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Royal
Commentaries.
BooKVI.
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CH A P.
XIX.
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Of the Ancient Conquefts, and vain Rodomontadoes,
of
the:
Chinchas.
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T.
HE
Inca
much facisfied with this fübmíffion, congra:tulated witñ the
Curacl
·
Chincha
che happinefs of the enfuing Peace, whereby an end w¡¡s put to the
miferies of a bloudy War, which was deíl:ruétive to his people: Andfpeaking
kindly to chis greac Commander of che
Yunaa,,
afürred him of pardon from
bis
Brother che Emperout ; and becaufe hé p~rceiv~d him
to
be muen déjeéted and
affiiel:ed for his fault, he encouraged him with many kind and obligirlg expreíft,.
ons, telling him, thac che .King his Bto.cher was a gratibús and meréifüll Prinrn;
who never t'ecalled
to
mernory the enmity.fhewn him at
firíl,
provided thac ha...
ving
once fubmicted, and acknowledged him for their Lord, chey did never af°"
terwards return
to
cheir rebellion : And as an evidence
óf
favour and ácceptance,
he commanded, chac Veíltnents fhould be given chem ofche fineíl
foh ;
ana
fo
all
cortcluded in a mutual fatisfaétion.
.
,
Thefe
Indians
of
Chincha-boaíl
much of chis re!iílence they
had maaeagainfi:
che
Incas,
pretendit1g that chey repelled ·chem twice, becaufe chey
recko11.edche ex-..
change of che
firíl:
A.nny wich che fecond
to
be a k;ind of recr
ear. Théyreporc
alfo, chac che
Jnw
were many years lJefore chey could conquer them , and that
ac lengch they fubmicced upon condici,ons and promifes ; and thac chey' were won
racher by gifts and prefencs, chan fubdued by force of Arms. Thus was ch~ riulq
ufage and cr~acmenc Whjch che
Incas
ílm\red
to
chem, interpréted (ét_á fign of
their own Valour and Coutage; whenas, in reality, the pbwet of eñe
Incas
was
fo
great in chofe days, cfüit they could wich facilicy have flibdued chem, had chey.
in earneíl: applied theit Scre1igch, and MiUtary Art, in cliaf Conquefl:: but
Men
have liberty
to
talk of che Mighty Aétions of former times, and of cheir Anee~
ftours, withouc offence:!
to
any in che prefenc Age.
·
They tep~rc farcher of themfelves, that before chey weré Subjeéts to che
Inca,
they-were of thac power, and Martial difpdfition, that éhey made fréquemlocur..
fions into .che Neighbouring Councries, from whence they cat'ried SpoTis and
J"rophies of Viétory ; that chey Vt'.ere fo dreadfull to thofe who mh:ibited the
Mountains, that chofe people, for fear of fhem, d; ferced cheir Countrey, and thac
they often carne as far as the Province of
Colla/
All which appears
éo
be falfe;
bécauíe thefe
Tuneas
are háturally aílúggifh and dull Nation, and not given to
labour, or tEa_vd, and tlierefore ic is l:_lot probable, ch~uhey would undercake a,
Mmh .of a1:rnoíl:
200
Leagues, chrougn greater Provmces, and more populous
chan cheir own. And chat which makes chis report füll more improbable is,
That che
Yuncas,
being·(as we have faid) born in a very hot Councrey, where ic
never Rains, and where confequemly che noife of Thunder is never heard ; are fu
affrighted w,ith che found, and claps of ic, fo ofcen as rhey encer inco che
Hi!ly.
Countt¡es, thac with coníl:ernation and terrour they return inco their own Cli~
rnace ; and rherefore it is noc credible rhey fhould adventure
into
Mouncains
whete tlfe voice of Thunder is often heard, knd ·which cheir ignorance made
fo
horrible and affrighting
to
them.
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Whilíl
Yupanqui
employed himfelf in Eílablifhing che Goveromenc of
Chincha.y
and putting ali chings into che beíl: order and poíl:ure he was able ; he gave imelli–
gence to hisBrother of the fuccefs of his proceedings, cjeíiring him to relieve che·
Army, which remained then on Ducy; by exchange,.for anotner, chac
fo
he mighc
pmce~d in che encire conqueflof
cheYunca..
And whilíl: he was chus fetling cheGo–
ve1'nm¡;nc in
Chincha,
and impofing new Laws and Cuíloms on them; Informacions
were broughc him againíl cerrain perfons guilcy ofSodorny, to which fin chat Coun–
trey was much addiéted : All which he took, and condemned, and burned alive ;
commanding their Houfes
to
be chrown clown, cheir Inhericances to be defüoyed,
ch,eir