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
[189] Juan de Pancorvo was a citizen of Cuzco, and had a house on
the western side of the great square, which he shared with Alonso de
Marchana; for Juan de Pancorvo did not wish him to live in another
house, because of the warm and long-continued friendship they always
felt for each other. So says Garcilasso de la Vega. Pancorvo had,
in his grant, one of the great halls in which the Yncas held their
festivals. This he bestowed upon the Franciscan convent. He seems to
have been a peaceable man.
[190] Hanco-huallu is the name which Garcilasso de la Vega gives to
the warlike chief of the Chancas. He could not endure dependence, even
under the mild rule of the Ynca, and, ten years after his defeat, he
emigrated with many followers to the forests of Moyobamba. In the
First Part, Cieza de Leon says the same thing, calling him Ancoallu
(p. 280). Also see further on, at page 157.
[191] The Soras and Rucanas were tribes of hardy mountaineers,
inhabiting the wild region of the maritime cordillera, to the
south-west of the Chancas. The Rucanas (the modern province of
Lucanas) were described as a handsome and well-disposed people, who
were expert bearers of burdens, and had the privilege of carrying the
Ynca’s litter. The Soras, closely allied to the Rucanas, lived on the
left bank of the River Pampas, near its source.
[192] The great River Pampas.
[193] The Spanish editor suggests that this should be Tupac Yupanqui
the Inca’s son. He would be going on his first campaign, to acquire
experience. But Garcilasso has Ccapac Yupanqui, a brother of the Inca,
as the General in this campaign. (See ii, p. 127.)
[194] This is wrongly written in the manuscript. Garcilasso de la Vega
has Asancaru (ii, p. 76).
[195] Garcilasso de la Vega (ii, p. 129) says that the country of the
Huancas was divided into three provinces, called Sausa, Marcavilca,
and Llacsapalanca.
[196] The lake called Pumpu (Bombon) or Chinchay-cocha.
[197] Garcillasso de la Vega calls him Hanco-Huallu, chief of the
Chancas (see Book v, cap. xxvi, ii, p. 82), and describes his flight.
[198] See back, note at page 102.
[199] By my measurement the length is 400 yards.
[200] These three names, according to Garcillasso de la Vega, are not
connected with the fortress, but belong to different parts of the city
(ii, p. 246).
[201] See chapter xcii.
[202] Fibre of _Agava tuberosa_.
[203] Four hundred yards according to the Editor’s measurement.
[204] The largest stones are, by my measurements:--First, 10 feet
high, by 6 broad; second, 16½ feet high, by 6 broad; third, 14 feet
high, by 8 broad; fourth, 14 feet high, by 12 broad.
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