When the time for setting out on the campaign arrived, the Ynca Ccapac Yupanqui departed from Cuzco and marched to the lake of Paria, which was the extreme limit of his father's conquests in that direction. He caused his officers to muster the contingents on the road, from each province, and took care to visit the towns which were within reach on either side of the road, to give satisfaction to the people by his presence. They looked upon a visit of the Ynca as so great an honour that, in many places, they preserve the memory of the spot where one of the Yncas had encamped to this day, or of the village where he had asked for something, granted some favour, or rested on his march. The Indians still venerate these places, because they had once been honoured by the presence of one of their kings.

The Ynca, as soon as he arrived at the lake of Paria, took measures to reduce the surrounding country to obedience. Some submitted by reason of the good things they had heard of the Ynca, and others because they had no means of resistance. While he was occupied in these conquests, messengers arrived from two great captains in the country of Colla-suyu, who were making a cruel war against each other. And that this history may be better understood, it must be known that these two great Curacas were the descendants of two famous captains who, in the times before the Yncas, had risen up in those provinces, each one by himself, and gained many towns and vassals, thus becominggreat lords.