Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables xv
4. Preface: Translators’ Notes xvii
5. Acknowledgments xix
6. Introduction 1
7. The General History of Peru
8. 1. How in earlier times there was no king or universal lord in this kingdom until the Incas 49
9. 2. The beginning and origin of the Incas and where they came from 50
10. 3. How Manco Capac armed his son Sinchi Roca as a knight and forced his way into Cuzco and took it over 58
11. 4. Coya Mama Huaco, the wife of Manco Capac, and her rule 62
12. 5. The life of Sinchi Roca, the first Inca lord 65
13. 6. The life of Chimpo Coya, [the] wife of Inca Sinchi Roca 67
14. 7. Lloque Yupanqui, the third Inca 68
15. 8. The Coya Mama Cura, also called Anahuarque, wife of Lloque Yupanqui Inca 70
16. 9. Mayta Capac, [the] fourth Inca and king 72
17. 10. The Coya Chimpo Urma, the wife of the courageous Mayta Capac, who was also called Mama Yacche 76
18. 11. Capac Yupanqui, the fifth Inca 78
19. 12. Chimpo Ocllo, also known as Mama Cahua, [the] wife of Capac Yupanqui Inca 81
20. 13. Inca Roca, the sixth lord, who made the two divisions of Hanan Cuzco and Hurin Cuzco 82
21. 14. The Coya Cusi Chimpo, also called Mama Micay 86
22. 15. Yahuar Huacac, [the] seventh Inca and king 88
23. 16. Ipa Huaco Coya, also known as Mama Chiquia, [the] wife of Yahuar Huacac 90
24. 17. The deeds of Viracocha, [the] eighth Inca 92
25. 18. Mama Yunto Caya, [the] wife of Viracocha Inca 94
26. 19. The courageous Inca Yupanqui, also called Pachacuti Inca, [the] ninth [Inca] 96
27. 20. How [Pachacuti] Inca Yupanqui decorated the House of the Sun and other memorable things and his conquests 100
28. 21. How [Pachacuti] Inca Yupanqui had his brother, Capac Yupanqui, killed and [how he] sent his son, Tupa Inca Yupanqui, to conquer new lands 105
29. 22. How Tupa Inca Yupanqui returned to Cuzco and his father, [Pachacuti] Inca Yupanqui, renounced his lordship 107
30. 23. Mama Anahuarque Coya, wife of [Pachacuti] Inca Yupanqui 113
31. 24. Tupa Inca Yupanqui, [the] 10th Inca and king 115
32. 25. How Tupa Inca Yupanqui discovered many mines and conquered until Chile and gave laws to his kingdoms 120
33. 26. How Tupa Inca Yupanqui organized his entire kingdom, and the treason [that] his brother, Tupa Capac, attempted against him, and of his death 124
34. 27. Mama Ocllo, [the] 10th Coya, wife of Tupa Inca Yupanqui 130
35. 28. How Inca Huayna Capac, the son of Tupa Inca Yupanqui, was coronated 133
36. 29. How Governor Hualpaya wanted to usurp the rule and kill Huayna Capac, and [how] he was killed, and the marriage of Huayna Capac 136
37. 30. How Huayna Capac mourned for his father and mother, and personally visited many provinces 140
38. 31. How Huayna Capac gathered his army and left Cuzco to go to Tomebamba and the buildings he made there 144
39. 32. How Huayna Capac sent part of his army to conquer Pasto and [how] they were thwarted, and [how] in the end he seized and conquered Pasto 149
40. 33. How Huayna Capac conquered the provinces of the Caranqui and the danger he experienced 154
41. 34. The mutiny that arose in Tomebamba by Michi and other orejones, captains, and how Huayna Capac ended it 157
42. 35. How Auqui Tupa, Huayna Capac’s brother, died attacking the Caranqui fortress, and [how] later [Huayna Capac] took it himself 160
43. 36. How Huayna Capac captured Pinto, [the] Cayambe cacique, and sent a captain against the Chiriguano 163
44. 37. How Huayna Capac became in grave danger while continuing his conquests and of his death 166
45. 38. The great Coya, Rahua Ocllo, [the] wife of Huayna Capac, and the remarkable thing that happened in the town of Yauqui Supa 170
46. 39. What Huayna Capac ordered in his will, and how Tupa Cusi Hualpa, also known as Huascar Inca, was named as Inca 173
47. 40. The cruelties that Huascar Inca committed against his brothers and those who came to Cuzco with his father’s body 177
48. 41. The solemn triumph with which the army of Huayna Capac entered Cuzco 182
49. 42. How Huascar Inca triumphed in the name of his father, Huayna Capac, and the parties he later held 184
50. 43. How Huascar Inca married his sister, Chuqui Huipa, and the great marriage celebrations that were held 188
51. 44. The journey that Huascar Inca ordered undertaken to the Chachapoyas and [the] death of his brother Chuquis Guaman 191
52. 45. The revenge of the death of Chuquis Guaman, and how messengers from his brother, Atahualpa, reached Huascar Inca 194
53. 46. How the differences between Huascar Inca and his brother Atahualpa began 197
54. 47. How Atahualpa prepared to defend himself, knowing that his brother had ordered his capture 200
55. 48. The two battles [that took place] between the troops of Huascar Inca and Atahualpa 202
56. 49. How Huascar learned that his brother had divided the kingdom and [how] he sent Huanca Auqui against him, and of the battles that took place 205
57. 50. How Huanca Auqui, having lost another battle, retreated to Cusipampa and conquered the Pacamoros 207
58. 51. The embassy that Huascar Inca sent to Huanca Auqui, and the battles he had with the people of Atahualpa, and his final retreat 210
59. 52. How Quisquis defeated the Chachapoyas and Huanca Auqui in two other battles 213
60. 53. How Huascar Inca, having offered great sacrifices, personally went out to defend his domains and defeated Quisquis in a battle 216
61. 54. How Quisquis and Chalcuchima fought Huascar Inca the next day, beating and capturing him 220
62. 55. How Huanca Auqui and the other orejones gave obedience to the figure of Atahualpa 224
63. 56. How Quisquis ordered Huascar Inca to be taken out in public and what happened to him and the cruelties [that Quisquis] started to do 227
64. 57. How Quisquis ordered, in the presence of Huascar Inca, many of his women killed and the mummy of Tupa Inca Yupanqui burnt 230
65. 58. How after learning of his victory, Atahualpa left for Cuzco and met with the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro in Cajamarca 233
66. 59. How the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro met with Atahualpa in the field and captured him 236
67. 60. How the Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro sent [soldiers] to Cuzco and Pachacamac and [how] Atahualpa ordered his brother, Huascar Inca, killed 240
68. 61. The Coya Chuqui Huipa, [the] wife of Huascar Inca 244
69. 62. How Atahualpa mourned for his brother Huascar and [how] Chalcuchima was captured 245
70. 63. How the Marquis Pizarro confronted Chalcuchima with Atahualpa and how he ordered Atahualpa killed 248
71. 64. How Marquis Pizarro went to Cuzco and there named Manco Inca as Inca 254
72. 65. How the Marquis Pizarro and Manco Inca battled Quisquis and defeated him, and [then] seized Cuzco 257
73. 66. How Manco Inca left Cuzco and rebelled and laid siege [to the city] with his captains 261
74. 67. How the Indians in the fortress killed Juan Pizarro, and [how] the Spaniards finally captured it 265
75. 68. How Manco Inca sent Quizo Yupanqui to encircle the City of Kings and what happened to them 267
76. 69. When Manco Inca learned of the death of Quizo Yupanqui, he sent messengers to the Marquis, who went to Cuzco 271
77. 70. When Don Diego de Almagro returned from Chile, he tried to negotiate with Manco Inca, and what happened to him 275
78. 71. How all the high provinces rebelled and selected Quinti Raura as lord, and [how] Hernando Pizarro went out against them 279
79. 72. How Manco Inca killed many Spaniards who were coming to capture him, and [how] Diego Méndez and others entered where [the Inca was] living in peace 282
80. 73. How Diego Méndez and the other Spaniards treacherously killed Manco Inca 286
81. 74. How Sayri Tupac traveled to Lima and swore obedience to Your Majesty, and of his death 290
82. 75. During the rule of Cusi Titu Yupanqui, two clerics of the Order of Saint Augustine entered Vilcabamba and what happened to them, and of the death of the Inca 296
83. 76. How the captains of Cusi Titu Yupanqui Inca captured and killed Father Fray Diego in a very cruel manner 301
84. 77. Of the cruelties that the Indians committed against the body of the revered Friar Diego Ortiz 304
85. 78. How Viceroy Don Francisco de Toledo sent messengers to Cusi Titu Yupanqui and how they were killed 309
86. 79. How Viceroy Don Francisco de Toledo sent Martín Hurtado de Arbieto as general against Tupac Amaru and the battle against him 313
87. 80. A trail was discovered through which the army entered the Puquiura Valley, and other things that occurred 318
88. 81. How, with the counsel of Puma Inca, the fort of Huayna Pucara was taken by force 322
89. 82. How General Martín Hurtado de Arbieto entered Vilcabamba and sent [his forces] after Quispe Titu, and they apprehended him 325
90. 83. How the general sent Captain Martín García [Oñaz] de Loyola, who apprehended Inca Tupac Amaru 328
91. 84. How Governor Arbieto ordered the body of Father Fray Diego Ortiz to be removed from where the Indians had buried him 332
92. 85. How Governor Arbieto sent Tupac Amaru and the other prisoners to Cuzco, and [how] the Viceroy administered justice to Tupac Amaru 335
93. 86. A fable involving Pachacuti, the son of Manco Capac 343
94. 87. Inca Urcon, son of Viracocha Inca, and of the stone in Cuzco which they call “tired” 344
95. 88. Of Tupa Amaru, son of [Pachacuti] Inca Yupanqui and of a strange event 347
96. 89. In which the marriage of the prince and captain Tupa Amaru, and an admirable event that befell him with the ñusta Cusi Chimpo, his wife, will be told 349
97. 90. Who Capac Huaritito and Cusi Tupa were 353
98. 91. The story and tale of Acoytapia, a shepherd, and Chuqui Llanto, [a] daughter of the Sun 356
99. 92. The tragic end of the love affair between Acoytapia and Chuqui Llanto 359
100. 93. A remarkable tale told by the Indians about Sayri Tupac Inca and his wife and sister, Doña María Cusi Huarcay, [the] parents of Doña Beatriz Clara Coya 362
101. Glossary 367
102. References 371
103. Index 381
104. About the Authors 397