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vocations. Moreover, the word HUAMAN may
also be taken as an acceptation of arms, and
related to all pertaining to military science. This
fortress was
;a,
veritable arsenal of war; a store–
house of food, clothing, and weapons of every
description. From this fact originates this ex–
pression: "Full Hawk ready always for war".
It was
a
great military construction, its origin,
in all probability, dating back to the period dur–
ing vvhich the inhabitants of Cuzco, composed
of the various tribes which had settled there, pas-
ed through an epoch of bloody wars waged
vvith other tribes or neighboring settlem.ents.
Du ing he
eig
of the Incas SACSHUA..
l\1AN
b came as has
e
ai id,
a ar.sena! of
o e clo
res prQ e ted by
great eocter1or
al :s,
IÍ
iW
1i
·
,v¡
·u:e
deposited
all the ·m
:.erne-n:
~
an.
A d
·t
as ' even more
than ar
a1
enal, bee:aiI e f>r
1
:&e time of ·PA–
CHACUT-EC
he Inca dominion maintained an
attitude of aggression , although
the
forts
of
TAMPU-MACHAY and PICHU, as weH as others
surrounding Cuzco, lost their defensive charac–
tcr ,·
inasmuch as there
no
longer
remained
nemies to fear. ·
SACSAHUAMAN was also the site of the an–
nual military training which took place during
,
tl1e gr eat festival of HUARACO, where all
the
young men-princes and nobles-attained ful–
flcdgcd manhood. Here were held the manouev-
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