_How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and what he did._
The fame of Inca Yupanqui flew over the land in such wise that his great
deeds were discussed in all parts. Many, without seeing either banner or
captain of his, came to know more and to offer vassalage, affirming that
his ancestors must have fallen from heaven, seeing that they knew how to
live in such concert and honour. Inca Yupanqui, without losing his
gravity, answered them kindly, that he did not wish to injure any nation
whatever, but that they should obey him, seeing that the Sun wished and
commanded it. When he had again assembled an army, he set out towards
the region called Condesuyo (Cunti-suyu), and subjugated the Yanahuaras
and Chumbivilicas, and with some other tribes of Condesuyo he had sharp
encounters. Yet, although they offered much opposition, his power and
ability were such that, after much loss to themselves, they accepted him
as lord, as the rest had done. Having arranged the affairs of these
districts, and appointed rulers over the people, ordering that they
should do no injury to his subjects, he returned to Cuzco. First,
however, he placed governors in the principal places, whose duty it was
to regulate the affairs of the provinces, both as regards the mode of
living of the people, including the assembling into regular towns, and
the prevention of any wrong being done, even to the most humble.
After this, they further relate that the Inca rested for some days at
Cuzco, for he wished to proceed in person to the Andes (Antis), whither
he had sent his spies and harbingers to examine the country and report
upon the condition of the people. As the whole country was, by his
order, full of deposits of provisions, he arranged that the road he had
to take should be well supplied, and it was so. He then set out from
Cuzco with the captains and men of war, leaving a governor for the
administration of justice. Traversing the mountains and snowy passes, he
received reports from his scouts, touching the density of the forests,
and how that, although they found the great snakes which are engendered
in these thickets, yet they did no harm; yet the scouts were astounded
to see how fierce and monstrous they were.
When the natives of these parts knew that the Inca had entered their
country, as many of them had already been engaged in his service by the
captains who preceded him, they came to do _mucha_[212], bringing
presents of plumes of feathers, coca, and other products of their land,
and he received them all kindly. As regards the rest of the Indians in
the forests, those who wished to be his vassals sent messengers, and
those who did not, abandoned their habitations and retired with their
women into the densest parts of the forests.
Inca Yupanqui received important information that, after a few days’
journey to the eastward, there was a rich and well-peopled country. He
became very anxious to discover it, and would have passed onward. But
tidings came of some disturbance at Cuzco, when he had arrived at a
place called Marcapata. So he returned in great haste to Cuzco, where he
remained for some days.
The Indians say that the province of the Collao was very large, and in
those days it contained a great number of people and of lordships among
the natives, which were very powerful. When they knew that Inca Yupanqui
had entered the forests of the Antis, believing that he would either be
killed there or return defeated, they agreed as one man, from Vilcañota
onwards, but in great secrecy, to rebel and not to continue under the
dominion of the Incas. They declared that united they were great, that
their fathers had been free, and they would not remain captive, with so
many lands subject to one sole lord. They all detested the rule which
the Inca had placed over them, although they had received no injury or
ill treatment, nor had the governors or delegates been tyrannical or
exacting. But they assembled in Hatuncolla and in Chucuito, where there
met together Cari, and Zapana, and Humalla, and the lord of Azangaro,
and many others. They made their vow, in accordance with their
blindness, to proceed with their design and resolve; and for greater
assurance, they all drank from one cup, and ordered that it should be
placed in a temple amongst sacred things, as a testimony of what they
had done. Throughout the empire this rebellion in the Collao, and the
deaths that had been inflicted on the Orejones, became known. The
tidings led to other disturbances in several parts, and in many places
there were insurrections. This disturbed the arrangements respecting the
_mitimaes_. The governors were warned; and above all, the great valour
of Tupac Inca Yupanqui was displayed, who reigned from that time, as I
shall explain.