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his vassals. Since his son Prince Viracocha was unruly and rude in 

 character, he sent him off to the Chita pasturage, a league E. of 

 Cuzco, where he busied himself tending the flocks of the Sun with 

 other shepherds. There in his dreams Viracocha had a vision of the 

 rebellion of the Chancas, coming to seize and besiege the city of 

 Cuzco. Inca Yahuar Huacac left in flight with his Incas and fellow 

 citizens ; but Prince Viracocha the shepherd went forth in defense 

 of his city against the Chancas, having got together a large force 

 of Indians, and defeated the enemy. That was about the end of this 

 reign, for after the victory the son ordered his father the King to 

 build royal apartments in Muyna and he lived there the rest of his 

 life dispossessed of his Kingdom; he ruled altogether more than 30 

 years and left many sons and daughters, like the other Incas. He 

 died in the year 1291 or thereabouts, his son Inca Viracocha having 

 already ruled for several years. 



Chapter LXXXVII [85] (81) 



Of Inca Viracocha, Eighth King of Cuzco, of His Deeds, and of 

 Other Kings Who Followed Him. 



1553. Inca Viracocha, the eighth king of the Incas, after the victory 

 over the Chancas assumed the tassel at the age of 23, while his father 

 was still living but had retired at his command to the royal palace 

 that he had ordered built for him in the Muyna Narrows. His father 

 had outlawed him to Chita when he was 19, and he stayed there 

 tending the flocks of the Sun for 3 years ; in the fourth he went out 

 with his dream and with it, like a valiant soldier, he won the great 

 victory of Yahuarpampa, which means field of blood, on account 

 of the quantity spilt in that hard-fought battle, which lasted 8 hours 

 and in which over 30,000 Indians died, 22,000 on the side of the 

 Chancas, and 8,000, of the Incas. Inca Viracocha, who was given 

 this title by his uncle, was bidden by the vision to build a temple 

 in the village of Cacha, 16 leagues from Cuzco on the Collao High- 

 way, in honor of his god Viracocha, as is told at length by the Inca 

 Garcilaso, book I, folio 121. After he had inspected his Kingdoms, 

 he first subdued the Provinces of Los Carangas, Ullaca, Lipes, and 

 Chichas, which his father had meant to conquer ; and having set 

 governors in them, he returned to his court. Then he set out toward 

 the N. on his second campaign and brought under his sway the 

 Provinces of Huaitara, Pocra or Guamanga, Sangaro, Parco, Picoy, 

 and Acos. After subduing these provinces, he built for their benefit 

 a great irrigation channel from Parco, 12 feet wide and more than 



