Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- I An Account of the Fables and Rites of the Yncas
- II An Account of the Antiquities of Peru
- III A Narrative of the errors, false gods, and other superstitions and diabolical rites in which the Indians of the province of Huarochiri lived in ancient times
- IV Report
- INDEX
- Plate section
II - An Account of the Antiquities of Peru
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- I An Account of the Fables and Rites of the Yncas
- II An Account of the Antiquities of Peru
- III A Narrative of the errors, false gods, and other superstitions and diabolical rites in which the Indians of the province of Huarochiri lived in ancient times
- IV Report
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
I, Don Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-tamqui Salcamayhua, a Christian by the grace of God our Lord, am native of the towns of Santiago of Hanalucayhua and Hurinhuayhuacanchi of Urco-suyu, between Canas and Oanches of Collasuyu, legitimate son of Don Diego Felipe Coudorcanqui and of Dona Maria Huayrotari, legitimate grandson of Don Baltasar Cacyaquivi and of Don Francisco Yamquihuanacu (whose wives, my grandmothers, are alive), great grandson of Don Gaspar Apuquiricanqui and of General Don Juan Apu Ynca Mayhua, great great grandson of Don Bernabe Apu-hilas Urcuni the less, and of Don Gonzalo Pizarro Tintaya, and of Don Carlos Anco, all once principal chiefs in the said province, and professed Christians in the things of our holy Catholic faith. They were the first chiefs who came to the tambo of Caxamarca to be made Christians, renouncing all the errors, rites, and ceremonies of the time of heathenry, which were devised by the ancient enemies of the human race, namely the demons and devils. In the general language they are called hapinunu achacalla. When the first Apostolic Priests entered this most noble province of Ttahuantin-suyu, inspired by the holy zeal of gaining a soul for God our Lord, like good fishers, with their loving words, preaching and catechising on the mystery of our holy Catholic Faith, then my ancestors, after having been well instructed, were baptized. They renounced the Devil and all his followers and his false promises, and all his rites. Thus they became Christians, adopted sons of Jesus Christ our Lord, and enemies of all the ancient customs and idolatries.
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- Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas , pp. 65 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1873