History of the Incas
by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
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Contents
- Council of the Hakluyt Society
- Introduction
- To His Sacred Caesarian Majesty the King, Don Felipe, Our Lord
- I. Division of the History
- II. The Ancient Division of the Land
- III. Description of the Ancient Atlantic Island
- IV. First Inhabitants of the World and Principally of the Atlantic Island
- V. Inhabitants of the Atlantic Island
- VI. The Fable of the Origin of These Barbarous Indians of Peru, According to Their Blind Opinions
- VII. Fable of the Second Age, and Creation of the Barbarous Indians According to Their Account
- VIII. The Ancient Behetrias of These Kingdoms of Peru and Their Provinces
- IX. The First Settlers in the Valley of Cuzco
- X. How the Incas Began to Tyrannize Over the Lands and Inheritances
- XI. The Fable of the Origin of the Incas of Cuzco
- XII. The Road Which These Companies of the Incas Took to the Valley of Cuzco, and of the Fables Which Are Mixed with Their History
- XIII. Entry of the Incas Into the Valley of Cuzco, and the Fables They Relate Concerning It
- XIV. The Difference Between Manco Ccapac and the Alcabisas, Respecting the Arable Land
- XV. Commences the Life of Sinchi Rocca, the Second Inca
- XVI. The Life of Lloqui Yupanqui, the Third Inca
- XVII. The Life of Mayta Ccapac, the Fourth Inca
- XVIII. The Life of Ccapac Yupanqui, the Fifth Inca
- XIX. The Life of Inca Rocca, the Sixth Inca
- XX. The Life of Titu Cusi Hualpa, Vulgarly Called Yahuar-Huaccac
- XXI. What Happened After the Ayamarcas Had Stolen Titu Cusi Hualpa
- XXII. How It Became Known That Yahuar-Huaccac Was Alive
- XXIII. Yahuar-Huaccac Inca Yupanqui Commences His Reign Alone, After the Death of His Father
- XXIV. Life of Viracocha the Eighth Inca
- XXV. The Provinces and Towns Conquered by the Eighth Inca Viracocha
- XXVI. The Life of Inca Yupanqui or Pachacuti, the Ninth Inca
- XXVII. Coming of the Chancas Against Cuzco
- XXVIII. The Second Victory of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Over the Chancas
- XXIX. The Inca Yupanqui Assumes the Sovereignty and Takes the Fringe, Without the Consent of His Father
- XXX. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Rebuilds the City of Cuzco
- XXXI. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Rebuilds the House of the Sun and Establishes New Idols in It
- XXXII. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Depopulates Two Leagues of Country Near Cuzco
- XXXIII. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Kills His Elder Brother Named Inca Urco
- XXXIV. The Nations Which Pachacuti Inca Subjugated and the Towns He Took: And First of Tocay Ccapac, Sinchi of the Ayamarcas, and the Destruction of the Cuyos
- XXXV. The Other Nations Conquered by Inca Yupanqui, Either in Person or Through His Brother Inca Rocca
- XXXVI. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Endows the House of the Sun with Great Wealth
- XXXVII. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Conquers the Province of Colla-Suyu
- XXXVIII. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Sends an Army to Conquer the Province of Chinchay-Suyu
- XXXIX. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Plants Mitimaes in All the Lands He Had Conquered
- XL. The Collas, Sons of Chuchi Ccapac, Rebel Against Inca Yupanqui to Obtain Their Freedom
- XLI. Amaru Tupac Inca and Apu Paucar Usnu Continue the Conquest of the Collao and Again Subdue the Collas
- XLII. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Nominates His Son Tupac Inca Yupanqui as His Successor
- XLIII. How Pachacuti Armed His Son Tupac Inca
- XLIV. Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Sends His Son Tupac Inca Yupanqui to Conquer Chinchay-Suyu
- XLV. How Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui Visited the Provinces Conquered for Him by His Captains
- XLVI. Tupac Inca Yupanqui Sets Out, a Second Time, by Order of His Father, to Conquer What Remained Unsubdued in Chinchay-Suyu
- XLVII. Death of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
- XLVIII. The Life of Tupac Inca Yupanqui, the Tenth Inca
- XLIX. Tupac Inca Yupanqui Conquers the Province of the Antis
- L. Tupac Inca Yupanqui Goes to Subdue and Pacify the Collas
- LI. Tupac Inca Makes the Yanaconas
- LII. Tupac Inca Yupanqui Orders a Second Visitation of the Land, and Does Other Things
- LIII. Tupac Inca Makes the Fortress of Cuzco
- LIV. Death of Tupac Inca Yupanqui
- LV. The Life of Huayna Ccapac, Eleventh Inca
- LVI. They Give the Fringe of Inca to Huayna Ccapac, the Eleventh Inca
- LVII. The First Acts of Huayna Ccapac After He Became Inca
- LVIII. Huayna Ccapac Conquers Chachapoyas
- LIX. Huayna Ccapac Makes a Visitation of the Whole Empire from Quito to Chile
- LX. Huayna Ccapac Makes War on the Quitos, Pastos, Carangues, Cayambis, Huancavilcas
- LXI. The Chirihuanas Come to Make War in Peru Against Those Conquered by the Incas
- LXII. What Huayna Ccapac Did After the Said Wars
- LXIII. The Life of Huascar, the Last Inca, and of Atahualpa
- LXIV. Huascar Inca Marches in Person to Fight Chalco Chima and Quiz-Quiz, the Captains of Atahualpa
- LXV. The Battle Between the Armies of Huascar and Atahualpa Huascar Made Prisoner
- LXVI. What Chalco Chima and Quiz-Quiz Did Concerning Huascar and Those of His Side in Words
- LXVII. The Cruelties That Atahualpa Ordered to Be Perpetrated on the Prisoners and Conquered of Huascar's Party
- LXVIII. News of the Spaniards Comes to Atahualpa
- LXIX. The Spaniards Come to Caxamarca and Seize Atahualpa, Who Orders Huascar to Be Killed. Atahualpa Also Dies
- LXX. It Is Noteworthy How These Incas Were Tyrants Against Themselves, Besides Being So Against the Natives of the Land
- LXXI. Summary Computation of the Period That the Incas of Peru Lasted
- Certificate of the Proofs and Verification of This History