The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

( 301) . Royal Commen~ades~ BOOK VIII. · C H A P. · I. The Conquefl of tb~ Provinc'e Huacrachq~, and whence that Natne was derived. . T . HE Greac T#pac Jifloa YnpanrJúi (whofe·Name of. 'Í'ufac fignifie.s BrighmefS and Splentlour, and indeed the greatnefs of his At- chie¡ements deferve n0 lefs a Title) fo foon as his Father was , dead, took upon him the 1.i:oloured Wrearh, and havin·g coril~ plied wittfu nhe Obfequ¡es, Rires, and, Funer~l Ceremonies ano . Safillifices due to che meinory of deceafed Kings, ill' which he' fpient th~ fiill: Year of bis Reign, he took ai Progrefs into the feveral Kingdoms and Provivrces ofhis fanpire ;. für it was the coníl:ant.Cufrome of the young Heir, fo foon as he carne to his8©vereignty, to íbew hirnfelf to his Subje&, that they might both: know arnd lcwe· bis Perfon, and that both. the publick Counfellers in Provililces, .and particular Perfons might have opportunities to reprefent their Aggrievances perfOJ.i1ally to the King., whereby the Judges and Miniíl:ers of Ju- füce might with more care perfonp their Duties, fearing to tyranize and opprefs tbe people. '· . . ., . Having,imthefe Journtes and VHiwi0ms-pafféd four long'· yeats, with which his f)eople r.emainé¿¡· highly fatisfied and contented, he decreed that fourty thoufand Meo fh01:1lcrl, be- raifed, a¡:¡d put in Arms aga!níl:' che folldwitilg Year, that fo he .might proreed forward in the Conqueíl:s and .Defigns which ~is .Ahceítours had Ji!rojeéted. The great pretence on which the Inw <lid moíl: av51il thernfelves, and chat whicfl beft covered tbe.Ambition they cónceived for enlargernent of the Em- pire, was a Zeal towards the Welfare of the Índians, who[e unhumane and beíl:ial ' Cuíl:oms they' deftred to reform, and irnprove to a more moral and political way· of living, and to a k¡:¡o_wledge and worlliip of bis Father the Sun, whorrí they ownecd and proolairned for their God. ·, . The Army. being -raifect, and all things pm in ordet far this Defign, and a Go:. vemour appointed íor-Rmle of nhe City, the Inca took bis march by wa,y óf Caf{i- irJarca, intending. tO invade tbe Province of Chaohapuya, which, as Bias Va/era fays; . flgnifies the ·Countrey of íl:out Men; ill l,le!} Eaíl:wárd from Cajfamarca, the Men being·very valiant; and:, the Women beatitifull. . Thcife Cháchapfljas adored Ser'"'. pents, arrd worlhipped the Bird Cuntltr f©r tl:leir principal God; on repott of which tbe Inca .t'upacYupanqui was greatly moved to reduce this Province to his Empire, being farnolis in feverál refpe& , bue th€approa€h t6 i:t was diffi cult, rhe _ . füúa tioó