Having taken possession of his kingdom, and visited it in person, the Ynca Lloque Yupanqui proposed to extend its limits, and for this purpose he ordered 6000 or 7000 men of war to be assembled, so that he might advance with more power and authority than his predecessors; for more than seventy years had passed since they became kings, and it seemed to him that all their policy should not be one of prayer and persuasion, but that arms and power should form a part, at least with those who were stubborn and pertinacious. He nominated two of his uncles to be masters of the camp, and others of his relations as commanders and councillors. Then, instead of the road of Umasuyu, which his father had followed in his expeditions, he took that of Urcosuyu. These two roads diverge at Chuncara, and, passing through the district called Collasuyu, surround the great lake of Titicaca.

As soon as the Ynca had crossed his own frontier, he entered a great province called Cana, and sent messages to the inhabitants, requiring them to submit to and obey the child of the Sun, abandoning their own vain and evil sacrifices, and bestial customs. The Canas desired to take their time in informing themselves respecting all that the Ynca desired them to do, what sort of laws they were to obey, and what Gods to worship. As soon as they understood these things, they replied that they were content to worship the Sun, to obey the Ynca, and to keep his laws and customs, because they appeared better than their own.