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Royal
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BooK
VIII.·
íhewed themfelves foÍ·ly, obfünate and rude ; with which the Officers of the
Incar
being highly provoked, put many of them
to
che ~word with greac ~everi~y and
éruelty; bue che
Inca,
to
appeafe and moderate their fury, put them m mmd of
the Orioinal Lawof che firíl:
Inca, M anco Capac,
who commanded chem
tó
reduce
the
Jndi~ns
to his fubjefüon by gentle and fair tenns, rather than by Arms, or ef–
fufion of Blotid.
The
Jndians
being on one ftde cerrified with che fear of puniíl1menr, and allu-'
ted on the other by the promifes, and kind offers of che
Inca,
were reduced with–
ouc much labour; fo that they were perfüadecho live in Societies, and receive the
Idolatry and Government of che
incas,
who, in aíhort time, fo improved chis plea.
faht Province of
Huanucu,
that by che fruitfulneís ofche Soil, and good cemperacure
of the Climate, it became che Head and Chiefcf al! che Neigbbouring Councries.
And here, as; a principal mark of favour, they ereél:ed aTemple dedicated to che
Sun, with a Hou[e for che Seleél: Virgins:
In
che building of which, twency chou–
fand
Indians
were concinually employed, andas fome willhave it chircy choufand;
all which took their curns in che labour, which íhews che greac numbers of chofe
Inhabitants.
Pedro deCiefa
in bis 80th Chapcer [peaking of the
Huanucu,
hath che[e
words, which I have extraél:ed
Verbatim.
"
In
che Precinél:s of
Guanucu,
chere was
" ereél:ed a Royal Edifice, rarely builc of great Scones, and well poliíhed. This
" Palace, or Royal Chamber, was che chief place where che Courcs ofJudimure
" were held for che Neighbouring Provi_nces, and fo:· t~e
Andes,
aqjoyning where–
,, unco was che Temple of che Sun, w1th rnany Vugms and Oflicers belonging
" to
ir; and was
fo
confiderable in che time of che
Incas,
chac above 30000
Indi–
ce
ans
were always employed in che fervice of it.
It belonged
to
che Scewai-dsof
" che
Incas
to colleél: in the ordinary Tributes ; and the Countrey people were
" obliged to afford their attendance and fervice at chis Palace. Thus far are che
words of
Ciefa de Leon.
The Cooqueíl: being made of
I!uanutu,
as we have in íhort related ; we fhalI
now briefly touch on ocher maccers, unleís fome remarkable paíTage occur, for I
refolve ro haílen to the end of chofe Conquefis which were made by che
Inm,
thac fo I may treat of che Wars between
Huafcar
and
Atahualpa,
who were
Ne–
phews of this
Tupac Yupanqui.
To proceed therefore, we fay, chac che
Inca Tupac
commanded an Army of forty thoufand Men ro be raifed, and ficted for the year
follówin~, intending to conquer che great Province, called
Cannari,
which was the
Cbief over divers others , being very populous, and the Inhabitants valiant and
wa~like ; for their dillinél:io~ from ot~ers, they wore their Hair long; cying up
their Locks on the top of che1r heads w1rh a knoc. The Nobles, and chofe µ¿ho
would be fine in their Drefs, wore a Cap on their heads of a chin woven thread
like a fine Sieve, fcarce above chree fingers high, through which fome thread;
were drawn of divers colours: bue che cornmon forc, and füch as were lazy, and
ungencile, wore, in the 'place hereof, the íhell of a Goard, or Pumpkin, for their
Cap;
fo
that ofcentimes in difgrac~, che
Jndians
would call this Nation of
Cannari
by che Name of
Matium.t,
or Pumpkin-pate. By this, and füch-like devices o~
cheir heads, during all che Reign of the
lnw,
che
lndians
were diíl:inguifhed, and
known of what Countrey and Province they were; in my time a:lfo chey c:irried
the[e diíl:infüons; but now, as I am informed, chey are negleél:ed, and every one
wears what he pleafes. The[e Nacives of
Cann~i,
before che times of the
Inca
wenc almoíl: naked, both Men and Women ,' wearing onely a loo[e Clorh ro co~
ver rheir privicies : They had many Lords which ruled over chem, fome ofwhich
made an Alliance one with the other; but the[e were fuch as were of che rneaneíl:
rank, who, to refúl che power of che greac ones, and cheir tyrannous oppreffion
joined cogether in confeoeracy and alliance.
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