The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-07-23
nCjent Capital of the lnCas
.,D,cANCHA "PLACE OF GOLD"
FNDlD PALACES OF SEMI-BAR-
n.prC PRINCES DISPLACED BY
MODERN SQUALOR.

MODERN SQUALOR.
.-,.,,al correspondence of The Journal.l
71-z.o. PERU, June 10, 1908. The
..,..ipal charm of this extremely pic
ii..rasoue but uncomfortable city lies in
.. antiquity, and in the glamour which
,...-,ry and tradition have thrown
..a-nd it. So many centuries ago that
. late is lost in the mistS of fable
..,. low comparatively empty portion
~, T~!u was swarming with one of the
....e,+ and most powerful nations un-
the sun. Archaeologists estimate
.5- The enormous population once
.H.I in these narrow valleys was far
mmerous than that which to-day
....I> over the whole area of the
.--.! states. Not only in the valley
po. but scattered over hundreds
... rs in all directions, may be seen
MAINS of towns and cities which,
., a thousand years ago, We're
more popuious than any that now
u the country. a civilization
... .le developed which has left me-
Is of its genius and advancement
..... IN massive stone, and evidences
ustry which their destroyers have
-, initiated.
EDITION tells us that Cuzco was
.....nl by the first Inca, Nance Pa
,.. supernatural parsonage who came
.u. rom the Sun-Heaven Oh purpose
.... ,olldate all the tribes of the sur
- ng country under one form of
9us government: and that he was
r panied and assisted by Mama
.- his sister. who was also his
a- and that the pair were directed
.e.r father, the sun, to make this
e.. ~ City for his worship, as well
loyal capital of the new nation.
present plaza in the center of the
..Hl city is undoubtedly the same
..t tentral square OF Manco's day,
. LII a portion of it has since been
- upon. The long, narrow streets
s, Zach other at right angles, the
,...e As in ancient times. Two rivers
r run through the town were en-
--d bv the earliest builders between
walls, crossed by numerous bridges
ri of projecting stones. Those
mt walls have never been renewed
lost of the bridges are yet in use,
uOdern engineers say that they
rot be improved upon. Certainly
substantial character is proved
= tact that the winds and rains of
.... centuries have failed to injure
... At frequent intervals along the
walls are steps leading down to the
. whose solid granite is worn into
.olloWs by the feet of generations
me to dust
built on unequal ground the
.l architects were compelled to
many terraces in order to provide
Tor their immense structures.
walled all the terraces after the
.H called tyclopean, with stones
Lular shape and size, carefully
together like the scraps of a
quilt; and some of these walls
the streets to-day. The poorer
Igs Of the common people of an
ines long since disappeared, but
of tile great temples and palaces
converted by the conQuerors INTO
rs and converts, parts of which
cmaiu. The old-time gateWayS
rtained, and though most of the
buildings now to be seen in CuZ-
Of comparatively recent origin
ads everywhere portions of Inca
S. and strangely carved portals i'll
.rated into the newer houses. Fran
PIzZaro's casa is an example of
patchwork style of architecture,
- an imposing portal that far
dl6S HIS wv IL IdlilCI olSttlIlG pilllO.
eos great cathedral occupies the
If the ancient building which the
IN Inca dedicated to the festivals
cLe people, and which the early
uMclerS tell us was large enough for
-ltire regiment to perform evolu-
under its roof. 1t was in this
ting that the invaders, under Con
pizZaro. barricaded themselves for
last battle with the Peruvians
N they knew would decide the fate
their campaign, because defeat
teut death for every one of them.
riding to legtnd deliberately
I'd over the main doorway of the
ttedral, the Spanish victory was due
an Jago, st. James,, who appeared
+ The critical moment upon a milk
# - horse, and took part in the con-
' tor the overthrow of the heather.
The present Santa Catalina was es-
-nished upon the site of the palace
prison), of the Virgins of the Sun,
aQ now Roman Catholic nuns take
-r daily airing in the very footsteps
he long-dead Vestals. Part of the
.ss of the Inca Huascar's palace
at.- retained, and enough remains of
Old building to give good idea of
M it must have looked early in the
With century. The carved and pol