TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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[Chap. IV.]—Which treats of what the Indians of this kingdom saytouching the state of things before the Incas were known, and howthey had fortresses in the hills, whence they came forth to make warone with another | [2] |
[Chap. V.]—Touching what these natives say concerning the Ticiviracocha;of the opinion held by some that an Apostle passed throughthis land, and of the temple there is in Cáchan; also what happenedthere | [5] |
[Chap. VI.]—How certain men and women appeared in Pacarec Tampu,and what they relate touching their proceedings after they came forthfrom there | [11] |
[Chap. VII.]—How the brothers, being in Tampu-Quiru, beheld himwhom they had shut up in the cave by deceit, come forth with wings;and how he told them that he went to found the great city of Cuzco;and how they departed from Tampu-Quiru | [16] |
[Chap. VIII.]—How Manco Capac, when he saw that his brothers hadbeen turned into stones, went to a valley where he met some people;and how he founded and built the ancient and very rich city ofCuzco, which was the capital of the whole empire of the Incas | [22] |
[Chap. IX.]—In which notice is given to the reader of the reason thatthe author, leaving the account of the succession of the kings, prefersto explain the government of the people, their laws, and customs | [24] |
[Chap. X.]—How the lord, after he had assumed the fringe of sovereignty,was married to his sister the Coya, which is the name of theQueen, and how it was permitted that he should have many women,although among them all the Coya alone was the legitimate and principalwife | [26] |
[Chap. XI.]—How it was the custom among the Incas that they celebratedin their songs, and by making statues of those who werevalorous and extended the bounds of the empire, and performed anyother deed worthy of memory; while those who were negligent orcowardly received little notice | [28] |
[Chap. XII.]—How they had chroniclers to record their deeds, and ofthe Quipos, what they were, and what we see of them | [32] |
[Chap. XIII.]—How the lords of Peru were beloved on the one hand,and feared on the other, by all their subjects; and how no one, even agreat lord of very ancient lineage, could come into the presence,except with a burden, in token of great obedience | [36] |
[Chap. XIV.]—How the riches possessed by the king were very great,and how the sons of the lord were ordered always to be in attendanceat court | [39] |
[Chap. XV.]—How they built the edifices for the lords, and the royalroad along which to travel over the kingdom | [42] |
[Chap. XVI.]—How and in what manner they made the royal hunts forthe lords of Peru | [45] |
[Chap. XVII.]—Which treats of the order maintained by the Incas, andhow in many parts they made the waste places fertile, by the arrangementsthey made for that purpose | [47] |
[Chap. XVIII.]—Which treats of the order they adopted in the paymentsof tribute by the provinces to the kings, and of the system bywhich the tribute was regulated | [51] |
[Chap. XIX.]—How the kings of Cuzco ordered that every year anaccount should be taken of all persons who died and were bornthroughout their dominions; also how all men worked, and how nonecould be poor by reason of the storehouses | [57] |
[Chap. XX.]—How governors were appointed to the provinces; and ofthe manner in which the kings visited their dominions, and how theybore, for their arms, certain waving serpents with sticks | [59] |
[Chap. XXI.]—How the posts of the kingdom were arranged | [64] |
[Chap. XXII.]—How the Mitimaes were established, and of the differentkinds of them, and how they were highly esteemed by theIncas | [67] |
[Chap. XXIII.]—Of the great preparations that were made when thelords set out from Cuzco on warlike expeditions; and how robberswere punished | [72] |
[Chap. XXIV.]—How the Incas ordered the people to form settledtowns, dividing the lands concerning which there was any dispute,and how it was ordered that all should speak the language ofCuzco | [75] |
[Chap. XXV.]—How the Incas were free from the abominable sin, andfrom other evil customs which have been seen to prevail in the worldamong other princes | [78] |
[Chap. XXVI.]—How the Incas employed councillors and executors ofjustice, and of their method of reckoning time | [81] |
[Chap. XXVII.]—Which treats of the riches of the temple of Curicancha,and of the veneration in which the Incas held it | [83] |
[Chap. XXVIII.]—Which treats of the other principal temples, and oftheir names | [87] |
[Chap. XXIX.]—How the Capacocha was made, and to what extent itwas practised by the Incas; by which is to be understood the giftsand offerings that were made to idols | [91] |
[Chap. XXX.]—How they made great festivities and sacrifices at thegrand and solemn feast called Hatun Raymi | [94] |
[Chap. XXXI.]—Of the second king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco,named Sinchi Roca | [99] |
[Chap. XXXII.]—Of the third king who reigned in Cuzco, namedLloque Yupanqui | [102] |
[Chap. XXXIII.]—Of the fourth king who reigned at Cuzco, namedMayta Capac, and of what happened during his reign | [105] |
[Chap. XXXIV.]—Of the fifth king who reigned at Cuzco, named CapacYupanqui | [107] |
[Chap. XXXV.]—Of the sixth king who reigned in Cuzco, and of whathappened in his time; and of the fable or history they relate touchingthe river that passes through the midst of the city of Cuzco | [111] |
[Chap. XXXVI.]—Of the seventh king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco,named Inca Yupanqui | [115] |
[Chap. XXXVII.]—How, when this Inca wanted to make war in theprovince of Collao, a certain disturbance arose in Cuzco; and howthe Chancas conquered the Quichuas, and got possession of theirdominions | [117] |
[Chap. XXXVIII.]—How the Orejones considered who should be Inca,and what passed until Viracocha Inca assumed the fringe, who wasthe eighth Inca that reigned | [120] |
[Chap. XXXIX.]—How Viracocha Inca threw a stone of fire with asling at Caitomarca, and how they made reverence | [124] |
[Chap. XL.]—How a tyrant rose up in Cuzco, and of the disturbancehe caused. Of the chastisement of certain Mamaconas for having,contrary to their religion, used their bodies uncleanly; and howViracocha returned to Cuzco | [127] |
[Chap. XLI.]—How ambassadors from the tyrants of Collao came toCuzco, and of the departure of Viracocha Inca for the Collao | [130] |
[Chap. XLII.]—How Viracocha Inca passed by the province of theCanches and Canas, and marched until he entered the territory ofthe Collao, and of what happened between Cari and Zapana | [133] |
[Chap. XLIII.]—How Cari returned to Chucuito; of the arrival of theInca Viracocha; and of the peace that was agreed to betweenthem | [136] |
[Chap. XLIV.]—How Inca Urco was received as supreme ruler of thewhole empire, and assumed the crown at Cuzco, and how the Chancasdetermined to come forth and make war on those of Cuzco | [138] |
[Chap. XLV.]—How the Chancas arrived at the city of Cuzco andpitched their camp there, and of the terror of the inhabitants, and thegreat valour of Inca Yupanqui | [141] |
[Chap. XLVI.]—How Inca Yupanqui was received as king, the name ofInca being taken from Inca Urco; and how the new sovereign madea peace with Hastu Huaraca | [144] |
[Chap. XLVII.]—How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, leavingLloque Yupanqui as Governor, and of what happened | [147] |
[Chap. XLVIII.]—How the Inca returned to Vilcas, and besieged therocky fastness where the enemy had taken refuge | [150] |
[Chap. XLIX.]—How Inca Yupanqui ordered Lloque Yupanqui to proceedto the valley of Xauxa, and to bring under his dominion theHuancas and the Yauyos, their neighbours, with other nations inthat direction | [153] |
[Chap. L.]—How the captains of the Inca left Xauxa, and what happened;and how Ancoallo departed from among them | [156] |
[Chap. LI.]—How the Royal House of the Sun was founded on a hilloverlooking Cuzco towards the north, which the Spaniards usuallycall the Fortress; and its wonderful construction, and the size of thestones that are to be seen there | [160] |
[Chap. LII.]—How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco and marched tothe Collao, and of what happened there | [165] |
[Chap. LIII.]—How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and what hedid | [168] |
[Chap. LIV.]—How the Inca Yupanqui, having grown very old, resignedthe government of the kingdom to Tupac Inca, his son | [171] |
[Chap. LV.]—How the Collas asked for peace, and how the Inca grantedit and returned to Cuzco | [174] |
[Chap. LVI.]—How Tupac Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and howhe conquered all the country from thence to Quito; and touching hisgreat deeds | [177] |
[Chap. LVII.]—How the Inca sent from Quito to know whether hiscommands had been obeyed, and how, leaving that province in goodorder, he set out to go to the valleys of the Yuncas | [182] |
[Chap. LVIII.]—How Tupac Inca Yupanqui marched by the coast valleys,and how all the Yuncas came under his dominion | [185] |
[Chap. LIX.]—How Tupac Inca again set out from Cuzco, and of thefierce war he waged with those of Huarco; and how, after he hadconquered them, he returned to Cuzco | [189] |
[Chap. LX.]—How Tupac Inca once more set out from Cuzco, and howhe went to the Collao and from thence to Chile, subjugating the nationsin that direction; and of his death | [194] |
[Chap. LXI.]—How Huayna Capac reigned in Cuzco, who was thetwelfth King Inca | [197] |
[Chap. LXII.]—How Huayna Capac departed from Cuzco, and what hedid | [199] |
[Chap. LXIII.]—How Huayna Capac again ordered that an army shouldbe assembled, and how he set out for Quito | [204] |
[Chap. LXIV.]—How Huayna Capac entered the country of the Bracamoros,and returned flying, and of the other events that happeneduntil he arrived at Quito | [208] |
[Chap. LXV.]—How Huayna Capac marched through the coast valleys,and what he did | [211] |
[Chap. LXVI.]—How, when Huayna Capac was about to march fromQuito, he sent forward certain of his captains, who returned flyingbefore the enemy, and what he did in consequence | [214] |
[Chap. LXVII.]—How Huayna Capac assembled all his power, gavebattle to his enemies, and defeated them: and of the great crueltywith which he treated them | [217] |
[Chap. LXVIII.]—How the King Huayna Capac returned to Quito;and how he knew of the arrival of the Spaniards on the coast; and ofhis death | [220] |
[Chap. LXIX.]—Of the lineage and character of Huascar and Atahualpa | [224] |
[Chap. LXX.]—How Huascar was acknowledged as king in Cuzco, afterthe death of his father | [226] |
[Chap. LXXI.]—How the differences between Huascar and Atahualpabegan, and how great battles were fought between them | [229] |
[Chap. LXXII.]—How Atahualpa set out from Quito with his armyand captains, and how he gave battle to Atoc in the villages ofAmbato | [231] |
[Chap. LXXIII.]—How Huascar sent new captains and troops againsthis enemy; and how Atahualpa arrived at Tumebamba, where he perpetratedgreat cruelties; also what happened between him and thecaptains of Huascar | [233] |
| [Index.] | |
| [Names of Places and Tribes]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[F],[G],[H],[J],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[X],[Y],[Z] | [237] |
| [Quichua words]:[A],[C],[H],[I],[L],[M],[N],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[Y],[Z] | [240] |
| [Names of Indians and Gods]:[A],[C],[G],[H],[I],[L],[M],[N],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[Y],[Z] | [242] |
| [Names of Spaniards]:[A],[B],[C],[E],[G],[H],[L],[M],[O],[P],[R],[S],[T],[U],[V],[Z] | [244] |
| [General Index]:[A],[B],[C],[D],[E],[F],[G],[H],[I],[J],[K],[L],[M],[O],[P],[Q],[R],[S],[V] | [245] |
| [In the Index, “i” refers to the volume containing the First Part of theChronicle of Cieza de Leon; and “ii”, to the present volume.] | |
DEDICATION.
———
TO
ANDRES AVELINO CACERES
(General of Brigade in the Peruvian Army),
And to his gallant companions in arms, now heroically defending their native country against fearful odds, I dedicate this edition of the narrative of that scholarly soldier, Pedro de Cieza de Leon, who warmly sympathised with the people of the land of the Yncas, advocated their cause, and denounced their wrongs.
The natives of the valley of Xauxa, descendants of the Huancas mentioned by Cieza de Leon, have suffered most cruelly from the inroads of the Chilian soldiery, and on this classic ground the brave Caceres and his little army have striven to protect these people from robbery and outrage. Cieza de Leon mentions a fact relating to the Huancas of the Xauxa valley, which gives us a high estimate of their civilization. The cruelties and robberies of the Spanish conquerors, whose deeds are now outdone by their Chilian imitators, would have led to the complete destruction of the natives if it had not been for the excellent order and concert of their polity. They made an agreement among themselves that if an army of Spaniards passed through any of their districts, and did such damage as would be caused by the destruction of growing crops, by the sacking of houses, and other mischief of still worse kinds, the accountants should keep careful records of the injury done. The accounts were then examined and checked; and if one district had lost more than another, those which had suffered less made up part of the difference; so that the burden was shared equally by all.[1]
It is among the descendants of these Huancas that the Chilians are now committing havoc. With the Peruvians, with the men who are fighting in the noblest of all causes—the defence of their Fatherland—with General Caceres and his companions in arms, must be the hearty sympathies and best wishes of all who hate wrong and love patriotic devotion. Through that devotion, through the sacrifices and self-denials entailed upon the unfortunate people of the land of the Yncas, may be seen those rays of light which break the black cloud now hanging over the country and the race described by Cieza de Leon in the following pages.
May his narrative excite the interest of many readers, and so enlist sympathy for the descendants of that people whose story he tells so well.