endured in the “wilderness” because, noted Titu Cusi, “His Majesty [Philip II]
and his vassals have taken possession of the land” (2006 [1570]) that
belonged to his ancestors. The second part of Titu Cusi’s chronicle, which is
couched in a narrative style that quotes direct speech, appears to reflect Inca
oral tradition, much of which was no doubt current in Vilcabamba at the time.
It contains a history of the Spanish invasion from the arrival of Francisco
Pizarro on the shores of northern Peru, to the capture and execution of
Atahualpa in Cajamarca, and culminates with the murder by Spanish
renegades of Titu Cusi’s father, Manco Inca, at Vitcos. The third part deals
with Titu Cusi’s rule of Vilcabamba. The final document is a power of
attorney, made to García de Castro.
Further Reading
Regalado de Hurtado, Liliana. “Titu Cusi Yupanqui, Diego de Castro (ca. 1535–1571).” In Guide to
Documentary Sources for Andean Studies, 1530–1900, edited by Joanne Pillsbury, vol. 3: 662–64.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008.
Titu Cusi Yupanqui, Diego de Castro. Instrucción al licenciado don Lope García de Castro (1570).
Edited by Liliana Regalado de Hurtado. Colección Clásicos Peruanos, no. 9. Lima: Pontificia
Universidad Católica del Perú, Fondo Editorial, 1992 [1570].
———. History of How the Spaniards Arrived in Peru. Translated by Catherine Julien. Indianapolis:
Hackett, 2006 [1570].
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