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Ro}'álCohlmen~aries~

BOOK

VIII.

C H·A P.

The Conquefl of th~ Provinc'e

Hnácracht.;t<:u,

and whencé

that Natne was derived.

T .

Great

T#pac J,noa Tnpantfui

(

who[e Name of.

:l'ufac

fignifie-s

Brighmefs and Splendour,. and indeed the gréatnefs of his At–

chie¡ements deferve n0 lefs a Title)

foon as his Father was

, dead, took upon him the ttoloured Wrearh, ang having coril~

plied

wiufu

the Ob[equies, Rites, and,Funer~l Cerernonies anct

Sacrifices due to tbe meinory of deceafed l}ings ,

i!l'

which

fpent th~

firft

Year of bis Reign, he took

Progrefs into the feveral Kingdoms

and Ptovinces ofbis Empire ;. für it was che coníl:ant.Cuíl'ome of the young Heir,

foon as he carne to his8©vereignty,

íhew hirnfelf

his Subje&, tibat they

might bmth know and fove· bis Perfon, and that borh the publick Counfellers

in Provi0ces, ,and parcimlar Perfons rnighc have opportanities

reprefenc cheit

Aggrievances perfomally to llhe King., whereby the Judges ánd Miniíl:ers of Ju–

füce rnight with more care perform their Duties, fearing to tyranize and opprefs

the people.

· ··

Havingi nithefe Journtes and VifüatimJ.ils pafféd four long years, with which his

¡:,eople remainéJ highly fatisfied and contented, he .decreed tbat fourty choufand

Men fhm1lcl, btnaiféd, and put in Arms agaínfr thé folkiwimg Year, thac

.might proreed forward in the Conqueíl:s and .Defigns which

pis

Ancefl:ours had

projeéted. The great pretence on which the

Incas

did moíl: av

lil rhemfelves, and

cl\at whicfl beíl: covered theAmbition they <::Gnceived for enlargement of the Em-:

pire, was a Zeal towards the Welfare of the

Índians,

wbo[e

unhumane and beíl:ial

' Cuíl:oms they,deftred to reform, and improve to a more moral and.politkal way

of living, and

a knoy¡ledge and woríhip

óÍ

bis ·Father' the Sun, whom they

owned and proolaimed for their God.

·.

The Army. being rai[ect, and all chings put in ordet fór this Defign, and aGo:.

vemour appointed fodfole, ofthe

City,

the

Inca

took bis march by way

óf

caf{á–

marca,

intending to invade the Province

Ch3_dhapuya,

which, as

Blas Valera

fays;

.µgnifies the·Countrey,of ftout

MeA;

ití

J,le9

Eafiwa:rd from

Cajfamarca,

.the Meri

being·ver.y valiam, and, the

men

beaútifull. . Théfe

Chttéha¡JflJas

adored Ser-,

pents, and woríhipped

the

Bi.rd

Cuntür

f@r tl:!teir principal God; on répott of

whic~ the

!nea -Tufac

~upanq

ui wa

s greacly moved to reduce.~bis Pro~ince to his

Ernprre; bemg famous

feveral refpe&, but th€ approafh

was dxfficult, the

. ,

finJ'aéioó