Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- DEDICATION TO GENERAL CACERES
- INTRODUCTION
- Fragment of Chapter III
- CHAP. IV Which treats of what the Indians of this kingdom say touching the state of things before the Incas ware known, and how they had fortresses in the hills, whence they came forth to make war one with another
- CHAP. V Touching what these natives say concerning the Ticiviracocha; of the opinion held by some that an Apostle passed through this land, and of the temple there is in Cachan; also what happened there
- CHAP. VI How certain men and women appeared in Pacarec Tampu, and what they relate touching their proceedings after they came forth from there
- CHAP. VII How the brothers, being in Tampu-Quiri, beheld him whom they had shut up in the cave by deceit, come forth with wings; and how he told them that he went to found the great city of Cuzco; and how they departed from Tampu-Quiru
- CHAP. VIII How Manco Capac, when he saw that his brothers had been turned into stones, went to a valley where he met some people; and how he founded and built the ancient and very rich city of Cuzco, which was the capital of the whole empire of the Incas
- CHAP. IX In which notice is given to the reader of the reason that the author, leaving the account of the succession of the kings, prefers to explain the government of the people, their laws, and customs
- CHAP. X How the lord, after he had assumed the fringe of sovereignty, was married to his sister the Coya, which is the name of the Queen, and how it was permitted that he should have many women, although among them all the Coya alone was the legitimate and principal wife
- CHAP. XI How it was the custom among the Incas that they celebrated in their songs, and by making statues of those who were valorous and extended the bounds of the empire, and performed any other deed worthy of memory; while those who were negligent or cowardly received little notice
- CHAP. XII How they had chroniclers to record their deeds, and of the Quipos, what they were, and what we see of them
- CHAP. XIII How the lords of Peru were beloved on the one hand, and feared on the other, by all their subjects; and how no one, even a great lord of very ancient lineage, could come into the presence, except with a burden, in token of great obedience
- CHAP. XIV How the riches possessed by the king were very great, and how the sons of the lord were ordered always to be in attendance at court
- CHAP. XV How they built the edifices for the lords, and the royal road along which to travel over the kingdom
- CHAP. XVI How and in what manner they made the royal hunts for the lords of Peru
- CHAP. XVII Which treats of the order maintained by the Incas, and how in many parts they made the waste places fertile, by the arrangements they made for that purpose
- CHAP. XVIII Which treats of the order they adopted in the payments of tribute by the provinces to the kings, and of the system by which the tribute was regulated
- CHAP. XIX How the kings of Cuzco ordered that every year an account should be taken of all persons who died and were born throughout their dominions; also how all men worked, and how none could be poor by reason of the storehouses
- CHAP. XX How governors were appointed to the provinces; and of the manner in which the kings visited their dominions, and how they bore, for their arms, certain waving serpents with sticks
- CHAP. XXI How the Posts of the Kingdom were arranged
- CHAP. XXII How the Mitimaes were established, and of the different kinds of them, and how they were highly esteemed by the Incas
- CHAP. XXIII Of the great preparations that were made when the lords set out from Cuzco on warlike expeditions; and how robbers were punished
- CHAP. XXIV How the Incas ordered the people to form settled towns, dividing the lands concerning which there was any dispute, and how it was ordered that all should speak the language of Cuzco
- CHAP. XXV How the Incas were free from the abominable sin, and from other evil customs which have been seen to prevail in the world among other princes
- CHAP. XXVI How the Incas employed councillors and executors of justice, and of their method of reckoning time
- CHAP. XXVII Which treats of the riches of the temple of Curicancha, and of the veneration in which the Incas held it
- CHAP. XXVIII Which treats of the other principal temples, and of their names
- CHAP. XXIX How the Capacocha was made, and to what extent it was practised by the Incas; by which is to be understood the gifts and offerings that were made to idols
- CHAP. XXX How they made great festivities and sacrifices at the grand and solemn feast called Hatun Raymi
- CHAP. XXXI Of the second king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco, named Sinchi Roca
- CHAP. XXXII Of the third king who reigned in Cuzco, named Lloque Yupanqui
- CHAP. XXXIII Of the fourth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Mayta Capac, and of what happened during his reign
- CHAP. XXXIV Of the fifth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Capac Yupanqui
- CHAP. XXXV Of the sixth king who reigned in Cuzco, and of what happened in his time; and of the fable or history they relate touching the river that passes through the midst of the city of Cuzco
- CHAP. XXXVI Of the seventh king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco, named Inca Yupanqui
- CHAP. XXXVII How, when this Inca wanted to make war in the province of Collao, a certain disturbance arose in Cuzco; and how the Chancas conquered the Quichuas, and got possession of their dominions
- CHAP. XXXVIII How the Orejones considered who should be Inca, and what passed until Viracocha Inca assumed the fringe, who was the eighth Inca that reigned
- CHAP. XXXIX How Viracocha Inca threw a stone of fire with a sling at Caitomarca, and how they made reverence
- CHAP. XL How a tyrant rose up in Cuzco, and of the disturbance he caused. Of the chastisement of certain Mamaconas for having, contrary to their religion, used their bodies uncleanly; and how Viracocha returned to Cuzco
- CHAP. XLI How ambassadors from the tyrants of Collao came to Cuzco, and of the departure of Viracocha Inca for the Collao
- CHAP. XLII How Viracocha Inca passed by the province of the Canches and Canas, and marched until he entered the territory of the Collao, and of what happened between Cari and Zapana
- CHAP. XLIII How Cari returned to Chucuito; of the arrival of the Inca Viracocha; and of the peace that was agreed to between them
- CHAP. XLIV How Inca Urco was received as supreme ruler of the whole empire, and assumed the crown at Cuzco, and how the Ghancas determined to came forth and make war on those of Cuzco
- CHAP. XLV How the Chancas arrived at the city of Cuzro and pitched their camp there, and of the terror of the inhabitants, and the great valour of Inca Yupanqui
- CHAP. XLVI How Inca Yupanqui was received as King, the name of Inca being taken from Inca Urco, and how the new Sovereign made a peace with Hastu Huaraca
- CHAP. XLVII How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, leaving Lloque Yupanqiti as Governor, and of what happened
- CHAP. XLVIII How the Inca returned to Vilcas, and besieged the rocky fastness where the enemy had taken refuge
- CHAP. XLIX How Inca Yupanqui ordered Lloque Yupanqui to proceed to the Valley of Xauxa, and to bring under his dominion the Huancas and the Yauyos their neighbours, with other Nations in that direction
- CHAP. L How the Captains of the Inca left Xauxa, and what happened; and how Ancoallo departed from among them
- CHAP. LI How the Royal House of the Sun was founded on a hill overlooking Cuzco towards the north, which the Spaniards usually call the fortress; and its wonderful construction, and the size of the stones that are to be seen there
- CHAP. LII How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco and marched to the Collao, and of what happened there
- CHAP. LIII How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and what he did
- CHAP. LIV How the Inca Yupanqui, having grown very old, resigned the government of the kingdom to Tupac Inca, his son
- CHAP. LV How the Collas asked for peace, and how the Inca granted it and returned to Cuzco
- CHAP. LVI How Tupac Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and how he conquered all the country from thence to Quito; and touching his great deeds
- CHAP. LVII How the Inca sent from Quito to know whether his commands had been obeyed, and how, leaving that province in good order, he set out to go to the valleys of the Yuncas
- CHAP. LVIII How Tupac Inca Yupanqui marched by the coast valleys, and how all the Yuncas came under his dominion
- CHAP. LIX How Tupac Inca again set out from Cuzco, and of the fierce war he waged with those of Huarco; and how, after he had conquered them, he returned to Cuzco
- CHAP. LX How Tupac Inca once more set out from Cuzco, and how he went to the Collao, and from thence to Chile, subjugating the nations in that direction, and of his death
- CHAP. LXI How Huayna Capac reigned in Ouzco, who was the twelfth King Inca
- CHAP. LXII How Huayna Capac departed from Cuzco, and what he did
- CHAP. LXIII How Huayna Capac again ordered that an army should be assembled, and how he set out for Quito
- CHAP. LXIV How Huayna Capac entered the country of the Bracamoros, and returned flying, and of the other events that happened until he arrived at Quito
- CHAP. LXV How Huayna Capac marched through the coast valleys, and what he did
- CHAP. LXVI How, when Huayna Capac was about to march from Quito, he sent forward certain of his captains, who returned flying before the enemy, and what he did in consequence
- CHAP. LXVII How Huayna Capac assembled all his power, gave battle to his enemies, and defeated them; and of the great cruelty with which he treated them
- CHAP. LXVIII How the King Huayna Capac returned to Quito; and how he knew of the arrival of the Spaniards on the coast; and of his death
- CHAP. LXIX Of the lineage and character of Huascar and Atahualpa
- CHAP. LXX How Huascar was acknowledged as king in Cuzco, after the death of his father
- CHAP. LXXI How the differences between Huascar and Atahualpa began, and how great battles were fought between them
- CHAP. LXXII How Atahualpa set out from Quito with his army and captains, and how he gave battle to Atoc in the villages of Ambato
- CHAP. LXXIII How Huascar sent new captains and troops against his enemy; and how Atahualpa arrived at Tumebamba, where he perpetrated great cruelties; also what happened between him and the captains of Huascar
- INDEX
CHAP. XIV - How the riches possessed by the king were very great, and how the sons of the lord were ordered always to be in attendance at court
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- DEDICATION TO GENERAL CACERES
- INTRODUCTION
- Fragment of Chapter III
- CHAP. IV Which treats of what the Indians of this kingdom say touching the state of things before the Incas ware known, and how they had fortresses in the hills, whence they came forth to make war one with another
- CHAP. V Touching what these natives say concerning the Ticiviracocha; of the opinion held by some that an Apostle passed through this land, and of the temple there is in Cachan; also what happened there
- CHAP. VI How certain men and women appeared in Pacarec Tampu, and what they relate touching their proceedings after they came forth from there
- CHAP. VII How the brothers, being in Tampu-Quiri, beheld him whom they had shut up in the cave by deceit, come forth with wings; and how he told them that he went to found the great city of Cuzco; and how they departed from Tampu-Quiru
- CHAP. VIII How Manco Capac, when he saw that his brothers had been turned into stones, went to a valley where he met some people; and how he founded and built the ancient and very rich city of Cuzco, which was the capital of the whole empire of the Incas
- CHAP. IX In which notice is given to the reader of the reason that the author, leaving the account of the succession of the kings, prefers to explain the government of the people, their laws, and customs
- CHAP. X How the lord, after he had assumed the fringe of sovereignty, was married to his sister the Coya, which is the name of the Queen, and how it was permitted that he should have many women, although among them all the Coya alone was the legitimate and principal wife
- CHAP. XI How it was the custom among the Incas that they celebrated in their songs, and by making statues of those who were valorous and extended the bounds of the empire, and performed any other deed worthy of memory; while those who were negligent or cowardly received little notice
- CHAP. XII How they had chroniclers to record their deeds, and of the Quipos, what they were, and what we see of them
- CHAP. XIII How the lords of Peru were beloved on the one hand, and feared on the other, by all their subjects; and how no one, even a great lord of very ancient lineage, could come into the presence, except with a burden, in token of great obedience
- CHAP. XIV How the riches possessed by the king were very great, and how the sons of the lord were ordered always to be in attendance at court
- CHAP. XV How they built the edifices for the lords, and the royal road along which to travel over the kingdom
- CHAP. XVI How and in what manner they made the royal hunts for the lords of Peru
- CHAP. XVII Which treats of the order maintained by the Incas, and how in many parts they made the waste places fertile, by the arrangements they made for that purpose
- CHAP. XVIII Which treats of the order they adopted in the payments of tribute by the provinces to the kings, and of the system by which the tribute was regulated
- CHAP. XIX How the kings of Cuzco ordered that every year an account should be taken of all persons who died and were born throughout their dominions; also how all men worked, and how none could be poor by reason of the storehouses
- CHAP. XX How governors were appointed to the provinces; and of the manner in which the kings visited their dominions, and how they bore, for their arms, certain waving serpents with sticks
- CHAP. XXI How the Posts of the Kingdom were arranged
- CHAP. XXII How the Mitimaes were established, and of the different kinds of them, and how they were highly esteemed by the Incas
- CHAP. XXIII Of the great preparations that were made when the lords set out from Cuzco on warlike expeditions; and how robbers were punished
- CHAP. XXIV How the Incas ordered the people to form settled towns, dividing the lands concerning which there was any dispute, and how it was ordered that all should speak the language of Cuzco
- CHAP. XXV How the Incas were free from the abominable sin, and from other evil customs which have been seen to prevail in the world among other princes
- CHAP. XXVI How the Incas employed councillors and executors of justice, and of their method of reckoning time
- CHAP. XXVII Which treats of the riches of the temple of Curicancha, and of the veneration in which the Incas held it
- CHAP. XXVIII Which treats of the other principal temples, and of their names
- CHAP. XXIX How the Capacocha was made, and to what extent it was practised by the Incas; by which is to be understood the gifts and offerings that were made to idols
- CHAP. XXX How they made great festivities and sacrifices at the grand and solemn feast called Hatun Raymi
- CHAP. XXXI Of the second king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco, named Sinchi Roca
- CHAP. XXXII Of the third king who reigned in Cuzco, named Lloque Yupanqui
- CHAP. XXXIII Of the fourth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Mayta Capac, and of what happened during his reign
- CHAP. XXXIV Of the fifth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Capac Yupanqui
- CHAP. XXXV Of the sixth king who reigned in Cuzco, and of what happened in his time; and of the fable or history they relate touching the river that passes through the midst of the city of Cuzco
- CHAP. XXXVI Of the seventh king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco, named Inca Yupanqui
- CHAP. XXXVII How, when this Inca wanted to make war in the province of Collao, a certain disturbance arose in Cuzco; and how the Chancas conquered the Quichuas, and got possession of their dominions
- CHAP. XXXVIII How the Orejones considered who should be Inca, and what passed until Viracocha Inca assumed the fringe, who was the eighth Inca that reigned
- CHAP. XXXIX How Viracocha Inca threw a stone of fire with a sling at Caitomarca, and how they made reverence
- CHAP. XL How a tyrant rose up in Cuzco, and of the disturbance he caused. Of the chastisement of certain Mamaconas for having, contrary to their religion, used their bodies uncleanly; and how Viracocha returned to Cuzco
- CHAP. XLI How ambassadors from the tyrants of Collao came to Cuzco, and of the departure of Viracocha Inca for the Collao
- CHAP. XLII How Viracocha Inca passed by the province of the Canches and Canas, and marched until he entered the territory of the Collao, and of what happened between Cari and Zapana
- CHAP. XLIII How Cari returned to Chucuito; of the arrival of the Inca Viracocha; and of the peace that was agreed to between them
- CHAP. XLIV How Inca Urco was received as supreme ruler of the whole empire, and assumed the crown at Cuzco, and how the Ghancas determined to came forth and make war on those of Cuzco
- CHAP. XLV How the Chancas arrived at the city of Cuzro and pitched their camp there, and of the terror of the inhabitants, and the great valour of Inca Yupanqui
- CHAP. XLVI How Inca Yupanqui was received as King, the name of Inca being taken from Inca Urco, and how the new Sovereign made a peace with Hastu Huaraca
- CHAP. XLVII How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, leaving Lloque Yupanqiti as Governor, and of what happened
- CHAP. XLVIII How the Inca returned to Vilcas, and besieged the rocky fastness where the enemy had taken refuge
- CHAP. XLIX How Inca Yupanqui ordered Lloque Yupanqui to proceed to the Valley of Xauxa, and to bring under his dominion the Huancas and the Yauyos their neighbours, with other Nations in that direction
- CHAP. L How the Captains of the Inca left Xauxa, and what happened; and how Ancoallo departed from among them
- CHAP. LI How the Royal House of the Sun was founded on a hill overlooking Cuzco towards the north, which the Spaniards usually call the fortress; and its wonderful construction, and the size of the stones that are to be seen there
- CHAP. LII How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco and marched to the Collao, and of what happened there
- CHAP. LIII How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and what he did
- CHAP. LIV How the Inca Yupanqui, having grown very old, resigned the government of the kingdom to Tupac Inca, his son
- CHAP. LV How the Collas asked for peace, and how the Inca granted it and returned to Cuzco
- CHAP. LVI How Tupac Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and how he conquered all the country from thence to Quito; and touching his great deeds
- CHAP. LVII How the Inca sent from Quito to know whether his commands had been obeyed, and how, leaving that province in good order, he set out to go to the valleys of the Yuncas
- CHAP. LVIII How Tupac Inca Yupanqui marched by the coast valleys, and how all the Yuncas came under his dominion
- CHAP. LIX How Tupac Inca again set out from Cuzco, and of the fierce war he waged with those of Huarco; and how, after he had conquered them, he returned to Cuzco
- CHAP. LX How Tupac Inca once more set out from Cuzco, and how he went to the Collao, and from thence to Chile, subjugating the nations in that direction, and of his death
- CHAP. LXI How Huayna Capac reigned in Ouzco, who was the twelfth King Inca
- CHAP. LXII How Huayna Capac departed from Cuzco, and what he did
- CHAP. LXIII How Huayna Capac again ordered that an army should be assembled, and how he set out for Quito
- CHAP. LXIV How Huayna Capac entered the country of the Bracamoros, and returned flying, and of the other events that happened until he arrived at Quito
- CHAP. LXV How Huayna Capac marched through the coast valleys, and what he did
- CHAP. LXVI How, when Huayna Capac was about to march from Quito, he sent forward certain of his captains, who returned flying before the enemy, and what he did in consequence
- CHAP. LXVII How Huayna Capac assembled all his power, gave battle to his enemies, and defeated them; and of the great cruelty with which he treated them
- CHAP. LXVIII How the King Huayna Capac returned to Quito; and how he knew of the arrival of the Spaniards on the coast; and of his death
- CHAP. LXIX Of the lineage and character of Huascar and Atahualpa
- CHAP. LXX How Huascar was acknowledged as king in Cuzco, after the death of his father
- CHAP. LXXI How the differences between Huascar and Atahualpa began, and how great battles were fought between them
- CHAP. LXXII How Atahualpa set out from Quito with his army and captains, and how he gave battle to Atoc in the villages of Ambato
- CHAP. LXXIII How Huascar sent new captains and troops against his enemy; and how Atahualpa arrived at Tumebamba, where he perpetrated great cruelties; also what happened between him and the captains of Huascar
- INDEX
Summary
The great wealth that we have seen in these parts enables us to believe what is said of the riches possessed by the Incas. For I believe what I have already affirmed several times, that there is no other country in the world so rich in metals. Every day they are discovering great veins both of gold and silver. They also collected gold in the rivers in many parts of the provinces, and obtained silver from the mountains, and all was for one king. So that he must have possessed very great riches. I am not, therefore, astonished at these things, nor even if the whole city of Cuzco and its temples had been built of pure gold. That which brings necessity upon princes, and prevents them from accumulating riches, is war. We have a clear example of this in the expenditure of the Emperor from the year in which he was crowned to the present time. For, having received more silver and gold than the Kings of Spain ever had, from the king Don Rodrigo to himself, none of them were in such necessity as His Majesty. Yet if he had no wars, and his residence was in Spain, in truth, what with his dues and with the treasure from the Indies, all Spain would be as full of riches as Peru was in the time of its kings.
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- The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru , pp. 39 - 41Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1883