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BooK
V1~
Royal
Commentaries.
CH AP.
XXXlf.
· Of the Conquefl over the
King
Chimu,
and the cruel
War
11gab1ft
/Jim.
,
.
~ ~-'.,'['
the
end
off uc years the
lnc4
P
Achacutec
finding his Kingdoms rich and hap:-
11
py by the advantages of
fo
long a Peace, cotnmanded an Army of thircy
tboofana
Men
to
be raifed
to fubdae thofe
Vallies which lie
along the Coall:
tl–
ca(amarca.,
and which were
the
confines
of
his
Empire,
on
the fide,
or
at
the
fopt
ofthe high Mountain.
The
Army being
raifed, was commanded
by
four Major Generals under hjs
Son
the
Prince
Tupanqui,
for
he
having
been exercifed
for
fome
years
under the
Inft~6tions
and
Example of that famous Commander his Uncle, was now be–
come
fo
good
a
Proficient
in
War, that
he
Was
capable
to
condtitt and
lead
an
Anny
on the moft difficult and hazardous
Defign.
And for
Tupanqui,
Brother to
the
Inca
and whom he juftly called
his Right hand,
he defired to fiay, and keep
company with
hiin,
that
fo
he
might reft and
take
tepofe after his many and
great labours;
in
reward of which, and for
~
Royal Vertues, he bellowed upon
him the Name and Title of his Lieutenant General, and fecond Perfon in all
matters and cauf es relating to War and Peace, with abfolute Power and Com–
mand in all parts of his Empire.
The
Artny
being
in
a readinef, the Prince
marched
with
aDetachment of about
ten thoufand Men
by
way
of theMountain, untill he came co the Province of
TauyH>
which lies overagainil; the City of the Kings, or Kings-town, where he made fome
flay, untill the reft of
his
Army was come up to him; with which being joined,
he marched co
Rimac,
where the pratil)g Oracle had
its
Temple. To this Prince
Tupanqui
the
Indians
attribute the honour
of
being the firll: who made Difcovery
of
the
South-Se~
and fubdued many Provinces in thofe parts, as
will
appear more
at
large
in the Hiftory of
his
Life. The Prince being in thofe
parts,
was met by
the
Curaca
of
Pachacamac,
called
Cuyfmancu,
and of
Rnnahnanac,
named
Chuquimancu,
who
with cheirSou.ldiers received him with much Honour, aod with intention to·
ferve him
in
the War; and the Prince on the ocher fide gratified them with de–
m0nfuations of
his
ufual Favours and Bouncy. From the Valley of
Rimac
they
went
to
vifit
the Temple
of
Pathacamac,
where they entred with a profound
fi–
lence,
without
vocal
Prayer
or Sacrifice, onely with figns ofmental
Devotion,
as
we have before expreffed. · Thence he made his
Vifit
to the Temple of the
Sun,
where he offered many Sacrifices, and other
gifcs
both of Gold and .Silver.
And to
pleafe
the
Yuncas
he vifited the ldol
Rimac,
and
in
cotnpJiance
with the·
lare Capitulations between the
Inca
and them, he commanded many Sacrifices to
be offered, and enquiry to be made of that Oracle concerning rhe
fuccefS
of chat
expedition; to which having received anf
wer
that the
defign
iliould be
profpe..
rous, he marched forward to that Valley which the
Indians
called
Hu1iman
,
and
named
now
by
the
Spaniards
the
B1trranc111;
from whence he fent his ufual Surn-
, moos to a cenain Lord called
Chim11t,
who commanded all the Vallies reaching
from the
Barranctt.
to
the City
Truxillu,
and are many
in
number; but the chief
-an~
moft
p_r~i'pal
of them are _five,
~amely
Parm'!nca,
HHal/mi,
Santa,
Hu11napn
and
Chimu,
whKh
IS
the Countrey
m
which
7
ruxillo
1s
fituated, and are all five moft:
t>l~fant
and fruitfull Vallies, and well peopled; the
Prince
giving
himfelf
the'
Title of
the
powerfull
Chimu.
ftom the name of that Ptovince where he kept his
Cou~c. ~e
alfo· rook on
himf€lf the
Titl€ ofKing,
being feared and
honoured
by
all
his
Neighbours,
who
bordered
on his
Countrey,
that is to the Eaft, North
and Sc:mth; for to the V-lefl: he was confined
by
the Sea.
, This- great and powerfull
Chfmu
having received thefe Summons, gave a quick
Anfiver,,
That
fle.was _ready
with
his
Weapons
in
his
Hands
to
defend
his
Coun–
-
trey, Laws and
Liberties;
that he would not know, nor receive new Gods; and
,
that
.,