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.

BooK VIII. Royal Commentaries. CH A P. V. O[ the Conquefl of the Province of Cannari; of its E.iche! a~d Temple. ·;. ! " T Vpac Yupanqui marcbed to the Province Cannari, and iri his way conquered ai1 that tralt of groi.md which is named Falta, from whence, and from the low and warm Vallies, t hey car ried unto Co:{.co, that pleafant Fruit which is called P alta; che which Countrey, rhough rhe people thereof were fierce and warlike, yet the Incll.f' eafily overcame, alluring them with fair words, and kind ufage and treatment into a fubmillion. The device, or·diíl:inétion of this Nation, was a certain littfo Tablet; which fo foon ás a Child was born, they bouhd on his forehead, and ano~ ther on the nape of bis neck, which every day they bound harder and harder, kee~ ping it on untill he was three years of Age ; by which time taking it off, it_ had brought the head into a moíl: ugly and deformed fhape ; they always carried their . Children at their backs; fo thatwhen they faw an l ndian with a broader,and flat" ter forehead thán was ufual, and the nape ofhis neck wide and _broad, they would in derifion call him.Pa!ta Vma, or Falta Pate. And hete the Inca having fettled and eíl:ablifhed all things neceífary for the relígious and fecular Governmenr, he prdceeded wich his Arrny to the borders of Cannaru,from whence he difpatched his accuíl:omary Summons, that eirher they fhould fubmit, and yield, or prepare for \iVar. Thefe offers of Peace being tendered, occafioned fome debates amcmgíl: the Cannarians; but ai lengtb, aftervariety ofopinions in the éafe, it was generally, and by the major pare agreed ro fübrnit, concluding themfelves unable w mc¡ke re~íl:e nce, a nd thereupon full of joy and fefüval, they wem to make tender oftheit fervice a.nd obedience to che Inca; after whofe example the Curacas caq¡~ in, and with much readinefs paid their homage and duty, The Inca received.. ~hem with much comrnendation and praife, commanding that füch Cloth~ and V ~íl:rr:ienrs íhould be given them, as were neceífary and cppvenient for them; and, &~at fome courfe fhould be taken to iníl:ruét them in the Doél:r'ine and Religious Worfhip of the Sun,. and in chat Po\ritical way of Government by:LaV'.-sJ which was praétifed by the Incas : ·For before this time the Cannarians ador~d , díe Moon for tneir prin- ripal God, and after that Great Trees and Scone~j wlü~h were rare, and not com- mon, efpecially the J afpat ; bue having rece~ved the Doétrine of the Sun, there' Wa5 aTemple immediately built, and dedica~ed to birn, and aBoufe.ofSeleét Vir- gins, with many Palaces for tbe Kings. : They ereéted alfo .Houí€s to reeeive the ~oyal Stores, and the ~ornrnon Proy.i.fi0ns of the people ; they ~nlarged alfo tbeir Arable Grounds and Paíl:urage, they made Aqueduéts and Chanels to convey their wat,er ; in fhort, they made the farne improvements in this, as in all other Coun- tries which were fübdued by the/noa, and with better fücceís, becaufe che goodnefs · ofche Soil was füch, as produced ali manner ofFruit in great abundance; which the Cannarians obferv~ng, were o;mch fatisfied with che change of their condition and va!falage, proving ever afrerwards very good Subjeéts, which chey tefüfied by their Loyalty in the time 9[ the Civil Wars between Huafear and Atahualpa : 'Ihough afterwards, when the Spaniards carne ihj one of che Cttnnaríai-is fled over to their fide, after whofe example ali his Countrey~nen affeéted the Spaniards, áñd gé- teíl:ed .the Inca~,, a~ we fhall hereafter dedare .in irs due plac@, it being the cuíl:ome ofth_eWorld m ta~e part with che íl:rongeíl: fide. The Inca T.upac: having reduced the Cannarians to his Dominion, rook e[p~cial Gare to fatisfie and content the feveral .People and Nations which were under ~hat . denG>rnination ; ~nd to oblige them che more, he refolved,to alliíl: by himfelf in Perfon,: in reachi~g . a~d iníl:niéting rhem in the Poétrine of his Idolatry, and che Laws.of his Government; in the inculca7 ting of which, he fpent much time and labour ;·fo that ar length they remained well d l:ab!ifhed andfettled in peace and quieme~: Upon report of which, malily _~~her ' · Provmces, ñm as yet fubdued, took fuch akindneís to the Governmem ofthe Inca, thát