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BooK
III.
Royal
Commentaries.
Tbe
CurACM
replied, That tluey wonld füftcerely obey hrs M¡jefi~,~ and chac ,ooc
of a re[peét cbey bore c9
h.isService, tney promi[ed ·no
.be
his
trué
frientls and
faichfull
Allies.
Afrerwaoo ithe1e
CaciqHn, Cari
"and
Chz'.pana,
being
fa
prívate togerser, enrred
into Difoourfe ~oncerning che Laws of the
Inca,
che Govemment ·of his Hou
aud Court, and the rare maminiO:ration of Jufüce throughi his whiole Kingdom ,
where no fajw-y o_r Offeoce paffed witbouc puniíhmem; but more paroicularly
they ob[erved che gencle compulfion and
fofc
violence he u[ed in lilis
War,
as
al–
fo
che fü,eemefs of
h.iscemper, and lmpartial Bebavtour towards thern botlu;
~11
which being rare and aclmirable evideri~ l()f his Excellenc.ies and Vermes, they
both refolved, afi:etfome fhort conference cogether,
to
yield themfelves and Sub,.
je& to che Service aod Devotion of che
Inca.
And hereuntb they \•1ere more eafi,.
ly
íncli'ned, becau[e chey perceived rbac che
Inca
began
to
approach _near
to
chem,
and to have bis Confines concigu_eus wirh their Fronriers, and therefor~ confide:
red that ir was good
to
make
a
~
ertue of Neceffity, and feem
to
doe tha_t out
of Choice and free Will, rarher than by being compelled to whac is i.rrefiíl:ible,
loofe
ali
che merit of a voluritary Submiffion. With this Refolurion prefenting
chemfelves befare che
Inca,
they implored His Majeíl:y's Proteltion, vowing unto
him ali Homage and Obedience, defiring alfo that he would be plfafed to [end
Inílruétors ro tbem, ~ ho mighc direét chem and their Subjeéts iri the Laws of
his Father che Sun, ·and inform chem of all particulars which may be requifüe
for
his
fervice.
.
In
éfnfwer whereunto the
Inca
told chem, That he accepted their good Intenti·
ons, and would wacch
all
occaíions
to
requice them ; · chen he commanded chac
fuch Veíl:s íhould be given· to che
Cacique1,
as he him[elf wore, and to cheir
Kindred and Attendance, Garments of
a
cour[er Thread, '
for
which , they
made many acknowl~dgments. of Duty and 'Obligation.
In
chis mannef che
Inca
reduced tho[e [everal PeoP,le and Provinces to his Empire , whid1
wichin
the
Diviíion of
Co!Laf qyu
were fubjeéted
to
che Pominion of chofe
C;,;–
ciq_ue1.
Morem1er he added to thefe nej,1/
Conqueíl:s che
Countries
of
Poco,
Atd,
Muru, Maccha, Caracar11,
ancd all chofe other Provinces which ·run as far
Eafi- .
ward
as
che great Mountain of
Antú,·
togecher with ali thac waíle and defarc
Councrey which reaches to the borders of that Prnvi
which is called
Tapac-ri,
and now by the
Spaniards Tapacari,
containing in bréa th thirty Leagues; and by
reafon of rbe coldnefs of ir is much unpeopled; howfoever it is fruitfull in
pa–
fiures ,· and abounds wich all fort G>f Cacee! and wild Beaíls, and is
full
of Foun–
tains; and particularly :there is one Spring of\:Vater, iífuíng from Mines of Sul–
phur,
fo
hot, that none can fuffer bis hand in ic for
a
moments [pace; and yet
what is
füll
mor~ ob[ervable, there a1:e ocher Spri:tigs, no't far from thence, of
cold and pleafant Waters, boch ,,vhich meeting afcenvards togecher, make that
,River, which is called
Cochapampa.
.
Having traveríed chis deíart Countrey, which abounds, (as we have faid) with
Fountains and P.1íl:ures, chere appears a Mounrain, which de[cends for feven
Leagues, and leads to che plain of che Provine~
Tapacri,
where my
Máaer'Garfi·
laf[o de
/11,
Pega,
had
his
firíl:
proportion allotted to him in che Lands of
Feru:
Ic
is
a
Countrey.very fruicfull
and
populou·s, ílored with ali Cores of Cartel, for the
[pace of twency Leagues in length, ami about cwelve in breadth: About eight
L~esfarther, is chat moíl: pleafant Province of
CocJ;apampa,
which is a Valley
.ofthirty Leagués long, and
four
broad, all which is made .fiuitfull' by a plenti•
full
River, that wacers che whole Countrey: The[e cwo pleafanc Prbv-i.nces,
wi:th
divers others, were che inheritance of
Cari
and
ChiJana,
(
as befare relaced) and
were now added
to
che Dominion and Empire of che
lnca1- ,
excending fevency
Leagues in length.
.
·
,
fo
chefe parts, becau[e chey were pJeafant and fertile, che
Spaniard1
in che
Y
ear
1
5'75'.
féttled a Colony, which they called
St. Peter ofCarqem;a,
fo
named by che
chiefand firíl: Planter chereof, ,yho was a Gentleman, and a Native of
Burgos,
cal·
led
Capta.inLewis Oforio.
'
The Matters ofchefe t~o
Caciques
being in this manner ordered and difpo[ed,
the
Inca
commanded cwo of bis principal Oflkers to make a furvey oftheir Coun–
tries, and
to
cake with chem fuch Perfons as were proper and able
to
govern chofe
new Subjeéts, and iníl:ruét and te:ich them in
che Laws
they
were
now to ob-
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