The Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru by Pedro de Cieza de León.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication to General Caceres -- Introduction -- Note on the ancient Ynca Drama -- Peruvian Love Story -- Fragment of Chapter III -- Chap. IV.-Which treats of what the Indians of this kingdom say touching the state of things before the Incas were known, and how they had fortresses in the hills, whence they came forth to make war one with another -- Chap. V.-Touching what these natives say concerning the Ticiviracocha -- of the opinion held by some that an Apostle passed through this land, and of the temple there is in Cáchan -- also what happened there -- Chap. VI.-How certain men and women appeared in Pacarec Tampu, and what they relate touching their proceedings after they came forth from there -- Chap. VII.-How the brothers, being in Tampu-Quiru, beheld him whom they had shut up in the cave by deceit, come forth with wings -- and how he told them that he went to found the great city of Cuzco -- and how they departed from Tampu-Quiru -- Chap. VIII.-How Manco Capac, when he saw that his brothers had been turned into stones, went to a valley where he met some people -- and how he founded and built the ancient and very rich city of Cuzco, which was the capital of the whole empire of the Incas -- Chap.IX.-In which notice is given to the reader of the reason that the author, leaving the account of the succession of the kings, prefers to explain the government of the people, their laws, and customs -- Chap. X.-How the lord, after he had assumed the fringe of sovereignty, was married to his sister the Coya, which is the name of the Queen, and how it was permitted that he should have many women, although among them all the Coya alone was the legitimate and principal wife.

Chap. XI.-How it was the custom among the Incas that they celebrated in their songs, and by making statues of those who were valorous and extended the bounds of the empire, and performed any other deed worthy of memory -- while those who were negligent or cowardly received little notice -- Chap. XII.-How they had chroniclers to record their deeds, and of the QUIPOS, what they were, and what we see of them -- Chap. XIII.-How the lords of Peru were beloved on the one hand, and feared on the other, by all their subjects -- and how no one, even a great lord of very ancient lineage, could come into the presence, except with a burden, in token of great obedience -- Chap. XIV.-How the riches possessed by the king were very great, and how the sons of the lord were ordered always to be in attendance at court -- Chap. XV.-How they built the edifices for the lords, and the royal road along which to travel over the kingdom -- Chap. XVI.-How and in what manner they made the royal hunts for the lords of Peru -- Chap. XVII.-Which treats of the order maintained by the Incas, and how in many parts they made the waste places fertile, by the arrangements they made for that purpose -- Chap. XVIII.-Which treats of the order they adopted in the payments of tribute by the provinces to the kings, and of the system by which the tribute was regulated -- 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 -- 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 -- Chap. XXI.-How the posts of the kingdom were arranged.

Chap. XXII.-How the Mitimaes were established, and of the different kinds of them, and how they were highly esteemed by the Incas -- Chap. XXIII.-Of the great preparations that were made when the lords set out from Cuzco on warlike expeditions -- and how robbers were punished -- 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 -- 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 -- Chap. XXVI.-How the Incas employed councillors and executors of justice, and of their method of reckoning time -- Chap. XXVII.-Which treats of the riches of the temple of Curicancba, and of the veneration in which the Incas held it -- Chap. XXVIII.-Which treats of the other principal temples, and of their names -- 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 -- Chap. XXX.-How they made great festivities and sacrifices at the grand and solemn feast called Hatun Raymi -- Chap. XXXI.-Of the second king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco, named Sinchi Roca -- Chap. XXXII.-Of the third king who reigned in Cuzco, named Lloque Yupanqui -- Chap. XXXIII.-Of the fourth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Mayta Capac, and of what happened during his reign -- Chap. XXXIV.-Of the fifth king who reigned at Cuzco, named Capac Yupanqui -- 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 -- Chap. XXXVI.-Of the seventh king or Inca who reigned in Cuzco, named Inca Yupanqui.

Chap. XXXVII.-How, when this Inca wanted to make war in the province of Collao, a certain disturbance arose in Cuzco -- and how the Chancas conquered the Quichuas, and got possession of their dominions -- Chap. XXXVIII.-How the Orejones considered who should be Inca, and what passed until Viracocha Inca assumed the fringe, who was the eighth Inca that reigned -- Chap, XXXIX.-How Viracocha Inca threw a stone of fire with a sling at Caitomarca, and how they made reverence -- Chap. XL.-How a tyrant rose up in Cuzco, and of the disturbance he caused. Of the chastisement of certain Mamaconas for having, contrary to their religion, used their bodies uncleanly -- and how Viracocha returned to Cuzco -- Chap. XLI.-How ambassadors from the tyrants of Collao came to Cuzco, and of the departure of Viracocha Inca for the Collao -- Chap. XLII.-How Viracocha Inca passed by the province of the Canches and Canas, and marched until he entered the territory of the Collao, and of what happened between Cari and Zapana -- Chap. XLIII.-How Cari returned to Chucuito -- of the arrival of the Inca Viracocha -- and of the peace that was agreed to between them -- Chap. XLIV.-How Inca Urco was received as supreme ruler of the whole empire, and assumed the crown at Cuzco, and how the Chancas determined to come forth and make war on those of Cuzco -- Chap. XLV.-How the Chancas arrived at the city of Cuzco and pitched their camp there, and of the terror of the inhabitants, and the great valour of Inca Yupanqui -- Chap. XLVI.-How Inca Yupanqui was received as king, the name of Inca being taken from Inca Urco -- and how the new sovereign made a peace with Hastu Huaraca -- Chap. XLVII.-How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, leaving Lloque Yupanqui as Governor, and of what happened.

Chap. XLVIII.-How the Inca returned to Vilcas, and besieged the rocky fastness where the enemy had taken refuge -- Chap. XLIX.-How Inca Yupanqui ordered Lloque Yupanqui to proceed to the valley of Xauxa, and to bring under his dominion the Huancas and the Yauyos, their neighbours, with other nations in that direction -- Chap. L.-How the captains of the Inca left Xauxa, and what happened -- and how Ancoallo departed from among them -- Chap. LI.-How the Royal House of the Sun was founded on a hill overlooking Cuzco towards the north, which the Spaniards usually call the Fortress -- and its wonderful construction, and the size of the stones that are to be seen there -- Chap. LII.-How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco and marched to the Collao, and of what happened there -- Chap. LIII.-How Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and what he did -- Chap. LIV.-How the Inca Yupanqui, having grown very old, resigned the government of the kingdom to Tupac Inca, his son -- Chap. LV.-How the Collas asked for peace, and how the Inca granted it and returned to Cuzco -- Chap. LVI.-How Tupac Inca Yupanqui set out from Cuzco, and how he conquered all the country from thence to Quito -- and touching his great deeds -- Chap. LVII.-How the Inca sent from Quito to know whether his commands had been obeyed, and how, leaving that province in good order, he set out to go to the valleys of the Yuncas -- Chap. LVIII.-How Tupac Inca Yupanqui marched by the coast valleys, and how all the Yuncas came under his dominion -- Chap. LIX.-How Tupac Inca again set out from Cuzco, and of the fierce war he waged with those of Huarco -- and how, after he had conquered them, he returned to Cuzco -- Chap. LX.-How Tupac Inca once more set out from Cuzco, and how he went to the Collao and from thence to Chile, subjugating the nations in that direction -- and of his death.

Chap. LXI.-How Huayna Capac reigned in Cuzco, who was the twelfth King Inca.

Translated and edited, with notes and an introduction, continuing the narrative from First Series 33. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1883.

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