History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas, Količina 1Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1857 |
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Acosta adventurers Almagro American ancient Annales año Atahuallpa authority Aztecs Barcia capital cavalier Caxamalca character Cieza de Leon civilization coast commander Conq Conquerors Conquest Cordilleras Cronica curacas Cuzco deity Descub distance empire enterprise expedition Felipillo festivals furnished Garcilasso gente gold and silver havia Hernando Hernando Pizarro Herrera Hist historian Huascar Huayna Capac Ibid Inca Indian Indios inhabitants institutions labors land las Indias Luque maize Manco Capac manner ment monarch Montesinos mountains Naharro nations natives nature nobles Ondegardo Oviedo Pachacamac Panamá Pedro Pizarro person Peru Peruvian Piru Prim prince provinces quarters quipus Quito race Real Relacion del Primer Relacion Sumaria royal Sarmiento seemed Señor shore soldiers sovereign Spaniards Spanish spirit temple tenian tierra tion Tumbez Tupac Inca Yupanqui ubi supra vessel voyage writer Xerez Zarate zarro
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Stran 413 - the hour had come. He waved a white scarf in the air, the appointed signal. The fatal gun was fired from the fortress. Then, springing into the square, the Spanish captain and his followers shouted the old war-cry of " St. Jago and at them." It was answered by the battle-cry of every
Stran 403 - of adventurers, meditating one of the most atrocious acts of perfidy on the record of history ! Yet, whatever were the vices of the Castilian cavalier, hypocrisy was not among the number. He felt that he was battling for the Cross, and under this conviction, exalted as it was at such a moment as this into the
Stran 520 - Whichever statement we receive, the sum, combined with that obtained at Caxamalca, might well have satisfied the cravings of the most avaricious. The sudden influx of so much wealth, and that, too, in so transferable a form, among a party of reckless adventurers little accustomed to the possession of money, had its natural
Stran 114 - them to future generations. 3 The quipu was a cord about two feet long, composed of different colored threads tightly twisted together, from which a quantity of smaller threads were suspended in the manner of a fringe. The threads were of different colors and were tied into knots. The word quipu, indeed, signifies a knot. The colors denoted sensible
Stran 411 - He then demanded of Valverde by what authority he had said these things. The friar pointed to the book which he held, as his authority. Atahuallpa, taking it, turned over the pages a moment, then, as the insult he had received probably flashed across his mind, he threw it down with vehemence, and exclaimed, —
Stran 407 - the royal procession entered the gates of the city. First came some hundreds of the menials, employed to clear the path from every obstacle, and singing songs of triumph as they came, " which, in our ears," says one of the Conquerors, "sounded like the songs of hell
Stran 112 - GUANO. — IMPORTANT ESCULENTS. " SCIENCE was not intended for the people ; but for those of generous blood. Persons of low degree are only puffed up by it, and rendered vain and arrogant. Neither should such meddle with the affairs of government; for this would bring high offices into disrepute, and cause detriment to the state,"
Stran 408 - MS. temples. The bearing of the Inca was sedate and dignified ; and from his lofty station he looked down on the multitudes below with an air of composure, like one accustomed to command. As the leading files of the procession entered the great square, larger, says an old chronicler, than any square in Spain, they opened to the right and left
Stran 406 - —No tidings could have been more grateful to the Spaniards. It seemed as if the Indian monarch was eager to rush into the snare that had been spread for him ! The fanatical cavalier could not fail to discern in it the immediate finger of Providence It is difficult to account for this wavering
Stran 62 - the strips of sandy waste, which occasionally intervened, where the light and volatile soil was incapable of sustaining a road, huge piles, many of them to be seen at this day, were driven into the ground to indicate the route to the traveller. 44 All along these highways, caravansaries, or