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VI.
Roy1t1l
Commentaries.
xv.
Of the good
Curaca Huamachucu ;
and
in
what
111ann&r
he
wa.5
reduced.
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·
T
HE
Inca
proceedin~
forward, afcer his Conquell:
arriv~
at
the
Go!!fines o
chat Province, which was called
Huamachucu,
where hved a certam great
LQr:QJJ(
th~
(ame
~~me, ~ft~eme9
for a,Perfon of profound
j~dgment
and prq
7
dence ; to
hlffi
therefore he
d1fi~C!_tched
his
ufu~l
Summ_gns, offer
mg
terms of
Pe~c~
and Friendiliip, provided that lie would receive
fuch
Laws,
C~oms
and
Rehg1-
on, as
fhould advance and imJ?rove his Councrey to a more happy and bleffed con–
diti9rt : For the Nation wlitch he governed
was
a barbarous and cruel people,
abominable
in
their mahners and facrifices s W orfhipping Stocks and Stones, efpe–
cially
fuch as had brighcnefs and lufire with them: the Jafpar was efteemed a
God , and
all
·the peoles near banks of Rivers, which
had
any variety of colours,
were efteemed to have fomething of Divinity in them , and therefore they care–
fully gathered them, laid them
up
in their.Houfes, and
W
orfhipped them. Their
Sacrifices were ofHumane bloud, living in the Fields and Mountains, under {beds,
like brute beafrs, without rule or order.
All
this falvage manner of Jiving, the
good
HtJamachucu
endeavoured to reform; but the fear he conceived of this wild
~ople
f
l!Pprefied the deftres he hag long-
entert:iined~
untill he was encouraged by
the mefiage
fent
him
from the
Inca.
And then being ready to put the concepti–
ons
he
ha'd
formerly figured to himfelf of a Moral and Rational life into prattice;
did with
a
deep fen(e
-0f
joy entertain the Meifengers
of
the
Inca,
telling them
how pleafed he
was,
that the Dominion and Emgire of their Malter was exten–
ded to the Confines of
his
Province : For having heard fuch an admirable .report ·
and defcription of their Laws and Religion; he had long defired the Govern–
ment of die
Inca,
and to
be
enrolled in the number of his Vaifals; but
in
regar9
he lived amidfi: a barbarous people, and furrounded with Neighbours
1
whp
were
Enemies
to the
Inca
and his
Empire, he durfi not adventure to fhew
his
affection
thereunto, or own the honour and obedience he fecretly etltertained towards the
Perfon
and Laws of the
Inca :
And that thenfore fince he had now means and
opportunity to make his inclinations known,
fie
befeeched the
Inca
gratiou!ly
co
receive thefe late demonfuations of his duty, with the fame. favour and com_paf..
fion
as
he had done to other
Indian1,
who lived under the happy influenre of
his
beneficence and direetion.
The
Prince
Yupanqui,
and the General
his
Uncle, being invited
by
thefe ex–
preffions 9f
Huamachucu,
marched into his Countrey ; at die entrance into which,.
the
Curaca
met them, with Cuch Prefents as his Countrey afforded, offering them
his
People and ECT:ate
to
ferve them ; and putting himfelf
into
an humble
po~.
Hure before them, worfhipped them with
fuch
devotion,
as was
due to the
Chil–
dren and
Off-f
pring of the Sun. The General received him with his
accull:o.~
mary
favo~r
and clemency , returning him thanks
for
his affettion and gooc;I-will
1
and the Ptmce beftowed feveral Garments on him and his relations
1
and
his
com–
panions
wit~
hin:, of
fuch
fort and fjnenefs,
as
were worn by hirnfelf and
his
Fa--
·
ther; affyrmg him of
t~e
great efieem which. the '
Jnca
had for his Perfon,
in
confiderauon.ofthe fervice he had done him by that voluntary and free furren–
der; t~e whic h was
m~de
good by tlie
l !lca Pachacutec,
who <i:onceiving a parti–
cular
kmdn~fs
an.claffelhon for
this
Huamachucu
and his Family, enobled them
af–
terwards with Titles of Honour and Dignity.
The Ceremonies and Rejoicings at this Reception being pafr, the great
Curllca
H1!amach1tcu
deft~ed
the General, that he would be plea.fed to modelize and ref9rm
wuh
alhl expedmon the corrupt and falvage manners of his State, and
to
befiow
upon
t
em othfr
Cuftoms
and
Religion
in
plac€
of
thofe
befiial
and ridkulous
pra&ces