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BooK
III.
Royal
Commentarier.
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The
Inca
gai~s
mdnJ other
great Provinces, and dies zn
.
Peace.
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E
Caufeway.
being
in
this
manner
fini{hed,
the
l/lctt, Mayta
Capac,
pa!fed
over
it
to
tlie
Province called
A/lea,
and here he encountred the
Indian.1
of
that
Countrey
in a
arlike poll:ure, who being encouraged by
the
advantage of
the
pafs,
wbich
th~
defigned to defend>. being fuch
as was
afperous, craggy, and
horrid
to
behold, and even Cuch
as
was
difficult
to Palfenger
to
travell o . er, how
much more mufi: it
.be,
when guarded and defended
b¥
arr~~d
M
n
;
and
yet
foch
was
the prudence and good conduet ofthe
Inca,
and h1 Military
Arc
~nd
Pro.
efs,
that
though People
wern
killed both on one. fide and
t~e
other, that
~ill
J-ie gam
d
ground and advantage on the Enemy, which they
1th great admiration obfer–
ving did unanimoufly conclude, that the
Inca
was
of the true Offiprlng of
the
Sun'
and therefore was invincible, and on this vain belief with common confent
refolved
to
fubmit, and accordingly received
him
as their Lord and King,
pro-
mifing him
all
Loyalty
and
Obedience.
.
The
Jnca
pafling in a triumphant manner through this People, called
A/lea,
pro–
ceeded farther to other greater Provinces, whofe
ames are
Taurifma,
Cotahuaci,
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A
fort of
Pum11ttt:.mpu,
Pari
1uma
Coe a,
w
c
1gru est e a e o
mgu1m;
1or mt e pat:t
B. d .
h
of
tha.t Councrey
w
ich remains unpeopled, there · a great Lake,
which
the
Indians
c~un~~Y~
ac
in
th
ir
Language
call
Cocha,
or the ea, as they do all
great
Waters; and
Parihu-
·
ana
is that fort ofBird, which abounding in that Province, gives the denomination
to
it,
and is
a
Counu·ey rich, fertile and pleafant, and
~
here great quantities of
Gold arife, the
Spaniard.1,
by contraetion, call it
Parina cocha.
Pumatam_Ju
figni-
fies
a Den of Lions,
Puma
is a Lion, and
Tampu
a
Den, becaufe it
is a
C ountrey
where many Lions are found.
From
P
arihm'na
Gocha
the
Inca
marched forward , and croffed the defolate
Countrey of
Coropuna,
wh
ere ist be feen a moll: lofty and beautifull Pyramid of
Snow, which the
Indians
mo.Cl: properly call
Huaca,
which amongO: many other
a_pt fignificarions hath this
of onderfull; and indeed it feemed
fo
great to the
fim_plicity of the ancient
Indians,
that they adored and worfhipped it for
its
Beauty
and
Eminence. Thence the
Inca
proceeded to the Province alled
Artmi,
\'
hich
tuns along
as
far
as
to the Vale of
Arequepa,
which,
as
BlM Yalera
affirms, fignifies
a
founding Trumpet.
All
there Provinces and
N
tions
Mayta Capac
added to his Empire,
with
much eafe to hirnfelf, and gentlene[s tm ard thofe he fubdued; for they having
geneFaliy heard of the difficulties the
Inca
had overcome, and
the
pa!fages he forced
·
through inacceffible places, could not imagine, that
fuch
Ailions
as
thefe were pof–
ftble to be perfonned by any other cnan one ofDivine Extraetion, and defcended
fro'? the. Su!1, by which opinion
~hey che~rfully fubmi~ted,
and became proud of
their fub1elhon:
In
every of
~h1ch
Provmces he
cont~ued
fo
long as was requi–
fite,
for
the fetclement of
Affairs,
and peace of
the
Government? and finding
that
~he Val~
of
Arequ:pa,
was defolate, and without inhabitan , notwithfianding
that it w11s a mofl: frmtfull fimauon, and an
Air
pure , and ferene , he therefore
refolved to caufe the Inhabitants of other parts lefs agreeable, which he had con-
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quered to tr.mfplanc themfelves
to
this more commodious and happy foil· and
· fuch effect: had his perfuafioos on the people, allured by the pleafures of cha'r Cli–
mate, and the commodio.ufnefs of the Habitation , that not onely fome Colonies
of
the conquered Countries but alfo feveral of the natural Subjett of the
Inca
tranfplanted thernfelves to
the
number ofabout three thoufand Families into that
pleafa':lt Yalley,
~1 h~ch
became the Original of four or five dillinCt Nations, one
o~
which
lS
called
Chimpa,
and ano her
Sucn.h1taya :
And having fupplied all
places _
w~tl-\
Governours '.
~nd
neceffilry Officers, the
Inca
returned
to
Couo,
having
in
tlus
fecond
expedmop
fpent three
years
time; during
which, and
the former in...
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