Narrative of the Incas / / Juan de Betanzos; ed. by Dana Buchanan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Betanzos, Juan de,
• HerausgeberIn: Buchanan, Dana,
• TeilnehmendeR: Hamilton, Roland.
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION Juan de Betanzos and Inca Traditions --; NOTE on the Translation --; MEASUREMENTS --; PREFACE --; PROLOGUE --; PART ONE --; I Which concerns Contiti Viracocha/ who they believe was the creator, and how he made the heavens and the earth and the Indian peoples of these provinces of Peru --; II Which concerns how the people of this country emerged under the orders of Viracocha and of the viracochas he sent to accomplish this task; how Contiti Viracocha and the two that remained with him left to do the same work, and how Viracocha rejoined his people at last after having finished, and how he put out to sea, never to be seen again. --; Ill Which concerns the site and style used in the place which they now call the great city of Cuzco, and the origin of the orejones, and the way it is claimed that they originated in and came out of a certain cave --; IV Wherein Ayar Manco came down from the heights of Guanacaure to live in another ravine from whence after a certain length of time he went to live in the city of Cuzco in the company of Alcavicça, leaving on the hill of Guanacaure his companion, Ayar Oche, who had turned into an idol, which will be told of at greater length in this account --; V Wherein Manco Capac's companion Ayar Auca died, and Manco Capac had a son who was named Çinche Roca, how Manco Capac died and after this Alcavicça died, and the lords who came after Çinche Roca up to Viracocha Inca, and the events that occurred during those times up to Viracocha Inca --; VI Wherein the many lords surrounding Cuzco took the title of king or lord in their provinces, and how a Chanca lord who was named Uscovilca rose up among them, and how he and his captains made war on the rest of the lords and conquered them, and how, knowing about Viracocha Inca, he attacked Cuzco, and how Viracocha Inca sent his agreement to obey him, and later Viracocha Inca escaped to a certain stronghold, taking with him everyone from the city --; VII Wherein after Inca Yupanque remained in the city, Uscovilca sent his messengers to Viracocha Inca on finding out that he had taken refuge in the stronghold, and, additionally, Uscovilca also found out that Inca Yupanque was staying in the city and the reason he was, and how Uscovilca also sent his messengers to Inca Yupanque, and Inca Yupanque sent to ask for the help of his father and the rest of the provinces around the city, and what happened to them --; VIII Concerning the character and virtues of lnca Yupanque and how he isolated himself from his companions, went into prayer, and, according to what the authors say, had a revelation from heaven, how he was aided, went into battle with Uscovilca, captured and killed him, along with other events that took place --; IX Wherein after defeating and killing Uscovilca, Inca Yupanque took Uscovilca's garments and insignias of lord and the rest of the prisoner captains that he had brought and took them to his father, Viracocha Inca, and the things that happened with his father, and how his father gave orders to have him killed, but Inca Yupanque returned to the city of Cuzco, and some time later Viracocha Inca died, the things that happened between Inca Yupanque and Viracocha Inca during this time, and about a custom that these lords had for honoring captains returning in victory from a war --; X Wherein Inca Yupanque had a meeting with his soldiers, divided the spoils among them, what was done with the soldiers that Viracocha had given him in answer to the prayer Inca Yupanque had made to him, how he got news of the meeting called by Uscovilca's captains, how he fought them and defeated them, how he divided up again the spoils that had been taken in this battle, and of the things that came to pass at that time --; XI Wherein Inca Yupanque made the house of the Sun, the statue of the Sun, and the long fasts, pagan rites, and offerings that he did --; XII Wherein Inca Yupanque brought together the lords of all the land who were under his dominion, and how he improved the lands around the city of Cuzco, made the first storehouses of food, and took other measures that were necessary for the good of the republic in Cuzco --; XIII Wherein the lord caciques met a year later, Inca Yupanque had the two rivers that pass through the city of Cuzco repaired, married the young single men, and organized the supplying of food, which was necessary in the city of Cuzco and its republic --; XIV Wherein Inca Yupanque instituted and arranged the order that was to be followed in making the lord orejones and the fasts, ceremonies, and sacrifices that in this ordainment were to be done, establishing at this time that a fiesta of the Sun be performed; this fiesta and ordainment was called Raime --; XV Wherein Inca Yupanque designated the year and the months and named them, and the great idolatries that he established in the fiestas he ordered them to celebrate during those months, and how he made sun clocks by which those of the city of Cuzco could see when it was time to sow their fields --; XVI Wherein Inca Yupanque rebuilt the city of Cuzco, and how he distributed it among his people --; XVII Wherein the lords of Cuzco wanted Inca Yupanque to take the borla fringe of state because of his great knowledge and valor, and he refused to accept it because his father, Viracocha Inca, was alive, and Inca Yupanque would not receive the borla from anyone but his father, and how his father, Viracocha Inca, came and gave it to him, and of how Inca Yupanque insulted his father, Viracocha Inca, in a certain way, and of the end and death of Viracocha Inca --; XVIII Wherein Pachacuti Inca Yupanque assembled his subjects; in this assembly he ordered that they all prepare themselves with their weapons for a certain day because he wanted to go in search of lands and peoples to conquer and subjugate under the dominions and servitude of the city of Cuzco, and how he went out with all his soldiers and friends, won and conquered many towns and provinces, and of what befell him and his captains --; XIX Wherein Inca Yupanque returned to the city of Cuzco after defeating the Soras, and how he met with his captains in Jaquijahuana, and how he entered the city of Cuzco triumphant over the Soras as well as the rest of the lords his captains subjugated, and of the things that they did on his return --; XX Wherein Pachacuti Inca Yupanque was in the city of Cuzco enjoying himself with his people for a certain time at the end of which he had the people assemble to go across the province of Collasuyo because he had news that this province was heavily populated and had a lord there whom everybody respected and revered; this lord called himself king, unique lord and son of the Sun, just like the Inca --; XXI Wherein Inca Yupanque, after returning from subjugating Collao, spent some time in the city without considering another war hut instead enjoying himself; during this time he organized and established certain laws and ordinances for the good of the people of the city and its republic --; XXII Which concerns the things and laws that the Inca ordained for his warriors, their proper supplies, and what was to be done in the provinces under his authority --; XXIII Which concerns Inca Yupanque's age at the time when he made the laws and of his sons and daughters; seeing that it was reasonable, he sent his sons on a war of conquest --; XXIV Wherein Inca Yupanque sent another two of his sons to conquer through the province of Chinchasuyo, and of the things that happened to these two sons of the Inca on this expedition --; XXV Wherein Yamque Yupanque once again set out for conquest and of the things that happened to him --; XXVI Wherein Yamque Yupanque went again on a campaign of conquest, and of the lands and provinces that he subjugated this time, and what happened to him on this expedition, and of the birth of Huayna Capac --; XXVII Wherein Topa Inca Yupanque was named as capac, and what this name capac means --; XXVIII Wherein Topa Inca Yupanque left the city of Cuzco to conquer the province of the Andes, and how he subjugated as much of it as he could, and of the things that happened to him there --; XXIX Which concerns the things that Inca Yupanque said to his sons and to the lords of Cuzco, and how he gave away his daughters and all the rest of his possessions once he realized that he wanted to die --; XXX Which concerns the pagan rites; that Inca Yupanque established at the time when he wanted to die, and the subject will be divided into three chapters --; XXXI Concerning the sacrifices and idolatries that Inca Yupanque ordered to be done after his death --; XXXII Which concerns the death of lnca Yupanque, where he was sent for burial, and of the lineages that those of Cuzco made after the death of this lord --; XXXIII Wherein one year after his father's death, Topa Inca Yupanque got word of an uprising against him, how he assembled his men and left to pacify and subjugate, taking with him two of his brothers, and of what happened on this expedition --; XXXIV Wherein it was stipulated in their resolution that certain lords, sons of lnca Yupanque and brothers of Topa Inca Yupanque, would be governors of the provinces of Condesuyo, Chinch asuyo, and Andesuyo how each one of them was given all the provisions and warriors that they felt were necessary for it, and how they also provided in their resolution for Topa Inca to go out in person to punish the province of Collasuyo, and the things that happened on this expedition --; XXXV Wherein Topa Inca Yupanque followed his enemies, did battle with them, took them prisoner and punished them, and continued on from there on an expedition that led to Chile, and of the things that happened on it --; XXXVI Wherein Topa Inca Yupanque returned from the province of Chile to the city of Cuzco, learned at the entrance to the city of the death of his brother Yamque Yupanque, and how he mourned and what happened to him on that return --; XXXVII Wherein Topa Inca Yupanque built the fortress of Cuzco and its structure, which is magnificent and famous --; XXXVIII Wherein Topa Inca Yupanque had a town, which he named Chinchero, built two leagues from the city of Cuzco behind the fortress on the road to Yucay --; XXXIX Wherein Topa Inca Yupanque returned to the city of Cuzco, the things he did and provided there before he died, and of the preparations made after his death --; XL Wherein Huayna Capac and the lord governors provided inspectors who did an inspection of the kingdom and considered the well-being of all, and of how the governors gave up their post and Huayna Capac became the only lord --; XLI Wherein Huayna Capac sent these lords of the city of Cuzco to do an inspection of the four provinces and again gave the order as to what was to be done both in the city of Cuzco and in all the land --; XLII Wherein Huayna Capac went out twenty leagues from the city of Cuzco and did an inspection of the towns and provinces in that surrounding area, and the things that he did on this inspection tour --; XLIII Wherein Huayna Capac erected the buildings of the Valley of Yucay and made the river flow on along a new course, and afterwards he went to do an inspection of Vilcas --; XLIV Wherein Huayna Capac, after he returned from Vilcas, went to hunt wild game in the province of Collao [Collasuyo] and, on returning, went on the conquest of the Chachapoyas Indians after his mother died, and of the events that befell him --; XLV Wherein Huayna Capac left the city of Cuzco and did an inspection tour of his country during which he reached Cochabamba, and of the births of Atahualpa, Huascar, and Paulo, and of the many other things that he did and that took place during that time --; XLVI Wherein Huayna Capac was resting in the city of Cuzco, and of the birth ofCuxi Yupanque, his nephew, the son ofYamque Yupanque, his first cousin --; XLVII Wherein Huayna Capac remained in the city of Cuzco engaged in work for the benefit of the city, and of all the land, and of the birth of Dona Angelina Yupanque, and of the things that occurred during this time --; XLVIII Wherein Huayna Capac left the city of Cuzco for the province of Quito, and of the wars that he fought and the conquests he won there, at the conclusion of which he died, and of the election that was made of the lords who were to follow him after his days --; PART TWO --; I Wherein Huascar was named lord, and of those things that he did after he became lord, and how the body of Huayna Capac came to the city of Cuzco, and what was done with it --; II Wherein is told how Atahualpa in Quito and the nobles who were with him celebrated as many rites of mourning and sacrifices in the memory of the death of his father [as Huascar], and how he sent certain tribute to Huascar as a sign of servitude and vassalage, and what Huascar did with it and to the messengers who carried it --; III Wherein Huascar leaves Cuzco to build the town of Calca, and how he raised an army and sent it against Atahualpa --; IV Wherein is described how Hango left Huascar with his men, and how he gave battle to Atahualpa, during the course of which battle Atahualpa was victorious and Hango was killed, and the rest of what happened to him --; V Wherein Atahualpa returns to Quito, and a certain province rebelled, and an army was raised and sent against it. During this journey he ordered a royal residence built in the province of Carangue. He then punished the Canares and sent messengers to Chalcochima and Quizquiz --; VI Wherein Atahualpa punished the Pastos Indians, and continued his journey, and passed through the mountains called Cinnamon. On his return, he conquered another province and from there he returned to Carangue and was invested with the borla fringe of state. From there he went to Quito, where he received news from his captains; he went to help them --; VII Which concerns how Aguapante was captured in the first battle launched by Atahualpa and then escaped from this captivity and informed Huascar of his defeat, and how Aguapante gathered an army and awaited Atahualpa's captains. Atahualpa's captains defeated Aguapante and Huascar sent him assistance. Other nobles from the city of Cuzco arrived, sent by Huascar, all of whom were defeated by Atahualpa's captains, until they reached the province of Jauja --; VIII Wherein Guanca Auqui left Jauja and ran into his enemies and gave battle; he was defeated by Chalcochima, and Quizquiz, who entered Jauja. Another battle took place on the rise to Picoy, and they went from there to Vilcas --; IX Wherein Inca Atahualpa left the city of Quito to find and assist his captains, and of the great cruelties and destruction he wrought upon the peoples of the towns and provinces through which he passed until he arrived in the province of Guambo --; X Wherein Atahualpa left the province of Guambo and went to punish some yunga Indians who had rebelled, and how he received news of Chalcochima and Quizquiz, and of the things that happened from the province of Guambo to Cajamarca --; XI Which explains how Chalcochima and Quizquiz left Tambo de Vilcas to fight the lords who gathered in Andahuaylas on behalf of Huascar, and how they destroyed Huascar's men, and how, before the battle, Huascar's men split their forces and some of them went to burn the baggage that Chalcochima and Quizquiz had left in Vilcas --; XII Wherein Huascar's captain Aguapante left the bridge at Apurimac for Cuzco to carry to Huascar the news of what had happened, and of the great lamentations that occurred in the city when this was known, and of how Huascar ordered the assembly of his warriors --; XIII Wherein Huascar leaves Cuzco and instructs his warriors in the way that they should fight, and of the other things that Chalcochima and Quizquiz did after they fought the battle of Andahuaylas, and how Huascar left with his men in search of his enemies and crossed the bridge at Cotabamba and captured one of the captains of Chalcochima and Quizquiz who was coming to find out about Huascar. And of how Huascar found out from that captain about his enemies, and how he came looking for them --; XIV Which concerns how Huascar, after having killed the captain of Quizquiz and Chalcochima, continued with the five thousand men he had without waiting for his army. He intended to capture and kill Quizquiz and Chalcochima, but they captured him and killed one of his brothers --; XV Wherein is told how Huascar told Chalcochima and Quizquiz why he had left his men, and of the ruse and signal he left with them, and how Chalcochima routed Huascar's captains with the information that Huascar gave them --; XVI Which concerns how Atahualpa left Cajamarca for the province of Guamachuco. When he arrived, he ordered a sacrifice to a guaca there that they might know of his great success.; When he received an answer from the guaca that he did not want to hear, he became enraged at the guaca and went to wage war upon it. And of the things he did there and how he sent Cuxi Yupanque from there to the city of Cuzco to punish those who had been against him --; XVII Wherein Atahualpa, while he was engaged in destroying the guaca, learned of the arrival of the Marquis Francisco Pizarro and of the rest of the people who came with him, and how Atahualpa left and went to Cajamarca, and of the things that happened during this time --; XVIII Which concerns how Quizquiz and Chalcochima, after capturing Huascar, chased Huascar's captains to the entrance of the city of Cuzco, and of the things they did in the city --; XIX Wherein Cuxi Yupanque, Atahualpa's captain-general, entered the city of Cuzco, and of the great cruelties and punishments that he meted out there on the children of Huayna Capac and upon the children and wives of Huascar and the rest of the leaders, captains, and common people who were found on Huascar's side, and of the things that he arranged and ordered done in the city of Cuzco, and how he sent Huascar to his lord Atahualpa as a prisoner --; XX Wherein the marquis sent a messenger named Ciquinchara to the Inca Atahualpa, and of the great misfortunes that this messenger imparted to the Inca, which caused Inca Atahualpa to change his mind, and how Ciquinchara returned to the marquis on behalf of Atahualpa --; XXI Wherein the marquis arrived in Cajamarca and learned that the Inca Atahualpa was engaged in a celebration at the baths two leagues from there, and how he sent one of his captains to call on him, and of the things that happened between the captain and his men and the Inca at the baths --; XXII Wherein the marquis prepares his men and awaits Atahualpa, and how Atahualpa entered into consultation after the Spanish left him, and of the things that Ciquinchara told him in the council --; XXIII Wherein Atahualpa went to Cajamarca and was captured by the marquis, and of the things that occurred during this imprisonment --; XXIV Wherein we learn how Cuxi Yupanque returned from Cuzco, and how Chalcochima went down from Cuzco to punish those who had not taken part, and how Atahualpa ordered Cuxi Yupanque to return and kill Huascar, and how Huascar died --; XXV Wherein we learn how the three Spaniards the marquis had sent from Cajamarca arrived in Cuzco, and of the things that they did there, and how they returned to Cajamarca --; XXVI Wherein we learn how Atahualpa gave the treasure to the marquis in Cajamarca, and how the marquis distributed it among his men, and how, after this, he ordered the death of Atahualpa, and how Atahualpa died, and how Chalcochima was captured --; XXVII Wherein the marquis named a son of Huayna Capac as Inca and lord after the death of Atahualpa there in Cajamarca; he was called Topa Gualpa; the marquis left Cajamarca and came in search of the city of Cuzco, and of the things that befell him during this time --; XXVIII Wherein the marquis names Manco Capac as Inca; during this investiture he was named Manco Inca --; XXIX Wherein Manco Inca, Vilaoma, and the rest of the lords of Cuzco came to an agreement regarding how to rebel and gave the order for the rebellion --; XXX Wherein we learn how Hernando Pizarro returned from Spain, and how the Inca tricked Hernando Pizarro by telling him that if he would let him leave Cuzco he would return and bring a potbellied Indian of solid gold, and how Hernando Pizarro allowed him to leave, and how the Inca left, staged an uprising, and never returned even to this day --; XXXI Wherein the marquis went to inspect the towns of Piura and Trujillo, and how he learned of the uprising of the Inca when he returned to Lima, and of what he did about it, and how he sent aid to Hernando Pizarro, and how Manco Inca laid siege to the city of Cuzco and made war on Hernando Pizarro and afterward sent a force to lay siege to the marquis --; XXXII Which concerns the siege Manco Inca laid to the city of Cuzco, and the things that happened to Manco Inca until he died, and how Timbaya killed the Spaniards who killed him --; XXXIII Wherein Timbayci sent a messenger to Pumasupa by whom he said that the Inca was dead, and how Pumasupa returned, and how Pumasupa and the rest of Manco Inca's captains elected as Inca one of Manco Inca's sons who they called Saire Topa Yupanque, and of the things they did later and what befell them --; XXXIV Wherein, after many years had passed since the departure of licentiate Pedro de la Gasca from this kingdom of Peru and while Hurtado de Mendoza was the viceroy of this kingdom for his Majesty, the author, Juan de Betanzos, a resident of the city of Cuzco, went, by order of the viceroy, out in the wilds where Saire Topa was, with orders and royal provisions, to persuade him to come out peacefully, and what happened to him on that mission --; NOTES --; GLOSSARY --; INDEX
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One of the earliest chronicles of the Inca empire was written in the 1550s by Juan de Betanzos. Although scholars have long known of this work, only eighteen chapters were actually available until the 1980s when the remaining sixty-four chapters were discovered in the collection of the Fundación Bartolomé March in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Narrative of the Incas presents the first complete English translation of the original manuscript of this key document. Although written by a Spaniard, it presents an authentic Inca worldview, drawn from the personal experiences and oral traditions told to Betanzos by his Inca wife, Doña Angelina, and other members of her aristocratic family who lived during the reigns of the last Inca rulers, Huayna Capac Huascar and Atahualpa. Betanzos wrote a history of the Inca empire that focuses on the major rulers and the contributions each one made to the growth of the empire and of Inca culture. Filled with new insights into Inca politics, marriage, laws, the calendar, warfare, and other matters, Narrative of the Incas is essential reading for everyone interested in this ancient civilization.