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
- CHAPTER I WHETHER THERE ARE MANY WORLDS: ALSO TREATING OF THE FIVE ZONES
- CHAPTER II WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES
- CHAPTER III HOW THE NEW WORLD WAS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER IV THE DERIVATION OF THE WORD “PERU.”
- CHAPTER V AUTHORITIES IN CONFIRMATION OF THE NAME “PERÙ
- CHAPTER VI WHAT A CERTAIN AUTHOR SAYS TOUCHING THIS NAME OF PERU
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS
- CHAPTER VIII THE DESCRIPTION OF PERU
- CHAPTER IX OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE INDIANS AND OF THE GODS THEY WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER X OF MANY OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAD
- CHAPTER XI OF THE MANNER OF THEIR SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER XII CONCERNING THE MODE OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND OF THE THINGS THEY ATE
- CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY DRESSED IN THOSE ANCIENT TIMES
- CHAPTER XIV DIFFERENT MODES OF MARRIAGE, AND DIVERS LANGUAGES. HOW THEY USED POISONS AND PRACTISED SORCERY
- CHAPTER XV THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS KINGS OF PERU
- CHAPTER XVI THE FOUNDATION OF CUZCO, THE IMPERIAL CITY
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS BROUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XVIII OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER XIX PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER XX THE VILLAGES WHICH THE FIRST YNCA ORDERED TO BE FOUNDED
- CHAPTER XXI THE THINGS WHICH THE YNCA TAUGHT TO HIS VASSALS
- CHAPTER XXII THE HONOURABLE BADGES WHICH THE YNCA GAVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF OTHER FASHIONS, AND OF THE NAME OF YNCA
- CHAPTER XXIV NAMES BY WHICH THE INDIANS KNEW THEIR KING
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THE ROYAL NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
CHAPTER XIX - PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY
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
- CHAPTER I WHETHER THERE ARE MANY WORLDS: ALSO TREATING OF THE FIVE ZONES
- CHAPTER II WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES
- CHAPTER III HOW THE NEW WORLD WAS DISCOVERED
- CHAPTER IV THE DERIVATION OF THE WORD “PERU.”
- CHAPTER V AUTHORITIES IN CONFIRMATION OF THE NAME “PERÙ
- CHAPTER VI WHAT A CERTAIN AUTHOR SAYS TOUCHING THIS NAME OF PERU
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS
- CHAPTER VIII THE DESCRIPTION OF PERU
- CHAPTER IX OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE INDIANS AND OF THE GODS THEY WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER X OF MANY OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAD
- CHAPTER XI OF THE MANNER OF THEIR SACRIFICES
- CHAPTER XII CONCERNING THE MODE OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND OF THE THINGS THEY ATE
- CHAPTER XIII HOW THEY DRESSED IN THOSE ANCIENT TIMES
- CHAPTER XIV DIFFERENT MODES OF MARRIAGE, AND DIVERS LANGUAGES. HOW THEY USED POISONS AND PRACTISED SORCERY
- CHAPTER XV THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS KINGS OF PERU
- CHAPTER XVI THE FOUNDATION OF CUZCO, THE IMPERIAL CITY
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS BROUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XVIII OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER XIX PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY
- CHAPTER XX THE VILLAGES WHICH THE FIRST YNCA ORDERED TO BE FOUNDED
- CHAPTER XXI THE THINGS WHICH THE YNCA TAUGHT TO HIS VASSALS
- CHAPTER XXII THE HONOURABLE BADGES WHICH THE YNCA GAVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF OTHER FASHIONS, AND OF THE NAME OF YNCA
- CHAPTER XXIV NAMES BY WHICH THE INDIANS KNEW THEIR KING
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC
- CHAPTER XXVI OF THE ROYAL NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
Summary
Now that we have laid the foundation stone of our history (although it be fabulous), being the origin of the Yncas, Kings of Peru, it will be well to pass on and give an account of the conquest and subjugation of the Indians, extending the narrative somewhat, which was given me by my uncle the Ynca, together with a narrative touching many other Yncas and Indians, natives of the settlements which the first Ynca, Manco Ccapac, ordered to be formed, and included in his empire. I was brought up amongst these Indians and held intercourse with them until I was twenty years of age. During that time I acquired a knowledge of all the matters on which we are about to treat; for in my childhood they told me their histories, just as they tell stories to children. Afterwards, when I had reached a more advanced age, they gave me a long account of their laws and government, comparing them with the new government of the Spaniards. They enumerated the crimes with their punishments in the days of the Yncas, and related how their kings governed in peace and in war, in what manner they treated their vassals, and how they were served by them. Besides they told me, as to their own son, of all their idolatries, rites, ceremonies, and sacrifices, of their festivals, their superstitions and abuses, and of all their customs, good or evil; as well those relating to their sacrifices, as others.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 76 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010