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Inca

proceeded tó ·a'nother Peopl& ,called

P11pa1'llfl~an;

frqm itbe

Papas

or Dewlaps, which are great bunches 1bác hang from dieir,.

·thr,oa,cs , thé',\.\(hich were fubdúed by rhe

Inca

in che fame manner as the otbers:

Thence he mardied ·eight Leagues farther, conquering al! b~fore ·him, trnoill -he

carne t-o a conliderable ·Plantation, called

Rqymipampa,

which lignifies the,place of

Fefüval, the erincipal Fefüvaf of the Sun _being called

R'qyirú ;

ofwhich w_e have

· treated ac large·in

diíl:inét Cnapter. And ic ha¡;,pening, .wh~o chis peQp]e was

fubdued, ( whofe Countrey ,was

ali

a· pleafant and even Plam,) that che grand

Feíl:ival of

R¡iymi

was chen.come ;,;wherefore che

lnca

appoince.d chac place for che

celebrarioq_of ic; for, as we have·faid, ic wás nota ma~etial poinc jn rheir Reli–

gion, whe~e, or in whac place char Feaíl:

was kept b

y the

Inc¡i

himfelf,.provided

thac the High Prieíl:; ánd che.other

Incas,

obferved.ic

Codo,

with aU the ,Íblitnali-

ties and folemn rites of it.

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. From

Rqymipamfa

he marehed chree Leagues farthe

r to Suta

which he Cubdued

with like facility ; for the Nacives feeing che greaceíl: pare.of -cheir Councrey .airea- .

dy in poífeffion of che

Inca,

yielded themfelives with all..readineís inco bis pow:er.

From

Suta

che Army marched to a p.eople calléd

Llavantu,

which was che. moft .

remoce pare of che Province of

Chachapuya,

which alfo yielded, defpairingofpower

to make reliíl:ence againíl: che

Inca,

who now was become abfoluce Maíl:er 0f che

whole Provhu:e ; che moft: confiderable péople of which, we have already menci–

oned, though befides chefe there·were rnany lit.ele Plantations noc word1 che na–

rning. The Conqueíl: of this Province was very difficulc and Jaboriou~, by rea- '

fon ofche Mountains and íl:rong Paífes, defendep by a íl:out ánd fierce people. ·

From

Llavantu

the

Inca, Tupac Yupanqui,

made a detachmi;nc of bis Army, to fub-

due che Province of

Muyupampa;

through which the Valiant

Ancohualla

cook his

March, when he caíl: off his fubjeétion to the

Inca,

as we have rel:ued in the Life

Viracocha;

chis Province is ficuated wichin che

Antü,

and once acknowledged

fubjeétion

the

Chacha.,

but whether it was by force, or by agreement of con–

federacy, or alliance, the

lndians

are ignorant; it !yes

Leagues Eaftward from

Llavantu.

The Natives of

Muyupampa

having received information, that the whole Pro..

vince of

Chachapuya

had yieldeq to che

Inca,

did alfo with much readinefs receii¿e

his Religion, Laws and Cuíl:oms : che like alfo did the Pro'(inc~ called

Cafcayunca;

and divers ochers of leís note within that Divilion; all which being received into

favour of the

Inea,

he commanded, chat ·they fhould be inílruéted in the Know–

ledge and Religion of the Sun, and all neceffaries provided for their becter wel–

fare and fubliíl:ence ; to which end, he ordered Aqueduéts to be made, théir Lands

be plowed, and.broken up, that fo they migl1t yield grea.ter abundance; and in-,

creafe ; and chat the

CuracM

fhould

veíled wich the fineíl:

Compi,

which they e–

fieemed as a high favour; and with thefe and ocher benefits the peoplé remained

abundantly farisfied. Herewith the Wars rnncluded for chac year, che Army" be–

ing drawn inco Winter-quarters; _and in the incerim Orders were iffuéd out for

fupplying rheSouldiery, and che riew Conqueíl:s with ProviGons from theNeigh-·

bouring Countries; for the Wars had made deíl:ruétion, and caufed wanc and

fa–

miné of ali chings neceíf;iry for che fupport of life. The Surnmer being come;

the

Inca Tupt1c

took che Field wirh an Army of forty thoufand Mén, ·and marched

the Province-of

Huancapampa,

whicµ is a Councrey large and populous,

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all

different Nations and Languages ; every Nation or Lineage livéd apart

it felf, wirhout friendfhip or alliance, but

a íl::ate of War, a~knqwieaging no,

Lord, or Governmenc, for rheir Superióur,,bue like brute beaíls; preyeél one upo~

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