CllAI'. IX. 



EARLY LIFE OF TUPAC AMARU. 



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Josd Gabriel Condorcanqui or Tupac Amaru,' the sou of 

 the Cacique Miguel Tupac Amaru by his wife Eosa Noguera, 

 was born at Tinta in the year 1742, and baptized at Tunga- 

 suca, the birthplace of his father.^ He claimed to be the 

 representative of the family of the Incas, as fifth in lineal 

 descent from Tupac Amaru, the son of the Inca Manco, who 

 was jucheially murdered by the Viceroy Toledo in 1571. 



The young Jos^ received the first rudiments of his educa- 

 tion from two neighbouring clergymen, Antonio Lopez, Cura 

 of Pampamarca, a native of Panama, and a man of consi- 

 derable talent ; and Carlos Kodriguez, Cura of Yanaoca, a 

 native of Guayaquil. At a very early age, however, he was 

 sent to the Jesuit college of San Borja at Cuzco, which had 

 been established for the education of young Inchan chiefs. 

 He is said to have been particularly noticed by the professors 

 for his close aj^plication, capacity, and excellent disposition ; 

 and his scholastic acquirements were not inconsiderable. He 

 spoke Spanish with fluent accuracy, and his vernacular 

 Quichua Vv'ith peculiar grace.^ 



' Amaru means serpent in Quichua, 

 and Tupac royal or excellent. Tupac 

 also may be the participle of Tupani, 

 I rend. 



Serpents are frequently carved in 

 relief on the masonry of Inca edifices. 



- Tliese particulars are given by 

 the monk Gonzalez, in his Historia 

 de lo acaecido en Paucarkunbo, a nar- 

 rative still in MS. ; besides which, 

 the materials for the history of the 

 rebellion of Tupac Amaru consist of 

 a large collection of original docu- 

 ments, including narratives, letters, 

 despatches, and edicts, printed in the 

 ColeccioH de ohras y documentos rela- 

 tivos a la historia antiqua y moderna 

 de las provincias de Rio de la Plata, 

 por Pedro de Angelis (Buenos Avres, 

 183(1), torn. V. pp. 109-286 ; the Keport 

 of the Cabildoof Cuzco, printed in the 

 Mngi Enulito del Cuzco ; a largo col- 

 lection of original IMSS. which were 

 given to the late Geu. Miller in 1S;-J;{, 



by Padre Jose' Xavier de Guzman, of 

 the Franciscan convent in Santiago 

 de Chile ; the letter from Tupac Amaru 

 to AiX'Che, and the sentence of deatli 

 pronounced by Areche, which are 

 printed in the Appendix to the Spa- 

 nish echtion of Gen. Miller's Memoirs; 

 the work of Don GregorioFunes, Dean 

 of Cordova, published at Buenos Ajtcs 

 in 1817 (4 vols.) ; and the diary of 

 Don Sebastian de Segurola, Governor 

 of La Paz, during its siege by the 

 Inchaiis, publislied in Temple's Travels 

 in Peru, ii. p. 103-78. I also obtained 

 a copy of Areche's rejily to Tupac 

 Amaru, from a MS. in the public 

 library at Limti. 



Weddell has given an account of 

 the insurrection of Tupac Amaru in 

 his Voyage dans le Nord de Bolivie, 

 cha]). XV. p. 2(;3-88. This chai)ter is 

 a resume' of the collectifni of oi-igimil 

 documents in tiie work of Angelis. 



■* Information from Don P.ililo 



