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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
Vlli.
the other :
they
had no em~loyment or occupatio~ to bufie ~emfelv~ in, for
moíl: of thein went naked, w1thout cloaths or covermg; the pnze and reward of
thru War, were tbe bodies of the Wives and Paughters of the conquered, of
which they enjoyed as many as they could gec; and
far
che Men, they eac and de-
voured one che other.
Their Religion was as befüal as their Morality; they adored many Gods, eve-
ry Lineage, or Family, ha~ one or more proper t? it ; fome a9ored Animals, or
living Creatures, otbers Birds, Herbs, Plants, Rivers, Fountams, nay
any
thing
which they liked, or were pleafed wich; in which diverfity of Gods, there ofcen
aro[e Difpuces and Arguments concerning their Power and Goodnets, which was
moíl: commonly decided by War. People living at chis me, without reafon or
politiques, wer~ eafily fubdued ;
fo~
tbey éould n~ver fiand to. make an~ defenc~l
but -like wild beafis, were hunted m the Mouotams , where
lll
the Thickets,
lll
Ca~es and Rocks they concealed themfelves ; hut famine, and
w~nt
of fufienanc@>
Iorced rnany of them from their retirements, inco the power and obedience of
ehe
Inca,
thoagh many of chem, who were obftinate
a.ndfurly, Jike bruce beafis,
pe–
riíhed in_ tneir places bf concealmeqt.
Bue che
Jnua T11-pat
ufed all dilige¡ice ro cacch, and tame thell.l, committing them
into che hands of Maíl:ers and Iníl:ruétors, who might teach chem to afiociate, an,d
live in cornmunities, how to cultiNace the Grounds, and wear Cloathing , and
inake Garments ofWool and Cotton : they alfo íhewed them how to bring cha–
nels of water for refreíhing their Fields, and fo léarned them
to
manure theii: Land~.
that it became the mofi: fruitfull foil of
ali
Peru.
·
In
fome time afcerwards, for
greacer improvement of thac Countrey, chey ennobled it with a Temple of
the /
Sun anda Hou[e ofSeleét Virgins, with many other Edifices ofHonour and Re–
no~n. · They commanded, that all their G~s íhould
be
thrown to the Earth,
and thar they íhould acknow!edge and woríhip no otfier bue o~ely th~ Sun, wha ·,
was che fole God of the,Umverfe : thac none íhould eac Man s fleíh on
pain
of
Deach, and utter deíl:ruéüon of himfelf and farnil}! ; and for other maccers they
gave tbem Prieíl:s and Men of learning co infiruét them in their Law_s and Cu–
fioms :
In
all which they. became fo docible, and fuch profidents, thac in a
íhorc
time rhey lived orderly and fociably in civil communicacion, and che two Provm–
ces of
Cafaayunca,
and
Huancap_ampa
became the mofr knowing, and mo{l orderly
Cicizens
in
ali
che Empire of the
IncM.
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CH A P.
IV.
The Conquefi of three Great
and
Warlik_e Provinces.
H
Vancapampa
being conquered, the
Incas
proceeded to reduce three other
gr~at
·Provinces, containing qlany other Nations under their power ; but how loqg,
this fu~ceeded after tbe Conquefr of
#111wcapampa,
is not certain :.But theíe ~qp_l_e
were of a ditferent quality to chofe before mencioned; for chey lived in a potitkill
mann~r., had their Towns, and Forcifications, and fome manner ofGovernrnent
a–
mong(l_ chem; chey ofcen aifembled, and held Counfels to confider of che pubfick
~ood and welfare. No perfon pretended to aRight ofDominion over them, bu(
6y common confent they eleéted their ChiefGovernour in the time ofPeace,
an,d,
Captain in ca[e ofWar, ferving them with entire obedience, during tbe tim~
of
cheir Magiílracy. Theíe three Provinces were called
Caj[a, AyahHaca-,
and
C4!/u11,
'Jhe
Inra,
fo foon as he approached the Confines of cheíe Countries, fent bis
Su.m–
mons tQ the lnhabitants., requiring them to-receive him for their Lord and Sove·
reign_,. dr ocherwife provide to defend themfelves by force of Arms; for anfwef
whereunto, they returned a íhort reply, Thac they were ready to dye in defen¡::~
of
the,ir Liberties ; for as they never had received any Lord that was impofed on .
chem,