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ntaries," Vol. I, p. 66. (24) Markham's translation, p. 151. (25) Morgan's "Ancient Society," p. 100. (26) Our authority is Christoval Molina, a priest of Cuzco. He made a report to the bishop, which must have been written some time between 1570 and 1584, on the "Fables and Rites of the Incas." This was translated by Markham, and published by Hakluyt Society in 1873. He obtained his information by gathering together a number of aged Indians, including some priests, who had participated in these ceremonies in the days of the Incas. (27) This writer, a native Indian, wrote about the same time as Garcillasso. (28) "Fables and Rites of the Incas," p. 105. (29) "Peruvian Antiquities," p. 105. (30) "Peru," p. 5. (31) Many such quotations could be given, not only from Garcillasso, but from Molina, Salcamayhua, and others. (32) Address before the Historical Society of New Mexico. (33) We can not help wondering if the Incas did not have two chief executives. This would make them similar to the Iroquois, and most of the more southern tribes, such as we have already seen to be true of the Mexicans. Mr. Bandelier says there is abundant proof that the Incas had two chiefs--one the "dispensing Inca," the other the "speaking head." ("Archaeological Tour in Mexico," p. 167, note 6.) (34) "Travels," Markham's Translation, p. 164. (35) In Forbes's "Aymara Indians," p. 109. (36) Indian architecture from the Sioux lodge to the houses of Uxmal, Mitla, and Tiahuanuco, is only understood through Indian social organization." (Bandelier.) (37) "Peru," p. 214. (38) "Two Years in Peru," Vol. I, p. 283. (39) Markham's "Introduction," to "Report on the Discovery of Peru." (40) "In this case it is nonsense to talk of hundreds." (Hutchinson.) (41) Markham, in Journal of the Royal Geog. Society, Vol. XLI. (42) Squier's "Peru," p. 375. (43) The dimensions are: Length, thirteen feet five inches; height above ground, seven feet two inches; thickness, one foot six inches. (Squier.) (44) Squier's "Peru," p. 336. (45) Markham, in "Journal of Geog. So
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