Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I MAYTA CCAPAC, THE FOURTH YNCA, ANNEXES TIAHUANACU. OF THE EDIFICES THAT WERE FOUND THERE
- CHAPTER II HATUNPACASA IS REDUCED, AND THEY CONQUER CAC-YAVIRI
- CHAPTER III THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE
- CHAPTER IV THEY REDUCE THREE PROVINCES AND CONQUER OTHERS.—THEY FORM COLONIES.—THOSE WHO USE POISON ARE PUNISHED
- CHAPTER V THE YNCA ACQUIRES THREE NEW PROVINCES, AND CONQUERS IN A VERY HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
- CHAPTER VI THOSE OF HUAYCHU SUBMIT, AND ARE MERCIFULLY PARDONED
- CHAPTER VII THEY REDUCE MANY TOWNS. THE YNCA ORDERS A BRIDGE OF OSIERS TO BE MADE
- CHAPTER VIII MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE
- CHAPTER IX THE YNCA ACQUIRES MANY OTHER GREAT PROVINCES, AND DIES IN PEACE
- CHAPTER X CCAPAC YUPANQUI, THE FIFTH KING, GAINS MANY PROVINCES IN CUNTI-SUYU
- CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE AYMARAS. THE CURACAS ARE PARDONED. LANDMARKS ARE FIXED ON THE BOUNDARIES
- CHAPTER XII THE YNCA SENDS AN ARMY TO CONQUER THE QUECHUAS. THEY ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION, WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT
- CHAPTER XIII THEY CONQUER MANY VALLEYS ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIV TWO GREAT CURACAS REFER THEIR DIFFERENCES TO THE YNCA, AND BECOME HIS SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER XV THEY MAKE A BRIDGE OF STRAW AND TWISTED FIBRES OVER THE DESAGUADERO. CHAYANTA IS CONQUERED
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE CONQUESTS OF FIVE GREAT PROVINCES, BESIDES OTHER SMALLER ONES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIX THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES
- CHAPTER XX A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES
- CHAPTER XXI OF THE CLOISTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND OF THE EDIFICES DEDICATED TO THE MOON, STARS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND RAINBOW
- CHAPTER XXII THE NAME OF THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND TOUCHING OTHER PARTS OF THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PLACES FOR THE SACRIFICES AND THE THRESHOLD WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SANDALS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE. CONCERNING THEIR FOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XXIV OF THE GARDEN OF GOLD, AND OF OTHER COSTLY THINGS IN THE TEMPLE, IN IMITATION OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE TEMPLES OF THAT EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF TITICACA, AND OF THE FABLES AND ALLEGORIES CONCERNING IT
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
CHAPTER III - THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I MAYTA CCAPAC, THE FOURTH YNCA, ANNEXES TIAHUANACU. OF THE EDIFICES THAT WERE FOUND THERE
- CHAPTER II HATUNPACASA IS REDUCED, AND THEY CONQUER CAC-YAVIRI
- CHAPTER III THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE
- CHAPTER IV THEY REDUCE THREE PROVINCES AND CONQUER OTHERS.—THEY FORM COLONIES.—THOSE WHO USE POISON ARE PUNISHED
- CHAPTER V THE YNCA ACQUIRES THREE NEW PROVINCES, AND CONQUERS IN A VERY HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
- CHAPTER VI THOSE OF HUAYCHU SUBMIT, AND ARE MERCIFULLY PARDONED
- CHAPTER VII THEY REDUCE MANY TOWNS. THE YNCA ORDERS A BRIDGE OF OSIERS TO BE MADE
- CHAPTER VIII MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE
- CHAPTER IX THE YNCA ACQUIRES MANY OTHER GREAT PROVINCES, AND DIES IN PEACE
- CHAPTER X CCAPAC YUPANQUI, THE FIFTH KING, GAINS MANY PROVINCES IN CUNTI-SUYU
- CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE AYMARAS. THE CURACAS ARE PARDONED. LANDMARKS ARE FIXED ON THE BOUNDARIES
- CHAPTER XII THE YNCA SENDS AN ARMY TO CONQUER THE QUECHUAS. THEY ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION, WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT
- CHAPTER XIII THEY CONQUER MANY VALLEYS ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIV TWO GREAT CURACAS REFER THEIR DIFFERENCES TO THE YNCA, AND BECOME HIS SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER XV THEY MAKE A BRIDGE OF STRAW AND TWISTED FIBRES OVER THE DESAGUADERO. CHAYANTA IS CONQUERED
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE CONQUESTS OF FIVE GREAT PROVINCES, BESIDES OTHER SMALLER ONES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIX THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES
- CHAPTER XX A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES
- CHAPTER XXI OF THE CLOISTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND OF THE EDIFICES DEDICATED TO THE MOON, STARS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND RAINBOW
- CHAPTER XXII THE NAME OF THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND TOUCHING OTHER PARTS OF THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PLACES FOR THE SACRIFICES AND THE THRESHOLD WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SANDALS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE. CONCERNING THEIR FOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XXIV OF THE GARDEN OF GOLD, AND OF OTHER COSTLY THINGS IN THE TEMPLE, IN IMITATION OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE TEMPLES OF THAT EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF TITICACA, AND OF THE FABLES AND ALLEGORIES CONCERNING IT
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
Summary
Being brought before the Ynca, they threw themselves on the ground and adored him, with great acclamations, as a child of the Sun. The common people having done this, the Curacas arrived, and with the veneration that they are accustomed to show, addressed the Ynca thus—“We entreat your majesty to pardon these people, and if it is desirable that more should die, we shall consider our own deaths to be fortunate if these soldiers can be spared, for we gave them a bad example in resisting the Ynca.” They also prayed for pardon for the women, old men, and children, who had committed no crime. The chiefs said that they alone were criminal, and that, therefore, they should atone for all.
The Ynca received them, seated on his chair, and surrounded by his warriors; and having heard the address of the Curacas, he ordered that their hands should be untied, and the ropes removed from their necks, in token of the pardon that he had granted them. He then, with kind words, told them that he had not come to take their lives and property, but to do them good, to teach them to lead reasonable lives according to the law of nature, and, abandoning idols, to worship the Sun as god, to whom they were indebted for this forgiveness. He then granted their lands and vassals to them afresh, without other condition than that they should rule beneficently.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 215 - 217Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010