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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  sides 
  of 
  the 
  bundle 
  to 
  shoo 
  off 
  the 
  flies 
  (Anonymous 
  Conqueror, 
  

   1929, 
  f. 
  5b). 
  The 
  bodies 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  Emperors 
  were 
  all 
  found 
  by 
  Polo 
  

   de 
  Ondegardo 
  in 
  1559 
  during 
  his 
  campaign 
  to 
  stamp 
  out 
  Inca 
  religion 
  

   (Acosta, 
  1940, 
  bk. 
  6, 
  ch. 
  21; 
  Sarmiento, 
  1906, 
  chs. 
  14, 
  15-62). 
  

  

  Nobility. 
  — 
  In 
  theory, 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  the 
  Emperor's 
  will 
  was 
  

   entrusted 
  |to 
  members 
  of 
  a 
  hereditary 
  aristocracy 
  which 
  was 
  still 
  in 
  

   the 
  process 
  of 
  formation 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  Spanish 
  Conquest. 
  The 
  

   Inca 
  Empire 
  expanded 
  in 
  one 
  short 
  generation 
  from 
  a 
  small, 
  compact 
  

   and 
  relatively 
  homogeneous 
  state 
  to 
  a 
  size 
  and 
  diversity 
  never 
  equaled 
  

   in 
  aboriginal 
  America. 
  It 
  included 
  many 
  areas 
  which 
  had 
  never 
  had 
  

   an 
  organized 
  government 
  within 
  the 
  memory 
  of 
  local 
  tradition, 
  and 
  

   consequently 
  were 
  not 
  prepared 
  to 
  furnish 
  trained 
  officials 
  even 
  for 
  

   their 
  own 
  government. 
  The 
  problem 
  of 
  finding 
  men 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  thous- 
  

   ands 
  of 
  new 
  administrative 
  posts 
  created 
  in 
  the 
  conquered 
  territories 
  

   was 
  colossal, 
  and 
  Pachacuti 
  and 
  Topa 
  Inca 
  had 
  to 
  comb 
  the 
  country 
  

   for 
  talent. 
  It 
  was 
  an 
  unprecedented 
  moment, 
  when 
  suddenly 
  any 
  

   man, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  humble 
  his 
  origin, 
  who 
  showed 
  the 
  slightest 
  

   spark 
  of 
  administrative 
  ability, 
  might 
  find 
  himself 
  set 
  down 
  in 
  a 
  

   strange 
  village 
  miles 
  from 
  his 
  home, 
  and 
  told 
  to 
  enforce 
  the 
  Emperor's 
  

   law 
  there, 
  with 
  the 
  certainty 
  of 
  rapid 
  promotion 
  if 
  he 
  succeeded. 
  

   Many 
  such 
  men 
  testified 
  in 
  their 
  old 
  age 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  inquiry 
  into 
  Inca 
  

   customs 
  made 
  in 
  1571-72, 
  and 
  their 
  brief 
  autobiographies 
  throw 
  more 
  

   light 
  on 
  the 
  workings 
  of 
  Inca 
  administration 
  than 
  volumes 
  of 
  general 
  

   commentary 
  (Toledo, 
  1940). 
  

  

  However, 
  the 
  Emperors 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  had 
  no 
  intention 
  of 
  filling 
  

   their 
  administrative 
  posts 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  ability. 
  Their 
  politi- 
  

   cal 
  models 
  were 
  the 
  rigidly 
  aristocratic 
  Coastal 
  states, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   Chimu 
  Kingdom 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  imposing, 
  where 
  the 
  hereditary 
  differ- 
  

   ence 
  between 
  nobles 
  and 
  commons 
  was 
  so 
  wide 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  classes 
  

   were 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  resulted 
  from 
  separate 
  creations 
  (Calancha, 
  

   1638, 
  bk. 
  3, 
  ch. 
  2, 
  p. 
  554). 
  Consequently, 
  the 
  Inca 
  rulers 
  tried 
  to 
  make 
  

   their 
  own 
  administrative 
  posts 
  hereditary 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  possible, 
  and 
  even- 
  

   tually 
  surrounded 
  themselves 
  with 
  a 
  permanent 
  aristocracy 
  of 
  the 
  

   Chimu 
  type. 
  Where 
  they 
  found 
  a 
  responsible 
  local 
  ruler 
  in 
  power, 
  

   they 
  confirmed 
  his 
  position, 
  taking 
  his 
  children 
  to 
  Cuzco 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  

   up 
  in 
  the 
  Inca 
  idea 
  and 
  sent 
  back 
  to 
  succeed 
  him. 
  When 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  

   own 
  appointees 
  died, 
  his 
  eldest 
  son 
  by 
  his 
  principal 
  wife, 
  or 
  another 
  

   son 
  if 
  the 
  eldest 
  were 
  incompetent, 
  was 
  appointed 
  in 
  his 
  place, 
  so 
  

   that 
  the 
  office 
  might 
  become 
  hereditary 
  in 
  the 
  family. 
  The 
  system 
  

   was 
  still 
  in 
  a 
  transitional 
  stage 
  when 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  arrived. 
  (Cobo, 
  

   1890-95, 
  bk. 
  12, 
  ch. 
  25; 
  Falcon, 
  1918, 
  p. 
  147; 
  Garcilaso, 
  1723, 
  

   pt. 
  1, 
  bk. 
  4, 
  ch. 
  10.) 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  Inca 
  aristocracy 
  consisted 
  of 
  two 
  classes, 
  usually 
  called 
  

   "Inca 
  class" 
  and 
  "curaca 
  class" 
  by 
  the 
  chroniclers. 
  The 
  Inca 
  class 
  

   consisted 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  11 
  royal 
  ayllus, 
  who 
  were 
  Incas 
  by 
  

  

  