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The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon, A.D. 1532-50

Note 67 — INTRODUCTION.

Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham translation

The names of tribes, which have come down to us, are generally nicknames given by their conquerors. Chanca means a polluted thing, and huanca is a drum in Quichua.

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