The Ynca Yahuar-huaccac having banished his eldest son (whose name while he was prince is not known, because it was entirely superseded by the one which he afterwards bore; for, as they had no letters, these people totally forgot all that was not preserved in their memories by tradition) altogether desisted from wars and the conquest of new provinces, devoting himself exclusively to the peaceful government of his kingdom. He also desired not to lose sight of his son entirely by going far away from him, but to be near him, and watch his conduct; for all the remedies for this evil, such as perpetual imprisonment or disinherison, and the election of another in the prince's place, appeared to be violent and unsafe, owing to their novelty, and to the importance of the case; for it would be equivalent to depriving the Yncas of their deified position as the divine children of the Sun; and the vassals would not consent to the infliction of such a punishment, nor of any other that it might be desired to visit the prince with.

These cares and anxieties deprived the Ynca of all rest for more than three years, during which time nothing occurred worthy of record. In this interval he twice sent four of his relations to visit his empire, directing each to visit certain provinces, and to construct such works as were necessary for his honour and the good of his vassals, such as new aqueducts, depôts, royal houses, bridges, paved roads, fountains, and the like.