THE ROAD TO BOLIVIA 



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DKSCKNDANTS OF TlIK INCAS 



It was at Cuzeo, more than a hundred 3^ears ago, that Tuj)ac Amaru, 

 "the liastofthe Incas", a des(;endant of Huascar, organized an uprisino- 

 of the Indians to exterminate the foreign invaders of Peru ; but he was 

 })etrayed and taken })risoner, and, after being compelled to witness 

 the execution of his wife and son, was himself " quartered " by wild 

 horses in the great square of Cuzco, under the walls of tliree churciies 

 dedicated to a merciful God. Iron rings were forged U))()n tlie wrists 

 and ankles of the young Inca, to which four chains were attached, 

 and each cliain was hitched to a restive and powerful horse. When 

 the cruel arrangements were completed tbe master of ceremonies 



