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

  

  1. 
  The 
  Chayanta 
  Rebellion 
  (August 
  1779 
  to 
  May 
  1781). 
  

  

  2. 
  Jose" 
  Gabriel 
  Tupac 
  Amaru 
  and 
  the 
  Siege 
  of 
  Cuzco 
  (November 
  1780 
  to 
  

  

  May 
  1781). 
  

  

  3. 
  Julian 
  Apasa 
  and 
  the 
  First 
  Siege 
  of 
  La 
  Paz 
  (March 
  to 
  June 
  1781). 
  

  

  4. 
  Andres 
  Tupac 
  Amaru 
  and 
  the 
  Second 
  Siege 
  of 
  La 
  Paz 
  (August 
  to 
  October 
  

  

  1781). 
  

  

  5. 
  Final 
  Episodes: 
  Miguel 
  Bastidas, 
  Felipe 
  Velasco 
  Tupac 
  Amaru. 
  

  

  These 
  various 
  episodes, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  emphasized, 
  were 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  

   southern 
  Highlands 
  of 
  Peru. 
  Their 
  relation 
  to 
  one 
  another 
  is 
  not 
  that 
  

   of 
  an 
  organized 
  rebellion 
  conducted 
  simultaneously 
  in 
  various 
  theaters 
  

   under 
  unified 
  direction. 
  On 
  the 
  contrary, 
  as 
  one 
  episode 
  waned, 
  

   another 
  matured 
  to 
  take 
  its 
  place, 
  and 
  the 
  rebel 
  groups 
  migrated 
  ac- 
  

   cordingly. 
  Leadership 
  was 
  discrete 
  and 
  confused, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  that 
  

   fighting 
  Indians 
  from 
  certain 
  provinces, 
  such 
  as 
  Pacajes 
  or 
  Chayanta, 
  

   participated 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  major 
  episodes. 
  

  

  The 
  Chayanta 
  rebellion 
  unfolded 
  in 
  the 
  Viceroyalty 
  of 
  Buenos 
  

   Aires, 
  but 
  its 
  participants 
  were 
  Quechua 
  and 
  Aymara 
  Indians 
  resisting 
  

   the 
  extortions 
  of 
  corregidores. 
  La 
  Paz 
  was 
  briefly 
  besieged 
  in 
  Feb- 
  

   ruary 
  1781, 
  until 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  troops 
  from 
  Buenos 
  Aires 
  (Segurola, 
  

   1881, 
  p. 
  375). 
  

  

  By 
  this 
  time, 
  the 
  revolt 
  of 
  Tupac 
  Amaru 
  was 
  well 
  underway; 
  Cuzco 
  

   had 
  been 
  besieged 
  in 
  January 
  1781, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  

   rebels 
  of 
  Chayanta 
  were 
  in 
  communication 
  with 
  their 
  colleagues 
  to 
  

   the 
  northwest. 
  (Angelis, 
  1836-37, 
  p. 
  223; 
  see 
  also 
  Segurola, 
  1881, 
  

   pp. 
  375, 
  379.) 
  In 
  general, 
  the 
  revolt 
  of 
  Tupac 
  Amaru, 
  insofar 
  as 
  it 
  

   was 
  directly 
  under 
  his 
  control, 
  suffered 
  from 
  inadequate 
  force 
  and 
  

   organization. 
  At 
  no 
  time 
  did 
  he 
  command 
  the 
  full 
  resources 
  of 
  more 
  

   than 
  five 
  provinces: 
  Lampa, 
  Asangaro, 
  Carabaya, 
  Chucuito, 
  and 
  

   Paucarcolla. 
  Neighboring 
  Aymara 
  provinces, 
  such 
  as 
  Larecaxa, 
  

   Omasuyos, 
  and 
  Pacajes, 
  never 
  unconditionally 
  supported 
  his 
  insur- 
  

   rection. 
  In 
  public 
  declarations, 
  Tupac 
  Amaru 
  phrased 
  the 
  aims 
  of 
  

   the 
  rebellion 
  in 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  administrative 
  reform 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  

   formally 
  offer 
  his 
  followers 
  the 
  promise 
  of 
  an 
  independent 
  Peruvian 
  

   Indian 
  state. 
  Others 
  did 
  so 
  in 
  his 
  name 
  after 
  his 
  death, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  

   illiterate 
  Julian 
  Apasa; 
  they, 
  however, 
  were 
  Aymara-s^eokhig, 
  and 
  far 
  

   less 
  Hispanicized 
  than 
  the 
  descendant 
  of 
  the 
  Inca 
  rulers. 
  

  

  Tupac 
  Amaru's 
  communications 
  were 
  poor. 
  He 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  

   make 
  effective 
  use 
  both 
  of 
  the 
  Chayanta 
  Rebellion 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  Aymara 
  

   insurrection 
  about 
  La 
  Paz. 
  His 
  rebellion 
  was 
  constructed 
  only 
  within 
  

   the 
  weak 
  pattern 
  of 
  the 
  hereditary 
  local 
  curacaships; 
  it 
  was 
  sustained 
  

   by 
  no 
  other 
  Indian 
  administrative 
  network, 
  for 
  with 
  the 
  institution 
  

   of 
  the 
  corregidores, 
  the 
  Indians 
  themselves 
  had 
  long 
  since 
  been 
  oc- 
  

   cluded 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  processes 
  of 
  Colonial 
  government. 
  (Cf 
  . 
  p. 
  347.) 
  

   Although 
  the 
  rebellion 
  of 
  the 
  1780's 
  takes 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  the 
  episode 
  

   staged 
  by 
  the 
  idealizing 
  and 
  romantic 
  Tupac 
  Amaru, 
  its 
  most 
  sustained 
  

   and 
  substantial 
  achievement 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  long 
  siege 
  of 
  La 
  Paz 
  after 
  

  

  