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How·many other People were reduced
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a11d in
what manner
the
Inca
made a Bridge of Oflers.
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T
H E News of this bloudy battel was foon fpread over all the Neigbbouring
Countries, and every-where ioterpreted as
a
juíl: judgrpenc fent
from
che·Sun
on che
Indians,
who had refufed his beneficia! conditions, and difobeyed che
Inca;
on which apprehenGon many of chofe people, who had taken up Arms, .and for–
~ed cheir Camp wich iment
ro
oppoíe che
lnctt,
did now lay aGde cheir thoqgl,cs of
War, refolving to fobmic and depend on the Clemency of che
Inca;
who accor–
dingly received them with grace and favour, prefenring chem wich Vefts, and
ocher
gifrs;
wich which che
!l'ldians
remained greatly fatisfied, and in every place .
publifhed the
Inca1
to be che true and unqoubced ofHpring of che Sun.
The people .which were thus reduced, were che Inhabicants from
Huaychu
to
Callamar,
which is thirty Leag_ues to che Southward. Hence che
Inca
proceeded
from
Callamarca,
twency four Leagues farther, by che high-\1/ay of
CharcM
ro
Cara–
_collo,
Summoning ali che Nacives
ro
his' fervice boch on one hand, an~ the o–
.ther as far as to che Lake uf
Paria;
chence taking a cornpaís
to
che Eaílward
as
far as
Antis,
he came,ac lengch
ro
thac Vally, which
ro
chis day
Is
called
Chuquía–
pu,
which in che commo·n tangue
is as
muchas
co fay,
the principal or chiefLance;
in which divifion he planted feveral Colonies, becau[e_he had obferved, thac chofe
Valleys being frµicfull and warm, were a beccer Soil for producing Mayz ( or
In–
dian
Wheat ) chan any of chofe Provinces wichin che Precin& of
Colla.
From
the Vale of
Caracatu
he concinued his March Eaíl:ward, to che skircs of the greac
Snowy Mouncain of
Antú,
which is above thirty Leagues diíl:anc from che Royal
way of
Vmafuyu.
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In
chefe Marches, and in the employment he had of fetcl.ing Colonies, and con–
fricucing Laws and Government in bis new Conquefl:s, the
Inca
[pene
chree years,
and chen recurned again co
Coi:.co,
where he was received wich expreffions of joy
and acclamacion. And h·aving there repofed two or chree years more, he com–
rnanded, that pr,ep'aracions íbould be made againíl: cha nexc Spring, both of Men
' and ProviGons, for
a
new Conque.O: ; for his aéhve mind poc fuffering him to
fü.
idle, p,oved him to enterprize fomeching in che Coun'trey of
Contif,ryu,
which is
to the Weíl: of
Coz:,co,
concaining many" greac ánd large Councries undér ic : And
becaufe they were to país che River rnlled
.ApHrimac,
he commanded a Bridge to
be made for tranfporcing his Army; for framing of which, becauíe ic was a ching
as yec new and unknown, he confulced with che moíl: ingenious
Indians
in che.
~oncriva1we; and becauíe ic was che
firíl:
Bridge of OGers chacwas ever made in
.
Peru,
I
(hall deícribe che rnanner how it was made; noc agreeing with che Vvri–
térs of
Pem,
who cell us Stories of Bridges made of Feachers, but omic to declare
che manner and fafbion of chem.
.
In
making this Bridge chey cwiíl:ed, or weaved, greé\C quancicies of OGers
co_ge–
ther, \".hich are noc qf che {ame
fort
which we have in
Spain,
bue of a more fine
and pliable Sprig: Of chree Oíiers chey made one Twiíl: for che length, and ano·
cher for rhe breadth which the Bridge·was to be; to cheíe Twiíls of rhree Oliers,
they aqded anocher of nine, and weaved chree of cheíe togecher ,
fo
chac ic carne
to be cwency feven OGers in thickneís ; and fo chey wenc on Weaving in chis
manner, ciH
it
carne
ro
be as chick as a Man's body, and of chis
forc
they mad(;
f.ive pieces.
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Having chus prepared the~r Bridge, fome
Indians
ei.ther íivam or ferried chem–
lelves over on a Float
to
che other Gde, carrying wich chem che end of a fmall
Cord, which
½'ªS
faíl:ned-to a Baífe-rope, made of Rufhes, called by che
lndians
Chahuar
;
chis Rope or Cord was tied to che end of one 10f che twined or matced
p"ie~es, and by che
force
of1}1any hands chey drew
it
ov~r to che other ftde
of
i~1e Ri-
ver,