Peru : incidents of travel and exploration in the land of the Incas / by E. George Squier.

  • Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Peru : incidents of travel and exploration in the land of the Incas / by E. George Squier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Huanchaco.—Singular Craft.—Sardinas.—Getting ashore.—The Prefect of Truxil- lo.—Departure for Truxillo.—The Grand Chimu.—Beautiful Lizards.—Entrance to Truxillo Page 98 CHAPTER VII. TEUXILLO—EECONNOISSANCE OF GKAND CHIMU. Truxillo. — Hotel del Comercio. — The Chinese Fonda.—Churches, Convents, and Public Buildings.—Colonel La Kosa.—His Collections of Antiques.— Supposes the Author to be in Search of Hidden Treasure.—Keconnoissance of Chimu.— Hamlet of Miraflores.—The Great Aqueduct.—General Survey of the Kuins.— The Huacas, Walls, and Gardens.—Girls’ Tombs without the Walls.—Azequias. —Kemains of a Village of the Excavators of El Obispo.—How the Huaca was built.—A Solitary Scorpion.—Almost under Arrest.—Unearthed Palace.— The Royal Tombs.— El Castillo.— The Dead of a Great Battle.— Skulls of Various Races.—Cemetery of Girls.—The Prison.—Huaca of Toledo.—Miles of Graves. —The Watering-place of Huaman.—Return to Truxillo.—Photographic Annoy- ances 114 CHAPTER YIII. THE EUINS AT MOCHE. Ride to Moche.—Diminished Area of Cultivation.—Alleged Effects of Earthquakes. —Incident on the Rio Moche.—The Indian Pueblo.—The Gobemador.—Many- horned Sheep.—The Ladies of the Family.-Primitive Spinning Apparatus.—The Church.—Reception by the Cura.—Present and Past Condition of his Flock.— Ruined by having the Right of Suffrage.—The Cura’s Lamentations.—His Opin- ion upon Treasure-hunting.—Offers to guide us to the Ruins.—The Ride.—Tem- ple of the Sun.—View from the Summit.—The Great Pyramid.—Farewell to the Cura. Subsequent Exploration of the Pyramid.—Its Form and Dimensions.— Alleged Secret Passages.—A Modern Adit.—Probable Purpose of the Structure. —Visit to the Prefect of Truxillo.—His Magnificent Mansion.—His Want of Hos- pitality CHAPTER IX. EXPLORATIONS AT GRAND CHIMU. Ride to the Ruins.—Hall of the Arabesques.—The First Corridor.—Figures in Stuc- co.—The Second Corridor.—Vaults and Store-rooms. —Cotton Mattresses.—An Upper Edifice.—Walls, Passages, and Chambers. —The Furnace.-Vessels of Gold and Silver.—Many Relics melted down.—Prospects left for Research — Conjectural Features of the Structure. — Exterior Walls probably Decorated.