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The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon; part 2
Cieza de León, Pedro de
Incas; Peru -- History -- To 1548
[37] _Ollanta, an ancient Ynca Drama_, translated from the original
Quichua. By Clements R. Markham, C.B. (Trübner, 1871.) Pp. 128,
with introduction and notes. My translation, owing to my imperfect
knowledge of the language, contained numerous mistakes, which have
been duly pointed out by Zegarra, a native of the country, in his work
published subsequently.
[38] _“Ollanta o’ sea la severidad de un Padre y la clemencia de
un Rey_, drama dividido en tres actos, traducido del Quichua al
Castellano, cos notas diversas, por José S. Barranca.” (Lima, 1868.)
Pp. 16 and 71.
[39] “_Los vinculos de Ollanta y Cusi Kcuyllor, Drama en Quichua._
Obra compilada y espurgada con la version Castellana al frente de su
testo por el Dr. José Fernandez Nodal, Abogado de los tribunales de
justicia de la Republica del Peru: bajo los auspicios de La Redentora
Sociedad de Filantropos para mejorar la suerte de los Aborijenes
Peruanos.” (Ayacucho, en el deposito del Autor.) Dr. Nodal commenced,
but never completed, an English translation.
[40] “_Ollanta._ Ein Altperuanisches Drama aus der Kechuasprache.
Ubersetzt und commentirt von J. J. von Tschudi.” (Wien, 1875.) 4to.,
pp. 220.
[41] Lopez also tells us that his father was a personal friend of
Dr. Valdez, and never heard that the learned Quichua scholar was the
author of _Ollantay_. On the contrary, he believed that the drama was
very ancient. Mariano Moreno, another intimate friend of Dr. Valdez,
bears the same testimony. _Races Aryennes_, p. 325.
[42] _Collection Linguistique Americaine._ Tome iv. “Ollantaï, drama
en vers Quechuas du temps des Incas: traduit et commenté.” Par Gavino
Pacheco Zegarra. Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie., 25, Quai Voltaire, 1878,
pp. clxxiv and 265. At the end there is a vocabulary of all the words
in the text of _Ollantay_.
[43] In my book, _Cuzco and Lima_, 1853, written when I was
twenty-two, immediately after transcribing the Justiniani version, I
assumed the antiquity of the drama. But in my later work, _Travels
in Peru and India_ (1862), I expressed a doubt, and inclined to the
opinion that Dr. Valdez was the author (Note, p. 138). A subsequent
detailed and critical study of the text obliged me to revert to my
former belief that _Ollantay_ was, in the main, a composition of Ynca
origin, dating from before the conquest. All I have since read has
confirmed me in this opinion.
[44] See p. 51.
[45] P. 116.
[46] Don Vicente Lopez suggests the following derivation for the name
of Ollantay. The second part, _Antay_, signifies “of the Andes”,
anything belonging to the Andes. _Oll_ would be a corruption of _Ull_
or _Uill_. The correct form would be _Uill-Antay_ or _Uilla Antay_.
_Uilla_ means a legend, tradition, or history, _The Legend of the
Andes_. Several of the manuscripts have _Apu-Ollantay_, _Apu_, meaning
chief, “_The Legend of the Chief of the Andes_.”
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