The Prehistoric World: or, Vanished Races, page 619 by E.A. Allen
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e has been greatly overrated. Our object in this chapter has been to give an outline of the Incas and the tribes subject to them. It is impossible in these few pages to give more than an outline. Should the reader, by the perusal of these pages, acquire an interest in the culture of the Andean people just before the Spanish invasion, and be thereby induced to continue his investigations, the writer will consider such a result reward enough, even though the conclusions reached should be totally opposed to those set forth in this chapter on Ancient Peru.
REFERENCES
(1) Xeres: "Report on the Discovery of Peru," Markham's translation, Hakluyt Society's Publication. (2) Buckle's "History of Civilization," chap. ii. (3) Squier's "Peru," p. 9. The Vicuna is a species of the llama. (4) Squier's "Peru," p. 12. The quinoa is a species of plant of the same genus as our pig-weeds. But it is a larger plant, and its seeds give a very nutritious meal. The biscacha is about the size and shape of the rabbit. It belongs to the chinchilla family. The llama is the only representative of the camel family on the western hemisphere. There were three species of this genus in Peru, the llama, alpaca, and vicuna. These domesticated and constituted what the Spaniards in their first reports called sheep. (5) Squier's "Peru," p. 12. (6) Morton's "Crania Americanae," pp. 6, 83. Winchell's "Pre-Adamites," p. 388. (7) H. L. Morgan. "Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family," p. 255; other works by the same author, "House and House-life of American Aborigines," and "Ancient Society." (8) The Quichuas were a closely related tribe to the Incas, and their name has been given to the language of Peru. But as the Incas were the ruling tribe, their name should have been given to this family of languages. (9) "The Geographical Distribution of the Tribes of the Inca Empire," in "Journal of the Geographical Society," Vol. XLI, p. 281, <i>et seq.</i> (10) "Peru," p. 571. (11) Foster's "Prehistoric Races," p. 375.