4000003871

R..oyal

~ommentaries.

BooK

III.

.,. .

CH .A

XII..

The

Inca

fends to

onque-r the

Qg_echuas, ·

who with ·gre_at

willing7:efs

fubmit' ·th,emfelves.

'·~

Inca

having for four years·attended onely t~ the adminiftration'·óf

·Góverriment, and the benefit o{ his Subjeéts, thought

not

fit

to fpend

more time in quietneís and eafe, lefr his Souldiers living in. peace a'nd repofe,

íb,oulcl grow reíl:y and luxurious, and forgetfull of their Military Oifdpüne ;

·wherefore he commanded, that the Souldiery íhould be

a readinefs; ana

Pro- .

viíioris made for

ar againíl: the following year.

· And now the time of entring intó the Field b_eing come, he appointecHiis

Bro–

ther

Auqui Titu

for his Captain-General and four other

Incas

of'·his near~ rela–

tions, who were well prafüfed.i_n the affairs both of War arid Peace, to be Ma–

ior-Generals, every one of which hadan equal íhare of

5000

Meq commitced to

bis charge, and all five of them

.in

joint commiffion commanded the Army : The

defign was to carry on that Conque!} whith they had already begun·in the

Divi–

:fion of

Contifuyu

;

and for a good begirining and ornen to their·fucure '¡:iroceedmgs,

' the

Inca

was pleafed in perfon to accompady them ,as·far as to the Bridge ,oí

Hua-

cachaca

;

where having recommende.d to them the example of bis Ancefiours·as

the pattern for them

follow, he returned again to'.his City óf

Co~co.

· Tbe General, with bis otber Commanders, entred into the Prov_ince called

Cotapampa,

where they were met by the L01·d thereof, accompanied with one of

_,,. his Kinfmen; ·wbo likewife commanded another Countrey called

Cot~nera,

and

bóth_of them Natives of

fJ.!!.echua.

Tbe

.Cac!!f.ues

b:iving intelligence that thé

Inca

had fent án Army ,into their Countrey, aílembled together, and rinanimouíly

refolved

_receive him, as their King and Lord, with all readinefs

for

ba–

ving many aays expeéted and defired bis c~ing, they all upon news of bis ap-

,·proach went forth with Songs and Dances to meet rqe

I,¡ca, Auqui Titu,

making

greac demonfirations of joy and contentrnent, one o(í:hem in behalf of

all

the reír,

expreffing himfelf in this manner:

.Jnca Apu,

(

which fignif.ies General)

thou art

welcome, bec11ufa thou art here ta give.

u..

a new !]eing

1 _

and a:'new Title

being Servants

anti

Subjetf:s to that great Prince; who deriv~s his Pedigree from the Sun:

AmJ,

bect:iufe that

thou art _hú Brother, we honour and adore thee_; 'giving thee to underftand, thát hadft thou

f'lot come in ajhort JPace to have redúced

thú

Service of the

Inca,

we wére a/l refolved

to go the nex.t}ear unto

Cozc9,

-there to have owned and ackz¡owledged our. fe/ves for Ser–

vants of your King

befoeching him (o receive

under hú mighty defence qnd proteélion

;

for thefame of thofe gr~at atqhJroements and miraculom aétions performed

thú O/f-fpring

the

Smi

both in War 1tnd Peace, have ajfeéted

with

fue~

wonder and llf1le towards him,

that eiiery day faerps 4year, untill

enj'oy lhe

honour and privilege

being his Subjeéts:

And indeed hereby we promife our Jelves the happinefs of being de!ivered from the Tyrannies

a~d Cruelties wit.h which our Neigh.bours of

Chanca

and

Idancobualla

havefor manyyears

'f;:orn the times of our Anceftours and Forefáthers moft grievoujly vexed and oppref{ed

·,ir?d/~

thou wilt rece,ive

under thy _proteétion~ our dejires will .be

fulfi/led,

and our ,hap–

pme

fs.

ciJnfumm11ted, and may

thy

Father the Syn rocrmore defend ami preferve thee,

Ha–

v.in

~ fajd th~fe thing~, ~hey made their o _beifance

the

Inca

and his Generals,

ael1

v~ung

.gteat qu.ant1ty of Gold

be fent as a prefent to the

Inca

their Sove–

reign·.' This Province of

Cotapampa,

after the War of

Gonr¡alo Pi9arro,

was the

' port_ibn allotted to

Don Pedro Luys de Cabrera,

a Native of

SeviUe;

and the· Pro--

, vince

CManera,

and '<!nother called

Huamanpallpa,,

of which we fhall have occafion

hereafcer to ~p~ak, was ~he poífeffion

my Maíl:er

Gar9ilaj[o de la Vega,

and was ·

tht fe~ond Dw1dend wh1ch was made m

Pcru

;

and of tbe firíl: we fhall [peak in

its due--place.

anfwer hereunto the General

qui Titú,

and his Capcains, re–

plied in the name of the

Inca

;

that both their defües and affeltionate'expreffions

towards them were very acceptable, and

obliging, that they promifed ro re-

count