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Royal
Commentaries.
BooKIX.
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C . H A
P.
II.
Ten Va/lies of the Coafl are reduced, one after the other,
a5
they lay
ln order; and
Tumpiz
furrenders
of
it
[elf.
"A
Year being pafi after this Solemnity,
Hut!Jna Capac
ordered that an
Army
of
forcy
thoufand Men Ihould be raifed, with which he marched into the
Kingdom of
~itu,
taking the Eldefr Daughter
p
of the King of that Countrey
which he had Conquered, to be
his
Concubine, during the time of that Expedi–
tion; but firfr
to
prepare and hallow her, fue was fent to remain fome days
in
the
Houfe of the Seleet Virgins. By this Woman he had
Atahualpa
and his Bro.
thers, as we !hall fee
b~
the fequel of
this
Hifiory. From
~itu
the
Inca
defcen–
ded
into
the Plains by the Sea-coafr,
and in
profecutlon
of
his
Conquells he
came
co the Valley called
Chimu,
now
Trugillo,
which was the ultimate bounds to which
his
Grandfather the good
Inca Tupanqui
had proceeded, as we have already menti–
oned. From thence he fent his Heralds
with
the accull:omary Summons and Of.
fors of Peace and War to the Inhabitants
of
the Valley
of
Chacma,
and
Pafcafma1u.
Thefe
~ople
having long been Borderers and Neighbours to the Subje6ts of the
Inca,
had
from them been informed
of
the gentlenefS
of
their
Kings,
and the ad–
vantage of their Government, and therefore from a quick fenfe of
fo
much
fell..
city,
returned
anfwer,
That
they
defired nothing more than to be Subjeets to the
Inca,
to -0bey his Laws, and
be
ruled by him. All the other eight Vallies fol–
lowed the Example of thefe two adjoining Provinces, being fituate between
Pa–
cafmayu,
and
Tmnpiz,
and are
thefe which
follow,
namely
Canna, Collque,
Cintu,
T11r;m.i,
Sayanctt,
MHtHpi,
Puchiu
and
Sultana;
in
the
fettlement of which
Coun–
tries, and
in
the improvement of them with good Husbandry , and in making
Aquedu&
to water
their
Glebe-
lands and Pafiurage ,
two
years were fpent,
ra·
ther
than
in
the Conquefi or
Subjettion of
them,
for
they chearfu11y,
and
with
free
Will
furr~ndred
themfelves
to
the
Inca.
During which
time
the
Inca
relie-
. ved
his
Forces three or four
times,
for
in
regard
the Air of that Countrey was hot
and moifr, and confequently unwholfome, he judged
it
fit
for the better health of
his Subje&,
to
change his Guards frequently, chat
fo
the Difeafes of the Coun·
trey
might
not enter the
Camp,
before
they
were again relieved by an exchange
of
fre(h
Men.
The
Inca
having fubjeeted thefe Vallies, returned
co
the Kingdom of
.fl.!!Jru,
where he remained for the fpace of
two
Years, char
fo
he might adorn that Coun–
trey
ith fumptuous Edifices, and !lately Aquedu& v''herewith he advamaged,
and obliged
that
people. After which he commanded
a le
y
to
be
made of
fifiy
thoufand ouldier , which being raifed and armed, he marched with
chem along
the
Sea-coafl:,
untill
they
came
t0
the Valley of
Sullana,
which
i
the nearefi
a.
to
Tumpi~;
from
whence he
fenc his
ufual
Summons,
and Offers
of
Peace and
War.
The
Inhabitants of
THmpi:t
were
a
fort of people more luxurious
in
their
Diet and
Aabit,
than all thofe who live on that Coaft,
and had already
fubmit–
ted to
Obedience of the
I nca&;
their
manner \ as
to
"'ear
a
Garland
on their
Heads by way of difiinttion, which
&hey
c lled
Pilltt.
Their
Caci uu
or Lords
maintained Buffoons Jefiers, Dancers, and
inger
for their PalHme and Diver–
tifement; but
their
Religion
yet
was
ile and
bafe, for
they adored Tigers and
Lions, and offered the Bloud and Hearts
f
Men in acrifice;
they
were ferved
and obeyed with great Fear and Awe by their own ub jett , and fea red by Srran·
gers; howfoever being po!feffed
with dreadfull
pprehenfions
of the
Inca,
they
bad no heart nor courage to make oppofttion againfi him , and therefore
r~ur-
ned