ORIGIN OF THE YNCAS. 71 



whatsoever it be, the Indians say that al men were Downed LlB - r - 

 in this deluge ; and they report that out of the great Lake 

 Titicaca came one Viracocha, which staied in Tiahuanaco, 

 where at this day there is to bee seene the ruines of ancient 

 and very strange buildings, and from thence came to Cuzco, 

 and so began mankinde to multiply. 1 They shew in the 

 same lake a small island, where they faine that the sunne 

 hid himselfe, and so was preserved ; and for this reason they 

 make great sacrifices viito him in that place, both of sheepe 

 and inen. Others report that sixe, or I know not what 

 number of men, came out of a certaine cave by a window, 

 by whome men first began to multiplie ; and for this reason 

 they call them Paccari-tampu. 2 And therefore they are of 

 opinion that the Tampus is the most ancient race of men. 

 They say also, that Mango Capa, 3 whom they acknowledge 

 for the founder and chiefe of their Ingas, was issued of 

 that race, and that from him sprang two families or linages, 

 the one of Hanan Cuzco, the other of Urin Cuzco. They 

 say moreover, that when the Kings Ingas attempted warre 

 and conquered sundrie Provinces, they gave a colour and 

 made a pretext of their enterprise, saying, that all the 

 world ought to acknowledge them ; for that all the world 

 was renued by their race and Countrie : and also that the 

 true religion had been revelled to them from heaven. But 

 what availeth it to speake more, seeing that all is full of 

 lies and vanitie, and farre from reason ? Some learned men 

 write, that all which the Indians make mention of, is not 

 above 400 yeeres old, and whatsoever they speake of former 

 ages, is but a confusion full of obscuritie, wherein we find 

 110 truth. The which may not seeme strange, they having 



1 See my translation of the Royal Commentaries of Carcilasso Ynca 

 dc la Veya, i, pp. 61 to 73, for traditions of the origin of the Yncas. 

 Also Laws and Rites of the Yncas, pp. 74 and 153. 



a From Paccari, morning 1 in Quicluw, and tai/qtti } an inn. 



3 Manco Ceapac, the first Ynca. 



