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VI.
CH A P.
X.
í
The
Inca Pachacutec
vifits feveral parts oí his Empire,
and
conquers the Nation of
Huanca.
T
HE
Inca Viracocha
being dead,
Pachacutec,
hls legicimate Son and Heir, fue~
ceeded in che Empire, and having folemnly performed the funexal Rices of
his Father, he refided for chree.
Y
ears ac his Court, atcending to che due admini~
íl:ration of his Government. Afterwards he took a progrefs into all pares of
his
Dominions, paffing orderly from one Province to anocher
j
and though che pre–
fence of
e~~
Inca
might _0,ern of no n:ioment, in regard the ~ords, and Governours
were fo d1hgent, and fai.thfull ~o their trufr, that the
Inc~,
m
ali che:; way he trave,1-
led, received no complaincs from the people of Aggnevances and Opprefiions~
laid illegally on chem -by cheir Rulers; for the frequeot appearance of the
Inca
ac–
certain times, did fo overawe che Minifrers, thac chey were fearfull
to
aét any
thing which was not permitted to them by
Law
or Equity. Moreover the ap–
pea~an"Ee of tht::
Inca
per onally befare his Subjefü, gave them the opportunity to
prefer thei~ Petitions, añd offer their Complaims by way of immediate Addrefs,
which was much more beneficia!
to
che Subjeéts, tban
to
have cheir Aggriévances
made known by a chird hand, which by favour or friendíhip mighc difguife che–
laments, and make Injufüces appear lefs than they weue,
to
che prejudice of tbe
Plaimiffi; and herein füch care
was taken, thac never any people, wb0 liv~d by,
che mere Light of Natl:lre, and
l.awof Reafon, did ever furpafs che equitable
proceed· gs ,of eme
lí1cas
j
-whi
ch ·indiiferency, and uhbiaffed judgment, gained'
them chadove of their people, that even t0 chis day, and
to
many fucure Ages,–
will
theír )Memory be ~eet and pretious. At the end of three Years tbis
Jnc.11,
returnedagain to his City, and leíl: hejhould feem
to
fpend all his time in Peace
and Repóle, be íudged it convenitmé
to
accend at length unto militaryExerci[es,
and gain tlhe Repmá'.tion of a ~oúldier by War, as well as of a civil and jufr Co–
vernour
in
tbe time
oi
Peace ;
to
rhis,end he ra\fed an Amny of rhirty thoufcmd·
Men,
_witlf
}vhich cogecher with hls Brother
Capac Yupanqui,
a valiant Man,
1
and
worthy
qf
rba~nan;ié
\v
1
f1.e
marched hrough all the IDiviíion of
Chinchafuyu,
un–
till
he= c me tó
Y,./tca,
wbich was the urmoít exterit on rhac fide of cheir Con-
queíls.
lf
.r', •
..:J
r
., ~' .
.
There I{.e
re,rilaineá hi:m[elf,-wl fül:-he fem his Bmther wich an Army well
foc- ·
nifhed;vvich,all provJ~oM'óf Waf, if1to,the Pro'tince caJled
Saufa,
which c"1e
Spi –
;;ia;:ds
cmrnptly cal!'
Xauxa ,
\.Vhid1 is a mofr pleafant Countrey, concaining,abqut–
thir-ty-tnoufand inh~bitants, all of che'fame Lineage and Name of
Huanca.
'Yhey–
boafred-themíelves
to
be defcendecl from one MaFJ, .and one Wornan, wh.ich they:
fay had the-ir 0rig~1ial from a Fount<).in; rhe-y weh~
a fort
of fierce and
warlill:e.
pe0ple,' fleaing tho[e•y{rflom rhey took jn the Wars; ,che Skins of ,vhich
ch.ey•
fil.:..
led
\7-
1
~lí1'.ATue.s , ancl 'hanged them
up.
in rheir Temples,
{0r
1tr@pfües
of- d~e:4:
Viétol'ies;' Jvith the Skins of foi;ne.chey made Drums, being of bpinion, ch-ar cfie
fouád of<tHern, wouki terrifie and afft'ight their Enernies.
'Thefe tl'!ough cbey_w
el'e'a (ma1I
p,eople, yec had well füengchened and
fortif.kdche1ri[dves,
for
beihg
a.JFof
~ne
Nation, they müted rheir
füterefis
to e
ncroach on ch½ Lands anq Ter,r
ifo1.ríes
'.{Jf
~h,eit~Neighbou~s; and
to
rnake tbat good
w
hich Ehey had acqufred,·
·tl1éy'
forüfied chemfelves
in
fuch places of Defence, 'as were ~ccufromary i1i-'c-hofe–
Cot1hl>'rtes. .
'
.
i
.,,.
,
,ri _ • -
, fo
ehe
t~mes of. their ancient Gentilifin before, Ehey, were reduced1under'the
power of che
Inca,
-they worfhipped the Image of
a
Dog in their Temptes, eaning
rhe Fleíl1 ofDogs for che greatefr raricy and delicacy in the World; fo that it is
believed their Appetite
to
Dogs-fleíll was che original of their Devotion, which
was fo.greau
to
that
Beafi ; that the
moíl folemn Feafis.and Entertainments were
ferved