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Royal
Commentaries.
CH A P.
IX.
Jhe
Incá
gains
many other great Provinces, ánd
dies in
Peace.
T.
H
E Qufeway being
in
this manner finiíhed, che
Inca,
Maym
Otpac,
paifed
over it to
the.Pi:ovince called
A/lea,
and here he encountred the
Indians
óf
~hat Countrey
in
a.warlike pofiure, who being encouraged by the advantage of
tite pafs, which they,deftgned
to
defend, being fuch as was afperous, ctaggy, and
horrid
co
behóld, ;<i!ld even fu'"h as was difficult to Paífengers to travell over, how
much more mufi ic be, when guarded and defended by armed Meo; and
yet
fuch
was
tbe prudente and goo.d conduét ofthe
Inca,
and his Military Are and Prowefs~
that
though Pe0ple were
killed
both on ·one fide·and che other, that
füll
he gained
grourid
and- advantage_,on che EnemY., which they with great admiration obfer–
ving,
dicf unani.J,nouíly concludei chac che
Inca
was
of che true Óffspring of the
Sun,
and therefore ·was invincible; and on this va~n belief wich common confent
tefolved to fubmit; and accordingly received
him
as their Lord and King, pro–
miíing him all Loyalry and Obedience,
Tne
lnca
paffing in a triumphant manner throu~h.chis People, called
A/lea,.
pro-
ceeded
farther
to
ocher greater Provinces, whofe Names are
Taurifma, Cotahuaci,
.
Pmn1ttt1mpu,
Parihuana Cocha,
which fignifies the Lake of
*
Pinguins;
for in the parr
8
':
/_fer~º'.
ofrhat
Councrey which remains unpeopled, there
is
a great Lake, which che
Jndians
~ne~~/ at.
in
cheir Language call
Cocha,
or the Sea, as they do all greac
Vv
acers;
and
Parihu-
•
4n¡,isthat fort ofBird, which abounding in chat Province, gives rhe denomination
to
ic, and is aCountrey rich, fertile and pleafant, and wnere great quantities of
Gold arife, the
Spttniard,,
by rnntraétion, call ic
Parina cocha. Pumatampu
figni-
fies a,Den
ofLlóns,
·Puma
is
a
Lion, and
Tampu
a
Den, becaufe it
is
a Countrey
where ntany Lions are found~
.
.
From
Parihuina Cocha
che
Inca
marched forward, and croífed the .defolate
Countrey of
Coropuna,
where is to
be
feen a moíl: lofty and beautifull Pyramid of
Snow, which die
Jndians
moft próperly call
Huaca,
which amongíl: many other
a_pt
fignifications hath chis of wonderfull; and indeed ir feemed
fo
great to che
fimplicio/
of,the ancient
Jndian,,
tbat they adored and wo_ríhipped it for it_s Bea~ty
and
Emmence. Thence the
Inca
proceeded to che Provmce called
Arnm,
whích
runs
along
as
far ás to the Vale of
Arequepa,
which, as
Bllu Va/era
affirms, fignifies
a
founding Trumper.
·
All thefe Provinces and Nations
Mayta Capac
added to his Empfre, wich
. rnuch eafe to himfelf, and gemlenefs t'owards chofe he fubdued; for they having
generally heard ofche difficu!ties che
Inca
had overcome, and
1
rhe paffages he forced
tbrough inacceffible places, could not imagine, that füch Afüons as theíe were pof–
fible to be performed by any other chao one ofDivine Extrafüon, and defcended
from the Sun, by which opinion they chearfully fubmitted, and became protid of
their fubjeétion:
In
every of which Provinces he continued
fo
long as was requi–
fite, for che fectlement of Aífairs, and peace
~f
che Government; and finding
chat che Vale of
Arequepa,
was defolate, and wichout inhabitants, notwirhíl:anding
thac it was a rnoíl: fruitfull fituation, and an
Air
pure , and ferene , he thereforn
refolved to caufe che Inhabirants of other pares lefs agreeable, which he had con-:
quered to trJnfplant themfelves to chis more commodious and happy foil~ and
fuch effeél: had his perfuaíions on the people, allured by che pleafures ofthar Cli–
mate, and the cornmodioufnefs of the Habitation , that not onely fome Colonies
of the conquered Countries ,.but alfo feveral of che natural Subjefü of che
Inca
traníplanted themfelves to che number ofabout three thoufand Farnilies into rhac
pleafanc Valley, which became che Original of
four
or five difünét Nations, one
of which
is
called
Chimpa,
and another
Sucahuaya:
And having fupplied all placa
with Governours, and neceffary Officers, the
inca
returned
to
Co~co,
having
'.in .
tbis fecond expeditiop fpenc three years time; during which, and
the
former in·
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