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R.ojal Commenta ries.
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V.
tbat nothing could come more defüable, and noch~ng more welcome chan his
Prefence. Having in chis manner fpent fome Years, he returned to
[!ou:o,
where
by advice of his Council, he _r~folved t? ,conquer. th?fe. great Po~mces, which
are called
Caranca Vliaca, Lbpi
and
Chicha;
the Sub¡eéhon of wh1ch was omit–
ted by hi; Father, 'whó was diverted from tbat defign
~Y
the jealoufie and fear ·
he conceived of chis his Son , as we have already menuoned; bue now in or–
der to chis Expedition, che
Inca Piracocha
commanded tbat thircy thoufan~ Soul–
diers íhould be raifed in
Collafuyu,
and
Cuntifuyu,
and put ¡na readinefs agalníl:
rhe next Spring; one of bis Brothers, called
Pahuac Mayta Inca,
he rnade
bis
General, or Commander in Chief; the Sirname of
Pahuac
(which fignifies fly–
ing) was given him for his admirable fwiftnefs, being nimble and aétive, beyond
any Man in his time.
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For che affiíl:ence ofhs Brocher he ordained four
Inca1
to be Counfellours, and
Major-Generals; who departing from
Couo,
colleéted tbeir numbers and increa.
fed cheir Army in che way, as chey rnarched. At length they arrived at che afore–
faid Provinces, two ofwhich, called
Chica,
and
Ampara,
adored che lofty top of
a fnowy Mountain for their God ; for they adrniring tbe Beauty and Heighc
tbereof, from whence chofe Screarns proceeded which refreíhed their Lands, and
made their grnunds fruitfull, they were eafi!y perfuaded in natural gratitude to
' own chat for their Deiry, from whence they received fuch benefit and blelfrng.
In
thefe proceedings they encountred fome light Skirmifhes wich che Enemy ,
who r.acher defigned to give a proof of tbeir warlike Difpofition , chan fighc
in
hopes ofprevailing againíl: the
IncM,
whofe Repuration was exalred
fo
high by
the Valour and Acchievements of
Viracocha;
that their power feemed invioci•
ble, and not
to
be fubdued by humane force. For chis reafon, the[e greac Pro–
vinces fubmicted to che Dominion of che
IncM
yielding wich more readineís, and
with
leís
danger, and !oís of bloud chan was expeéted from a people, eíl:eemed
numerous, and ofa warlike Temper. Howfoever chree years paíl:
in
this expe–
dition, before the Conqueíl: was compleced, and the Nations reduced co an ab-
foluce and entire fubmiffion.
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CH A P. XXIV.
Of the New Provinces, fubdued hy the
Inca,
and of the
Chanels they made to water their Paflures.
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T
HE
Inca
P
11huac Mayta,
and bisUncle having concluded chis
Vv
ar, and pla:
ced Go\ ernours and Officers to rule and iníl:ruét rheir new Subjeél:s, they
returned to
Coi:.,eo,
where they received from the
Inca
a hearcy wellcome, being
rewarded by him wich fuch Honours and Favours, as cheir Services and Labours
had deferved. And ,now it feemed as if the
Inca Viracocha
had extended
his
Terricories
to
che ucmoíl: limits of che Univerfe? forro che Eaíl:ward rhey reached
as far as che foot of the foowy Mountain; to t11e Weíl:ward they were bounded
b'y the Sea; to eme -Sourhward they extended
to
che urmoíl: parts of tbe Pi;°"
viHce o[
che
Char(Jtu,
which are above two hundred Leagues diíl:ant from che
City ;.
fo
chat on ali chefe tl~ree Qg_arcers there remained no farcher Land to con–
quer; for on one fide the Sea bounded rheir proceedings, and rhe Snows, and
inacaeffible _pJaaes of rhe Mountains of
Antis
on the ocher ; and to the South–
ward the Defarcs ami Sands berween
Pm,,
and the Kingdom of
Chili,
made che
way irnpaífable for the march ofan Army. Howfoever che Delire of Rule, and
che unfatiable thiríl: of Oominion 1moved the rnínd of this
Inca
to
bend his forces
towards the Northern C9umries, whlch are in .the Divifion of
Chinch,lfuyu;
an~
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having