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pistols, and was dressed in blue velvet, richly embroidered 

 with gold, with a three-cornered hat, and an uncu, in the 

 shape of a bishoi)'s rochet, over all, with a gold chain round 

 his neck, to which a large golden sun was attached. Having 

 received repeated letters from his wife, reporting the threat- 

 ening assembly of troops at Cuzco, lie retraced his steps, by 

 Asillo and Orurillo, to the valley of the Vilcamayu, obliging 

 the curas of the villages through which ho passed to receive 

 him in their churches under a canopy, and to chant the Te 

 Deum. 



On the 28th the heights of Picchu, overhanging Cuzco on 

 the west, were covered mth his army. His cousin Diego 

 Tupac Amaru was detached to the eastward A^ath 6000 men, 

 to occupy the provinces of Galea and Paucartambo. Another 

 detachment under Antonio Castelo, one of the Inca^s most 

 trusted followers, marched along the direct road to Cuzco, 

 but was defeated two leagues from the city at a place called 

 Saylla, and finally effected a junction with the main body on 

 the heights of Picchu. 



Before attempting to force his way into Cuzco, the Inca 

 addressed a letter to the cabildo, and another to the bishop, 

 on the 3rd of January, 1781. To the cabildo he said that, as 

 the heir of the Incas, the ancient kings of the realm, he was 

 stimulated to endeavour by all possible means to put an end 

 to abuses, and to see men appointed to govern the Indians 

 who would respect the laws of the King of Spain. The 

 punishment of the Corregidor of Tinta was, he declared, abso- 

 lutely necessary as an example to others : and he announced 

 the object of his rebellion to be the entire abolition of re- 

 partos ; the appointment of an alcalde mayor, or judge of the 

 Indian nation, in every province ; and the establishment of 

 an audiencia or court of appeal at Cuzco, within reach of the 

 Indians. " This," he concluded, " is at present the extent of 

 ray wishes, leaving to the King of Spain his former dominion." 



