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 VIII - MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE
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
As soon as he knew that the bridge was completed, the Ynca commenced his march with 12,000 armed men and experienced officers, and advanced as far as the bridge, where there was a strong guard stationed, in case an enemy should attempt to destroy it. But the people were so astonished at this new work, that they desired to receive the prince who had ordered it to be erected as their lord.
For the Indians of Peru, in those times, and even until the arrival of the Spaniards, were so simple, that any one who invented a new thing was readily recognised by them as a child of the Sun. Thus it was that, when they saw the Spaniards fighting on the backs of animals so ferocious as horses appeared to them to be, and when they beheld them killing people at a distance of two or three hundred paces, they looked upon such men as gods. Owing mainly to these two things, but also to other novel things that they beheld, the Indians held the Spaniards to be children of the Sun, and they submitted to them with little opposition; and they show the same wonder and awe whenever the Spaniards introduce a new thing which they have never seen before, such as mills grinding wheat, ploughing with oxen, or making masonry arches for the bridges. They say that, by reason of all these things, it is fitting that they should serve the Spaniards. In the time of the Ynca Mayta Ccapac their simplicity was even greater.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 228 - 230Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869