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CHAPTER XIX - THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES

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The Ynca took Indians of Nanasca and transported them to the banks of the river Apurimac, near the high road from Cuzco to Rimac. For that river flows through a region which is so hot that the Indians of the cold and temperate climate of the Sierra soon sicken and die in it. It has already been said that the order of the Yncas was that, when Indians were thus transported from one province to another (whom we call Mitmac), they should always be sent to a climate similar to that of their native land, that the change might do them no injury. It was therefore forbidden to send Indians of the Sierra to the Llanos, because they would certainly die in a few days. The Ynca, mindful of this danger, took Indians from one hot climate to inhabit another. It was only necessary to send a few to the banks of the river Apurimac, because it flows between very lofty and precipitous mountains, and has very little available land on either side of its current. The Ynca desired that this small strip of land should not be lost, but should be turned into a garden for raising the numerous and excellent fruits which ripen on the banks of that famous river.

This being done, and the usual orders having been given for the government of the newly acquired provinces, the prince Ynca Eocca returned to Cuzco, where he was very well received by his father and the court. The captains and soldiers were sent home, after having received rewards for their services in the war.

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Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1869

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