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in
the Fairillies ~f their Parents and near Rela?ons; _whó boafied and rejoiced
much
in
the profidency ofthe~ ~ns, challengmg c~ them(elves a ~are
in
their
commendations; for they havmg míl:ruél:ed them mmarcial Exercifes, how
to
manage cheir Arms, and ínake tneir ~h~, ánd_ educ;:aced chem with hard!hit> re–
moce from effeminacy and fofmefs, d1d 1uíl:ly trrnmph and glory, thac havmg per–
formed cheir duty cowards their Sons,
in
their Childhood, fiad now accomplifhed
them with Abilities to ÍefVe their Countrey either in War or Peace. .
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CH A P.
XXIX.
How
Chuquim~pcu,
a Lord ,of four
Vallies,
yielded him–
felf.
B
u
T to retum again now to che Reign and Conquefis of the
Inca PachacHtec,
we are to unoerftand, that che General
Capac Tupanqui
having fubdued and
-conquered che gre~t
Cur11ca Chincha,
fent
to
che King his Brother for a new Anny,
whereby he might be enabled to overcome chofe Vallies, or Plain Countries wpich
prefented themfelves before him. The
Inca
with ali readinefs fupplied him with .
new Forces, comrnand6d by good Officers, providing thern with all forcs of Vic¡
tuals and Ammunition, agreeable to che greatnefs' of.che Enterprife. The new
Army being come, with which alfo che Prince
Tupanqui
retumed, being very de–
firous to exercife and fignalize himfelf in che War; che General of
Chincha
boldly
.prcrceeded out of his Qgarters, and poíled hirnfelf in che pleafant Valley of
Runa–
huanac;
which is
as
muchas the People's Terrour, becaufe in che River which
runs through chat Valley many people had been drowned, who fuppo[mg che Wa- ·
ter to be as íhallow
in
che Winter as in che Sumrner, rather than go a League
a–
bout by way of che Bridge, have foolifhly adventured
to
wade·over it ; bue che
Charn;l being deep,. and che Current rapid, have moft inifetably perifhed -in che
Wacers. Bue che
Spanijh
Hiíl:orians give this Valley, and the River, che name of
Lunaxuana,
by corruption of three Letters ofchis Word; onéWriter fays, that
the Word
Guano
fignifies rnudd , or dung, becaufe it affords good Sullage, and.
great ímprovernent for their
aralte
Lands; bue chis Letter
G.
oughc to be
H.
fo
rhat the true word is
Ruano,
for che
Peruvian
Tongue doth not admit of the Lettei
G.
which word
Ruano
fignifies dreadfull; by chis particular, and many other
in.:
fiances that we could give, it is very apparent how little the
Spaniards
und!rfiood
thac Languag~; and whac grofs miíl:akes alfo the Mongrels, or chofe thac are
mixed of
Spanifh
and
Indian
Bloud, did likewife make; for they taking che accenc .
in pare from cheir Fathers, both
in
fpeaking and writing are ofren guilry offirange
corruptions; which when I have ob[erved , I have endeavoured to correél: a~
.mongíl: them, bue to lictle purpofe, confidering how prevalént converfation
is,
and che communication ofa pe0ple to whom chey are fubdued, and become Vat=
fals.
·· In
d10fe
days this Plain of
Runahuanac
was gre,tly peopled, as alfo another
Low;
Coumrey lying to the Norchward of it called
H11ame ,
which contained
thirty
rhoufand Inhabitants; in like manner alfo
Chincha.
was inhabited, and ochfl' Q>un–
tries füuated Norch and South of it; bue now there are noc two choufand Inhabi–
rancs repuced co~e there in all, and forne lie wholly defolate, unlefs they be fome
few
Spaniard:r
wRo have.taken up their dwellings in chofe P.arrs:
_
Having already relaced the Conqueij
oí-Tuneas,
we are now· to take notice,
thac che Plain of
Runahuanac
wich three ochers-co che Northward of it called
Huarca,
Malla, Chillca,
were ali
in
fubjeél:ion to a great Lord called
Chuquimancu,
who ha–
ving feveral of thefe Provinces under his Jurifdiétion prefumed to give him[elf the
Title of King, and
by
reafon of his Power claimed an Auchoricy and Dominion
over