First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas (Paperback)

Book V: 1. How they divided the land amongst the vassals; 2. The arrangement they adopted for tilling the land; 3. Of the quantity of land given to each Indian; 4. How they distributed the water for irrigation; 5. The tribute that they gave to the Yncas; 6. They made clothing, arms, and shoes for the soldiers; 7. Gold and silver and other things of value were not offered as tribute, but as presents; 8. Of the manner of guarding the tribute; 9. The vassals were supplied with clothes; 10. The ordering and division of the flocks; 11. Laws and ordinances of the Yncas; 12. How they conquered and civilised the new vassals; 13. How ministers were appointed for different duties; 14. The order they kept in their property; 15. How they paid their tribute; 16. How the tribute was collected; 17. The Ynca Uira-Ccocha received tidings of his enemies; 18. A very bloody battle; 19. The generosity of the prince Ynca Uira-Ccocha after the victory; 20. The prince continues the pursuit of the rebels; 21. Of the name of Uira-Ccocha; 22. The Ynca Uira-Ccocha orders a temple to be built; 23. Of a famous painting; 24. Of the new provinces which the Ynca subdued; 25. The Ynca visits his empire; 26. The flight of the brave Hanco-Hualla from the empire of the Yncas; 27. The colonies formed in the land of Hanco-Hualla; 28. The Ynca gave a name to his first-born son; 29. The death of Ynca Uira-Ccocha; Book VI: 1. The building and decoration of the royal palaces; 2. Every ornament for the royal palace was imitated in gold and silver; 3. Of the servants of the royal palace; 4. Halls which were used for festivities; 5. How they interred the kings; 6. The solemn hunting excursions that the kings made; 7. Of the posts and runners; 8. How they counted by strings and knots; 9. What was noted in the accounts; 10. The Ynca Pachacutec visits his empire; 11. Of other provinces that were conquered by the Ynca; 12. Of the edifices, laws, and new conquests which the Ynca Pachacutec made; 13. The Ynca subdues these provinces by hunger and military strategy; 14. Of the good Curaca Huamachucu; 15. The people of Casamarca resist and eventually submit; 16. The conquest of Yauyu; 17. The Yncas subdue two coast valleys, and the Chinchas answer their message with defiance; 18. The obstinacy of the Chinchas; 19. Of the alleged ancient conquests of the Yuncas; 20. The principal festival of the sun; 21. In worshipping the sun, they were to the temple, and sacrificed a lamb; 22. Of the omens in their sacrifices; 23. How they drank to each other and in what order; 24. How the knights were armed; 25. They were expected to know how to make their arms and their shoes; 26. When the prince became a novice he was treated with more severity than the others; 28. Of the devices worn by the kings; 29. Chuquimancu, the lord of four valleys, submits; 30. Of the valleys of Pachacamac and Rimac; 31. They demand submission from Cuismancu; 32. They go to conquer the king Chimu; 33. The obstinancy, misfortunes, and final submission of the great Chimu; 34. The Ynca continues to aggrandize his empire; 35. The Ynca Pachacutec increased the schools; 36. Many other laws of the Ynca Pachacutec; Book VII: 1. The Yncas formed colonies. They used two languages; 2. The heirs of the chiefs were brought up at court; 3. The court language; 4. Concerning the utility of the court language; 5. The third solemn feast in honour of the sun; 6. The fourth feast; 7. The nocturnal festival to drive evils out of the city; 8. The description of the imperial city of Cuzco; 9. The city contained an epitome of the whole empire; 10. The site of the schools, and those of three palaces, and of the house of chosen virgins; 11. Of the wards and houses to the west of the stream; 12. Of two grants made by the city for pious purposes; 13. The new conquest that the king Ynca Yupanqui undertook; 14. The events of the expeditio