Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of figures xi
4. List of tables xii
5. Preface xiii
6. Acknowledgments xv
7. Introduction: Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa and The History of the Incas 1
8. The History of the Incas
9. Cover letter to King Philip II of Spain 37
10. [1] Division of the history 44
11. [6] The origin fable of these barbarous Indians of Peru, according to their blind opinions 45
12. [7] The fable about the second age and the creation of these barbarous Indians, according to their account 49
13. [8] Ancient tribes of the provinces of Peru and its regions 55
14. [9] First settlers of the Cuzco Valley 56
15. [10] How the Incas began to tyrannize the lands of the tribes 59
16. [11] The origin fable of the Incas of Cuzco 60
17. [12] The route that these companies of the Incas took to the Cuzco Valley and the fables that they mix with the history 63
18. [13] The entry of the Incas into the Cuzco Valley and the fables that they tell about it there 68
19. [14] The disagreements betweenManco Capac and the Alcabizas over the fields 73
20. [15] The life of Cinchi Roca, the second Inca, begins 78
21. [16] The life of Lloqui Yupanqui, the third Inca 80
22. [17] The life of Mayta Capac, the fourth Inca 81
23. [18] The life of Capac Yupanqui, the fifth Inca 84
24. [19] The life of Inca Roca, the sixth Inca 87
25. [20] The life of Tito Cusi Hualpa, whom they commonly call Yahuar Huacac 89
26. [21] What happened after the Ayarmacas kidnapped Tito Cusi Hualpa 91
27. [22] How it became known that Yahuar Huacac was alive 93
28. [23] Yahuar Huacac Inca Yupanqui, the seventh Inca, begins the Incaship only after the death of his father 96
29. [24] The life of Viracocha, the eighth Inca 98
30. [25] The provinces and towns that Viracocha Inca, the eighth Inca, conquered and tyrannized 101
31. [26] The life of Inca Yupanqui, or Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, the ninth Inca 104
32. [27] The Chancas attack Cuzco 107
33. [28] The second victory that Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui had over the Chancas 111
34. [29] Inca Yupanqui Inca raises himself as Inca and takes the tassel without the consent of his father 114
35. [30] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui rebuilds the city of Cuzco 115
36. [31] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui rebuilds the House of the Sun and establishes newidols in it 117
37. [32] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui depopulates [the area] two leagues around Cuzco 119
38. [33] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui kills his older brother named Inca Urcon 121
39. [34] The nations that Pachacuti Inca destroyed and the towns he attacked; first, Tocay Capac, the cinchi of the Ayarmacas, and [then the] destruction of the Cuyos 123
40. [35] The other nations that Inca Yupanqui conquered by himself and with Inca Roca 125
41. [36] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui endows the House of the Sun with great wealth 128
42. [37] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui conquers the province of Collasuyu 129
43. [38] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui sends [Capac Yupanqui] to conquer the provinces of Chinchaysuyu 131
44. [39] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui establishes mitimaes in all the lands he had conquered 135
45. [40] The Collas, sons of Chuchic Capac, rise up against Inca Yupanqui, seeking their freedom 138
46. [41] Amaru Topa Inca and Apu Paucar Usno continue the conquest of the Collao and defeat the Collas once again 140
47. [42] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui appoints his son Topa Inca Yupanqui as his successor 141
48. [43] Pachacuti arms his son Topa Inca as a knight 144
49. [44] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui sends his son Topa Inca Yupanqui to conquer Chinchaysuyu 146
50. [45] Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui inspects the provinces conquered by him and his captains 148
51. [46] Topa Inca Yupanqui sets out a second time by order of his father to conquer what remained of Chinchaysuyu 149
52. [47] The death of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui 153
53. [48] The life of Topa Inca Yupanqui, the tenth Inca 157
54. [49] Topa Inca Yupanqui conquers the province of the Andes 158
55. [50] Topa Inca Yupanqui goes to conquer and put down the risen Collas 160
56. [51] Topa Inca makes the yanayacos 163
57. [52] Topa Inca Yupanqui orders a second inspection of the land and does other things 165
58. [53] Topa Inca builds the fortress of Cuzco 167
59. [54] The death of Topa Inca Yupanqui 169
60. [55] The life ofHuayna Capac, the eleventh Inca 171
61. [56] They give the tassel of Inca to Huayna Capac, the eleventh Inca 172
62. [57] The first things that Huayna Capac did after being invested as Inca 173
63. [58] Huayna Capac conquers the Chachapoyas 174
64. [59] Huayna Capac inspects all the land from Quito to Chile 175
65. [60] Huayna Capac wages war on the Quitos, Pastos, Carangues, Cayambes, and Guancabilicas 177
66. [61] The Chiriguanas leave to wage war in Peru against those conquered by the Incas 183
67. [62] What Huayna Capac did after those wars 184
68. [63] The life of Huascar Inca, the last Inca, and that of Atahualpa 186
69. [64] Huascar Inca leaves in person to fight against Chalco Chima and Quizquiz, Atahualpa’s captains 191
70. [65] The battle between the forces of Atahualpa and Huascar and the imprisonment ofHuascar 194
71. [66] What Chalco Chima and Quizquiz said to Huascar Inca and the others of his group 197
72. [67] The cruelties that Atahualpa ordered be committed against the defeated and captured men of Huascar 198
73. [68] News of the Spaniards reached Atahualpa 200
74. [69] The Spaniards reach Cajamarca and capture Atahualpa, who orders that Huascar be killed, and he also dies 201
75. [70] Noting how these Incas were oath-breakers and tyrants against their own, in addition to being against the natives of the land 203
76. [71] Summary account of the time that the Incas of Peru lasted 206 Statement of the proofs and verification of this history 206
77. Appendix 1: Sample Translation 213
78. Appendix 2: Editions of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa’s The History of the Incas 215
79. Appendix 3: The Rule of the Incas, Following Dates Provided by Sarmiento de Gamboa 216
80. Appendix 4: The Incas of Cuzco, Following Information Provided by Sarmiento de Gamboa 217
81. Notes 219
82. Glossary 243
83. Bibliography 247
84. Index 255