Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I MAYTA CCAPAC, THE FOURTH YNCA, ANNEXES TIAHUANACU. OF THE EDIFICES THAT WERE FOUND THERE
- CHAPTER II HATUNPACASA IS REDUCED, AND THEY CONQUER CAC-YAVIRI
- CHAPTER III THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE
- CHAPTER IV THEY REDUCE THREE PROVINCES AND CONQUER OTHERS.—THEY FORM COLONIES.—THOSE WHO USE POISON ARE PUNISHED
- CHAPTER V THE YNCA ACQUIRES THREE NEW PROVINCES, AND CONQUERS IN A VERY HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
- CHAPTER VI THOSE OF HUAYCHU SUBMIT, AND ARE MERCIFULLY PARDONED
- CHAPTER VII THEY REDUCE MANY TOWNS. THE YNCA ORDERS A BRIDGE OF OSIERS TO BE MADE
- CHAPTER VIII MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE
- CHAPTER IX THE YNCA ACQUIRES MANY OTHER GREAT PROVINCES, AND DIES IN PEACE
- CHAPTER X CCAPAC YUPANQUI, THE FIFTH KING, GAINS MANY PROVINCES IN CUNTI-SUYU
- CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE AYMARAS. THE CURACAS ARE PARDONED. LANDMARKS ARE FIXED ON THE BOUNDARIES
- CHAPTER XII THE YNCA SENDS AN ARMY TO CONQUER THE QUECHUAS. THEY ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION, WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT
- CHAPTER XIII THEY CONQUER MANY VALLEYS ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIV TWO GREAT CURACAS REFER THEIR DIFFERENCES TO THE YNCA, AND BECOME HIS SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER XV THEY MAKE A BRIDGE OF STRAW AND TWISTED FIBRES OVER THE DESAGUADERO. CHAYANTA IS CONQUERED
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE CONQUESTS OF FIVE GREAT PROVINCES, BESIDES OTHER SMALLER ONES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIX THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES
- CHAPTER XX A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES
- CHAPTER XXI OF THE CLOISTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND OF THE EDIFICES DEDICATED TO THE MOON, STARS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND RAINBOW
- CHAPTER XXII THE NAME OF THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND TOUCHING OTHER PARTS OF THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PLACES FOR THE SACRIFICES AND THE THRESHOLD WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SANDALS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE. CONCERNING THEIR FOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XXIV OF THE GARDEN OF GOLD, AND OF OTHER COSTLY THINGS IN THE TEMPLE, IN IMITATION OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE TEMPLES OF THAT EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF TITICACA, AND OF THE FABLES AND ALLEGORIES CONCERNING IT
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
CHAPTER XVI - OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I MAYTA CCAPAC, THE FOURTH YNCA, ANNEXES TIAHUANACU. OF THE EDIFICES THAT WERE FOUND THERE
- CHAPTER II HATUNPACASA IS REDUCED, AND THEY CONQUER CAC-YAVIRI
- CHAPTER III THE INDIANS WHO SURRENDERED ARE PARDONED. EXPLANATION OF THE FABLE
- CHAPTER IV THEY REDUCE THREE PROVINCES AND CONQUER OTHERS.—THEY FORM COLONIES.—THOSE WHO USE POISON ARE PUNISHED
- CHAPTER V THE YNCA ACQUIRES THREE NEW PROVINCES, AND CONQUERS IN A VERY HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
- CHAPTER VI THOSE OF HUAYCHU SUBMIT, AND ARE MERCIFULLY PARDONED
- CHAPTER VII THEY REDUCE MANY TOWNS. THE YNCA ORDERS A BRIDGE OF OSIERS TO BE MADE
- CHAPTER VIII MANY NATIONS ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION BY THE FAME OF THE BRIDGE
- CHAPTER IX THE YNCA ACQUIRES MANY OTHER GREAT PROVINCES, AND DIES IN PEACE
- CHAPTER X CCAPAC YUPANQUI, THE FIFTH KING, GAINS MANY PROVINCES IN CUNTI-SUYU
- CHAPTER XL THE CONQUEST OF THE AYMARAS. THE CURACAS ARE PARDONED. LANDMARKS ARE FIXED ON THE BOUNDARIES
- CHAPTER XII THE YNCA SENDS AN ARMY TO CONQUER THE QUECHUAS. THEY ARE REDUCED TO SUBMISSION, WITH THEIR OWN CONSENT
- CHAPTER XIII THEY CONQUER MANY VALLEYS ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIV TWO GREAT CURACAS REFER THEIR DIFFERENCES TO THE YNCA, AND BECOME HIS SUBJECTS
- CHAPTER XV THEY MAKE A BRIDGE OF STRAW AND TWISTED FIBRES OVER THE DESAGUADERO. CHAYANTA IS CONQUERED
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES OF THE INDIANS FOR CROSSING THE RIVERS, AND FOR FISHING
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE CONQUESTS OF FIVE GREAT PROVINCES, BESIDES OTHER SMALLER ONES
- CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCE YNCA ROOCA REDUCES MANY GREAT PROVINCES, INLAND AND ON THE SEA COAST
- CHAPTER XIX THEY TAKE INDIANS FROM THE SEA COAST TO COLONISE THE COUNTRY INLAND. THE YNCA CCAPAC YUPANQUI DIES
- CHAPTER XX A DESCRIPTION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN, AND OF ITS GREAT RICHES
- CHAPTER XXI OF THE CLOISTER OF THE TEMPLE, AND OF THE EDIFICES DEDICATED TO THE MOON, STARS, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND RAINBOW
- CHAPTER XXII THE NAME OF THE HIGH PRIESTS, AND TOUCHING OTHER PARTS OF THE TEMPLE
- CHAPTER XXIII THE PLACES FOR THE SACRIFICES AND THE THRESHOLD WHERE THEY TOOK OFF THEIR SANDALS TO ENTER THE TEMPLE. CONCERNING THEIR FOUNTAINS
- CHAPTER XXIV OF THE GARDEN OF GOLD, AND OF OTHER COSTLY THINGS IN THE TEMPLE, IN IMITATION OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE TEMPLES OF THAT EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XXV OF THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF TITICACA, AND OF THE FABLES AND ALLEGORIES CONCERNING IT
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- INDEX
Summary
Now that an account has been given of the two kinds of bridges which the Yncas ordered to be made for crossing rivers—one of osiers and the other of grass and rushes—it will be well that we should relate other means and contrivances they used for crossing them; for, owing to their great cost and the time lost in constructing them, the bridges were only made on the main lines of road; but, as that land is so long and narrow, and is crossed by so many rivers, the Indians, taught by necessity, invented various modes of crossing them, according to their different circumstances, as well as for navigating the sea, to the small extent to which they ventured. But for navigating the sea they had no knowledge of piraguas, nor of canoes, like the Indians of Florida, of the Windward Islands, and of the Tierra Firme, which are like troughs; for there is no large timber in Peru suitable for making them; and though it is true that there are very tall trees, the wood is as heavy as iron. They, therefore, used another kind of wood, as slight as a man's thigh, as light as wood of the fig tree, the best kind coming from the province of Quitu, whence it was sent, by order of the Yncas, to all the rivers.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 258 - 263Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010