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

  

  been 
  certainly 
  identified, 
  but 
  was 
  probably 
  about 
  2,000 
  feet 
  (650 
  m.) 
  

   high, 
  and 
  the 
  race 
  could 
  well 
  have 
  taken 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  so. 
  Falls 
  were 
  fre- 
  

   quent, 
  and 
  the 
  runners 
  were 
  sometimes 
  seriously 
  hurt. 
  Another 
  

   excursion 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  hills 
  called 
  Sawarawra 
  and 
  Yawira, 
  

   where 
  the 
  candidates 
  were 
  given 
  their 
  breechclouts 
  after 
  more 
  

   sacrifices. 
  On 
  another 
  trip 
  to 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  Callispuquio, 
  they 
  were 
  

   given 
  their 
  weapons. 
  A 
  boy's 
  most 
  important 
  uncle 
  gave 
  him 
  a 
  

   shield, 
  a 
  sling, 
  and 
  a 
  mace, 
  and 
  other 
  relatives 
  made 
  him 
  presents 
  

   also, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  much 
  good 
  advice 
  about 
  his 
  duty 
  as 
  an 
  Inca. 
  At 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony, 
  the 
  candidate's 
  ears 
  were 
  pierced 
  for 
  earplugs, 
  

   and 
  he 
  became 
  a 
  warrior. 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  13, 
  ch. 
  25; 
  Molina 
  of 
  

   Cuzco, 
  1913, 
  pp. 
  156-168; 
  Garcilaso, 
  1723, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  bk. 
  6, 
  chs. 
  24-27; 
  

   Cieza, 
  1880, 
  bk. 
  2, 
  ch. 
  7; 
  Pachacuti, 
  1879, 
  pp. 
  249-250; 
  Fernandez, 
  

   1876,pt.2,bk. 
  3, 
  ch. 
  6.) 
  

  

  The 
  girls' 
  maturity 
  ceremony, 
  called 
  *quicuchicuy, 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  

   their 
  first 
  menstruation, 
  and 
  consequently 
  was 
  an 
  individual, 
  rather 
  

   than 
  a 
  collective 
  annual 
  affair 
  like 
  the 
  boys' 
  (Sarmiento, 
  1906, 
  ch. 
  13). 
  

   The 
  girl 
  fasted 
  3 
  days, 
  eating 
  nothing 
  the 
  first 
  2 
  days, 
  and 
  only 
  a 
  

   little 
  raw 
  maize 
  the 
  3d 
  day, 
  and 
  remaining 
  shut 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  house. 
  

   On 
  the 
  4th 
  day, 
  her 
  mother 
  washed 
  her 
  and 
  combed 
  and 
  braided 
  her 
  

   hair. 
  She 
  put 
  on 
  fine 
  new 
  clothes 
  and 
  white 
  woolen 
  sandals, 
  and 
  

   emerged 
  to 
  wait 
  on 
  her 
  relatives, 
  who 
  had 
  assembled 
  for 
  a 
  feast. 
  

   The 
  most 
  important 
  uncle 
  then 
  gave 
  her 
  a 
  permanent 
  name, 
  and 
  all 
  

   present 
  gave 
  her 
  gifts 
  (Cobo, 
  1890-95, 
  bk. 
  14, 
  ch. 
  6; 
  Molina 
  of 
  Cuzco, 
  

   1913, 
  pp. 
  176-177). 
  

  

  Inca 
  names 
  referred 
  to 
  animals 
  the 
  qualities 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  admired, 
  

   and 
  to 
  natural 
  objects, 
  places, 
  or 
  abstract 
  qualities. 
  A 
  man 
  might 
  be 
  

   named 
  for 
  his 
  father 
  or 
  grandfather, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  fixed 
  rule 
  for 
  

   naming. 
  He 
  might 
  acquire 
  a 
  nickname 
  such 
  as 
  "weeper 
  of 
  blood," 
  

   "stone-eye," 
  etc. 
  Usually, 
  when 
  an 
  Indian 
  is 
  given 
  several 
  names 
  in 
  

   the 
  chronicles, 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  titles 
  of 
  rank 
  (i^ka, 
  qhapaq, 
  apo, 
  

   etc.), 
  but 
  multiple 
  names 
  were 
  not 
  unknown, 
  especially 
  among 
  the 
  

   nobility; 
  Huascar's 
  given 
  name 
  was 
  Thopa 
  kosi 
  wal'pa, 
  Huascar 
  

   (Waskhar) 
  being 
  a 
  nickname. 
  The 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  emperors 
  were 
  

   often 
  composed 
  entirely 
  of 
  honorific 
  titles 
  (qhapaq 
  yopa^ki, 
  

   inka 
  pacakoti, 
  etc.). 
  Manko, 
  roq'a, 
  and 
  mayta 
  have 
  no 
  known 
  

   meanings. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  Inca 
  names 
  and 
  titles 
  with 
  

   their 
  meaning 
  are: 
  I&ka, 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  family 
  or 
  nation; 
  apo, 
  

   lord; 
  qhapaq, 
  powerful, 
  wealthy; 
  yopa^ki, 
  honored; 
  thopa, 
  royal; 
  

   t'ito, 
  liberal; 
  sinci, 
  strong; 
  pacakoti, 
  cataclysm; 
  amaro, 
  dragon; 
  

   kosi, 
  happy; 
  sayri, 
  tobacco; 
  wama&, 
  hawk; 
  poma, 
  puma; 
  kontor, 
  

   condor 
  (Andean 
  vulture) 
  ; 
  qispi, 
  crystal; 
  otoronko, 
  jaguar. 
  Women's 
  

   names 
  were 
  similar: 
  qoylyor, 
  star; 
  ronto, 
  egg; 
  oqlyo, 
  pure; 
  cimpo, 
  

   mark; 
  qori, 
  gold; 
  koka, 
  coca. 
  

  

  