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their inability of making any effedual refiftance, they 

 fubmitted, and paid him all the honours which de- 

 noted a voluntary fubjedion : and thefe marks of loy- 

 alty fo pofleffed the emperor in their favour, that, to 

 encourage them to cherilh fuch good difpofitions, he 

 ordered feveral magnificent temples, fplendid palaces, 

 and forts all of ftone, to be built here, in the man- 

 ner of thofe of Cufco, and the infide of the walls to 

 be plated over with gold. And of thefe works fome 

 monuments ftill remain in a fort and palace, and of 

 which neither time nor accidents have obliterated their 

 aftonifhing magnificence ; a defcription will be given 

 of both in another place. Thefe works had fuch hap- 

 py efFeds on the grateful inhabitants, that they fell 

 at laft vidims to their loyalty ; for, having fided with 

 the Ynca Huefcar, their lawful fovereign, againft his 

 brother Ata Huallpa, and the former lofing a decifive 

 battle, the conqueror inhumanly abufed his vidory, by 

 deftroying thofe unhappy perfons who had done no 

 more than their duty, no lefs than 60,000 of theni 

 being maffacred in cold blood. 



These Indians were united with the Guafantos, 

 and thofe of Pamallada, in which diftrid are ftill to 

 be feen the ruins of another fort, built by the Yncas. 

 The intimacy between the inhabitants of thefe coun- ' 

 tries was fo remarkable, that they were all called Ca- 

 narejos, that under one name they might form one 

 body. 



The afllento of Alaufi, the chief place of the fecond 

 department, is not very populous, though among its 

 inhabitants are fome Spanilh families of the firft rankl 

 The other inhabitants are Meftizos and Indians, but 

 both clafles in mean circumftances. The parochial 

 church is the only ecclefiaftical ftrudure ; nor has this 

 the ornaments which decency requires. 



The village of Ticfan, which ftood in this departs 

 ment, was totally deftroyed by an earthquake, and tlie 

 inhabitants removed to a fafer fituation. The marks 



of 



