The Discovery of America : With Some Account of Ancient America And the Spanish Conquest
The Discovery of America : With Some Account of Ancient America And the Spanish Conquest
Fiske, John, 1842-1901
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Digitized by Google 820 THE DISCOVERT OF AMERICA. ley, and the Canas and Canchis of the numntains between the site of Cuzeo and Lake Titicaca. The first of these tribes gave the name Qoichua to the common language of the Peruvian empire, the second gave the name Inoas to the conquering race or upper caste in Peruvian society, while the names of the other two tribes lapsed into obscur- ity. These four tribes formed the nucleus of the Peruvian nationality. They were a race of moun- taineers, shor...t in stature, but strongly and lithely built, with features aquiline and refined, very soft skin, cinnamon complexion, fine black hair, and little or no beard. In the time of Manco Capao these tribes appear to have been made up of dans called ayllus or ^^ lineages." His tribe, the Incas, established themselves in the elevated valley of Cuzco, and from that point began to subdue the neighbouring kindred tribes. They did not confine themselves, like the Aztecs, to extorting tribute from the conquered people, but they effected a military occupation of the country, a thing which the Aztecs never did.
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