the expedition he undertook, I passed into these provinces, Serna arrived at Arequipa and knew, from the Captain Alonso de Caceres, the evil intentions of Gonzalo Pizarro. They both agreed to take ship and proceed to Lima to join the Viceroy. This was swiftly done and, arriving at Lima, the Viceroy received them well. Meanwhile a youth named Martin de Vadillo[55] fled from Cuzco, but was hanged by Alonso de Toro.
As soon as everything was ready, Gonzalo Pizarro ordered the Captains Juan Velez de Guevara and Pedro Cermeño to Xaquixaguana. Alonso de Toro and Don Pedro Puertocarrero made some objection, but finally all the captains left Cuzco. Among them were Don Pedro Puertocarrero, Lope Martin, Juan Alonso Palomino, Tomas Vasquez. Gabriel de Rojas, Garcilasso de la Vega, and Jeronimo Castillas had excused themselves from going with Gonzalo Pizarro. The Licentiate Carvajal had to go against his will. From Xaquixaguana Pizarro ordered some captains to advance and form a camp at Lucumaes.