﻿Vol. 
  2] 
  COLONIAL 
  QUECHUA 
  — 
  KUBLER 
  389 
  

  

  less 
  because 
  of 
  local 
  conditions 
  at 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  siege 
  than 
  because 
  of 
  

   Spanish 
  depredations 
  among 
  the 
  supporting 
  provinces. 
  The 
  crushing 
  

   of 
  the 
  revolt 
  of 
  Tupac 
  Amaru 
  did 
  not 
  become 
  generally 
  known 
  about 
  

   La 
  Paz 
  until 
  September 
  (Segurola, 
  1881, 
  p. 
  481), 
  but 
  the 
  consequent 
  

   demoralization 
  of 
  the 
  rebel 
  provinces 
  bore 
  results 
  far 
  earlier. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  unsuccessful 
  siege 
  of 
  La 
  Paz 
  began 
  on 
  August 
  4, 
  under 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  Andres 
  Tupac 
  Amaru, 
  who 
  styled 
  himself 
  the 
  son 
  and 
  

   heir 
  of 
  Jose* 
  Gabriel 
  Tupac 
  Amaru. 
  Precisely 
  who 
  he 
  was 
  and 
  where 
  

   he 
  came 
  from 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  determined. 
  The 
  new 
  leader, 
  in 
  order 
  

   to 
  legitimize 
  his 
  position, 
  invented 
  and 
  circulated 
  a 
  strange 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  rebellion. 
  According 
  to 
  Andres, 
  in 
  a 
  forged 
  letter 
  purporting 
  

   to 
  be 
  from 
  Jose* 
  Gabriel 
  and 
  dated 
  July 
  1 
  at 
  Tinta, 
  he 
  had 
  been 
  be- 
  

   queathed 
  all 
  his 
  " 
  father's' 
  ' 
  powers. 
  These 
  powers, 
  it 
  was 
  claimed, 
  

   derived 
  immediately 
  and 
  legitimately 
  from 
  Charles 
  III. 
  Andres 
  had 
  

   little 
  to 
  do 
  with 
  the 
  actual 
  conduct 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  siege, 
  but 
  its 
  military 
  

   leaders 
  acknowledged 
  his 
  authority. 
  As 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  siege, 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   attempted 
  the 
  ruse 
  of 
  impersonating 
  Spanish 
  soldiers. 
  When 
  this 
  

   failed, 
  an 
  effort 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  flood 
  the 
  city. 
  By 
  October 
  12, 
  the 
  

   headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  had 
  been 
  dammed; 
  a 
  great 
  head 
  of 
  water 
  col- 
  

   lected, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  dam 
  was 
  suddenly 
  removed, 
  a 
  torrent 
  rolled 
  

   down 
  upon 
  the 
  Spaniards. 
  The 
  device 
  was 
  common 
  in 
  mining 
  enter- 
  

   prises; 
  at 
  La 
  Paz, 
  however, 
  it 
  was 
  unsuccessful 
  (Segurola, 
  1881, 
  pp. 
  

   485, 
  494). 
  Another 
  Indian 
  stratagem 
  was 
  for 
  venders 
  to 
  offer 
  food 
  

   to 
  the 
  starved 
  Spaniards 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  to 
  take 
  captive 
  

   those 
  who 
  came 
  forth 
  (Segurola, 
  1881, 
  p. 
  488). 
  

  

  Final 
  episode. 
  — 
  Over 
  the 
  last 
  episodes 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  rebellion, 
  the 
  

   spirit 
  of 
  Jose* 
  Gabriel 
  seemed 
  constantly 
  to 
  hover. 
  His 
  relatives, 
  

   real 
  and 
  fictitious, 
  dominated 
  the 
  scene. 
  Finally, 
  in 
  May 
  1783, 
  the 
  

   flames 
  of 
  the 
  revolt 
  flickered 
  once 
  again 
  in 
  Huarochiri 
  Province. 
  An 
  

   individual 
  styling 
  himself 
  Felipe 
  Velasco 
  Tupac 
  Inca 
  Yupanqui, 
  in- 
  

   voked 
  his 
  "cousin," 
  Jose 
  Gabriel, 
  in 
  calling 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  cor- 
  

   regimiento 
  of 
  Parinacochas 
  to 
  his 
  banner. 
  They 
  were 
  assured 
  that 
  

   Jose 
  Gabriel 
  was 
  still 
  alive, 
  seated 
  upon 
  the 
  imperial 
  throne 
  in 
  the 
  

   realm 
  of 
  the 
  Gran 
  Paititi. 
  During 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  June 
  Spaniards 
  were 
  

   imprisoned, 
  the 
  roads 
  and 
  bridges 
  leading 
  into 
  the 
  province 
  from 
  Lima 
  

   were 
  cut, 
  and 
  a 
  general 
  Peruvian 
  rebellion 
  was 
  planned 
  for 
  August 
  29. 
  

   The 
  conspirators, 
  however, 
  were 
  apprehended 
  and 
  executed 
  before 
  its 
  

   eruption 
  (Angelis, 
  1836-37, 
  p. 
  183). 
  

  

  For 
  present 
  purposes, 
  the 
  most 
  significant 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  re- 
  

   bellion 
  is 
  its 
  striking 
  lack 
  of 
  formal 
  indigenous 
  cultural 
  content. 
  Had 
  

   the 
  rebellion 
  been 
  successful, 
  and 
  had 
  it 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  an 
  

   independent 
  Peruvian 
  Indian 
  state, 
  that 
  commonwealth 
  would 
  have 
  

   assumed 
  and 
  continued 
  the 
  institutional 
  culture 
  of 
  the 
  Colonial 
  era. 
  

   Such 
  a 
  prospect 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  inconceivable 
  or 
  repugnant 
  to 
  the 
  

   Neo-Jnca 
  in 
  Vilcabamba; 
  conversely, 
  the 
  cultural 
  autonomy 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  