0]" at which there is a hill called
Tampu-tocco, meaning "the house of windows." It is certain that in this
hill there are three windows, one called "Maras-tocco," the other
"Sutic-tocco," while that which is in the middle, between these two, was
known as "Ccapac-tocco," which means "the rich window," because they say
that it was ornamented with gold and other treasures. From the window
called "Maras-tocco" came forth, without parentage, a tribe of Indians
called Maras. There are still some of them in Cuzco. From the
"Sutic-tocco" came Indians called Tampus, who settled round the same
hill, and there are also men of this lineage still in Cuzco. From the
chief window of "Ccapac-tocco," came four men and four women, called
brethren. These knew no father nor mother, beyond the story they told
that they were created and came out of the said window by order of Ticci
Viracocha, and they declared that Viracocha created them to be lords.
For this reason they took the name of Inca, which is the same as lord.
They took "Ccapac" as an additional name because they came out of the
window "Ccapac-tocco," which means "rich," although afterwards they used
this term to denote the chief lord over many.
[Note 40: Correctly "the tavern of the dawn."]
The names of the eight brethren were as follows: The eldest of the men,
and the one with the most authority was named MANCO CCAPAC, the second
AYAR AUCA, the third AYAR CACHI, the fourth AYAR UCHU. Of the women the
eldest was called MAMA OCCLO, the second MAMA HUACO, the third MAMA
IPACURA, or, as others say, MAMA CURA, the fourth MAMA RAUA.
The eight brethren, called Incas, said--"We are born strong and wise,
and with the people who will here join us, we shall be powerful. We will
go forth from this place to seek fertile lands and when we find them we
will subjugate the people and take the lands, making war on all those
who do not receive us as their lords," This, as they relate, was said by
Mama Huaco, one of the women, who was fierce and cruel. Manco Ccapac,
her brother, was also cruel and atrocious. This being agreed upon
between the eight, they began to move the people who lived near the
hill, putting it to them that their reward would be to become rich and
to receive the lands and estates of those who were conquered and
subjugated. For these objects they moved ten tribes or _ayllus_, which
means among these barbarians "lineages" or "parties"; the names of which
are as follows:
I.
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