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Royal
Commentaries.
over others, who were not really, and duly
his
Su~je&. ~hfs
King ( for
fo
we may term
him)
bearing that the
Incas
marched agamfr
hi.m,-
1omed
what
fortes
he was able to make, and boldly attempted
to
meet?
a~d
gtve
a
fi~p
to
the Ene–
my at the pats
0f
the River; :where after feveral Skirm1fhes,_wherem many were
flain on each
fide~
the
Inca
at length paffed the River by help
of
fo~e
Bae
boto–
med ·Boats and Floats which he had made
for
that pnrpofe. Nor did
the
Tunc/U
make all
the refifience'they were able,
in
regard their King
Chuquimttncu
declared
his Defign of retreating
to
the Valley of
Huarcn,
which,
as
he
faHly
fuppnfed~
was the mofl: advantageous Pofi; but being unskilfull in the
Art
ofWar, lie was
deceived in his meafures, as
will
hereafter aQpear;
for
the
Incas
having
well
en–
camped their Army, made their benefit of this
ill
Counfel,
and
in
lefs than
a.
months time gained all the delightfull and pleafant Valley of
Huarcu.
The
Inca
for fecurity of his Arrear, and for Convoy to
his
Provilions, havfng
left
a
fufficlent force in
Runahuanac,
marched .forward into
Huarcu,
where a cruel
and bloudy
War
began,
for
Chnquimancu
having gathered
all
his Forces into
a
Body
to the number of twenty thoufand Men, pretended
with
good Condutt
and Strategems ofWar to defend
his
people, and
ga~
the reputation of a
reno~ned Captain.
On
the other fide the
!nett&
ufed all their Arts to fubdue them with
the leafi effulion of Bloud that was poffible; though in this
War
eight months
rime
paifed, with many bloudy Skirmifhes, not to be avoided, during which time
the
lnc11&
relieved their Armies with three, fome fay four exchanges of their forces,
and that the Enemy might defpair of wearying them out, and confirain them at:
length to remove their Camp; they gave them fore evidences of their refolution
to continue in that nation untill their furrender; for
as
a token that they lived at
eafe, with all the conveniences of the City, they called the Qµarter of the
Inca
Couo;
and
to
the parts about
it;
where the Army was lodged they gave the name
of the principal fireets.
Pedro de Cier_a
fays, that this War continued above four
years, and that the
Inca
in that time founded a new City, which he called by the
name of
Couo;
but chis Relation he pretends to have received
from
the
Yunca/
themfelves, who out of vain glory
rniglit
be
apt
to
magnifie the greamefs of their
All:ions: But the truth
is,
the
four
years were no other than a relieving of the
Army four times, and the Foundation of a City was no other than the denomina–
tion of
Couo
given t
the Camp.
By this time the
Tuncas
began to
be
fenfible
of
Hunger and Famine,
which
is
the moft cruel Enemy, and that w.hich abates and brings low the heat and refolll'
tion of
the
mofl:
proud
and haughty Spirits; but fome time before that extreme
Famine dHheffed them, the Natives of
Runahuanac
had inftantly petitioned their
King
Chuquimancu
to fubrnit to the
Incas,
before it was too late, and before their
obO:inacy had exafperated the mind of the
Incas
to give away their Houf
es,
Lands
and Inhericances to their Neighbours of
Chincba,
who were their mortal
Enemies~
The people being apprehenfive of thefe matters: and finding their King obfiinate
in
his refifrence, privately
with~drew,
and fled from the Camp, giving private
in-
telligence to the
Inca
of the condition and want in the Enemies Army.
1
Chuquimancu
growing now fenfible of hisWeaRnefs and Difrrefs, and fearing to
be wholly. abandoned by
his
people, and at length to
fall
without any conditions
into the hands of the
Incas,
began to
fhew
himfelf inclinable to hearken to pro–
pofals ofPeace; whereupon calliqg
a
Council, they refolved to go
in
Perfon and
witho~t
Mediation of
~mbaifadours,
to
humble themfelves before the
Incas~
and
acc?rdmgly they proceeded to the Royal Quarters, where cafiing themfelves on
t~err
knees, they begged Mercy and PardonTor-their Offences, declaring their rea–
dmefs to acknowledge themfelves Vaifals to the
Inca,
f
mce
it was the pleafure and
determination of the Sun
his
Father
to
make him
fupreme Lord and Sovereign
of the Univerfe.
h
~he
Inca1,
both Uncle and
ephew, courteoufl.y received
them,
according
to
t
~u-
ufual Grace and Favou
r, aifuring them of pardon, and having vefied iliem
wli
ith fuch Garments as were
accuftoma.ry, difpatched them with contentment, and
cence to
return
unto their
own homes.. The Natives of thefe
four
Provinces, like thofe of
Chincha,
make great boafl:..
mgs
of the \\ onderfull Prowefs and Valour of their Ancefiours whom the
Jnca1
~ere
not _able. to fubdue in
le!$
than
four
years War;
befid~
many other St(ri
H
n~
of their mighty Deeds,_ which we omit, becaufe they are not pertinent
to
our
U\Ory.
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