An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 39T. Osborne, 1763 - World history |
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... marched into the diftricts of Poneac Colla and Hatun Colla . Ambassadors were fent before him to require the voluntary fubmiffion of the 4 people , people , and remind them of the misfortunes confequent on 30 The Hiftory of America .
... marched into the diftricts of Poneac Colla and Hatun Colla . Ambassadors were fent before him to require the voluntary fubmiffion of the 4 people , people , and remind them of the misfortunes confequent on 30 The Hiftory of America .
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... marched into the province of Callao , where the great lake Titicaca difcharges itfelf . The inhabitants of this country were docile , fimple , and ingenuous ; the conquest was therefore the more defirable , and the inca fet about it ...
... marched into the province of Callao , where the great lake Titicaca difcharges itfelf . The inhabitants of this country were docile , fimple , and ingenuous ; the conquest was therefore the more defirable , and the inca fet about it ...
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... marched to the country called Cacyaviri , in which the inhabitants lived in large , feparate , independant villages , without any other go- vernment than the paternal right which every man claimed over his own family . Upon advice of ...
... marched to the country called Cacyaviri , in which the inhabitants lived in large , feparate , independant villages , without any other go- vernment than the paternal right which every man claimed over his own family . Upon advice of ...
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... he encountered no more oppofition than in the other parts thro ' which he had marched . Every thing , fays Garcilaffo , fell 66 down down before him with fuch obedience and veneration , as The Hiftory of America . 27.
... he encountered no more oppofition than in the other parts thro ' which he had marched . Every thing , fays Garcilaffo , fell 66 down down before him with fuch obedience and veneration , as The Hiftory of America . 27.
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... marched in flow and folemn proceffion to the inca's camp , unarmed , unfbod , and naked , the leaders having their hands bound , and the women attend- ing with dreadful howlings , beating their breafts , and tearing their hair . They ...
... marched in flow and folemn proceffion to the inca's camp , unarmed , unfbod , and naked , the leaders having their hands bound , and the women attend- ing with dreadful howlings , beating their breafts , and tearing their hair . They ...
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