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IX.
Royal
Commentaries.
CH A.
P.
VII.
Of the Mutiny which arofe among(i the
Chachapuyas,
and
th~
Valour of
Huayna Capac.
'WHilíl:
the King
Huayna Capac
was preparing for bis return to
Couo,
and to
vific feveral Kingdoms
in
bis way, many
Caciques,
or Lords of thofe
Provinces adjoining to the Coaíl:, which were reduced to the Obedience of the
Empire, prefented themfelves with fuch Gifcs and Offerings as theit Coumries
afforded; amongíl: which they brought a Lion ánd a Tyger, both Creatures moíl:
fierce in their Nature, and which che
Inca
very much eíl:eerning, gave arder thac
they íhould be kept and nouriíhed with fin·gular care; by which Creatures God
was pleafed to wórk
fo
great
.i
Miracle in favour pf the Chriftians, (as we {hall
hereafrer relace) that chey were adored by che
lndians
for it, and eíl:eemed like their
Inca.
far Children of che
Sun.
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· The
Inca Huayna Capac
havh1g provided all things neceífary for government
of
Affairs boch in War aad Peace, departed frorn
Tumpi:.,,
intending in bis Journey
to
viGt one half of his Kingdom in length, as far as the
Chita.,
which is che
utfti–
.mate Co0fines of
Peru,
and chen taking a compafs
to·
vifit che ocher half,~which
lies to the Eaíl:ward. And being in che Councrey of che
Chichas,
he émployed
and fubíl:ituted certain Vifitors to fürvey the Kingdorri of
Tucma,
called by che
Spaniards Tucuman,
and others
to
viGt
Chile;
and wich them he fenc many Vefr–
mencs, of fuch
fort
as che
Inca
himfelf wore, and other Curiofities for the Gover–
nours, Capcains, and ocher Minill:ers of che King; as alfo for the
Curaca.,
whO'
were Natives of chofe Coumries, that
fo
th~y might in the Name of che
Inca
ob–
lige chem wich chofe Prefents which were highly eíl:eemed.
In
his Journey from
Couo,
and bis return chicher, he viíited che Forctefs, which was then almoíl: fini-:
fhed, and che better to give Life «nd Enrnmagement
to
the chi~fArchice&, and
Labourers in che Work, he himfelf would láy his own hand co fome pare of the
Edifice. This Vifüation or Progrefs being made, in-which.four Years were fperir,
he commanded Souldiérs to be levied, for che farther Conqueíl: of
Tumpi:.,
to the
Northward, where ic íl:retches ic felf along the Sea·Coaíl; and whilfr he refided
in ch;;i Province of che
Cannarú,
which was the way, as he thought, chat did lead
to
~itu,
thac he mighc che better defcend for Conquefl: of that Coail: , News
was brought co him, chac che Inhabitams of the greac Prnvince of
ChachapuyM,
.
feeing ·him engaged in Wars and Conqueíl:s of great importance, took chat oppor–
nmicy to make a Rebellion; and confiding in the faíl:nefs of their craggy and
rnouncainous Countrey, and in che numbers of cheir People, which were íl:urdy
and íl:out, had made a general Maífacre of all che Governuurs and Captains, and
many of che Souldiery, which che
Inca
had appointed to prefide over them; and
fuch of the Sould1ers, whom chey had [pared, chey made Slaves to ferve chem in
che bafeíl: Drudgeries, _and meaneíl: Offices. So foon as chis lntelligence was
,broughc to che ears of
H11ayna Capac,
with greac anger and difdain, he counter–
manded ali bis Troops from their march on che Sea-coaíl:, and appointed them
to
bend cheir courfe cowards che
Chachapi¡y,u,
re[olving
to
punilh chem with che ex–
tre:nity of fevere
J
uíl:ice; and he in perfon wenc to che place which he -had ap–
poinced for che generalRendezvous; and whilíl: hisArmy wasgachering intoaBody,
he [ene his Summons co che
Chachap11yas,
requiring chem
to
recurn to their Obedi–
ence, and declaring pardon
to
ali Cuch as 1hould voluntarily fubmic chemfelves :
hut che!e brucith people inílead of recurning a fubmiffive ·and penicenc Anfwer,
treated che Meffengers wich indignities.and opprobrrous words, chrearning them
wich Deach, if chey did not immediately depart ; che wbich rude creatmenc che
T11ca
highly
refencing, made a\1 che [peed imag·nable
to
unice ·his Forces, and ha–
ving affembld and fitced bis Arrny, he marched to a great River,
\'r1
ere chey
·
fomd