Text written in the seventeenth century, translated and edited by Philip Ainsworth Means, with an Introduction by the late Sir Clements R. Markham. The translation is from the Spanish edition of Marcos Jiménez de la Espada, published Madrid, 1882. Also includes 'Eight chronological tables ... compiled by P. A. Means'; 'List of words in the names of kings and Incas ...' and 'Quichua words in Montesinos'.
Author(s): Fernando Montesinos, (Translated by Philip Ainsworth Means, Introduction by Clements R. Markham)
Series: 2nd Series No. XLVIII.
Publisher: Bedford Press (Printed for the Hakluyt Society)
Year: 1920
Language: English
Pages: 203
City: London
Tags: Incas, Chimu, Moche
Foreword.
Introduction by Sir Clements Markham.
Introduction xi–xxix
Chronological Tables xxxi–xlvii.
List of Words by Sir C. M. xlviii–lii
Quichua Words by Sir C. M. xlviii–lii
CHAPTER I.
Of the manner in which government and good order were first established among the Indians of Piru 1
CHAPTER II.
How the families of Cuzco raised up Manco Capac as their Lord, and of an Embassy which other Lords sent to him 7
CHAPTER III.
Of a strange event which took place in Cuzco while the King Manco Capac and the Lords of the Region were making ready for the marriage feasts 12
CHAPTER IV.
How, through the deaths of Manco Capac and of the neighbouring Lords, great wars broke forth between their successors, and of the end that was put to the matter by a strange event 15
CHAPTER V.
Of the esteem in which were held Sinchi Cozque Pachacuti and his sons and relatives ; and of the outcome of the war which the Lords of Antaguailas made against them 20
CHAPTER VI.
Of the things which Inti Capac Yupanqui ordered in Cuzco with respect to religion and to government 28
CHAPTER VII.
Of the other matters which the King Inti Capac ordered for the good government of his kingdom and of his death 32
CHAPTER VIII.
Concerning the signs which appeared in the sky in the time of Manco Capac, second of that name 36
CHAPTER IX.
Of what occurred in the time of this King in Cuzco, and of the origin of the giants in Piru 39
CHAPTER X.
Of the King Titu Yupanqui Pachacuti and of the reforms which he made in his kingdom 43
CHAPTER XI.
Of other Peruvian Kings, and of some events in their reigns 48
CHAPTER XII.
Continues the succession of the Peruvian Kings 51
CHAPTER XIII.
Concerning the events and succession of some of the Kings of Piru 55
CHAPTER XIV.
Of the confusion which was caused in Cuzco by the entrance of strange peoples into Piru, because of which the use of letters was lost 58
CHAPTER XV.
Of the events in the time of Tupac Cauri Pachacuti the Seventh, and of other Peruvian Kings 63
CHAPTER XVI.
Of the origin of the Kings Ingas and of the manner in which they introduced themselves into the government 68
CHAPTER XVII.
In which the subject of the last chapter is continued and the outcome of the matter is related 72
CHAPTER XVIII.
Concerning the marriage of Inga Roca 76
CHAPTER XIX.
How the King of Vilcas and other Lords sent their obedience to Inga Roca, and of his return to Cuzco 79
CHAPTER XX.
Of what befell Inga Capac Yupanqui and his brother, and of the lives of other Ingas 83
CHAPTER XXI.
Certain things are told relating to the antecedents and deeds of the Inga Sinchi Roca 88
CHAPTER XXII.
Of the manner in which the Inga Sinchi Roca entered Cuzco triumphant, and of his death 92
CHAPTER XXIII.
Of the time in which Inga Huira Cocha began to reign, and of his deeds and achievements 97
CHAPTER XXIV.
How Inga Huira Cocha set forth from Cuzco to the conquest of the Chachapoyas and of the Paltas 101
CHAPTER XXV.
Of what Inga Huira Cocha did in Quito, and how he sent troops to the conquest of the Cofanes 105
CHAPTER XXVI.
How Inga Huira Cocha returned to the province of the Cañares and conquered it ; and of the reason why that province is called Tumipampa 111
CHAPTER XXVII.
Of Tupac Yupanqui, eighth of the Ingas, and how his son, Huaina Capac, succeeded him 115
CHAPTER XXVIII.
How the Lord of Cayambe fortified himself with many troops in a lake called Yaguarcocha, and how the Inca conquered him 120
Index 127
Plates
I.—The Statue known as “ The Bishop ” or “ The Friar ”
II.—The Fortress of Sacsahuaman, overlooking the
City of Cuzco to face p. 23
III.—A Street in Cuzco 30
IV.—The Eastern Face of the Monolithic Gateway 35
V.—The Western Face of the Monolithic Gateway 35
VI.—A Typical Shadow-Clock of Intihuatana 53
VII.—The Monolithic Stairway 55
VIII.—The Ruins of Tiahuanaco 57
IX.—The Palace of the Inca Rocca at Cuzco 81
X.—Late Incaic Masonry at Pisac, near Cuzco 93
