In order that it might be seen that what I have already said touching the origin of the Yncas, and the state of affairs before their time, is not an invention of my own, but that it is taken from the common reports furnished to the Spanish historians by the Indians, it seemed to me to be desirable that I should insert one of the chapters which Pedro de Cieza de Leon, a native of Seville, writes in the first part of his Chronicle of Peru, which treats of the boundaries of provinces, the description of them, the foundation of new cities, the rites and ceremonies of the Indians, and other things. The above words are given by this author, as the title of his work. He wrote in Peru; and that he might be able to write with greater accuracy, as he himself says, he travelled over a distance of 1200 leagues, from the port of Uraba to the town of La Plata. In each province he wrote the account he obtained of the customs of the natives, dividing his narrative into proper periods. He relates the condition of each nation before it came under the sway of the Yncas, and also what happened after that event.