First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas

Cover......Page 1
Frontmatter......Page 2
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
Dedication......Page 28
PREFACE TO THE READER......Page 32
NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU......Page 34
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS......Page 40
CHAPTER I - WHETHER THERE ARE MANY WORLDS: ALSO TREATING OF THE FIVE ZONES......Page 42
CHAPTER II - WHETHER THERE ARE ANTIPODES......Page 46
CHAPTER III - HOW THE NEW WORLD WAS DISCOVERED......Page 47
CHAPTER IV - THE DERIVATION OF THE WORD "PERU."......Page 54
CHAPTER V - AUTHORITIES IN CONFIRMATION OF THE NAME "PERÙ......Page 57
CHAPTER VI - WHAT A CERTAIN AUTHOR SAYS TOUCHING THIS NAME OF PERU......Page 60
CHAPTER VII - OF OTHER DERIVATIONS OF NEW WORDS......Page 63
CHAPTER VIII - THE DESCRIPTION OF PERU......Page 67
CHAPTER IX - OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE INDIANS AND OF THE GODS THEY WORSHIPPED BEFORE THE TIME OF THE YNCAS......Page 73
CHAPTER X - OF MANY OTHER GODS THAT THEY HAD......Page 76
CHAPTER XI - OF THE MANNER OF THEIR SACRIFICES......Page 77
CHAPTER XII - CONCERNING THE MODE OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ANCIENT PEOPLE, AND OF THE THINGS THEY ATE......Page 80
CHAPTER XIII - HOW THEY DRESSED IN THOSE ANCIENT TIMES......Page 83
CHAPTER XIV - DIFFERENT MODES OF MARRIAGE, AND DIVERS LANGUAGES. HOW THEY USED POISONS AND PRACTISED SORCERY......Page 85
CHAPTER XV - THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS KINGS OF PERU......Page 88
CHAPTER XVI - THE FOUNDATION OF CUZCO, THE IMPERIAL CITY......Page 92
CHAPTER XVII - OF THE COUNTRY WHICH WAS BROUGHT UNDER THE RULE OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC......Page 95
CHAPTER XVIII - OF FABULOUS ACCOUNTS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS......Page 98
CHAPTER XIX - PROTEST OF THE AUTHOR TOUCHING THE HISTORY......Page 103
CHAPTER XX - THE VILLAGES WHICH THE FIRST YNCA ORDERED TO BE FOUNDED......Page 106
CHAPTER XXI - THE THINGS WHICH THE YNCA TAUGHT TO HIS VASSALS......Page 108
CHAPTER XXII - THE HONOURABLE BADGES WHICH THE YNCA GAVE TO HIS FOLLOWERS......Page 111
CHAPTER XXIII - OF OTHER FASHIONS, AND OF THE NAME OF YNCA......Page 113
CHAPTER XXIV - NAMES BY WHICH THE INDIANS KNEW THEIR KING......Page 117
CHAPTER XXV - OF THE WILL AND DEATH OF THE YNCA MANCO CCAPAC......Page 118
CHAPTER XXVI - OF THE ROYAL NAMES AND THEIR MEANINGS......Page 122
SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS......Page 126
CHAPTER I - OF THE IDOLATRY OF THE SECOND AGE, AND OF ITS ORIGIN......Page 128
CHAPTER II - THE YNCAS SOUGHT THE TRUE GOD OUR LORD......Page 133
CHAPTER III - THE YNCAS KEPT A IN A SACRED PLACE......Page 137
CHAPTER IV - OF MANY GODS IMPROPERLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE INDIANS BY THE SPANISH HISTORIANS......Page 141
CHAPTER V - OF MANY OTHER MEANINGS OF THE WORD HUACA......Page 146
CHAPTER VI - WHAT AN AUTHOR SAYS CONCERNING THEIR GODS......Page 149
CHAPTER VII - THEY KNEW OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL, AND OF THE GENERAL RESURRECTION......Page 153
CHAPTER VIII - OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SACRIFICED TO THE SUN......Page 156
CHAPTER IX - OF THE PRIESTS, RITES, AND CEREMONIES, AND OF THE LAWS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FIRST YNCA......Page 159
CHAPTER X - THE AUTHOR COLLATES HIS OWN STATEMENTS WITH THOSE OF THE SPANISH HISTORIANS......Page 161
CHAPTER XI - THEY DIVIDED THE EMPIRE INTO FOUR DISTRICTS, AND REGISTERED THEIR VASSALS......Page 169
CHAPTER XII - TWO DUTIES WHICH THE DECURIONS PERFORMED......Page 171
CHAPTER XIII - CONCERNING CERTAIN LAWS THAT THE YNCAS INSTITUTED IN THEIR GOVERNMENT......Page 173
CHAPTER XIV - THE DECURIONS GAVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS......Page 178
CHAPTER XV - THE INDIANS DENY THAT AN YNCA OF THE BLOOD ROYAL HAS EVER COMMITTED ANY CRIME WHATEVER......Page 181
CHAPTER XVI - THE LIFE AND ACTS OF SINCHI ROCA THE SECOND KING OF THE YNCA DYNASTY......Page 184
CHAPTER XVII - LLOQUE YUPANQUI, THIRD KING, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME......Page 188
CHAPTER XVIII - TWO CONQUESTS MADE BY THE YNCA LLOQUE YUPANQUI......Page 190
CHAPTER XIX - THE CONQUESTS OF HATUN-COLLA, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE COLLAS......Page 193
CHAPTER XX - THE GREAT PROVINCE OF CHUCUITU IS REDUCED, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PROVINCES......Page 197
CHAPTER XXI - THE SCIENCES WHICH THE YNCAS HAD ACQUIRED: AND FIRST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF ASTRONOMY......Page 201
CHAPTER XXII - THEY UNDERSTOOD THE MEASUREMENT OF THE YEAR, AND THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES......Page 204
CHAPTER XXIII - THEY OBSERVED THE ECLIPSES OF THE SUN, AND WHAT THEY DID WHEN THOSE OF THE MOON OCCURRED......Page 208
CHAPTER XXIV - THE MEDICINES THEY USED, AND THEIR MANNER OF EFFECTING CURES......Page 211
CHAPTER XXV - OF THE MEDICINAL HERBS THEY USED......Page 214
CHAPTER XXVI - OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE TOUCHING GEOMETRY, ARITHMETIC, AND MUSIC......Page 217
CHAPTER XXVII - THE POETRY OF THE YNCAS AMAUTAS, WHO ARE PHILOSOPHERS, AND HARAVICUS OR POETS......Page 221
CHAPTER XXVIII - OF THE FEW INSTRUMENTS WHICH THE INDIANS USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES......Page 228
THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS......Page 234
CHAPTER I - MAYTA CCAPAC, THE FOURTH YNCA, ANNEXES TIAHUANACU. OF THE EDIFICES THAT WERE FOUND THERE......Page 236
CHAPTER II - HATUNPACASA IS REDUCED, AND THEY CONQUER CAC-YAVIRI......Page 239
CHAPTER III - THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE......Page 242
CHAPTER IV - THEY REDUCE THREE PROVINCES AND CONQUER OTHERS.---THEY FORM COLONIES.---THOSE WHO USE POISON ARE PUNISHED......Page 244
CHAPTER V - THE YNCA ACQUIRES THREE NEW PROVINCES, AND CONQUERS IN A VERY HARD FOUGHT BATTLE......Page 248
CHAPTER VI - THOSE OF HUAYCHU SUBMIT, AND ARE MERCIFULLY PARDONED......Page 250
CHAPTER VII - THEY REDUCE MANY TOWNS. THE YNCA ORDERS A BRIDGE OF OSIERS TO BE MADE......Page 252
CHAPTER VIII - MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE......Page 255
CHAPTER IX - THE YNCA ACQUIRES MANY OTHER GREAT PROVINCES, AND DIES IN PEACE......Page 258
CHAPTER X - CCAPAC YUPANQUI, THE FIFTH KING, GAINS MANY PROVINCES IN CUNTI-SUYU......Page 261
CHAPTER XL - THE CONQUEST OF THE AYMARAS. THE CURACAS ARE PARDONED. LANDMARKS ARE FIXED ON THE BOUNDARIES......Page 264
CHAPTER XII - THE YNCA SENDS AN ARMY TO CONQUER THE QUECHUAS. THEY ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION, WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT......Page 268
CHAPTER XIII - THEY CONQUER MANY VALLEYS ON THE SEA COAST......Page 271
CHAPTER XIV - TWO GREAT CURACAS REFER THEIR DIFFERENCES TO THE YNCA, AND BECOME HIS SUBJECTS......Page 274
CHAPTER XV - THEY MAKE A BRIDGE OF STRAW AND TWISTED FIBRES OVER THE DESAGUADERO. CHAYANTA IS CONQUERED......Page 280
CHAPTER XVI - OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING......Page 285
CHAPTER XVII - OF THE CONQUESTS OF FIVE GREAT PROVINCES, BESIDES OTHER SMALLER ONES......Page 290
CHAPTER XVIII - THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST......Page 293
CHAPTER XIX - THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES......Page 295
CHAPTER XX - A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES......Page 297
CHAPTER XXI - OF THE CLOISTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND OF THE EDIFICES DEDICATED TO THE MOON, STARS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND RAINBOW......Page 301
CHAPTER XXII - THE NAME OF THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND TOUCHING OTHER PARTS OF THE TEMPLE......Page 304
CHAPTER XXIII - THE PLACES FOR THE SACRIFICES AND THE THRESHOLD WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SANDALS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE. CONCERNING THEIR FOUNTAINS......Page 306
CHAPTER XXIV - OF THE GARDEN OF GOLD, AND OF OTHER COSTLY THINGS IN THE TEMPLE, IN IMITATION OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE TEMPLES OF THAT EMPIRE......Page 309
CHAPTER XXV - OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF TITICACA, AND OF THE FABLES AND ALLEGORIES CONCERNING IT......Page 312
FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS......Page 316
CHAPTER I - THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGINS DEDICATED TO THE SUN......Page 318
CHAPTER II - THE RULES AND DUTIES OF THE CHOSEN VIRGINS......Page 320
CHAPTER III - THE VENERATION IN WHICH THE THINGS WERE HELD THAT WERE MADE BY THE CHOSEN VIRGINS; AND THE LAW THAT WAS MADE AGAINST THOSE WHO MIGHT VIOLATE THEM......Page 324
CHAPTER IV - THERE WERE MANY OTHER HOUSES OF VIRGINS. THE STATEMENT RESPECTING THE RIGOROUS LAW IS VERIFIED BY ZARATE......Page 326
CHAPTER V - THE SERVICE AND ORNAMENTS OF THE VIRGINS, AND HOW THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN IN MARRIAGE TO ANY ONE......Page 329
CHAPTER VI - OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE FAVOURED BY THE YNCA......Page 330
CHAPTER VII - OF OTHER WOMEN WHO PRESERVED THEIR VIRGINITY, AND OF THE WIDOWS......Page 332
CHAPTER VIII - HOW THEY USUALLY MARRIED, AND HOW THEY ARRANGED THE WEDDINGS......Page 333
CHAPTER IX - THE PRINCE, WHO WAS THE HEIR, WAS MARRIED TO HIS OWN SISTER, AND OF THE REASONS WHICH THEY GAVE FOR THIS CUSTOM......Page 335
CHAPTER X - DIFFERENT CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE OF ESTATES......Page 337
CHAPTER XI - THE WEANING, SHEARING, AND NAMING OF CHILDREN......Page 340
CHAPTER XII - THEIR CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT UP WITHOUT ANY CARE......Page 342
CHAPTER XIII - THE LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE MARRIED WOMEN......Page 345
CHAPTER XIV - HOW THE WOMEN VISITED EACH OTHER, HOW THEY MENDED THEIR CLOTHES, AND HOW THERE WERE PUBLIC WOMEN......Page 347
CHAPTER XV - THE SIXTH YNCA, NAMED YNCA ROCCA, CONQUERS MANY NATIONS, AND AMONG THEM THE CHANCAS AND HANCOHUALLU......Page 349
CHAPTER XVI - OF THE PRINCE YAHUAR-HUACCAC, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME......Page 354
CHAPTER XVII - THE IDOLS OF THE INDIANS CALLED ANTIS, AND THE CONQUEST OF THE CHANCAS......Page 357
CHAPTER XVIII - THE REASONING OF THE OLDER MEN, AND HOW THEY RECEIVED THE YNCA......Page 360
CHAPTER XIX - CONCERNING SOME LAWS INSTITUTED BY THE KING YNCA ROCCA, OF THE SCHOOLS HE FOUNDED IN CUZCO, AND SOME SAYINGS WHICH HE UTTERED......Page 363
CHAPTER XX - OF THE YNCA "WEEPING BLOOD," SEVENTH KING, HIS FEARS AND CONQUESTS, AND OF THE DISGRACE OF THE PRINCE......Page 365
CHAPTER XXI - CONCERNING A NOTICE GIVEN TO THE PRINCE BY AN APPARITION, WHICH HE WAS TO DELIVER TO HIS FATHER......Page 368
CHAPTER XXII - THE CONSULTATIONS OF THE YNCA, TOUCHING THE STORY OF THE APPARITION......Page 371
CHAPTER XXIII - THE REBELLION OF THE CHANCAS, AND TOUCHING THEIR FORMER DEEDS......Page 373
CHAPTER XXIV - THE YNCA FLIES FROM THE CAPITAL, WHICH IS SAVED BY THE PRINCE......Page 376
INDEX......Page 380