The historical records of the reign of Huayna-Ccapac are generally regarded as reliable, since he died only a few years before the arrival of the Spaniards, and the events of his government were still fresh in the minds of his people. Not only did this monarch add to the number of magnificent temples and palaces erected throughout the empire, but he built a new highway from Cuzco to Quito and completed the great road from the capital to Chile. The famous tradition of Ollantaytambo is said to have its origin in the rebellion of one of the nobles of the court of Huayna-Ccapac, named Ollanta, who resisted the power of the Inca in his stronghold until finally conquered by the superior strength of the emperor’s forces. The ruins of Ollantaytambo, forty miles north of Cuzco, are among the most imposing in Peru, though according to some archæologists the edifice was built in pre-Incaic times, and was only restored and embellished by the Incas. The same is said of nearly all the great temples, except Coricancha, the Temple of the Sun, in Cuzco, and a few others, though it is not certain in whose reign Coricancha was built; probably the work of construction extended over several reigns. Huayna-Ccapac is said to have had a strong leaning toward philosophy, and, like some of his predecessors, he gave numerous proverbs and mottoes to his people, which the early historians were able to get from the quipucamayos. He was the first to declare that he believed in the existence of a higher power than the Sun, and the reason he gave for this disloyalty to the deity of the Incas is very interesting. It is related that he first gave expression to his new creed during a visit to his subjects of Collasuyo. He had gone with his court to spend some time on the sacred island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, where he is said to have devoted much attention to plans of reform, in religion, industries, and other features of administration. From this point he had visited the monuments of Tiahuanaco, and was celebrating the great annual feast of Raymi at Chuquiapu (La Paz, Bolivia). His uncle, the chief priest of the temple, observed that the Inca spent much time gazing at the sun, and said to him, “Thou knowest, Inca, that it is not permitted to look so freely at our father, the Sun, and thou art causing a grand scandal in the court and among all thy subjects assembled to worship our supreme lord.” In return, the emperor asked: “Is there anyone in the empire who could oblige me to make a long journey? Is there anyone who would dare to disobey me if I ordered him to journey to Chile?” “No,” was the answer of the priest; “No one would dare to give orders to his sovereign, nor to disobey him.” “Then I tell you,” replied the Inca, “that our father, the Sun, has a ruler greater and more powerful than himself; for the sun never rests on the journey which he makes every day, and the supreme lord no doubt does things leisurely and halts when