_Of the fifth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Capac Yupanqui._
It seems to me that the Indians related few things of those Incas who
reigned in Cuzco soon after the foundation of that city. Certainly it
must be as they say that three or four of the Incas were those who
ordained and performed all that has already been written.
Mayta Capac being dead, his obsequies were performed in the usual way,
and, his image having been placed in the temple, he was canonized as a
saint in conformity with their blindness. Capac Yupanqui then assumed
the fringe. This was done with great feasting, and people came from all
parts to attend the solemnity of the coronation. These rejoicings having
been completed, drinking and singing being the chief part of them, the
Inca determined to go and make sacrifice on the hill of Guanacauri,
accompanied by the High Priest, the ministers of the temple, and many
Orejones and inhabitants of the city.
In the province of Condesuyo it was known that at the time when the late
Inca died he had intended to make war, and the people were prepared,
that they might not be taken unawares. After a few days they received
news of his death, and of the intended visit of Capac Yupanqui to
Guanacauri. So they determined to make war upon him, and to secure
spoils if they obtained the victory. Setting out from a town in that
district called Marca, they came to the place where the Inca then was.
He had been warned of what was going on, and was ready for their coming.
Many days did not pass before they joined battle one with the other, the
struggle continuing for a long time, as both sides fought with spirit.
In the end, those of Condesuyos were defeated with much slaughter. The
sacrifice was then performed with great rejoicing, some men and women
being offered up in accordance with their blindness, and many flocks of
sheep and lambs, in the entrails of which they prognosticated their
extravagancies and follies. When these sacrifices were finished, the
Inca returned to Cuzco, where there was great feasting and rejoicing for
the victory.
Those of the enemy who escaped, returned to their homes as best they
could, where they again began to assemble troops, declaring that they
would either die or destroy the city of Cuzco, and kill all the
strangers who were in it. Inflamed with pride and anger, they hurried
their preparation, and before they had seen the temple of Curi-cancha,
they divided the ladies who were in it among themselves. Having
assembled together, they marched towards the hill of Guanacauri, whence
they intended to enter Cuzco. Capac Yupanqui had been informed of their
movements, and had called together all the people of Cuzco and the
confederates. With the Orejones, he then waited until he knew the enemy
were near Cuzco. He then went forth to meet them, and there was a
battle, in which each captain animated his troops. Although those of
Condesuyo fought obstinately, they were defeated a second time, with a
loss of more than 6,000 men, and those who escaped, turned and fled to
their own land.
Capac Yupanqui followed the fugitives to their homes, where he waged war
upon them in such wise that they came to sue for peace, offering to
recognise the Lord of Cuzco, as the other tribes had done which were in
friendship with him. Capac Yupanqui pardoned them, and showed himself
very friendly to them all, ordering his people not to do any harm to
those whom he now considered as friends. Some beautiful maidens were
then looked for in that land, to be conveyed to the temple at Cuzco.
Capac Yupanqui travelled for some days in the conquered region,
requiring the people to live in an orderly way, and not to build their
towns in the heights or on the snow-covered rocks. All was done as he
ordered, and he returned to Cuzco.
He continued to enrich the city and the temple more and more; and he
ordered a house to be built for his residence, which was the best that
up to that time had been erected in Cuzco. They relate that he had
legitimate sons to succeed him by the Coya, that the fame of his state
and of the temple he had founded spread abroad among all the
neighbouring provinces, and that all the people were astonished at the
good order and reason that reigned in Cuzco, and at the inhabitants
being well dressed, in-so-much that these things were noised abroad in
all directions.
In those days, the people who occupied the region to the west of Cuzco
as far as Andahuaylas, having heard the tidings, sent ambassadors to
Capac Yupanqui with gifts and offerings, and the request that he would
receive them as friends and confederates. The Inca gave a very
favourable answer, giving them rich pieces of gold and silver to deliver
to those who sent them. These messengers were several days in the city,
receiving kind treatment and hospitality, judging more by what they saw
than by what they had heard; and thus they recounted all things on their
return. Some of the Orejones of Cuzco affirm that the general language
used in all the provinces was that which was spoken by these
Quichuas,[162] who were held by their neighbours to be very valiant
until the Chancas destroyed them.[163] After the Inca Capac Yupanqui
had lived many years, he died at a great age.[164] When the days of
mourning were passed, his son was received without any opposition as
King of Cuzco, as his father had been. The new king’s name was Inca
Rocca.