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j 87 C H A P T E R F O R T Y- O N E The Governor Helps Gonzalo de Mendoza’s Men With this second letter as well as the other complaints the nativeshadgivenhiminhand,theGovernorconferredwith the clerics, the monks, and the other officials, and with their concurrence sent Captain Domingo de Irala to show Spanish favor to the friendly Indians. He was also to bring the war that had broken out to a peaceful end, and to support the natives who had been harmed by their enemies. To accomplish this, the Governor sent four brigantines with 150 men to be added to the soldiers Captain Gonzalo de Mendoza already had there. He also ordered Domingo de Irala and his men to go straight to the ports of Guacani and Atabare and prevail upon the people of these places in the name of Your Majesty to cease their fighting and not resume it. 1 “These Indians should return to the fold and once again give their allegiance to His Majesty,” said the Governor. “They must make friends with the Spaniards.” TheGovernortoldIralatocompelandadmonishthemonce,twice,or three times—or as many times as it might take. “Should war be unavoidable , you are instructed to wage it with the least damage possible,” he said to Irala. “Murders, robberies, and other acts of malfeasance are excepted from this direction.” Irala was instructed to pressure them to stop fighting and return to the peace and friendship they once enjoyed. And he was to pursue these goals with every means at his disposal. ...

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