﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  INCA 
  CULTURE 
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  -ROWE 
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  only 
  one 
  member, 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  descendant, 
  while 
  Atahuallpa's 
  

   descendants 
  were 
  grouped 
  with 
  Huayna 
  Capac's 
  lineage 
  or 
  entirely 
  

   excluded, 
  so 
  that 
  for 
  all 
  practical 
  purposes, 
  there 
  were 
  only 
  six 
  Upper 
  

   Cuzco 
  lineages 
  of 
  royal 
  blood 
  (Sarmiento, 
  1906, 
  ch. 
  14, 
  and 
  passim). 
  

   Between 
  Viracocha 
  and 
  Pachacuti, 
  a 
  half-brother 
  of 
  Pachacuti 
  named 
  

   Inca 
  Urcon 
  (I#ka 
  Orqon) 
  ruled 
  for 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  but 
  his 
  name 
  was 
  

   removed 
  from 
  the 
  official 
  list 
  by 
  Pachacuti. 
  (Sarmiento, 
  1906, 
  chs. 
  

   24-33; 
  Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  chs. 
  40, 
  43-46; 
  Pachacuti, 
  1879, 
  p. 
  269.) 
  

  

  The 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  dynasty 
  can 
  be 
  dated 
  about 
  1200, 
  if 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  Inca 
  rulers 
  is 
  accepted 
  in 
  this 
  form. 
  The 
  succeeding 
  rulers 
  

   are 
  shadowy 
  until 
  the 
  Inca 
  began 
  their 
  great 
  expansion 
  under 
  Pacha- 
  

   cuti, 
  the 
  ninth 
  Emperor. 
  The 
  following 
  approximate 
  dates 
  1 
  are 
  

   sufficiently 
  exact 
  to 
  be 
  useful: 
  

  

  1438, 
  Pachacuti 
  crowned. 
  

   1463, 
  Topa 
  Inca 
  takes 
  command 
  of 
  army. 
  

   1471, 
  Topa 
  Inca 
  succeeds 
  Pachacuti. 
  

   1493, 
  Huayna 
  Capac 
  succeeds 
  Topa 
  Inca. 
  

   1527, 
  Death 
  of 
  Huayna 
  Capac; 
  Huascar 
  succeeds 
  him. 
  

   1532, 
  Huascar 
  killed 
  by 
  Atahuallpa 
  after 
  a 
  long 
  civil 
  war. 
  

   Coming 
  of 
  the 
  Spaniards. 
  

  

  In 
  early 
  times, 
  neither 
  the 
  Inca 
  nor 
  any 
  of 
  their 
  neighbors 
  thought 
  

   of 
  organizing 
  their 
  conquests 
  as 
  a 
  permanent 
  domain. 
  A 
  defeated 
  

   village 
  was 
  looted, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  a 
  tribute 
  was 
  imposed 
  on 
  it, 
  but 
  

   otherwise 
  it 
  was 
  left 
  alone 
  until 
  it 
  recovered 
  sufficient 
  strength 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  menace 
  again. 
  Down 
  to 
  the 
  reign 
  of 
  Pachacuti, 
  towns 
  very 
  near 
  

   to 
  Cuzco 
  preserved 
  complete 
  freedom 
  of 
  action 
  and 
  raided 
  one 
  anoth- 
  

   er's 
  territory 
  whenever 
  there 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  opportunity 
  for 
  

   plunder 
  (Sarmiento, 
  1906, 
  ch. 
  24). 
  Yahuar 
  Huacac 
  and 
  Viracocha, 
  

   Pachacuti 
  's 
  immediate 
  predecessors, 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  two 
  very 
  

   able 
  generals, 
  Vicaquirao 
  and 
  Apo 
  Mayta, 
  cousins 
  and 
  Incas 
  by 
  blood. 
  

   They 
  were 
  probably 
  responsible 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  attempts 
  to 
  organize 
  

   conquered 
  territory, 
  at 
  least 
  around 
  the 
  capital 
  itself, 
  and 
  their 
  suc- 
  

   cessful 
  campaigns 
  gave 
  the 
  Inca 
  state 
  a 
  political 
  importance 
  it 
  had 
  

   entirely 
  lacked 
  in 
  earlier 
  times. 
  Other 
  powerful 
  raiding 
  states 
  were 
  

   growing 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  Titicaca 
  Basin 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  northwest 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  

   and 
  the 
  rise 
  of 
  Inca 
  power 
  between 
  these 
  areas 
  made 
  a 
  contest 
  for 
  

   supremacy 
  almost 
  inevitable 
  (Sarmiento, 
  1906, 
  chs. 
  23-24). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Titicaca 
  Basin, 
  the 
  Lupaca 
  and 
  the 
  Colla 
  were 
  great 
  rivals, 
  

   and 
  each 
  hoped 
  to 
  get 
  the 
  Inca's 
  aid 
  against 
  the 
  other. 
  Emperor 
  

   Viracocha, 
  only 
  too 
  glad 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  troubled 
  waters, 
  negotiated 
  an 
  

   alliance 
  with 
  the 
  Cari 
  of 
  the 
  Lupaca. 
  The 
  Colla 
  realized 
  their 
  danger, 
  

   and 
  determined 
  to 
  attack 
  the 
  Lupaca 
  before 
  they 
  could 
  receive 
  Inca 
  

   aid. 
  The 
  Lupaca 
  won 
  a 
  great 
  battle 
  near 
  Paucarcolla, 
  however, 
  and 
  

  

  1 
  These 
  dates 
  are 
  given 
  by 
  Cabello 
  de 
  Balboa, 
  ms., 
  bk. 
  3, 
  chs., 
  9-21, 
  a 
  work 
  written 
  in 
  1586. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  

   most 
  plausible 
  set, 
  ancient 
  or 
  modern, 
  which 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  proposed. 
  On 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  dates 
  and 
  Inca 
  

   chronology 
  in 
  general, 
  see 
  Rowe, 
  ms. 
  

  

  