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
CHAP. XIX.--How the kings of Cuzco ordered that every year an
account should be taken of all persons who died and were born
throughout their dominions; also how all men worked, and how none
could be poor by reason of the storehouses 57
CHAP. XX.--How governors were appointed to the provinces; and of
the manner in which the kings visited their dominions, and how they
bore, for their arms, certain waving serpents with sticks 59
CHAP. XXI.--How the posts of the kingdom were arranged 64
CHAP. XXII.--How the Mitimaes were established, and of the different
kinds of them, and how they were highly esteemed by the
Incas 67
CHAP. XXIII.--Of the great preparations that were made when the
lords set out from Cuzco on warlike expeditions; and how robbers
were punished 72
CHAP. XXIV.--How the Incas ordered the people to form settled
towns, dividing the lands concerning which there was any dispute,
and how it was ordered that all should speak the language of
Cuzco 75
CHAP. XXV.--How the Incas were free from the abominable sin, and
from other evil customs which have been seen to prevail in the world
among other princes 78
CHAP. XXVI.--How the Incas employed councillors and executors of
justice, and of their method of reckoning time 81
CHAP. XXVII.--Which treats of the riches of the temple of Curicancha,
and of the veneration in which the Incas held it 83
CHAP. XXVIII.--Which treats of the other principal temples, and of
their names 87
CHAP. XXIX.--How the Capacocha was made, and to what extent it
was practised by the Incas; by which is to be understood the gifts
and offerings that were made to idols 91
CHAP. XXX.--How they made great festivities and sacrifices at the
grand and solemn feast called Hatun Raymi 94
CHAP. XXXI.--Of the second king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco,
named Sinchi Roca 99
CHAP. XXXII.--Of the third king who reigned in Cuzco, named
Lloque Yupanqui 102
CHAP. XXXIII.--Of the fourth king who reigned at Cuzco, named
Mayta Capac, and of what happened during his reign 105
CHAP. XXXIV.--Of the fifth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Capac
Yupanqui 107
CHAP. XXXV.--Of the sixth king who reigned in Cuzco, and of what
happened in his time; and of the fable or history they relate touching
the river that passes through the midst of the city of Cuzco 111
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