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INDEX

  • Abancay. See Apancay
  • Abisca, 196; settlements in the montaña, 197; estate of Garcilasso de la Vega, 272
  • Acari, 239
  • Acca, native name for chicha, 127
  • Achacuc, diviners, 107
  • Achihua, Royal parasol, 292
  • Aclla-cuna, chosen virgins, 106; at the Intip Raymi, 120, 382
  • Aconcagua peak, 21
  • Acosta, Joseph: his 'Natural History of the Indies,' edited by the Author, xi n.; notice of, and his work, 8; much quoted, 9; on Tiahuanacu, 29; alludes to a change on the accession of Rocca, 64; names of stars, 117; his names of months, 118; on absence of rain on the coast, 201; with Toledo on his journey of inspection, 289
  • Acoyapuncu, now Angostura, near Cuzco, 126
  • Ahua-tuna, near Paucartampu, 195
  • Ahuayra-cancha, abode of the Ayamarca chief, 71
  • Alarcon, Alonso de, made prisoner by Titu Atauchi, 253
  • Alcamari, a falcon, 79
  • Alcavisas, original inhabitants of Cuzco, 54
  • Alcobasa, Diego de, guardian of Inca Garcilasso, 264
  • Alcobasa, Diego de (junior), schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265
  • Alcobasa, Francisco de, schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265; Garcilasso's quotations from, 279; his account of Tiahuanacu, 278, 279
  • Algaroba tree (Prosopis horrida), 204
  • Allcacanquis, intercalary days, 117, 120
  • Almagro: expedition to Chile, 255; convention with Alvarado, 262; buried in La Merced church at Cuzco, 263
  • Almagro, the lad: beheaded by Vaca de Castro, 257; buried with his father, 263
  • Alpaca, domestication, 30
  • Altamirano, Antonio de, father of the schoolboys: rich from the spoils of the palace of Huayna Ccapac, 266; hanged by Carbajal, 269
  • Altamirano, Francisco, schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265; horse-races, 266, 267
  • Altamirano, brother of Francisco, 265
  • Althaus, Señora Grimanesa, vi, 119. See Cotes
  • Alvarado, Alonzo, 261, 262
  • Alvarado, Pedro, 261, 262
  • Amaru-cancha, palace of Huayna Ccapac, 269
  • Amaru Tupac, eldest son of Inca Pachacuti, 92
  • Amaru, on the site of Paucartampu, 195
  • Amaryllis aurea, 80
  • Amautas, learned men, 41, 106; a dynasty of, 43, 44, 45; historical information from, 140; schools for, 142; composed dramas, 147; surgical skill, knowledge of herbs, 156, 157; accounts of times before the Incas, 159; record the flight of the Chancas, 178; in Chile with the Inca's nephews, 190; list of ancient kings obtained from, 304
  • Amazons' river: Author's volume on early expeditions, x n.; source, 193; tributaries from the Andes, 193
  • Amazonian forests, 173; flight of Chancas into, 178; Collas and Lupacas sent to colonise, 191; approaches from the Andes, 193. See Montaña
  • Ambato, defeat of Huascar's army at, 246
  • Amotape, on the coast, cruelties of Pizarro at, 224
  • Ampuero, Francisco: married a daughter of Pizarro, 297
  • Ampuero, Martin: befriended Inca children, 297
  • Anahuarqui, wife of Pachacuti, 92
  • Añaya, Atilano de, envoy to Vilcapampa, 292
  • Anca, an eagle, 79
  • Ancalluasu, girl's dress, 136
  • Anco ayllu, image carried in front of the Chanca army, 84
  • Anco-ayllu, chief of the Chanca contingent of the Inca army: flight into the Huallaga valley, 178
  • Ancon, excavations of Reiss and Stübel, 229
  • Ancovilca, joint founder of the Chanca nation, 83
  • Ancoyacu, Huascar's army rallied at, 248
  • Andahuaylas, chief seat of the Chancas, 83, 92, 176
  • Andean people, 30, 31. See Indians
  • Andes: unfrequented pass from Yca, viii ; Cordilleras unite at Vilcañota, 21; and at Cerro Pasco, 182; age, rise, 37, 38, 230; above the vale of Vilcamayu, 52; mountains of Cuntur-cunca, 179; Andes penetrated by five rivers, 192; descent from, to the montaña, 194, 195. See Cordillera
  • Angamos, 175
  • Anta, Prince Cusi Hualpa rescued by people of, 73; chief of, rewarded by the Inca, 74; daughter of the chief married to Uira-cocha Inca, 77. See Chimpu Urma and Runtu-caya
  • Antamarca, Huascar murdered at, 251
  • Antarctic lands once joined to South America, 37
  • Antarctic Indian, Garcilasso called himself, 31
  • Ant-eaters, fossils in Tarapaca, 38
  • Anti Indians, 196
  • Anti-suyu, eastern division of the empire, 173, 192–9. See Amazonian foests and Montaña
  • Apancay, or Abancay, 33, 174; beauty of the valley, 175; battle at, 262
  • Apocynea, tree in the northern coast valleys, 205
  • April–May, Ayrihua, 119
  • Apu-ccuri-machi, conquest of Marcapata by, 196; crossed the Inambari, reached Paytiti, 197
  • Apu Mayta, nephew of Inca Rocca: great general, 66; conquests of, 75, 77; against the succession of Urco, 83; supported Prince Cusi, 85; in battle with the Chancas, 86 ; death, 88
  • Apu-panaca, officer who selected Virgins of the Sun, 163
  • Apu Paucar Usnu, conqueror of Colla-suyu, son of Inca Pachacuti, 189
  • Apurimac river, 45, 48, 77; western frontier of the land of the Incas, 78, 80, 81; Chanca boundary, 83, 89, 91, 126, 137, 159, 173, 174; tributary of the Ucayali, 193; Huanca Auqui stationed to defend the bridge, 248; meeting of Manoo Inca and Pizarro at the bridge, 254
  • Arapa, stronghold of the Collas, 189
  • Arasa river, 193
  • Arayraca tribe, followers of the Avars, 50; belonging to Hanan Cuzco, 65
  • Arbieto, Martin Hernando de: in command of the force to invade Vilcapampa, 293; returned to Cuzco when sated with slaughter, 294
  • Architecture, megalithic, 22–39; of Ollantay-tampu, 150, 151; of the Chimu, 210, 216, 218–19; of Colcampata, 286, 287; Inca, 318
  • Arequipa, ix, 173; conquered by the Collas, 187, 239
  • Ariea, 239
  • Arpay, sacrifice, 108
  • Arriaga, report on the extirpation of idolatry, 10, 235
  • Asia, coast valley, 227
  • Asillo, stronghold cf the Collas, 189
  • Astete, Miguel: at Pachacamac with Hernando Pizarro, 234; name of chiefs on the coast given by, 239 n.; presented the llautu of Atahualpa to Sayri Tupac, 274; notice of, 288 n.
  • Astete, Colonel Pablo of Cuzco, 288 n.
  • Astete, Señora: authority on folklore at Cuzco, viii; information from, respecting the secret of the hidden treasure, 288 n.
  • Asto Huaraca, chief of the Chancas, 83; in the battle with Prince Cusi, 86 ; death in battle, 89
  • Atacama: language, 220; people, 239
  • Atahualpa : daughter married to Betanzos, 5; went to Quito with Huayna Ccapac, 241; not born at Quito nor was his mother a native of Quito, 241 n.; military service unsatisfactory, 242; excused himself from coming to Cuzco, 243; sent an embassy to Huascar, 244; his victory, 247, 249; imprisoned by Spaniards, 249; ransom, 250, 251; his name used in mockery by schoolboys at Cuzco, 265
  • Atauchi, name, 44
  • Atequipa, coast valley, 239
  • Atico, coast valley, 239
  • Atoc, in command of Huascar's army, defeated at Ambato, 246
  • August–September, Ccapac Situa, 118, 125
  • Augustine Friars. See Calancha, Vivero, Ortiz
  • Auqui, name, 44
  • Auqui Tupac Yupanqui, put to death by Huascar, 243
  • Authorities. See Acosta, Arriaga, Avila, Ayala, Balboa, Bertonio, Betanzos, Calancha, Cieza de Leon, Fernandez, Garcilasso de la Vega (Inca), Gomara, Herrera, Holguin, Lizarraga, Matienza, Molina, Montesinos, Morua, Mossi Oliva, Pizarro (Pedro), Polo de Ondegardo, Ramos Gavilan, Relaciones Geograficas, Salcamayhua, Santillan, San Tomas, Sarmiento, Solorzano, Torres Rubio, Valera, Valverde, Velasco, Zarate
  • Avendaño, Hernando: work lost, 10
  • Avila, 10, 230. See Huarochiri
  • Ayacucho, author's headquarters at, viii ; battle, 179 and note
  • Ayala. See Huaman
  • Ayamarca, month, Nov.–Dec., 118, 128
  • Ayamarca, chief, named Tocay Ccapac, engaged to be married to Micay, wife of the Inca Rocca; war with her tribe, the Huayllacans, 68; kidnapped Prince Cusi Hualpa, 71, 72; finally subdued, 76, 80, 91 n.; meaning of the name, 128 n.
  • Ayar, name, 43; title of the mythical founders of the empire, 49 ; their resolution and march to Cuzco, 49, 50; tribes forming their army, 49, 50
  • Ayar Auca, 49; death, 54
  • Ayar Cachi, 49; plot against, 51; murder, 52
  • Ayar Manco, 49; the leader: his Huauqui, 50; plan to get rid of his brothers, 51; hurled his golden staff, 53; his date, 55; established at Cuzco, 54, 55; four wives of the Ayars,—49 Occlo, Huaco, Ipacura, Rava
  • Ayar Uchu, 49 ; turned into the Huanacauri idol, 52, 128
  • Ayar march to Cuzco. For stopping stations see Huanacancha, Tampuquiru, Pallata, Hais Quisru, Quirirmanta, Matahua, Huanay-pata
  • Ayar ayllus or tribes, 49, 50, 55, 65, 125
  • Ayllus or lineages : tribes of the Ayars, 49, 50; each had its founder or ancestor, 104, 113; as runners at the Situa festival, 126; records of events kept by, 140; akin to village communities, 159; system, 160, 161; mountaineers, 175; on the coast, 235, 236; of the Incas, 290
  • Aymara colonists, 164; a branch of the Quichuas, 175, 192; settled at Juli, 192; Spanish priests gave the name to the language of the Collas, 192; never used for the language until long after the conquest, 313; error explained, 314; never used for the people of the Collas by any early writer, 315
  • Aymuray, May–June, 119, 135
  • Ayrihua, April–May, 119, 135; dance, 168


  • Baccharis Incarum or Tola, 22
  • Baccharis Molina—Chilca, 80
  • Baccharis Eupatorium—Chilca, 80
  • Bachicao, Hernando: hanged by Carbajal, 269
  • Balboa: translated and indexed by the author, xi n.; his work, 9, 10; his names of stars, 117; Paccari-tampu myth told by, 140; account of the Inca voyage to the Galapagos Islands, 184; tradition of the arrival of strangers at Lambayeque, 221; on the Inca invasion of the coast, 223
  • Barco, Pedro del: three sons, schoolfellows of the Inca Garcilasso, 265; hanged by Carbajal, 269; kindness of Garcilasso de la Vega to his sons, 273
  • Beatriz, Ñusta, Inca Princess, 260: asked to negotiate with Sayri Tupac, 273; her son received by the Inca, 273; Sayri Tupac her guest at Cuzco, 274. See Leguisamo
  • Beatriz, Ñusta, Inca Princess. See Mustincia and Hernandez
  • Belaunde, Victor Andres: his review of writings of sociologists on the ayllu system of Peru, 170, 171
  • Beni river, 193, 198
  • Bertonio, Ludovico: his Aymara dictionary, 192, 315
  • Betanzos: his 'Suma y Narracion' translated by the author, xi n.; Gregorio de Garcia in possession of his manuscript, 4; edited by Jimenez de la Espada, 5; work copied for Prescott, 4; a Quichua scholar and interpreter, 5; married to a daughter of Atahualpa, 5, 260; on the origin of the people, 32; occurrence of the word Con in connection with the deity, 103 n.; his names for the months, 118 n.; Paccari-tampu myth told by, 140; sent to negotiate with Sayri Tupac, 273; unsuccessful embassy to Titu Cusi Yupanqui, 285
  • Blasco Nuñez de Vela, viceroy: correspondence with the Inca Manco, 258; driven out by Gonzalo Pizarro, 269
  • Bombon, Huascar's army defeated at, 246
  • Borja, Juan Henriquez de. See Loyola
  • Braganza, Duchess of: first part of the royal commentaries dedicated to, 279
  • Breastplates of gold, with the calendar, 119; description, 120 Bridges, 320
  • Brinton, Dr.: opinion on the origin of Peruvian civilisation, 31
  • Buddleia coriacea, Ccolli tree, 22 n.
  • Buddleia Incana, Quisuar tree, 22 n.
  • Buenaventura, Garcilasso de la Vega sent to conquer land round, 262


  • Caçalla, Pedro Lopez de, 275
  • Cacha, temple, 36, 319; described by Garcilasso de la Vega and by Squier, 319
  • Cahua Ticlla, princess in charge of Curi Coyllur, 242, 245, 246
  • Calancha, Prior of the Augustine monks in Peru, his 'Coronica Moralizada,' 11; value of his work, 11; his names of stars, 117; correct names of months, 118; religion of the Chimu, 216; on the coast language called Sec, 220; gives the will of Leguisamo, 299
  • Calca, Huascar receives Atahualpa's envoys at, 245
  • Calceolarias, 80
  • Calendar: solar observations, 115; on golden breastplates, 119, 120. See names of months and intercalary days
  • Calis Puquio, 133
  • Calisaya, 157
  • Callao, v, vi, 229
  • Camana, coast valley, 239
  • Campas Indians, 196
  • Camay, month, Jan.–Feb., 118, 134
  • Canahuisas, diviners, 108
  • Canas, tribe, 186
  • Cañari, executioner of the Inca Tupac Amaru, 294
  • Cañaris, conquest of, 93, 182
  • Canchaguayo. See Ucayali
  • Canchis tribe, 80
  • Canchu, a diviner, 108
  • Candia, Pedro de : his son a schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265
  • Cañete (or Huarcu), peopled by Yauyos, 180, 227; irrigation, 237, 275; Marquis of, 273. See Mendoza
  • Cantaray, month when Chicha is brewed, Nov.–Dec., 118
  • Cantut, a flower (phlox), 80
  • Caparo Muñiz: museum at Cuzco, 320
  • Capparis crotonoides, tree in the northern coast valleys, called Vichaya, 205
  • Caquia Saquis-ahuana, fortified palace overlooking Pissac, to which Inca Uira-cocha fled, 84, 89, 90
  • Carangues Bay, Alvarado landed in, 262
  • Caravaya, visit of the author to the montaña of, ix; Chinchona flowers used for fevers, 157; source of wealth to the Incas, 197
  • Caravayllo, coast valley, 227
  • Carbajal, lieutenant of Gonzalo Pizarro: cruelties of, 269
  • Carlisle, Lord : introduction to Mr. Prescott from, vii
  • Carlos Inca, son of Paullu living at the Colcampata, 256, 261, 286; schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265; married to Maria de Esquivel, 287; knew the secret of the hidden treasure, 288; baptism of his son Melchior Carlos, 290; lawlessly driven out of the Colcampata, 294; banishment and death, 297
  • Carrera, Fernando de, cura of Reque: his grammar of the Chimu language called by him yunca, 219; extreme rarity of his work, 220; edition by Gonzalez de la Rosa, 220. See Humboldt, Ternaux Compans, Villar, Middendorf
  • Carrillo, saved Loyola's life, 293. See Soto
  • Casma, coast valley, 208
  • Cassana, palace, at Cuzco, 269
  • Castilla, Maria de. See Loaysa
  • Castro, Lope Garcia de, 276
  • Catacaos, peculiar language at, 220
  • Catalina, Maria Usica. See Paullu
  • Catari, Oliva's informant respecting an underground Tiahuanacu, 24; his ancient name of Tiahuanacu, 29 n.
  • Catu, or market, 263
  • Cauca valley : service of Cieza de Leon in, 2
  • Cauqui, dialect of the Yauyos, 180, 311
  • Cavillaca, goddess in Huarochiri, 230–4
  • Caviñas, 80
  • Caxamarca conquered by the Incas, 92, 93, 173, 182; Pizarro at, 225; Huascar's general defeated at, 246; murder of Atahualpa, 251; retribution at, 253
  • Cayara, a Quichua stronghold, 174
  • Cayto Marca, submits to the Inca, 65
  • Ccamantira, singing-bird, 82
  • Ccapac, meaning of the word, 43
  • Ccapac Apu, viceroy, 163
  • Ccapac Cocha, human sacrifice, 108
  • Ccapac Raymi, month, Dec.–Jan., 118, 125
  • Ccapac Situa, month, Aug.–Sept., 118, 125
  • Ccapac-tocco, window at Paccari-tampu, 49, 51, 52
  • Ccapac Yupanqui, 56
  • Ccenti, humming-bird, 82
  • Ccolli (Buddleia coriacea), a tree, 22, 80
  • Cconi Rayac, attribute of the deity in the Huarochiri myths, 231
  • Ccoya or Queen: portraits by Huaman Poma, 17. See Anahuarqui, 92; Chuqui Urpay, 244; Cusi Huarcay, 274; Mama Cusimiray, 241 ; Micay, 68; Mama Ocllo, 94; Mama Rahua, 241; Mama Runtu, 241; Tocta Cuca, 241
  • Ccoya Raymi, Sept.–Oct., 118
  • Ccuri-cancha. See Inti-cancha
  • Ccuri-chulpa, concubine of Uira-cocha Inca, 77, 83
  • Ccuri Vincha, golden garlands of Virgins, 107
  • Centeno, Diego : arrival at Cuzco, 267; defeated at Huarina, 268
  • Centeno, Caspar, schoolfellow of the Inca Garcilasso, 265
  • Centeno, Señora : museum once at Cuzco, now at Berlin, 320
  • Cervantes, Bartolome: gave Catari's statement to Oliva, 24
  • Ceterni, wife of Naymlap (whom see)
  • Chachapoyas, 33, 93, 198; Jesuit mission at, date of 'anonymous Jesuit' (Valera) fixed by date of abandonment of, 304
  • Chahuar Quiz, month, July–August, 118, 124
  • Chalco Yupanqui, led a column to invade the montaña from Pilcopata, 196, 197
  • Chalcuchima, a Quito general, second in command of Atahualpa's army, 247, 250; met his deserts, 251, 266
  • Champi or battle-axe, 122
  • Chañan-ccuri-coca, a valiant lady who defended Cuzco against the Chancas, 85
  • Chancas Confederacy, 83, 161; founders, chiefs, resolution to subdue the Incas, 83; flight of Inca Uira-cocha, 84; defeat of the invaders, 86, 87; final overthrow, 88, 89; formed a contingent of the Inca army, 92; their country, 174; in the army of Pachacuti: their flight, 178, 198
  • Chancay, coast valley, 206
  • Chanquiri, a crow, 86
  • Charasanis, native doctors, 157
  • Charcas, 31, 173, 187, 189, 198, 262
  • Chasca, Morning Star, worship of, 104
  • Chasqui, messengers, 163, 165
  • Chaupi rucu, class of old men, 161
  • Chaves, Francisco de: his work lost, 7; friendship for Prince Titu Atauchi, 253; his writings, murder, 253 n.; influence, 255
  • Chavin, a tribe of the Ayars, 50, 65
  • Chavin ruins, 33, 320
  • Chavin stone, 34, 35
  • Chayantas, 187
  • Chayna, singing-bird, 82
  • Checollo, singing-bird like a nightingale, 82, 411
  • Chestan Xecfuin, maid of honour to the Ccoya: love of the chief of Lambayeque for, 224
  • Chibcha language, 220
  • Chicama, valley and river, 208
  • Chichas, 187, 189
  • Chiclayo, coast valley, 219
  • Chihua, a thrush, 70, 80
  • Chilca, coast valley, peopled by Huarochiris, 181, 227
  • Chilca, a bush, 80
  • Chile subdued by Tupac Inca, 173; story of the conquest, 190; Chilians in the Inca army, 191, 249; Almagro's expedition, 255
  • Chima Chaui Pata, adherent of Prince Cusi, 85
  • Chimpa Ocllo. See Isabel.
  • Chimpu Urma of Anta: arranged the rescue of Prince Cusi Hualpa, 73, 79
  • Chimu: southern boundary of his territory, 181; conquest by the Incas, 182, 223; extensive ruins, 208, 209–12; treasure, 210; the mounds, 210; palace, 211; central position, 212; factories, 212, 213; cotton fabrics, 213; pottery, 214; gold and silver work, 215; religion, 215; temple, 216, 217; physicians, 217; cemeteries, 217; language, 219–21; origin and history unknown, 221; Lambayeque submitted to, 223; trade, 223; annihilated by the Spaniards, 225; descendants of the Chimu, 225 n.; further researches recommended, 226
  • Chincha Confederacy, 237, 238
  • Chincha valley, peopled by the Yauyos, 180, 227; irrigation, 237
  • Chincha Islands: guano deposits, argument for antiquity from, 228
  • Chinchay-cocha, lake, 182
  • Chinchay-suyu, northern division of the empire, 173, 177-86; language, 311. See Figueredo
  • Chinchero palace, 81, 286, 319; Tupac Inca died at, 94. See Pumacagua, Rosas
  • Chinchona trees, yielding quinine: author entrusted with service of introducing their cultivation into British India, ix; knowledge of, by the Indians, 157; beauty, 194
  • Chipana, golden rings, 133 ; royal bracelet, 292
  • Chira river: remains of aqueducts, 207 ; Spaniards in valley of, 224
  • Chirihuanas, a troublesome wild tribe, 198
  • Chirimayu ravine, 195
  • Chirimoya, fruit, 82
  • Chita highlands: flight of Inca Uira-cocha from the Chancas, 84, 87, 126
  • Choccla-poccochi, a singing-bird, 82
  • Cholones, tribe on the Huallaga, 198
  • Chonos (Guayaquil), campaign against, 183, 184
  • Choque-quirao ruins, 319
  • Chot Temple, built by Naymlap, 222
  • Chuchi Ccapac, chief of the Collas, 187
  • Chulpas, burial-places of the Collas, 187
  • Chumpivilca colonists, 164, 175
  • Chumpillaya, maiden from Yca, sent to Inca Huascar, 242; name changed to Curi Coyllur, 242
  • Chunchos, Indians, 197
  • Chupillusca, rock where Urco was killed, 90
  • Chupas, battle of: Garoilasso de la Vega wounded, 264
  • Chuqui, lance, 292
  • Chuqui-chaca, 293
  • Chuqui-llantu, 155, 408–14
  • Chuqui Urpay, wife of Inca Huascar, 244
  • Chuy, a quail, 79
  • Cillorico, Juan de, schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265
  • Cintu, on the coast, Pizarro at, 224
  • Cium, successor of Naymlap at Lambayeque, 222
  • Clara Beatrix, Princess, married to Martin Garcia de Loyola, 274
  • Coast valleys : conquest by the Incas, 93, 173, 223; valleys peopled by mountain tribes, 177, 180, 181; geography, 200–6; causes of absence of rain, 201; garua, 201 ; climate, 202; effect of Humboldt current, 202; medanos, 202, 203; desert, 203; scanty vegetation, 203; lomas, 204; fertile valleys, 204; algaroba trees, 204; other trees in the valleys, 205; number and names of coast valleys, 205, 206; ancient languages, 219, 220; coast people extinct, 225; idolatries, 235, 236
  • Coati Island, on Lake Titicaca: palace built by Tupac Inca Yupanqui, 191, 319
  • Cobos: his 'History of the New World,' 14, 15; names of the months, 118; on medicinal plants, 157
  • Coca plantations, 187, 195, 197, 199
  • Coca palla, class of lads, 162
  • Cofanes, a tribe on the Napo: expedition against, 198
  • Colan, peculiar language at, 220
  • Colcampata, palace at Cuzco, granted to Prince Paullu, 256, 261; Carlos Inca living at, 285; description, 286, 287, 318; Tupac Amaru in prison at, 294
  • Colicodendrum scabridum, Zapote del perro, 205
  • Collahua, native place of Salcamayhua, 16
  • Collahuayas, native doctors, 157
  • Collas occupied the northern half of the Titicaca basin, 186, 313; predominant tribe of Colla-suyu, 187; a confederacy under the Colla chief, conquests, capital at Hatun-colla, 187; burial places, 187; defeated by the Incas, 188, 189; conquered, 190; contingent of the Inca army, 191; sent away as mitimaes, or colonists, 164, 191, 197; language called Aymara by the Jesuits, 192; numerals, 316
  • Collantes, Juan de: married Francisca Ñusta, ancestress of Bishop Piedrahita the historian, 260
  • Collao movement of mitimaes or colonists, 10; description 22; origin of tribes, 47; subdued by Inca Pachacuti, 92; confederacy, 161, 187; Inca viceroy, 189; Inca system of colonisation, 191; importance of conquest, 191
  • Colla-suyu, southern division of the Empire, 73, 186
  • Collingwood, H.M.S., v
  • Colonists. See Mitimaes
  • Commentarios Reales, 279, 280
  • Compositæ, 80
  • Con, 103 n.; Con Titi, 103 n.
  • Concacha stone, 33, 34
  • Conchucos, 182, 235
  • Condor or Cuntur, Huarochiri tradition, 232, 233
  • Condorcanqui, Cacique of Surimani, married to Juana, daughter of Inca Tupac Amaru, ancestors of José Gabriel Condorcanqui, the patriot, called Tupac Amaru, 298
  • Confession, 106
  • Conip Inti, 103 n. See Con
  • Coniraya Uira-cocha, 103 n.
  • Conopas, household gods, on the coast, 236
  • Convolvulus, 80
  • Copacabana, 10, 319
  • Copiz, on the coast, Pizarro at, 224
  • Cordilleras unite at Vilcanota, 21; and at Cerro Pasco, 182. See Andes, Huarochiri, Lucanas, Morochucos, Soras, Yauyos
  • Cordova. See Garcilasso Inca
  • Coruña. See Popayan, Bishop of Cotapampa, colonists from, 164, 176; final overthrow of Huascar in, 249
  • Cotes, Don Manuel: gold ornaments of the Incas at the house of, 119
  • Cotonera, estate of Garcilasso de la Vega, 271
  • Cranes, 79
  • Crow. See Chanquiri
  • Cuellar, Juan de, schoolmaster of Inca Garcilasso, 264
  • Cuellar, Sancho de: taken prisoner and executed by Prince Titu Atauchi, for complicity in the murder of Atahualpa, 253
  • Cuentas, Don Narciso of Tinta, owner of the original MS. of

Ollantay, 148

  • Cugma, 91 n.
  • Cuis Manco, chief of the Rimac valley, 238
  • Culebra, coast valley, 208
  • Cullcu, dove, 82
  • Cunow, on the organisation of the Inca empire, 170
  • Cunti-suyu, western division of the empire, 173–7
  • Cuntur-cunca mountains, 179
  • Curacas, or chiefs, 162
  • Curamba, fortress, 174, 175, 319
  • Curi Coyllur: see Chumpillaya, 242 ; and Cahua Ticlla, 244–246; flight in boy's clothes, 247; rescued and married her lover under the name of Titu, 248; marriage with Quilacu, 252; befriended by Hernando de Soto, 252; daughter married Carrillo, a notary, 252. See Soto
  • Cusi, Prince, youngest son of Uira-cocha Inca, 77; resolved to defend Cuzco against the Chancas, 84; followers, 85; his vision, 86; victories, 86–9; becomes Pachacuti Inca, 87, 89, 91. See Pachacuti
  • Cusi Hualpa, son of Inca Rocca, 68; visits his Huayllacan relations, 69, 70; kidnapped by Ayamarcas, 71; his speech, weeps blood, 71, 72; sent to the Puna, 73, 80; rescued, taken to Anta, 73, 74. See Yahuar Huaccac
  • Cusi Hualpa, child name of Huayna Ccapac, 94
  • Cusi Huarcay, wife of Sayri Tupac, 274; body of Tupac Amaru conveyed to her house, 296
  • Cusi Titu Yupanqui, son of Manco Inca, 259; accession, embassy to, 285, 290; death, 290; son, 291
  • Cusimiray. See Mama Cusimiray
  • Cusi-pata at Cuzco: house of Garcilasso de la Vega in, 262
  • Cuycusa tribe: followers of the Ayars, 50; belonging to the Hurin Cuzcos, 65
  • Cuzco, city of the Incas: author's residence at, viii, ix; cyclopean buildings, 32, 33; meaning of the word, 43, 54; original inhabitants, 54; goal of the Ayars, 53; description of the site, 54, 55; torrents, 55; Hanan and Hurin Cuzco, 64, 138; temple to the Supreme Being, 77; Santa Ana Church, portraits, 121; Huacay Pata, 133; Atahualpa's army at, 249, 250; siege by Manco, 255, 262; the Colcampata palace, 256; church of La Merced, 263, 271; arrival of the first bullocks, 266; first grapes and asparagus, 267; cane tournaments at, 268; topography, 268, 269; great halls in the palaces, 269; architecture, 319. See Cassana, Colcampata, Cusi-pata, Inti-cancha, Huanay-pata, Amaru-cancha, Quilliscancha, Rimac-pampa, Sacsahuaman
  • Cuzco Chumpi, son of the chief of Lambayeque, 224 ; baptised, 225
  • Cyclopean ruins, 23–33


  • Darwin on the rise of land, 38 n., 200, 227, 228
  • Dawn, worship of, 104
  • December–January, Ccapac Raymi, month, 118, 129
  • Desjardins, view of Inca rule, 171
  • Diviners at the feast of Intip Raymi, 123. See Achacuc, Canahuisa, Canchu, Hamurpa, Huatuc, Hualla, Layca, Llaychunca, Macsa, Pacchacuc, Socyac, Yarcacaes
  • D'Orbigny, his views on Inca rule, 171
  • Doves. See Cullcu, Quitu, Urpi
  • Drama. See Ollantay
  • Ducks. See Nuñuma, Huachua


  • Eagle. See Anca
  • Egrets, 79
  • Emeralds, land of: Manta and Esmeraldas, 186
  • Enock, Mr., on ruins at Chavin and Huanuco, 320
  • Equinoxes, observations for, 116
  • Esmeraldas, 184
  • Espada, Don Marcos Jimenez de la, x; and the second part of Cieza de Leon, 4 n.; edited Betanzos, 5; edited Montesinos, 12; published the work of the 'anonymous Jesuit,' 13, 303; edited the work of Cobos, 14; edited Salcamayhua, 16, 99
  • Esquen Pisan, chief of Lambayeque, 224
  • Esquivel, Maria de, wife of Carlos Inca, 285
  • Eten, coast valley, 208 ; words of Mochica language collected by Middendorf, at, 220


  • Falcon. See Alcamari and Huaman
  • Faquisllanga river, 222
  • February–March, Hatun Pucuy, month, 119, 134
  • Felipe Inca, son of Prince Paullu, 256, 261; schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265; banished by Toledo, 297
  • Fernandez (El Palentino), 'History of Peru' : he makes Urco one of the reigning Incas, 90 n.; his names of months, 118 n.; Garcilasso's quotations from, 279
  • Fernandez Martin: his sore eye cured by the Inca Garcilasso, 268
  • Festivals: the harvest called Intip Raymi, 120–8 ; Situa, 125–6; Huarachicu, 129–33; Mosoc Nina, 135
  • Figueredo, Juan de, on the Chinchay-suyu dialect, 313 n.
  • Figueroa, Juan de: climb to the roof of his house, 272
  • Figueroa, Garcia Sanchez de: cousin of Inca Garcilasso at Cuzco, 265; his son a schoolfellow of Garcilasso, 265; letters to Garcilasso, 276; quotations from, 279
  • Flamingoes, 79, 176
  • Florida. See Soto
  • Fongasigde. See Naymlap
  • Francisca Ñusta. See Collantes


  • Galapagos Islands: voyage of Inca Tupac Yupanqui to, 93, 184, 185; two islands called Hahua-chumpi and Nina-chumpi, 184
  • Garcia, Gregorio de: in possession of the manuscript of Betanzos, 4
  • Garcia de Melo : sent the first asparagus to Cuzco, 267
  • Garcilasso de la Vega (the father): married to an Inca princess, 260; his noble lineage, 261; birth and early career, 261, 262; came to Peru with Alvarado, war services, settled at Cuzco, 262; position of his house at Cuzco, 263; flight from Cuzco, at the battle of Huarina, 269; flight from Giron's rebellion, 272; return to Cuzco, 273; his estates, 273; founded a hospital for Indians, 273; kindness to sons of Pedro del Barco, 273; illness and death, 274, 275
  • Garcilasso Inca de la Vega: author's translation of the first part of his Royal Commentaries, x n.; quotes Acosta, 9; on Tiahuanacu, 29; calls himself an Antarctic Indian, 31; account of Inca buildings in the fortress of Cuzco, 32; meaning of names of Ayars, 51, 53; sayings of Incas acknowledging a Supreme Being, 103; denied human sacrifices, 109; version of the Paccari-tampu myth, 140; experience of native medicines, 158, 268; on Inca invasions of the coast, 223, 238; birth and early recollections, 263 ; his relations at Cuzco, 264; school life, 264–8; an excellent topographer, 268; in cane tournaments, 268 ; house attacked, 269; goes out to meet his father, 270; kindness of Gonzalo Pizarro to, 270; learning Inca lore from his mother's relations, and the way to count the quipus, 271; adventures on the breaking out of Giron's rebellion, 272; his father's agent and secretary, 273; interview with Sayri Tupac, 274; takes leave of Polo de Ondegardo, who shows him Inca mummies, 275; goes to Spain, 275; coldly received, restitution refused, 276; captain in the Morisco war, 276; literary work, 277; MS. on the Vargas family, settled at Cordova, 277; account of his 'Commentarios Reales,' 278; obtained the MSS. of Valera, 279; quotations from other authors, 279; value of the Commentaries, 280; visit of an old schoolfellow, 280, 281; agent to his mother's relations, 281; his will, 282; legacies to his servants, 283; purchase of a mortuary chapel in Cordova Cathedral, 283; death, 283; buried at Cordova, in his chapel, 283; epitaph, 284; used the word Aymara for the language once, 315
  • Garlands. See Ccuri Vincha
  • Garua. See Coast
  • Gasca, Pedro de la, 272, 275
  • Gayangos, Don Pascual de, x
  • Geography of Peru: Royal Geographical Society's map, xii; publication of the 'Relaciones Geograficas de Indias,' 8; relief maps used by the Incas, 112; the coast region of Peru, 200–206; topography of Cuzco, 268, 269
  • Giron, Francisco Hernandez de: rebellion, 272; defeated at Pucara, 273
  • Gold, principal sources of, 191, 197. See Breastplate
  • Gomara, 15; account of a god he calls Con, 103 n.; Garcilasso's quotations from, 279
  • Gonzalez de la Rosa, Dr., x: printed the second part of Cieza de Leon, 4 n.; his researches respecting the works of Valera, 13; researches respecting Tiahuanacu, 25; on the list of kings in Montesinos, 40; his edition of Carrera's Mochica grammar, 220; question of Garcilasso's integrity, 280; proved the identity of the anonymous Jesuit with Valera, 303
  • Goose. See Huallata
  • Göttingen University, manuscript of Sarmiento in library of, 6. See Pietschmann
  • Gronovius library, manuscript of Sarmiento in, 5
  • Guamanga, 266, 274. See Huamanca
  • Guañape, coast valley, 208
  • Guañape island, ancient cemetery, 218
  • Guano deposits : antiquity of relics calculated from time supposed to be taken in making the deposits, 218 n.; doubts of Mr. Squier, 228 n.
  • Guayaquil. See Chonos
  • Gull, Andean. See Quellua


  • Hahua-chumpi. See Galapagos
  • Hais Quisru, third station of the Ayars, 51
  • Hamurpa, a class of diviners, 107
  • Hanan Cuzco. See Cuzco
  • Haro, Hernando de: made prisoner by Titu Atauchi, and well treated, 253
  • Harvest festival, 120–3, 135; picture of huaman Poma, 135. See Intip Raymi
  • Hatun-colla, Inti-huatana at, 116; taken by Inca Pachacuti, 189; chief seat of the Collas, 187, 319
  • Hatun Pucuy, month, February–March, 119, 134
  • Hatun Tupac, son of Yahuar Huaccac, 76; took the name of Uira-cocha
  • Hatun-rincriyoc. See Orejones
  • Haylli, song, 132
  • Head-dress of the Inca, 122, 292; of the High Priest, 105; of youths at the Huarachicu, 132
  • Helps, Sir Arthur: Spanish conquest of Peru, 251
  • Heredia, Pedro de: service of Cieza de Leon under, 2
  • Hernandez, Diego, married to Beatriz Ñusta, 260
  • Herons, 79
  • Herrera, 15; makes Urco one of the reigning Incas, 90
  • Hervay, Inca fortress on the coast, ruins, 180, 238, 320
  • High Priest. See Uillac Uma
  • Holguin, Quichua grammar, vi, 313
  • Huacas, in the valley of the Rimac, vi, 229; Huaman Poma on, 17; ancestral gods, 104, 114
  • Huacap Uilla, priest of a Huaca, 106
  • Huacap Rimachi, announcer of oracles, 106
  • Huacay Pata, at Cuzco, 133
  • Huacay Taqui tribe, followers of the Ayars, 50, 65
  • Huachua, wild duck, 79
  • Huaco, wife of one of the Ayars, 49, 51
  • Huachuas for sacrifice (lambs, not children), 109
  • Hualla, diviners, 107
  • Huallaga river: flight of Chancas to, 178, 193; rapid called Salto de Aguirre, 193; tribes on, 198
  • Huallata, wild goose, 79
  • Huallcanca, shield, 292
  • Hualpa, a chief who attacked Loyola, 293
  • Hualpa Rimachi, tutor of Inca Uira-cocha, 36
  • Hualpa Tupac, brother of Huayna Ccapac, grandfather of Inca Garcilasso, 260
  • Hualpa Tupac Yupanqui, uncle of the Inca Garcilasso, 264; letters from, 276
  • Huamac, novice after three years, 107
  • Huaman, a falcon, 79
  • Huaman, son of Huayna Ccapac, 179
  • Huaman, son of Inca Rocca, 68
  • Huamanca, conquest of, 93, 173; name, 179. See Orе́
  • Huaman Cancha, 132
  • Huamanpalpa, estate of Garcilasso do la Vega, 273
  • Huaman Poma de Ayala: account of his MS., 16, 17; corroboration of the kidnapping story, 75; portraits of the Incas, 121; sketches of agricultural implements, 134 n., 135; use of the word Aymara for the language, 315
  • Huampar Chucu, head-dress of the High Priest, 105
  • Huanacauri, the name, 44; idol, 52; a most sacred huaca, 128; youths sacrificed to it at the Huarachicu, 128, 129; prayer of the people to, at the murder of Tupac Amaru, 295. See Ayar Uchu
  • Huanaco, swiftness, 29, 30
  • Huanay-pata, sixth station of the Ayars, 53
  • Huancas, conquest of, 180
  • Huanca Auqui, Huascar's general: defeats, 246–8; retreat, 248
  • Huancara, conquest of, 91 n.
  • Huancarama, 175
  • Huantuy, the Inca's litter, 292
  • Huanuco, conquest of, 93, 173, 178; palace, 182, 320. See Yarrovilca
  • Huara, coast valley, 227
  • Huarac-tampu, 178
  • Huaraca or sling, 134
  • Huarachicu festival: time it was held by the people of Uma, 127; of Ayamarca, 128; youths' or aspirants' dress, 129, 132, 133; attendant maidens, 130; Huanacauri sacrifice, 131; floggings to try endurance, 130; foot-race, 131; distribution of rewards, 132; dances in the Huacay Pata, 133; baths at Calis Puquio, 133; sham fight, 134; reaping in the field called Sausiru, 135, 256
  • Huaranca, a division of the people, thousand, 162
  • Huaras, Callejon de, 182
  • Huarcu. See Cañete
  • Huari, 34
  • Huari Titu, a son of Huascar, who escaped to Caxamarca, 251
  • Huarina, battle of, 17, 270, 276
  • Huarmay, coast valley, 208
  • Huarochiri: Avila on idolatry and myths of, translated by the author, xi n.; myths, 103 n., 230–4; peopled coast valleys, 161; people, 180, 181
  • Huascar Inca, name, 43, 241 n.; cable, 133, 241 n.; succession, 224, 241; cruelty, 243; marriage, 244 ; armies defeated, 246, 248, 249; taken prisoner, 249; death, 250. See Chumpillaya
  • Huascaran peak, 21
  • Huata, the year, meaning of word, 117
  • Huata, conquest of, 91 n.
  • Huatanay torrent at Cuzco, 55; confined to its bed, 66, 79
  • Huatuc, a soothsayer, 187
  • Huauqui, familiar spirits of the Incas, 110, 243; of Manco Ccapac, 50
  • Huayllacan tribe : daughter of the chief married to Inca Rocca: war with Ayamarca, 68; visit of Prince Cusi Hualpa to, 69; treachery of the chief, 69, 70; their harvest song, 70; murder of Pahuac Hualpa, 76
  • Huayna, the name, 46
  • Huayna Ccapac, accession, 95; alleged human sacrifices at accession, 108, 179 n.; expedition against the Cofanes, 198 visited the Chimu, 223; left Cuzco for the northern campaign, 241; death at Quito, 242; body and huauqui brought to Cuzco, 243; wives and sons, 241, 256, 257; treasure found in his palace, 267
  • Human sacrifices, 108 ; law prohibiting, 109. See Sacrifices
  • Humboldt current, 202
  • Humboldt, Wm., possessed a copy of Carrera's Yunca grammar, 220
  • Humming-bird or Ccenti. See Ccenti
  • Hunu, a division of the people, 162
  • Huquiz, name, 44
  • Hurin Cuzco. See Cuzco


  • Ibis, 79
  • Ichu, 22, 81. See Ychu
  • Ichuri, a confession, 106
  • Idolatries, Jesuits employed to extirpate, 10, 235, 236; on the coast, 235, 236
  • Ilia Tici Uira-cocha, names of the deity, 41, 97; invoked by Siuyacu, 58, 62. See Uira-cocha
  • Illampu peak, 21, 191
  • Illapa, thunder and lightning worship, 104, 117
  • Illay Tanta, sacred bread, 124
  • Illimani peak, 21, 191
  • Incas: study of authorities, x; author's translation of Molina on rites and ceremonies, x n.; witnesses for Sarmiento's history, 6; portraits by Huaman Poma, 17, 141, 145, 146; portraits at Santa Ana (Cuzco), 121, 122; marriages, 56, 94; Rocca, the first Inca, 62–7; submission of tribes to, 65; the land of the, 78–82; Inca Yahuar Huaccac, 75, 77; Inca Uira-cocha, 77, 90; Inca Pachacuti, 90, 93; Tupac Inca Yupanqui, 94; Huayna Ccapac, 95; the familiar spirits, 110; interments, 111; physique, appearance, dress, 121, 141; system of government, 166, 167, 170; wisdom and statesmanship, 172; policy with regard to the montaña, 198; conquest of the coast, 223; war of succession, 240; princesses married to Spaniards, 260; pedigree and petition sent to Spain, 281; assembled at baptism of Melchior Carlos Inca, 290; will of Leguisamo testifying to the excellence of their rule, 300, 301; roads and bridges, pottery, 318–20
  • Insignia. See Achihua (parasol), Champi (battle-axe), Chipana (bracelet), Chuqui (lance), Huallcanca (shield), Huantuy (litter), Llautu (fringe), Mascapaycha (head-dress), Tocapu (belt), Tumi (dagger), Tupac Yauri (sceptre), Usuta (shoes), Yacolla (mantle), Napa (sacred image of llama), Suntur Paucar (head-dress)
  • Indians of Peru: their character, ix; appointment of protector desired by Huaman Poma, 19; religious beliefs, 112, 113; doctors, 157; organisation in ayllus, 160; under the Incas, 161–3; division into classes, 161, 162; taken for various kinds of service, 162, 163; condition under the Incas, 167. See Ayllus, Mitimaes; also Leguisamo's will
  • Indians of the Montaña, 178, 195, 196, 197. See Antis, Campas, Chirihuanas, Cholones, Cofanes, Chunchos, Mañaris, Opataris, Pilcosones, Yana-simis, Mayorunas, Lamistas
  • Inez Ñusta, had two children by Pizarro, 260
  • Insignia. See Incas
  • Intercalary days, 117
  • Interments, 111, 112; Chimu, 217
  • Inti, the sun as a deity, 116
  • Inticaca or Titicaca, 21, 103 n.
  • Inti-cancha or Ccuri-cancha, temple of the sun at Cuzco, 55; divided into four quarters called Quinti-cancha, Chumpi-cancha, Sayri-cancha, and Yarumpuy-cancha, 56; rulers at first lived in, 58; royal residence removed from, 64
  • Intip Chinan, name for chosen virgins, 106
  • Intip Pampa, in front of the temple: runners assemble at the Situa festival, 125; Inti-huatana in, 116
  • Intip Raymi, June–July, 118; great harvest festival, 120–3
  • Ipacura, one of the Ayar wives, 49
  • Iquichanos, 179
  • Irrigation at Nasca, 177, 237; Chira valley, 207; Chimu, 209; Nepena, 218; former density of population proved by, 229; in southern coast valleys, 237
  • Isabel Yupanqui Ñusta, mother of the Inca Garcilasso, 260; her portrait, 262; called Chimpa Ocllo before baptism, 262
  • Iscuchaca, 81, 86
  • Itenez river, 193


  • Jan.–Feb., month called Camay, 118
  • Jauja: conquest of, 93, 173; working of the Inca system in valley of, 166; river, 178; Huascar's army at, 246; Hernando de Soto at, 252
  • Jayanca, coast valley, chiefs of, 223; chief of, sent to Cuzco, 224
  • Juana Tupac Amaru, received in the house of Archbishop Loaysa, married to Condorcanqui, Curaca of Surimani, 298
  • Juli, on the west side of Lake Titicaca: Jesuit station at, 192, 313
  • July–August, month called Chahuar Quiz, 118
  • June–July, month called Intip Raymi, 118
  • Justiniani, Dr., descendant of the Incas, Cura of Laris: author's visit to, viii, 145 ; his copy of Ollantay, 146


  • Lafone Quevedo, Don Samuel A.: his work on the cult of Tonapa, 99
  • Lambayeque, tradition of arrival of strangers, 208; chiefs of, 224, 225. See Naymlap
  • La Merced, church at Cuzco, 263, 271
  • Lamistas, tribe of the Huallaga, 178, 198
  • Lampa, contents of a native doctor's wallet at, 157
  • La Raya, 188
  • Laris, viii, 144, 145. See Justiniani
  • Larrabure y Unanue, Don E., x; on use of pillars in Lunahuana ruins, 320; on Paramunca, Sillustani, 319, 320
  • Lasiandra, bushes, 94
  • Lauricocha, lake, source of the Amazon, 193
  • Laycas, diviners, 108
  • Leche, coast valley, 208, 224
  • Leguisamo, Mancio Serra de: story of his gambling away the golden image of the sun, 15, 301 n.; married Beatriz Ñusta, 260; a captain in the force invading Vilcapampa, 293; witness of the Indians reverencing the head of Tupac Amaru, 296, 297; his will, testimony to the excellence of the rule of the Incas, 300, 301
  • Leguisamo, Juan Serra de (the younger), schoolfellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265; received at Vilcapampa, 273
  • Leon, Pedro de Cieza de : author's translation, x n.; early life, 2; services, 3; desire to record events, 2, 3; his chronicle, 3, 4, 96; on Tiahuanacu, 90 n.; gives Tuapaca as the name of the servant of Uira-cocha, 103 n.; put Urco in the succession of Incas, 90 n.; on human sacrifices, 109; his version of the Paccari-tampu myth, 140; witness to the automatic working of the Inca system, 166; absence of rain on the coast, 201; Inca roads on the coast, 225, 320; Garcilasso's quotations from, 279; on Vilcashuaman ruins, 320; on Inca roads, 320
  • Letourneau, his views respecting Inca rule, 171
  • Lightning, Liviac, 117
  • Lima, view from the sea, vi; excursions, viii; library, 'Papeles varios,' ix; in the valley of the Rimac, 229; Arriaga's work published at, 235; founded by Pizarro, 255; Incas banished to, 297. Archbishop of, see Loaysa
  • Limatambo, palace at, 286, 319
  • Litter. See Insignia, Lucanas
  • Lizarraga, Reginaldo de: his work, 15; boundary wall between Incas and Collas, 188
  • Llacta-camayoc, village officer, 161, 162
  • Llactapata, 93, 287. Same as Colcampata
  • Llallahua, stronghold of the Collas, 189
  • Llama Mama, household god, 112, 113
  • Llamas, 22; domestication, 30; for sacrifice, 108, 109. See Napa
  • Llampallec, idol at Lambayeque, 222
  • Llapchilulli, descendants made chiefs of Jayanca. See Naymlap, 222
  • Llautu, royal fringe, 121, 274, 292
  • Llaychunca, diviners, 107
  • Llecco-llecco, plover, 79
  • Lloque Yupanqui Inca, 56
  • Loarte, Gabriel de: accomplice in the murder of Tupac Amaru, 298
  • Loaysa, Dr., first archbishop of Lima: had a census taken in the Piura valley, 225; befriended the daughters of Tupac Amaru, 298
  • Loaysa, Don Alonso: nephew of the archbishop: wedding supper interrupted, 272
  • Lomas, 203
  • Lopez, Dr. Don Vicente, on ancient dynasties, 43
  • Lorente: review of his conception of Inca rule, 171
  • Loyola, Martin Garcia: married the Princess Clara Beatriz, daughter of Sayri Tupac, 274; captain in the Vilcapampa invading force, narrow escape. 293; captured Inca Tupac Amaru, 295
  • Loyola, Lorenza, daughter of the above: married Juan Henriquez de Borgia, created Marquesa de Oropesa with remainder to the heirs-general of her uncle Tupac Amaru, 274
  • Lucanas, Huaman Poma chief of, 17; subdued, 92; their country, 174, 176, 177; carried the Inca's litter, 177; peopled the Nasca valley, 177
  • Lucuma, a fruit tree, 82
  • Lunahuana, ruins, 320
  • Lunarejo, Dr.: Quichua drama arranged by, 155
  • Lupacas, on the west shore of Lake Titicaca, 186; many sent away as colonists, 164; at Juli, 313
  • Lupi, the sun as giver of light, 116
  • Lupins, 80
  • Lurin valley, peopled by Huarochiris, 181, 227; drainage 230; irrigation, 237


  • Macabi island: cemetery on, 218
  • Machay, caves for interments, 11
  • Macsa, curer by enchantment, 108
  • Macta puric, class of little boys, 162
  • Magdalena Tupac Amaru, received in the house of Archbishop Loaysa, 298
  • Mainique, Puncu de. See Vilcamayu
  • Maize, antiquity of cultivation, 30; limit of cultivation, 38; crops in the Vilcamayu valley, 82; height, 246 n.
  • Majes, coast valley, 239
  • Mala, peopled by Yauyos, 180, 227; irrigation, 237
  • Maldonado, Juan Arias: school-fellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265; visit to Garcilasso at Cordova, 281
  • Maldonado, Juan Alvarez: captain in the Vilcapampa invading force, 293
  • Malqui, a mummy. See Interments
  • Mama, name preceding names of Ccoyas, and of some household gods, 236
  • Mama Cuna, matrons of chosen virgins, 106
  • Mama Cusimiray, 241; death, 243
  • Mama Ocllo, wife of Tupac, 94
  • Mama Rahua Ocllo, 241; mother of Huascar returned to Cuzco with the body of Huayna Ccapac, 243; indignant at Huascar's cruelty, 244; retired to Siquillapampa, 244; forced to acknowledge Atahualpa, 249. See Quilacu
  • Mama Runtu, 241
  • Mamoré river, 193
  • Mañaris, friendly Indians, 169, 257 293
  • Manco, the name, 43
  • Manco Ccapac, 54–7. See Ayar Manco
  • Manco Inca, 241 : successor to Huascar, 250, 254; met Pizarro at the Apurimac bridge, 254; acknowledged by Pizarro, 254; escaped; his siege of Cuzco, 255, 262; his defence of Ollantay-tampu, 256; retreat into Vilcapampa, 256; refused to treat with Pizarro, 257; Pizarro's murder of his wife, 257; receives Almagro fugitives, 257; correspondence with the viceroy, 258; murdered by Gomez Perez, 258; his character, 258, 259; his sons, 259
  • Manseriche, Puncu de, Marañon rapid, 193
  • Mansiche river, 209
  • Manta, conquest of, 93, 183, 184
  • Maps (relief) used in administration, 142
  • Marañon, valley of, 33, 34, 182; river, source, 193; rapid, 193
  • Maras, 45; window in Paccari-tampu, 49; tribe, 49; followers of the Ayars, 53; settled at Maras, 55; tribe to Hurin Cuzco, 65. See Ortiz de Orue
  • Marca, division of land, 161
  • Marca Huasi, near Cuzco, vineyards, 275
  • Marcapata, invasion of, 196, 197
  • Marca Yutu, son of Yahuar Huaccac, 76
  • March–April, month called Pacha Pucuy, 119
  • Maria Tupac Usca, daughter of Manco Inca, wife of Pedro Ortiz de Orue, 145, 259
  • Market. See Catu
  • Marriages, Inca, 56
  • Martin Tupac Amaru: banished, but befriended by Ampuero, 297
  • Masca tribe: followers of the Ayars, 50, 65
  • Mascapaycha, royal head-dress, 121, 292
  • Mastodon: found at Ulloma, 37
  • Matahua, fifth station of the Ayars, 53, 130
  • Matecllu, plant, cures sore eyes, 268
  • Matienza, Juan de: his work on Peru, 7, 169; journey with Viceroy Toledo, 289
  • Maudslay, Mr.: on Maya civilisation, 31
  • Maule river: southern limit of the Inca empire, 94, 190
  • Maya, 31
  • May–June, month called Aymuray, 119, 135
  • Mayoruna Indians, 198
  • Mayta, name, 46
  • Mayta Ccapac, Inca, 56
  • Mayta Yupanqui: reinforced Huascar's army at Jauja, 246–8
  • Medanos on the coast, 202, 203
  • Medicinal herbs, 157, 158, 268
  • Megalithic age, 31, 36, 46
  • Melastomaceæ, 194
  • Melchior Carlos Inca: baptism, 290; agent in Spain for the Incas, 281
  • Melo, Garcia de: sent the first asparagus to Cuzco, 267
  • Mendez, Diego: took refuge with Inca Manco, 257
  • Mendoza, Don Antonio de, viceroy, 5
  • Mendoza, Don Andres Hurtado de, Marquis of Cañete, viceroy: induced Sayri Tupac to leave Vilcapampa, 273
  • Mesa, Don Alonso de: agent in Spain for the Inca family, 281
  • Mestizos or half-castes at Cuzco, with Spanish fathers and Inca mothers, 264; their education, 264; schoolfellows of the Inca Garcilasso, 265; banished by Toledo, 298; authors (see Bias Valera and Garcilasso)
  • Micay, Queen (Ccoya) of Inca Rocca, 68, 71
  • Micucancha or Paullu: chief place of the Huayllacans, 69
  • Middendorf, Dr.: vocabularies of the Mochica language, 220
  • Miller, General: help and advice given to the author, ix
  • Milman, Dr., Dean of St. Paul's: introduction to Mr. Prescott from, vii
  • Mircay-maña: tutor to Prince Cusi, 85
  • 'Miscelanea Austral,' by G. Balboa (whom see)
  • Mitimaes or colonists : system, 164, 239; in the Collas, 10, 191; results of the system, 165, 191. See Collas, Lupacas, Aymaras
  • Mochica language: on the coast, 219, 220, 221, 311. See Carrera, Yunca
  • Molina, Cristoval de: his work on the fables and rites of the Incas, x n., 9; on the origin of the people, 32, 96; temple of the Supreme Being, 97; prayers in Quichua, 98; on human sacrifices, 109; names of months, 117 n., 280; at the murder of Tupac Amaru, 274
  • Molle tree (Schinus Molle), 80, 86, 244
  • Mollepata, 81
  • Monedero, Bartolomé: school-fellow of Inca Garcilasso, 265
  • Montaña: campaign of Tupac Yupanqui, 94, 195, 199; scenery and vegetation, 194; products of, 195; wild Indians, 196, 197; voyage of Orejones in, 198. See Abisca, Caravaya, Indians, Paucartampu, Huallaga
  • Montesinos: translated by the author, xi n.; account of, 11; his work on the origin of the people, 32; his list of kings, 40, 306–9; tradition of Rocca, 64; Paccari-tampu myth, 140; voyage of Orejones in the Montaña, 198; Inca invasion of the coast, 223; his use of Valera's work, 304; his methods, 305
  • Months, 118, 119, 120–35; names given by different authorities, 118 and note
  • Moon: worship of, 104; names of, 117
  • Moquegua, 164, 172, 239
  • Moro Urco: house where the rope for dancers was kept, 133
  • Morua or Murua, Fray Martin de, xi n.; change of dynasty by Rocca, 64; kidnapping of Cusi Hualpa 75 n.; prayer of the Inca, 98; names of stars given by, 117; names of months, 118; version of the Paocari-tampu myth, 140; love story, 155, 408; derivation of name Guamanga, 179, 280; used the word Aymara for the language twice, 315
  • Mosoc caparic, class of babies, 162
  • Mosoc Nina, festival, 135
  • Mossi, Dr., Quichua scholar: translated the hymns given by Salcamayhua, 99; his derivation of the word Quichua, 174
  • Motilones on the Huallaga, 178, 198
  • Motupe: coast valley, 208; Pizarro at, 224
  • Muchanaca, ceremony of treading on captives and spoils, 89
  • Muchi, river on the coast, 208; temple of the Moon on, 216, 221
  • Mummies. See Interments, Ondegardo
  • Murua. See Morua
  • Museums. See Centeno and Caparo Muñiz
  • Mustincia, Martin de: married Beatriz Ñusta, 260
  • Muyna, submits to the Inca, 65, 80, 142
  • Myring, Mr.: discovery of Chimu pottery, 218


  • Nacac, cutter up of sacrificial beasts, 108
  • Napa, sacred image of a llama, 51; at the Huarachicu festival, 130
  • Napo river, 198
  • Nasoa, viii: irrigation works, 177, 237; coast valley, 227; ancient pottery, 230. See Lucanas
  • Navamuel, secretary: with the Viceroy Toledo during the journeys of inspection, 289
  • Naymlap, a chief: arrival at Lambayeque by sea, with a fleet of strangers, 222; his temple and idol, death, 222. His servants (see Fongasigde, Llapchilulli, Ninacolla, Ningentue, Ochocalo, Ollopcopoc, Pitazofi, Xam). His wife (see Ceterni); temple (Chot); idol, (Llampallec)
  • Nepeña, coast valley, 208; irrigation, 218
  • Nestler, Professor, of Prague: making researches at Tiahuanacu, 25
  • Nightingale. See Checollo
  • Nina-chumpi. See Galapagos Islands
  • Ninacolla, 222. See Naymlap
  • Ninan Cuyuchi, eldest son of Huayna Ccapac, 241; death, 242
  • Ningentue, 222. See Naymlap
  • November–December, month called Ayamarca, 118, 128
  • Novices, 106
  • Nuñuma, wild duck, 79
  • Ñusta-calli-sapa, maidens who attended the youths at the Huarachicu, 130, 131


  • Observations of the sun for time of solstices and equinoxes, 115, 117
  • Oca (Oxalis tuberosa), 23
  • Ocampo, Baltasar de: eye-witness of the murder of Tupac Amaru, 296 n.
  • Ocolo, 49
  • Ochoa, Dr. Julian: authority on folklore at Cuzco, viii, 144
  • Ochocalo, 222. See Naymlap
  • Ocoña, coast valley, 239
  • October–November, month called Uma Raymi, 118
  • O'Higgins, La Senora, vi
  • Oliva, Anello: work on distinguished Jesuits in Peru, 14 n.; on Tiahuanacu, 24, 29 n.; evidence of Valera's authorship from Oliva, 303
  • Oliva, Diego de: received the manuscript of Francisco de Chaves, 253 n.
  • Ollantay, an Inca drama : translated by the author, xi n., 143, 144; reduced to writing by Dr. Valdez, 145, 325; the Justiniani text, 148; Dominican text, 148; argument of the drama, 149, 152–4, 330–4; Zegarra's text, 328; name, 335
  • Ollantay-tampu: megalithic part, 32; beauty, 82; conquest of, 91 n.; Inti-huatana at, 116; description, 150–1, 319; defence of, by Manco Inca, 256
  • Ollopcopoc, 222. See Naymlap
  • Ondegardo, Polo de: translation of his report by the author, xi n., 7; on human sacrifices, 108; search for Inca mummies, 110, 111, 275; his names of the months, 118; on Inca administration, 169; with the Viceroy Toledo on his journey of inspection, 289
  • Opatari Indians, 196
  • Oré, Bishop Luis Geronimo: on the Mochica language, 219; his 'Rituale,' 313; a native of Guamanga, 313
  • Orejones or Hatun-rincriyoc, 67; chief of Anta: raised to rank of, 76; flight with Inca Uira-cocha, 84; defeat of Chancas by, 89; return to Cuzco, 90; dress, 123; youths equipped as, 134; in battle with the Collas, 189; many received in Colla-suyu, 191; voyage in the montaña, 198; resumed offices on departure of Atahualpa's army, 250; acknowledge Manco as Inca, 254; besiege Cuzco, led by Manco, 255
  • Orgoñez, Lieutenant of Almagro, 256
  • Ortiz de Orue, Pedro. See Maria Usca
  • Ortiz, Friar Diego, Augustine: sent to convert Cusi Titu Yupanqui, 290; put to death for not curing the Inca, 291, 292
  • Oviedo, Friar Gabriel: his account of the murder of Tupac Amaru, 296 n.
  • Oxalis tuberosa or Oca, 23


  • Pacajes, tribe on the southern side of Lake Titicaca, 186, 313
  • Pacasas, tribe on the eastern side of Lake Titicaca, 186
  • Pacasmayu, coast valley, 208
  • Paccari-tampu, myth, 48–57; date, 55; authorities on, 140. See Ayars
  • Paccarisca, ancestor worship, 109, 114
  • Paccay, a fruit tree, 82, 380
  • Pacchacuc, diviners, 107
  • Pachaca, division of the people: a hundred families, 161
  • Pachacamac, a fish god on the coast: temple, 181, 233, 234, 320; great oracle, 232; idol destroyed by Hernando Pizarro 234; erroneous idea respecting, 235, 320
  • Pachachaca river, 174, 175; Aymaras at the head-waters of, 191
  • Pachacuti, a royal title: meaning, 41, 42; the eighth Pachacuti, 46; Prince Cusi received the title, 87, 89; march against Urco, 90; achievements, 91; conquests, 92; palace, 120; his heir, 92; death-scene, 93; mummy, 112; in the drama of Ollantay, 148, 330; sent an army to conquer Chinchay-suyu, 178; conquest of Colla-suyu, 188, 189; built the Colcampata, 287. See Cusi
  • Pacha Mama, spirit of the earth, 112
  • Pacha Pucuy, month, March–April, 119, 134
  • Pacific naval station, v; youngsters taught languages, vi
  • Pacsa Mama, the moon as a deity, 117
  • Pahuac Hualpa Mayta, eldest son of Inca Yahuar Huaccac: murdered by the Huayllacans, 76
  • Pallata, second station of the Ayars, 51
  • Paltas, 82
  • Pampa Maroni: at Cuzco, 319
  • Pampas river, 92, 158, 174; gorge of, 176, 178
  • Pancurcu, torches at the Situa festival, 126
  • Pando, mestizo servant: interpreter to the mission at Vilcapampa, 291; put to death, 291, 292
  • Paramunca, coast valley, 208; southern boundary of Chimu territory, 227; Inca fortress, 238, 320
  • Parihuana-cocha, 176
  • Papoquets, 82
  • Partridge. See Yutu
  • Paruro, 45 n.
  • Pasto, 191
  • Pata-llacta. See Llactapata
  • Pativilca, southern boundary of Chimu territory, 181
  • Paucar, son of Inca Rocca, 68
  • Paucar, son of Uira-cocha Inca. See Tupac
  • Paucartampu, author at, ix; valley of, 194 ; montaña, 194; base of the Inca's operations in the montaña, 195
  • Paullu, son of Huayna Ccapac, 241; went to Chile with Almagro, 255; threw in his lot with the Spaniards, 260; joined Vaca de Castro, baptised, 256; granted the Colcampata palace, 256; his sons, 256; his wife, 261; his death, 261; extinction of the male line of his family, 282. See Carlos, Felipe, Melchior, Sahuaraura
  • Paytiti, 197
  • Peel, Sir William, v
  • Penachis, savage tribe on the skirts of the coast mountains, 224
  • Pepperell, visit to Mr. Prescott at, vii, viii
  • Peru: discovery (see Xeres), hospitality, ix; antiquity of civilisation, 29–31; origin, 31, 32; list of kings, 40, 46, 306
  • Peruvians. See Indians
  • Pictures used for recording events, 141
  • Piedrahita. See Collantes
  • Pietschmann, Dr., librarian of the university of Göttingen, editor of the work of Sarmiento, 6; discovered the work of Huaman Poma, 16
  • Pilco Cassa, head-dress of aspirants at the Huarachicu, 132
  • Pilcopata, 196
  • Pilcosones, hostile Indians, 197
  • Pinahua, submits to the Inca, 65, 80
  • Pincos, 175
  • Piquillacta ruins, 319
  • Pirua, 41, 230
  • Pirua, dynasty, 42, 48
  • Pirua Paccari Manco, first king of Peru, 42
  • Pisco, peopled by Yauyos, 180, 227; irrigation, 237
  • Pissac, 82, 184, 125, 116, 319
  • Pitazofi, 222. See Naymlap
  • Pizarro, Francisco: on the coast, 224; arrival at Caxamarca, 225; founded Truxillo, 225; murder of Atahualpa, 250, 251; acknowledged Manco Inca, 254; founded Lima, 255; murder of Manco's wife, 257; two children by an Inca princess, 260
  • Pizarro, Francisco (the younger), 265, 271
  • Pizarro, Gonzalo, 258; rebellion, 269; victory at Huarina, 270; arrival at Cuzco, kindness to Inca Garcilasso, 271; death, 271, 276
  • Pizarro, Hernando: at Pachacamac, 234, 238
  • Pizarro, Pedro: his 'relaciones,' 6
  • Planets, names given by Valera, 117
  • Plover. See Lleco-lleco
  • Pocheos, on the coast, Pizarro at, 224
  • Pocras, Andean tribe, 179
  • Polo de Ondegardo. See Ondegardo
  • Polylepis racemosa. See Queñuar
  • Pomares, Felipe de : on Inca treasure, 288 n.
  • Pongos, fishermen on the coast, 239
  • Popayan, Bishop of: with the Viceroy Toledo on his journey, 289; protests against the murder of Tupac Amaru, 295
  • Potatoes, 23; antiquity of cultivation, 30
  • Pottery, at Nasca, 177, 230; Chimu, 213, 214; Yca, 229, 230; Inca, 320
  • Prayers of the Incas, 98, 100, 101, 102, 143
  • Prescott, Mr.: 'Conquest of Peru,' v, vi; visit of author to, vii; conversations with, vii, viii; manuscript of Betanzos copied for, 4; mistake about the second part of Cieza de Leon, 4 n.; his copy of Pedro Pizarro's 'Relaciones,' 6; and of Polo de Ondegardo, 7; quotes Acosta, 9; Cieza de Leon, 4 n.; story of Spanish invasion, 251; story of siege of Cuzco, 255; use of Garcilasso de la Vega, 280. See Belaunde
  • Priego, Marquis of, 276
  • Priests, 106, 108. See Uillac Umu
  • Prosopis horrida. See Algaroba
  • Pucara, battle at, 45, 190, 273; stronghold of the Collas, 189
  • Pucllac huamra, class of boys, 162
  • Pumacagua, insurrection, 144; had seen the Inca treasure, 251 n., 288 n.
  • Puna island, 184
  • Punchau, name of the sun, 116 prayer to, 98
  • Punchau Chinan. See Aclla
  • Puncu or Pongo. See Rapids
  • Puñnuc rucu, class of very old men, 161
  • Puquina, dialect. See Urus
  • Puric, the unit, head of a family, 160; his responsibility, 161
  • Purun-pacha, remote times, 230


  • Quail. See Chuy
  • Quellua, Andean gull, 79
  • Quenuar (Polylepis racemosa), 22, 80
  • Quichua tribe: study of the language, vi; songs collected, ix, 156; dictionaries by the author, xi n.; their country, 92; dramas, 147, 148–56; name given by grammarians to the Runa-simi or general language of Peru, 137, 138, 174, 312; their fortresses, 174, 175; derivation of the word by Mossi, 174. See Holguin, Justiniani, Mossi, Santo Tomas, Torres Rubio
  • Quicuchica, ceremony for girls, 136, 168
  • Quilacu: love episode, 10; sent on an embassy to Huascar: treatment, 244; reception by the Ccoya, 245; in love with Curi Coyllur, 244; betrothed 246; in command of reserve of Atahualpa's army, 247; wounded: rescued by Curi Coyllur, 247; marriage, 282
  • Quilla, the moon, 117; month, 117
  • Quillaguas, a tribe of Colla-suyu, 186
  • Quilliscancha, suburb of Cuzco, 85, 86
  • Quina-quina, 157
  • Quinine. See Chinchona
  • Quinua, 22
  • Quiñones, Antonio, brother-in-law of Garcilasso de la Vega: flight with him, 273
  • Quinti-cancha. See Inti-cancha
  • Quipaypa, near Cuzco: Atahnalpa's army at, 249; schoolboys go out hawking there, 266
  • Quipu records: list of ancient kings derived from, 41; referred to by Siuyacu, 59; description, 139; uses, 139, 140, 141, 271; learnt by Inca Garcilasso, 271; used as authorities by Valera, 305
  • Quipucamayocs, recorders, 41, 106, 139, 142
  • Quiquisana, 126
  • Quirau, or cradle, 135
  • Quirirmanta, fourth station of the Ayars, 52
  • Quispicancha, 95, 270
  • Quispi Titu, son of Cusi Titu Yupanqui: befriended by Martin Ampuero, 297
  • Quisuar (Buddleia Incana), 22, 80
  • Quito conquest, 93, 95, 164, 173, 182, 198; death of Huayna Ccapac at, 95, 242; Balboa wrote at, 221 n.; Atahualpa not born at, 241 n.
  • Quitu, a dove, 82
  • Quizquiz, a Quito general, 242; in command of Atahualpa's army, 247; repulsed: took Huascar prisoner, 249, 250; met his deserts, 251


  • Ramos Galivan: his work on the church of Copacabana, 10; account of mitimaes at Juli, 314
  • Ransom, for Atahualpa, 250, 251
  • Ranti, name, 46
  • Rapids on Amazonian rivers, called puncu, 193. See Manseriche, Salto de Aguirre, Canchaguayo, Mainique
  • Raua or Rava, 49
  • Raymi, name, 44. See Festivals, Months
  • Reiss, Dr.: researches at Ancon, 227
  • Roads, 320
  • Rimac-pampa, 95
  • Rocca, 46, 56, 58
  • Rodadero, rock near the fortress of Cuzco: place for tobogganing, 266
  • Rodriguez, de Figueroa, Diego: embassy to Cusi Titu Yupanqui 285, 291; wrote an account of the mission, 291
  • Rosa, Dr. Gonzalez de la: printed the second part of the chronicle of Cieza de Leon, 4 n.; his researches respecting the work of Valera, 13; information from, respecting Tiahuanacu, 25; on the list of kings in Montesinos, 40; his edition of Carrera's grammar, 220; questions Garcilasso's integrity, 280; proved that the anonymous Jesuit was Valera, 303
  • Rosas, Dr., Cura of Chinchero: had a copy of Ollantay, 148
  • Rumihuasi pass, ix
  • Rumi-ñaui, a Quito general, 242, 266
  • Runa-huana, ravine, 180
  • Runa-simi, the general language, 137, 138. See Quichua
  • Runtu-caya, of Anta, wife of Uira-cocha Inca, 77
  • Rutuchicu, ceremony of naming boys, 135, 167


  • Saavedra, Don Bautista: views on the ayllu communities, 171
  • Saavedra, Dr. Maldonado: gave the Valera manuscripts to Inca Garcilasso, 278
  • Sacrifices, 180; human, 109
  • Sacsahuaman hill: fortress on, 32, 33; Chingana cave on, 60. See Rocca
  • Sacsahuana. See Saquis-ahuana
  • Sahuaraura, Dr. Justo: claimed descent from Prince Paullu, 282 n.
  • St. Paul's, Dean of. See Milman, Dr.
  • Salcamayhua: antiquities of Peru, translated by the author, x n.; account of his work, 16; makes Urco a reigning Inca, 90 n.; temple to Uira-cocha, 97, 98; Tarapaca and Tonapa, names of Uira-cocha's servants, 105 n.; version of the Paccari-tampu myth, 140, 280
  • Salinillas, name of the horse of Garcilasso de la Vega, 270, 271
  • Salto de Aguirre. See Huallaga
  • Saña, coast valley, 208
  • Sanchez, schoolmaster to Mestizos at Cuzco, 264
  • San Cristoval, church at Cuzco, 256, 286
  • Sancu, pudding at Situa festival, 126
  • San Damian, in Huarochiri, 230
  • San Domingo, convent at Cuzco: copy of Ollantay at, 148
  • San Lorenzo, island, v, 227
  • Sañoc tribe: followers of the Ayars, 50, 65
  • Santa, coast valley, 208
  • Santa Ana, church at Cuzco: portraits of Incas, 121
  • Santillan: 'Relacion,' xi n., 7, 169
  • Santo Tomas, Domingo de: his grammar of the general language gave it the name of Quichua, 312
  • Saquis-ahuana, 84, 89, 90; meaning of the words, 90 n.; corrupted to Xaquix Ahuana and Sacs Ahuana, 90.: See Caquia
  • Sara Mama, 112
  • Sarmiento, Pedro de: voyages translated by the author, xi n.; history of the Incas, xi n.; manuscript at Göttingen, edited by Dr. Pietschmann, 5; account of, special value, 6, 280; version of the Paccari-tampu myth, 49–57; his dates, 55; gives Tahuapaca as the name of Uira-cocha's servant, 101; on human sacrifices, 109; method of recording events, 140; condition of Peru before the Incas, 159; Inca's voyage to the Galapagos islands, 184, 185; Inca invasion of the coast, 223; survivals of Incas, 254; with the Viceroy Toledo on his journey of inspection, 289
  • Sausiru, farm, 135
  • Saya huamrac, class of children, 162
  • Sayri-cancha, 56
  • Sayri Tupac, son and heir of Manco Inca, 259; tournament at his baptism, 268; induced to come to Lima, 273, 274; return to Cuzco, death, 274; his wife Cusi Huarcay, 274; marriage of his daughter to Loyola, 274; received the llautu of Atahualpa from Miguel Astete, 274
  • Schinus molle, berry used to flavour chicha, 127. See Molle
  • Schools. See Yacha-huasi
  • Sec, peculiar language on the coast, 220
  • Sechura, on the coast, 220
  • Sicuani, 113; Dr. Valdez, Cura of, 148
  • Sillustani, chulpas or Colla burial towers, 187, 319
  • Silva, Diego de, godfather of Inca Garcilasso, 264
  • Simaponte, Tupac Amaru captured at, 293
  • Sinchi, chief, 159
  • Sinchi Rocca, 56
  • Siquillapampa, the Ccoya Mama Rahua's residence at, 244, 245, 247
  • Situa, festival, 125–7
  • Siuyacu, mother of Rocca: revolution arranged by, 58, 59; urges reforms, 66
  • Socialism under the Incas, 169
  • Socso or Sucso, bastard of Inca Uira-cocha, 77, 84
  • Socyac, diviners, 107
  • Solar observations, 115, 116
  • Solorzano, Juan de: his 'Politica Indiana,' 8
  • Solstices, 115
  • Solstitial pillars, 115
  • Sondor-huasi, 319
  • Songs: harvest song, 70; Huari, 131; Haylli, 132; Yarahui, 135; mythical song, 143; love songs, 156
  • Soothsayers. See Diviners
  • Sora, an intoxicating spirit, 128
  • Sora: tribe subdued, 92, 176
  • Soto, Hernando de: befriended Quilacu and Curi Coyllur, 252; history of his Florida expedition, 277
  • Soto, Juan de, officer of the court: at the execution of Tupac Amaru, 295
  • Soto, Leonor de, daughter of Curi Coyllur and Hernando de Soto: married to a notary named Carrillo, 252
  • Spaniards: arrival on the coast, 224; reach Caxamarca, 225; destruction of the coast people, 225; at Caxamarca, 249; on the march to Cuzco, 251; Manco made reprisals on, 257; invasion of Vilcapampa, 293, 294; disastrous results of their rule, 299, 300–10
  • Spencer's 'Sociology': his view respecting Inca rule based on inaccurate information, 171
  • Spruce, Mr.: on ancient aqueducts in the Chira valley, 207; describes Chimu plates covered with figures, 213; collected words of a coast language, 220
  • Squier: opinion as to origin of Peruvian civilisation, 31; described the Chimu ruins, 209; and irrigation works, 218; best authority on Inca architecture, 319, 320
  • Stars: number of names given by different authorities, 117. See Chasca
  • Stereoxylon patens. See Tasta
  • Stipa Ychu, grass, 22, 81
  • Stubel, Dr.: researches at Ancon, 227
  • Sucanca, solstitial pillars, 115
  • Sucso. See Socso
  • Sun worship: names, 116; ancestral worship, 46, 49, 63, 104, 110, 168. See Temple
  • Suntur Paucar, insignia of the Inca, 131, 132
  • Supreme Being. See Uira-cocha
  • Surimani, the chief of. See Condorcanqui
  • Suriti plain, 81, 83, 243, 248
  • Susur Puquio, vision of Prince Cusi at, 86
  • Sutic, window of the Paccari-tampu cave, 49


  • Tacna, 164, 173: peopled by the Collas, 187, 239
  • Tahuapaca, servant of Uira-cocha according to Sarmiento, 101, 103 n.
  • Tambopata river, 193
  • Tampu tribe: came out of the Sutic window at Paccari-tampu, 49, 55, 65
  • Tampus or tambos, list of, on the roads, given by Huaman Poma, 18
  • Tampu-chacay, murderer of Ayar Cachi, 52
  • Tampu-quiru and Pallata, second station of the Ayars, 51
  • Tampu-tocco: dynasty, 45, 46, 47, 48; three windows in the bill, 49, 80
  • Tangarara, on the Chira: first Spanish settlement, 224
  • Tapacri, near Cochapampa, estate of Garcilasso de la Vega, 273
  • Tarapaca, fossil ant-eaters, 38
  • Tarapaca, one name of the servant of Uira-cocha, 101, 103 n. See Tahuapaca, Tuapaca, Tonapa
  • Tarpuntay tribe, followers of the Ayars, 50, 65
  • Tarpuntay, sacrificing priest, 108, 109
  • Tasta, a shrub, 80
  • Tauri-chumbi, chief of Pachacamac, 235
  • Tempellec, last of the Naymlap dynasty at Lambayeque, 222 Temple of the Sun, 56, 62, 104, 322; to Uira-cocha, 97, 121; to the Moon, 216, 221; at Lambayeque, called Chot, 222
  • Ternaux Compans: his copy of Carrera's grammar in the British Museum, 220; edition of Montesinos, 12; translation of Balboa, 221 n.
  • Teruel, Pedro de: work lost, 10
  • Theresa, H.R.H. Princess of Bavaria, 113
  • Thrush. See Chihua
  • Thunder and lightning, worship of, 104, 117
  • Tiahuanacu: described, 23, 24; account in the work of Oliva, 24; monolithic doorway, 25; central figure, 25, 26; kneeling figures, 27; mystery surrounding origin, 28; myth, 28, 29; name, 29; evidence of Acosta and Cieza de Leon, 29; Tiahuanacu and Chavin work compared, 35, 36; carving, 42; Tupac Inca Yupanqui at, 191
  • Tici or Tecce, attribute of the deity, 41
  • Tin: principal source, 191
  • Titicaca lake: basin of, ix; region around, 21, 38, 92; Titi, a clerical error, probably Inticaca, 103 n.; myth, 28, 48, 103 n.; basin of, 186, 187; palace on Coati island, 191
  • Titu. See Curi Coyllur
  • Titu Atauchi, son of Huayna Ccapac, 241; attacked Spanish rear at Tocto and made some prisoners, 263; friendship with Francisco de Chaves, 253
  • Tocapu, brocade invented by Inca Uira-cocha, 90, 122
  • Tocay Ccapac, chief of Ayamarca, 68, 71, 72, 73
  • Tocco, windows, 49. See Tampu-tocco
  • Tocta Cuca, mother of Atahualpa, 241
  • Tocto, defeat of Spaniards at, 253
  • Toguaru, conquest of, 91 n.
  • Tola (Baccharis Incarum), 22
  • Toledo, Don Francisco de, viceroy of Peru: his journey of inspection, 7, 289; his prolific legislation, 8, 15, 298; examination of Indians respecting Inca history, 289; arrival at Cuzco, 290; godfather to Melchior Carlos Inca, 290; ordered the invasion of Vilcapampa, 292; the Inca brought before him, 294; entreated to spare the Inca, 295; his banishment of the Inca family, 297; persecution of mestizos, 298; his disgrace doubtful, 299
  • Tomay Huaraca, chief of the Chancas, 83, 86, 89
  • Tono river, 193, 196
  • Tonapa, Lafone on the cult of, 99 n., 101
  • Topography. See Geography
  • Topu, measure of land. 161
  • Torres Rubio, Quichua dictionary, vi, 313 ; Aymara dictionary, 192, 315, 316
  • Treasure, of the Incas, 251 and note, 288; in the palace of Huayna Ccapac, 267; of the Chimu, 210, 211
  • Tropœolum, 80
  • Truxillo, Chimu ruins near, 208; founded by Pizarro, 225
  • Ttahuantin-suyu, the official name of the empire of the Incas, 173
  • Ttanta raquizic: class of boys, 162
  • Ttantana Marca, caves for interment on the, 112
  • Tuapaca. See Tarapaca
  • Tucuman, 31, 32, 36, 173; conquest, 190
  • Tucuyricocs, or overseers, 162
  • Tulumayu, torrent at Cuzco, 65, 66, 79
  • Tumbez: acquired by Tupac Inca Yupanqui, 184, 185, 208; Spaniards start from, 224
  • Tumi, dagger, knife, 292
  • Tumipampa, palace, 182; body of Huayna Ccapac taken to, 242; thence to Cuzco, 243; Huascar's army defeated at, 246
  • Tupac Amaru Inca, son of Manco, 259: accession, great ceremony, 290, 292; innocent of the deaths of Ortiz, Pando, and Añaya, 292 ; captured by Loyola, 293; brought before Toledo, 294; scene at his execution, 294; last words, 295, 296 n.; worship of his head by the people, 296, 297; fate of his children, 298
  • Tupac Ayar Manco, son of Inca Pachacuti, conqueror of the Collas, 189
  • Tupac Cusi, 51
  • Tupac Paucar, son of Uira-cocha Inca: joined his younger brother Cusi, against the Chancas, 85
  • Tupac Inca Yupanqui: chosen as heir by Inca Pachacuti, 92; conquests, 93; his reign, 94; built the palace at Huanuco, 182; generalship, 183, 185; voyage to the Galapagos Islands, 184, 185; conquest of Colla-suyu, 189; system of colonising, 191; built the palace at Coati, 191; campaign in Anti-suyu, 195, 196; in the drama of Ollantay, 148, 332; his daughter married the father of Huaman Poma, 17
  • Tupac Yauri, golden sceptre, 121
  • Tuya, singing-bird, 82
  • Tuyara, a Quichua stronghold, 174


  • Ucayali, river, 193; rapid, 193
  • Uhle, Dr. Max: on llamitas as offerings to the earth spirit, 113; inquiry about the golden breastplate, 119; Choquequirao, 319; investigation of ruins, Pachacamac, 320
  • Uilca Chucu, head-dress of the high priest, 105
  • Uilcas, priests, 106
  • Uilca, ancient name of the sun, 116
  • Uilca Camayoc, recorder of sacrifices, 108
  • Uilcañota. See Vilcanota
  • Uillac Uma, high priest of the Sun: his position, life, dress, 105; went to Chile with Almagro, 255
  • Uinapu, an intoxicating spirit, 128
  • Uira-cocha, name of the Deity, 41, 97; conception of, 41–2; temple to, 97; prayers to, 100, 102; names of servants, 101 n.
  • Uira-cocha Inca, name taken by Hatun Tupac, 76, 77; his sons, 77; intrigues for Urco to succeed, 83; flight from Cuzco, 84; spoils of Chanca victory sent to, 87, 89; death, 90; invented tocapu, 90
  • Uiscacha, Andean rodent, 23, 79
  • Ulloma. See Mastodon
  • Uma Raymi, month, Oct.–Nov., 118, 127
  • Umasayus, 175
  • Urco, bastard of Uira-cocha Inca, 77, 83; intrigues about his succession, 84; fled with his father, 84, 87; rebellion and death, 90; made to succeed as a reigning Inca by Cieza de Leon, Fernandez Herrera, and Salcamayhua, 90 n.
  • Urco Huaranca, chief of Quilliscacha, a suburb of Cuzco: faithful to Prince Cusi, 85, 86; sent with spoils of the Chanca victory to Uira-cocha Inca, 87
  • Urcos, 76
  • Urpi, a dove, 82
  • Urpi Huachac, wife of Pachacamac, 233
  • Uru tribe, followers of the Ayars, 50; settled at Urupampa, 55; Hurin Cuzcos, 65
  • Urus tribe, on lake Titicaca, speaking Puquina, 187
  • Usca Paucar, Quichua drama, 156
  • Uscovilca, joint founder of the Chanca nation, 83; image carried before the Chanca army, 83, 86
  • Usutas, sandals, 122, 292; for the youths at the Huarachicu, 129
  • Uturuncu Achachi, in command of a column invading the montaña, 195, 196; to complete the conquests, 197


  • Vaca de Castro, Cristoval, 256, 257, 264
  • Vadillo, service of Cieza de Leon under, 2
  • Valdez, Dr. Antonio, Cura of Sicuani: reduced the drama of Ollantay to writing, 145, 325
  • Valera, Bias, same as the 'anonymous Jesuit': translated by the author, xi n., account of, 12, 13; his works, 13, 14, 303; compiler of the list of kings, 40; denies human sacrifices, 108; names of planets given by, 117; refers to Quipu records, 139, 305; mythical song given by, 143; Garcilasso received his manuscripts, 278; Garcilasso's quotations from, 279; credibility of the list of kings dependent on his evidence, 303; proofs of authorship, 304
  • Valera, Luis de: executor to Francisco de Chaves, 253 n.
  • Valerian, 80
  • Valverde, Friar Vicente: his 'Carta Relacion,' 8
  • Vargas, family, 260, 261, 277
  • Vargas, Alonzo: uncle of Inca Garcilasso, whom he adopted as his heir, 277, 283
  • Vargas, Juan: uncle of Inca Garcilasso, 264; slain at Huarina, 270
  • Velasco, 'History of Quito': names of months, 118 n.; on Inca roads, 320
  • Vicaquirau, son of Inca Rocca, general, 66; conquests, 75, 77; against the succession of Urco, 83; supported Prince Cusi, 85, 86; death, 88
  • Vicchu Tupac, second son of Yahuar Huaccac, 76
  • Vichaya, tree, in coast valley, 205
  • Vicuña, 22, 30
  • Vilcamayu, valley of the, author's residence in, viii; 65, 77, 81, 82, 126, 137, 144, 193
  • Vilcañota, wall across, 15, 188; knot of, 21, 79; name, 44, 78, 263
  • Vilcapampa, 79, 82, 199; retreat of the Inca to, 256; description, 257; Incas maintain independence in, 259; Sayri Tupac leaves, 273, 274; mission to, 290, 291; invasion by Spaniards, 292, 293, 294
  • Vilcas-huaman ruins, 176, 178, 320; flight of Huascar's army to, 248
  • Village communities, views of Cunow, 171. See Ayllus
  • Villalobos, Juan Rodriguez de: brought the first bullocks to Cuzco, 266
  • Villar, Señor : his copy of Carrera's grammar, 220
  • Viracocha. See Uira-cocha
  • Virgins of the Sun, 106, 107. See Aclla
  • Viru, coast valley, 208
  • Viscacha. See Uiscacha
  • Vivero, Friar Juan de, Prior of Augustines: baptised Sayri Tupac, 290; embassy to Cusi Titu Yupanqui, 290
  • 'Vocabulario Historico del Peru,' by Valera: consulted by Oliva, 303


  • Wiener: review of his conception of Inca rule, by Belaunde, 171; described Chimu ruins, 209; and Vilcas-huaman, 320


  • Xam. See Naymlap
  • Xaquixaguana, a corrupt form of Saquis-ahuana, 90 n.
  • Xauxa. See Jauja
  • Xecfuin Pisan, chief of Lambayeque, 224, 225
  • Xeres and Astete: reports on the discovery of Peru : author's translation, x


  • Yachachic, attribute of the deity, 42
  • Yacha-huasi, schools, 66, 142, 319
  • Yacolla, Royal mantle, 292
  • Yahuar Huaccac Inca, succession, 75; his sons, 76. See Cusi Hualpa
  • Yamqui Pachacuti Salcamayhua. See Salcamayhua
  • Yana-cuna, servants, 163, 164
  • Yanamarca, battle at between armies of Huascar and Atahualpa, 247
  • Yana-simi. See Mañaris
  • Yapaquis, month, July–August, 125
  • Yarampuy-cancha, 56
  • Yarcacaes, diviners, 108
  • Yarrovilca, lord of Huanuco, ancestor of Huaman Poma, 17
  • Yauri, sceptre, 131
  • Yauyos, account of, 180, 237. See Cauqui
  • Yca, viii; coast valley, 227; pottery, 230; beautiful maiden of, named Chumpillaya, sent to Huascar, 242
  • Ychu (Stipa Ychu), grass, 22, 81
  • Ychupampa, Chancas encamped on, 83, 88; same as Suriti
  • Year called huata, 117
  • Yma huayna, class of young men, 162; taken as colonists, 164
  • Yscuchaca, 81. See Iscuchaca
  • Yucay, Inca palace at, 82, 286, 319
  • Yunca, language of the Chimu, 219; Carrera's grammar of, 220; name given to coast valleys, 230
  • Yupanqui, a royal title: meaning, 42, 43
  • Yutu, a partridge, 23, 79, 76 n.
  • Yuyac, adults for sacrifice: llamas, not men, 109


  • Zapote del Perro, a tree in coast valleys, 205
  • Zaran, in the Piura valley: Pizarro at, 224
  • Zarate, his work on Peru, 7; Garcilasso's quotations from, 279; on Inca roads, 320
  • Zodiac signs, 117
  • Zolzdoñi, wife of Cium, 222


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