The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon; part 2Cieza de León, Pedro de
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The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon; part 2
Cieza de León, Pedro de
Incas; Peru -- History -- To 1548
[178] Garcilasso de la Vega places this feud between the two great
chiefs of the Collao, Cari and Sapana (or Chipana), in the reign of
Ccapac Yupanqui, two generations earlier. He says that the names were
those of dynasties, each sovereign becoming Cari or Sapana when he
succeeded; adding that, “Cieza de Leon places these events long after
the time when they really occurred.” His version is that both the
chiefs declared that they would abide by the arbitration of the Ynca.
They came to the Ynca’s camp at Paria, near Oruro, by different roads.
The Ynca’s decision was that boundary marks should be set up, that
peace should be maintained, and that his laws should be observed by
both chiefs. Cari and Sapana were, from that time, faithful vassals.
Their territories comprised Cochabamba.
It will be seen that the version of Garcilasso is very different from
that in the text. See my translation of _Garcilasso de la Vega_, i,
pp. 247 to 252.
[179] The territory of the Canches was in the upper part of the
Vilcamayu valley.
[180] The Canas inhabited one side of the valley of Vilcamayu, and the
Canches the other--the river dividing them.
[181] This word is almost illegible in the Escurial manuscript. Señor
Jimenez de la Espada, the Spanish editor, has _suvica_. The learned
Peruvian, Dr. de la Rosa, has _sinica_. The words for intoxicating
liquors in Quichua are _acca_, _azúa_, _huiñapu_, _sora_. The
Spaniards also use the word _chicha_. But it is not like any of these,
unless it be _sora_.
[182] Thousands.
[183] This Ynca is not mentioned by Garcilasso de la Vega.
[184] This is a curious blunder of Cieza de Leon, for the Spanish form
of _Andaguaylas_ is much more nearly correct than _Andabailes_. The
Quichua word is _Anta-huaylla_.
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