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their inability of making any effectual resistance, they 

 submitted, and paid him all the honours which de- 

 noted a voluntary subjection j and these marks of loy- 

 alty so possessed the emperor in their favour, that, to 

 encourage them to cherish such good dispositions, he 

 ordered several magnificent temples, splendid palaces, 

 and forts, all of stone, to be built here, in the man- 

 ner of those of Cusco, and the inside of the walls to 

 be plated over with gold. And of these works some 

 monuments still remain in a fort and palace, and of 

 which neither time nor accidents have obliterated their 

 astonishing magnificence; a description will be given 

 of both in another place. These works had such hap- 

 py effects on the grateful inhabitants, that they fell 

 at last victims to their loyalty ; for, havmg sided with 

 the Ynca Huesear, their lawful sovereign, against his 

 brother Ata Huallpa, and the former losing a decisivo 

 battle, the conqueror inhumanly abused his victory, by 

 destroying those unhappy persons who had done no 

 more than their duty, no less than 60^000 of them 

 being massacred in cold blood. 



T?iESE Indians were united with the Guasantos, 

 and those of Pamallacta, in which district are still to 

 be seen tlie ruins of another fort, built by the Yncas. 

 The intimacy between the inhabitants of these coun- 

 tries was so remarkable, that they were all called Ca- 

 narcjos, that under one name they might form one 

 body. 



Th e assiento of Alausi,the chief place of the second 

 department, is not very populous, though among its 

 inhabitants are some Spanish families of the first rank. 

 The other inhabitants are Mestizos and Indians, but 

 both classes in mean circumstances. The parochial 

 church is the only ecclesiastical structure; nor Ihís this 

 the ornaments which decency requires. 



The village of Ticsan, which stood in this depart- 

 ment, was totally destroyed by an earthquake, and the 

 inhabitants removed to a safer siiualion. The marks 



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