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 XVIII - THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST
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
The Ynca was thus occupied for six or seven years, at the end of which time he thought it would be well to turn again to military exercises, and the extension of his dominions. He therefore ordered 20,000 armed men to be assembled, and with four experienced masters of the camp, to march towards Chincha-suyu, which is the northern division; under the command of the prince Ynca Rocca, his son. For the Yncas had not extended their sway in that direction beyond the limits reached by the first Ynca, Manco Ccapac. That boundary was at Rimac-tampu, seven leagues from the city. The northern division, being a rugged and thinly peopled country, the Yncas had not hitherto undertaken its conquest.
The prince and his army set out from Cuzco, reached the river Apurimac, and crossed it in great balsas which had been collected; and, the country being uninhabited, marched onwards to Curahnasi and Amancay, eighteen leagues from Cuzco. The few Indians of that neighbourhood were easily reduced. From the province of Amancay he advanced by the left hand of the high road from Cuzco to Rimac, and crossed the uninhabited region called Ccocha casa, which is twenty-two leagues wide. He then entered the province called Sura, which is populous, and rich in gold and in flocks. Here the Ynca was received peacefully, and obeyed as lord of the country. Thence he passed on to another province called Apucara, where he was also well received; and the reason that these provinces so readily submitted was that, being at enmity with each other, none of them was able singly to resist the Ynca.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 266 - 268Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1869