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started in by the Province of Chinchaycocha and went on down 

 through Paucartambo and then proceeded over those rough moun- 

 tains and deep rivers, and that their descendants have it all imder 

 their sway today. Besides the story of their origin in a lake, they 

 say that their father was a savage lion, and they hold and worship 

 the lion as a god, and they have him on their insignia, and in their 

 solemn feasts they are accustomed to dress themselves in lions' skins 

 to show their bravery, as one can remark any day in their festivals. 

 Leaving them in their territories, I would say that the Province 

 of Andahuailas comes 40 leagues before Cuzco ; it is extensive, has 

 many villages, bright skies, and a marvelous climate. The land is 

 very fertile and produces wheat, corn, and other cereals in quantities, 

 with abundance of native and Spanish fruit ; it has rich pasturage, 

 with large ranches of llamas, cattle, sheep, and hogs, and is prolific 

 in everything. It was a thickly settled province, but the civil wars 

 among the Spaniards reduced its population greatly. 



1481. They were faithful servants of His Majesty on many occa- 

 sions, notably when Licentiate Pedro de la Gasca led all His Majesty's 

 forces against Gonzalo Pizarro ; they toiled and sufTered much at 

 that time. The province is extensive ; some of its villages are Chuqui- 

 bamba, Utunsulla [^ line illegible] and others. There is a Corregidor 

 here, appointed by the Viceroy to provide satisfactory administration 

 and for the dispensing of justice. Chalcumarca and Suramarca were 

 Andahuailas fortresses of Ancoallo's the famous general of those 

 provinces [Here several lines deleted, duplicating description of 

 Parinacocha in f i486]. 



1482. From Andahuailas to the Rio and valley of Amancay, or 

 Abancay as the Spaniards call it, it is a 9 leagues' journey to Cuzco. 

 To the E. are the Provinces of Curapampa, Cochacassa, Quinualla, 

 Tacmar, and others near the Cuzco King's Highway ; farther inland 

 is the great Cordillera and the Andes, where there are very rough 

 mountains and deep rivers ; among them is the Province of Vilca- 

 bamba where Prince Mango Inca took refuge. The country is very 

 uneven, hot, with very rugged mountains and forests. This province 

 contains the very rich Vilcabamba silver mines ; a town of Spaniards 

 was established there and named San Francisco de la Victoria. It is 

 25 leagues ENE. of Cuzco, and the residence of a Corregidor 

 appointed by the A^iceroy for its satisfactory administration and the 

 dispensing of justice. It abounds in corn and all else necessary for 

 human life. 



