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V.
Rojal .Commer.itarier.
having commuoicated his refolutioo to thofe of his Council, he appointed that
an Army fhould be raifed, intending himfelfin perfon to command it, wirh che
affiftence of
fix
others, who were men of Valour and Experience. . Duriog the
abfence of
Vir11cocha
the
City
was go\7erned by his Brother
Pahuac-Mayta,
whom
he left Deputy in his place; and all things being provided, and in a readineís, the
Anny marche<l cowards the parts of
Chincafuyu,
and carne to the Province
Anta–
huyfla,
which belongs to the
Chanca&,
a people branded with the infamous Epi–
thete of falfe, and treacherous, by reafon of their Rebellion againíl: the
Inca,
which imputation hach fo clofely cleaved to them evento this day, that [caree at
any time are .the
Chancas
mentioned without the addicion of
Auca,
which is as
much as falfe, or treacherous; chis word alfo {ignifies a Tyrant, a breaker of his
Faith, and every thing which denotes Falfenefs and Treachery: Moreover it may
ferve to exprefs Contentions, .and Ba\rels, by which variew of íignificqtions, we
inay obferve how copious and
full
this
1
Language of
Peru
is, wbich comprehends
fuch variecy and diverftcy of fenfes in one word.
.
·
The poor
Cha~cas
confcious of their fqrmer crimes, feared greatly the approach
of
the
Inca Viracocha,
lell:
he fhould now revenge their qffence 4pon ,them; but
then finding, contrary to .all expeéhtion, nothing bue Merey and Gentlenefs in
• their Prince, they prefemly quitced their Fears, receiving ñim with ali the De–
rnoníl:rations of Joy and Feíl:ivicy, chac an affii?ted pe_ople was capabie :to ex–
prefs. And to confirm them in
chis
good humour, be not onely treated theni
with gratious
W
ords, but conferred on them Prefents
of
Garmems, .and other
curioftcies. He alfo vifited che feveral Provinces, taking care to provide whar
was
wanting, and to amend chat which was amifs; and chen appointing a Gene–
ral rendezvous for the whole Army, he marched forwards .
to,
chofe Countries,
which were noc as yet reduced to Obedience. The firíl: and neareíl: Province,
rich and populous, was
Huaytara ,
a people warlike and mucinoµs, fuch as had
íhewed themfelves in che Head and Van of che Rebels. Bue how íl:ogt foev~i;
they
had been,
fo
foon as che
Inca Viracocha
hac\ fent them a fummoos by bis
Am·
baífadours, they with readinefs fübmicted and obeyed, comif1g forth with all lmt
mility to receive and acknowledge him for their Lord; f~ as yet che Battel
of
Yahuar-pampa
was frefh in their memory , and the fucce1s thereof confirmed
them in a belief, that \he
Inca
was invincible : this_hu¡nble SQbmHiiori n¡et
a
like Generofüy in the
Inca,
who received them with ~-gratious acceprance agree–
able to their Humility, onely charging them to liv~ quietly and in peace, as be–
ing moíl: for che common good, and moíl: acceptable to himfelf.
Thence he marched forwards to another Province called
Pocra,
known fome-·
times
by the name of
Huama/ica
~
_
thence he proceeded to
A/ancaru, Parco,
Picuy
and
Acos,
all which chearfully fubmitted, eíl:eeming it a great honour to re–
rnail)
under che Empire and Proteétion. of the
Inca,
whofe mighty AéHons had
acquired him Renown in all O!!_arters of that new World. And having chus gai–
ned chis people to his power, he difpeeded his Army away, leíl: they fhould be
burthenfome to che Countrey, and then employed his Thoughts and Endeavqurs
for fecuring his Government, aod performing thofe 1~atcers which might con–
duce
to
the common Good and Welfare of che people; particularly he opeoed
and made a Chane! of water , of abouc twelve Foot in depch, running for abouc
one hundred and twenty Leagues in length : che fource or head of it arofe from·
certain Springs on the top of a high Mountain, between
Parcu
and
Picuy,
which
was
fo plentifull , that at the·~ry heiid of the Fountaios they feemed
to
be
Ri–
vers. This Current of Water had its courfe through ali che Coumrey of che
Rucanas,
and ferved to water the Paíl:urage of chofe uninhabíced Lands, which
are abouc eighteen L~agues in breadth, watering almoíl: tbe whole.Coumrey of
Peru.
ihere is another Aqueduét much like chis, which traver[es the whole Pro.:'
vince óf
Cuntifuy11,
running aqove one hundred and fifcy Leagues from South to
Norch; its Head or Original is from tne top of high Moumains, the which Wa–
ters falling into che Plains ofthe
f2!!.echuas,
greatly refrefh their Pafrurage, when
the heats of che Summer and Autumn have dried and burnt up che rnoiíl:ure of che
Earth. There are rnany Streams of
like
nature, which run through divers parrs
·
of