438 PLATEAF OF CAXAMARCA, 



ANNOTATIONS AND ADDITIONS. 



( J ) p. 413. " On the ridge of the Chain of the Andes or Antis" 

 The Inca Garcilasso, who was well acquainted with the language 

 of his country, and was fond of dwelling on etymologies, always 

 calls the Chain of the Andes las Montanas de Ids Antis. He says 

 positively, that the great Mountain chain east of Cuzco derived its 

 name from the tribe of the Antis, and the Province of Anti, which 

 is to the east of the Capital of the Incas. The Quaternary divi- 

 sion of the Peruvian Empire according to the four quarters of the 

 heavens, reckoned from Cuzco, borrowed its terminology, not from the 

 very circumstantial words taken which signify East, West, North, and 

 South in the Quichua language (intip lluscinanpata, intip yaucunan- 

 pata, intip chaututa chayananpata, intip chaupunchau chayanan- 

 pata) ; but from the names of the Provinces and of the tribes or 

 races (Provincias llamadas Anti, Cunti, Chincha y Colla), which are 

 east, west, north, and south of the Centre of the Empire (the city of 

 Cuzco). The four parts of the Inca-theocracy are called accordingly 

 Antisuyu, Cuntisuyu, Chinchasuyu, and Collasuyu. The word sui/u 

 signifies " strip," and also " part.' 7 Notwithstanding the great dis- 

 tance, Quito belonged to Chinchasuyu; and in proportion as by their 

 religious wars the Incas extended still more widely the prevalence 

 of their faith, their language, and -their absolute form of govern- 

 ment, thse Suyus also acquired larger and unequally increased 

 dimensions. Thus" the names of provinces came to be used to ex- 

 press the different quarters of the heavens; " Nombrar aquellos Par- 

 tidos era lo misrao," says Garcilasso, que decir al Oriente, 6 al 

 Poniente." The Snow Chain of the Antis was thus looked upon as 

 an east chain. " La Provincia Anti da nombre 4 las Montafias de 

 los Antis. Llamaron la parte a del Oriente Antisuyu, por la qual 

 tainbien llaman Anti & toda aquella gran Cordillera de Sierra Nevada 



