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  • Friar, Vicente Valverde, having first made a certain demand, in the square of Caxamarca.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • Huascar was being brought to Caxamarca by Atahualpa's order, as has already been said.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • Spaniards they did not miss a point, and when they heard where Atahualpa was, they left Tangarara and arrived at Caxamarca.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • When Atahualpa knew that the Viracochas were near, he left Caxamarca and went to some baths at a distance of half a league that he might, from there, take the course which seemed best.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • Then he ordered that all should be tied by the knees, with their faces towards Caxamarca or Huamachuco where Atahualpa was, and he made them pull out their eyelashes and eyebrows as an offering to the new Inca.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • They found there Chalco Chima and Quiz-quiz, and reported that they had left the main road to Cuzco, and had taken that of Cotabamba, which is on the right, coming from Caxamarca or Lima to Cuzco.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • Cuzco, taking with him the _huaca_ "Cataquilla [118]" of Caxamarca and

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • There is an excellent specimen of a mummy of this kind in the Museum of the College of Surgeons, which was brought from Caxamarca by General Paroissien -- like most of them, it is in a sitting posture, with the knees almost touching the chin, and the hands by the sides of the face.

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  • He sent orders to Chalco Chima and Quiz-quiz to lose no time in bringing Huascar to Caxamarca, where he would go to await their arrival, for he had received news that certain Viracochas had arrived by sea, and he wished to be there to see what they were like.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

  • On commencing to enter the land of Caxamarca, it became known to Gusmanco Ccapac.

    History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa

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