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many other treasures, as in the Sun Temple and the other royal 

 palaces. 



1533. They called the second fortress or castle Paucarmarca, and 

 the third Sacsamarca. They were square and full of apartments and 

 living quarters for the soldiers who were there in garrison to guard 

 the fortress. These were Incas of the privileged class, for other 

 nationalities were excluded. There was a Captain General of the 

 blood royal who was Warden of the Fortress ; it had also the other 

 usual military functionaries and subordinates, who kept the weapons 

 and the fortress bright and clean ; there was everything necessary 

 there for the sustenance and clothing of the soldiers. 



1534. Beneath these castles or towers they had created an equal 

 establishment underground, by means of which one fort communi- 

 cated with another. There were so many avenues and passageways 

 crossing one another, so many doors and living quarters inside all 

 the apartments, and such large and elaborate gateways, that this 

 establishment covered a great area underground. It was laid out 

 with such system that the Cretan Labyrinth and all its artifices were 

 not superior to this creation. Once a short distance within it, no 

 one who entered could be sure of getting out unless he was very 

 familiar and experienced and for this reason besides the necessity 

 of carrying a light, they had to fasten a cord to the main entrance 

 of this establishment and carry the ball in their hand, letting it out 

 so that it might guide them later for their exit without losing their 

 way, which was inevitable without this guidance, on account of the 

 elaborate scheme of the inner lay-out, which was designed with 

 admirable elegance and skill. They say it was designed by Inca 

 Hualpa Rimachi, master architect ; his successor in the construction 

 was Inca Maricanchi, the third was Inca Acaca Huaguana, and the 

 last was named Calla Cunchuy, in whose day they brought down 

 the Piedra Cansada. [Five lines illegible.] 



1535. The whole lay-out of that famous fortress and its walls 

 was designed by the great Inca Pachacutec Yupangui ; it was begun 

 by his son, Inca Yupangui. During the entire period of its construc- 

 tion, which took over 50 years, there were usually more than 20,000 

 Indians occupied ; by command of the Incas they came from the 

 provinces of their realms to work there. Furthermore there were 

 many architects and skilled artisans engaged in the construction. 

 Those who built the most were Tupac Inca and his son Huayna Capac 

 who finished it and then died in the year 1523; he was succeeded 

 by his son Huascar Inca, who was killed by the officers of Atahualpa 



