First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas

Table of Contents

Book V:
1. How they divided the land amongst the vassals
2. The arrangement they adopted for tilling the land
3. Of the quantity of land given to each Indian
4. How they distributed the water for irrigation
5. The tribute that they gave to the Yncas
6. They made clothing, arms, and shoes for the soldiers
7. Gold and silver and other things of value were not offered as tribute, but as presents
8. Of the manner of guarding the tribute
9. The vassals were supplied with clothes
10. The ordering and division of the flocks
11. Laws and ordinances of the Yncas
12. How they conquered and civilised the new vassals
13. How ministers were appointed for different duties
14. The order they kept in their property
15. How they paid their tribute
16. How the tribute was collected
17. The Ynca Uira-Ccocha received tidings of his enemies
18. A very bloody battle
19. The generosity of the prince Ynca Uira-Ccocha after the victory
20. The prince continues the pursuit of the rebels
21. Of the name of Uira-Ccocha
22. The Ynca Uira-Ccocha orders a temple to be built
23. Of a famous painting
24. Of the new provinces which the Ynca subdued
25. The Ynca visits his empire
26. The flight of the brave Hanco-Hualla from the empire of the Yncas
27. The colonies formed in the land of Hanco-Hualla
28. The Ynca gave a name to his first-born son
29. The death of Ynca Uira-Ccocha
Book VI:
1. The building and decoration of the royal palaces
2. Every ornament for the royal palace was imitated in gold and silver
3. Of the servants of the royal palace
4. Halls which were used for festivities
5. How they interred the kings
6. The solemn hunting excursions that the kings made
7. Of the posts and runners
8. How they counted by strings and knots
9. What was noted in the accounts
10. The Ynca Pachacutec visits his empire
11. Of other provinces that were conquered by the Ynca
12. Of the edifices, laws, and new conquests which the Ynca Pachacutec made
13. The Ynca subdues these provinces by hunger and military strategy
14. Of the good Curaca Huamachucu
15. The people of Casamarca resist and eventually submit
16. The conquest of Yauyu
17. The Yncas subdue two coast valleys, and the Chinchas answer their message with defiance
18. The obstinacy of the Chinchas
19. Of the alleged ancient conquests of the Yuncas
20. The principal festival of the sun
21. In worshipping the sun, they were to the temple, and sacrificed a lamb
22. Of the omens in their sacrifices
23. How they drank to each other and in what order
24. How the knights were armed
25. They were expected to know how to make their arms and their shoes
26. When the prince became a novice he was treated with more severity than the others
28. Of the devices worn by the kings
29. Chuquimancu, the lord of four valleys, submits
30. Of the valleys of Pachacamac and Rimac
31. They demand submission from Cuismancu
32. They go to conquer the king Chimu
33. The obstinancy, misfortunes, and final submission of the great Chimu
34. The Ynca continues to aggrandize his empire
35. The Ynca Pachacutec increased the schools
36. Many other laws of the Ynca Pachacutec
Book VII:
1. The Yncas formed colonies. They used two languages
2. The heirs of the chiefs were brought up at court
3. The court language
4. Concerning the utility of the court language
5. The third solemn feast in honour of the sun
6. The fourth feast
7. The nocturnal festival to drive evils out of the city
8. The description of the imperial city of Cuzco
9. The city contained an epitome of the whole empire
10. The site of the schools, and those of three palaces, and of the house of chosen virgins
11. Of the wards and houses to the west of the stream
12. Of two grants made by the city for pious purposes
13. The new conquest that the king Ynca Yupanqui undertook
14. The events of the expeditio

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