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he concludes that Chapter. The
Jndians,
who
were very fuperfutious and fcru–
pulous
in
their Idolatry, interprered this unpradifed liberty which
Huayna c"pnc
took
in
beholding the
Sun_,
to be
an
ill
Omen of fome unhappy fuccefs.
But
chis
conceit concerning the Nature of the
Sun, :vas
~ot
(as I
hear) primarily
to
be attributed
co
Huayna
Capac,
but. that he
re~e1ved
it
firft from his
Father
Tupi!&
Inca
Tupanqui,
who uttered fomethmg of the like nature.
.
CH
AP.
XI.·
·
Of the Rebellion
of
the
Caranques,
and their
Punifbment
for
it.
T····
ft
E
Inca H11qyna Capac
taking his Circuit through the ieveral
Provine~
of
his Empire,
~
hich
was
the
la
fr
Journey he made ; news was brought
him,
that the Province of
Caranque,
which
was
one
(as
we have faid) that
was the
la..
tefi conquered in the utmoft CGmfines of
Peru,
was
rifen into rebellion;
for
being
a
fort of barba ous and cruel people,
fuch
as offered the bloud, and heads,
:ind
hearts of Men, whom they
had
killed, in facrifice to their God, and are
Man's
flei11;
for
not being able
co
bear the Laws of reafon
and
good .manner, vhich
were
given them, efpecially that
~
hich forbad the eating of Humane fle!h, they
had
joined with the neighbouring Countries in Alliance and League, intending to
make
a
general Infurrell:ion: For this reafon they held many fecret Meetings,
and
gathered people
to
forprize and kill the Governours and Minifiers of the
Inca,
to–
gether
'~ i~h
the Souldiers and Ganifons which were fet over them : And
whilft
matters ' ·ere thus preparing for execution of their defign
at
the time appointed,
they diifembled their ubmiffion and treachery with rhe greatefi demonfirations
of
fidelity and kindnefs imaginable,
that the
JncM
being thereby become more
confi–
dent
of their Loyalty, ·rhey might
with the
more facility,
and
lefs danger,
find an
opportunity
ro
cut their throats. The Plot being laid, and the time come for
the
execution of it, they wirhout any remorfe killed all the
Inc11,1,
and others
which
prefided o er them offering their heads, hearts and bloud to their Gods
in
facri–
fice, by way of acknowledgment
for
being freed from their fubjeB:ion to
the
111-
cM.
They then devoured their flefh, and drank their bloud with much
greedi–
nefs, for bemg debarred for fame time
from
that food, they longed for
ic; and
partly
in
revenge, and partly from
a
voracious appetite thereunto, they ate
with
f
pight, fatisfying both their palate and their anger. The advic.e
of
which being
ome to
Huayna Capac,
he was greatly troubled, and immediately difpeeded
away
his
Captains
with
an
Army to execute ju{l:ice for this great offence, ''
hllfl:
he
in
perfon kept at fome difiance, obferving the fuccefs
of
this
affair:
The
Capcains
accordingly invefied the
Caranques;
but firft, according
to
their
ufual cufiome,
they fent Propofition of Peace and AmneHy,
in
cafe they would
return
to
obedi–
ence
and
fubmiflion
of the
Inca.
But thefe bar arous Rebels were
fo
far from
ac–
cepting thefe terms, that they impudently rejeltedl and
fcorned them ;
and
fo
ill
created the Meffenger , !hat they hardly efcaped from their hands.
Of which
H11ayna
Capac
being informed, he refolved perfonally to
affi.ilthem with
his whole
Army, putting
all
to
fire and fword before
him.
The Rebels fought with
great
obfiinacy, and the
IncM
honourably acquitted themfelves to revenge the
affront
to
their King ;
fo
that on
one
fide
and
the orher many thoufands were
llain :
But
whereas the pm er of the
l nca
was>
as
to
that eople, in incible ; they
in
a
fl1ort
rime began to abate
in
their courage and hopes;
{o
that not daring
to
fight
in
the
open
Plains,
they
betook rhemfelves to the Wood and Mountain , and
to
defend
themfelves in difficult paffes. . But fuch was the Power and
Military
Difcipllnef
of
the
IncM,
that they enrirely defeated the nemy,
taking
many
thoufands o
them