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Royal
Commentaries.
BooK
III.
ferve. And chus ,he
Inca
having finifhed this work, which he eíl:eemed·Jufficienc
for that year~ ..ind·more than was expe4ed , he ·returntd
to
Co:uo,
acrnmpanied
with rhe cwo
Caciques,
who _were cunous
to
fee _che fplendor of che
lndian
Court, .__
where chey were kindly rece1ved, and created ~1ch 'Banqu~ts aod Sports; and b~- •
caufe it was pleafincr
to
che
Inca,
che whole C1ty endeavoured
C:9
honour and ca–
refs rhem with ali che demonílrations imaginable of Civilicy and Refpeét. After
fome days chus paífed, !~e gave them li~ercy
to
recurn into c~eir own Domi~ions,
being greatly facisfied wuh the entercammenr they had t'e<;:e1ved, and at their de–
partÚre he gave them to unqeríl:and, that he inrended fpeedily
to
vifü their Coun–
tries again, that
fo
he might reduce chofe
Jndians
which inhabited the pares be–
yond chem, and thac·therefore they fhou~tmake fuch proviÍlOns as were neceffa-
ry for the fuppor~
~n~
maincenance of bis \rmy aad Atcendance. ·
. _
1
CH A P.
XV.
Of the Bridge made with Straw, Rujbes cmd Flags; and
how
Chayanta
was reduced at thar place where the Lak._e
empties it felf.
'
T .
HE
Inca, C;1pac Yupanqui'
was.
ío
much P!eafed \ icl~ the convenience and
fuccefs of che laíl: Bridge, wh1ch (as we fa1d) was bmlt at
Huacl(chaca,
over
che River of
Apurimac,
thac he ordered anorher of rhe like .forc to be made ac rhac
place where rhe Lake ·
dca
empties ic íelf, chac ío ic mighc be in a readinefs
againíl: che time chac he intended to recw-n to complete his Conqueíl:s in che Di–
viíion of
Collafuyu;
and becaufe chofe Countries were .plain, and com01odious for
rbe march ofan Army, the
lncM
were unquiec. umili chey could make a complete
and encire Conqueíl: of all chac DiviÍlon. The Bridge of
H11acac~aca,
as alfo all
rhe ochers wfiich are _in
Pern,
_
are ma9e of Ofier,, ~nely rhac which p~ífes che
~
a–
ter called by che
Spamards, The
Conduit,
becaufe 1t 1s che vem by whICh che Lake
empties
it
felf, is made ·of Flags and Rufhes, and fuch like materials: Thís
paffes over che w3ter, as thac ac
Sevi/Le,_
which is mad~ upon Boacs, and is not .
arched, as chat we have formerly mennoned. There 1s a fort of Rufhes which
grow over all-P,r11, rhac are of a fine and pUant íort, convenienr and eafie to
weave with, che
Jndiam
cal!
chem
Yehu,
wlüch they
u[e
in th:1tching their Houfes.
That fort which grows in
Co/Lao
is excellem feeding for che Cacee],·and of which
chey make cheir Baskets and Hampers, like little Cheíl:s wich covers, (callea by
them
Pataca¡)
and hereofalfo chey make Cords a_nd Ropes; che beíl: fort oft!iefe
Rufhes grows
in
che River which falls from che Lake
Titicaca ,
whereof
rhere
is
great abundañce, as alfo of Flags and Bulrufhes, arid a fort called
Ene.1.
The
Jn–
dians
cut great quancities hereof, at che proper feafons of che year, of which che~,
make provifiom, to be dried aod prepared for fervice of che Bridge,
as
occafions
fhall require. Wirh chefe Ru(hes chey cwiíled four greac Ropes, as big as a Man's
Leg, nvo of which chey caíl: over the River, and faíl:ened chem on each fide:
This water on che top or
fuperficies
of it, f~ems íl:ill and quier, bm towards
the
bottom runs wich a ílrong currem, as fomeJay chat ha\·e made an experiment
of
it.
Thefe Ropes, or Cable$, which ferve in che place ofBoars, are covered {vith
great bun~les of Flags and Rufhes, ali twilled and twined one within che ocher;
and over chefe chey chrow che other cwo great Ropes,
to
keep down and füeng–
r.hen che whole work; over chefe Ropes chey caíl: greac quancities ofRufhes, cwi–
ned itito leífer cords, abouc che bignefs of a M~n's Arme, woven one wichin che
ocher, and rnade fo firm and clofe, chat neirher che trampling of Beaíl:s or che
f.eec of Men can break or diforder chem: Thefe ímaller cords the
Spani,;rds
call
-
the