Don Francisco Cusichaq
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Don Francisco Cusichaq was an ethnic lord of Xauxa in the Andes region of South America. He lived during the period of the Inca Empire and the subsequent Spanish conquest. Cusichaq's territory was incorporated into the vast Inca state of Tawantinsuyu, which stretched across modern-day Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.123456
As a lord of a regional ethnic group, Cusichaq experienced the resentments that arose among local leaders due to the Inca's expansion. After the Spanish invasion in 1532, he testified before a Spanish court of inquiry. He expressed regret for having facilitated the Europeans' entry into the region. For thirty years, his bookkeepers meticulously recorded on knotted quipu accounts all that the Spanish received from Xauxa's warehouses, as well as items that were considered stolen.123456
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pre-Columbian civilizationsAndean civilizationSome of these, like Don Francisco Cusichaq, lord of Xauxa, the earliest colonial capital, lived long enough after 1532 to testify before a Spanish court of inquiry that he regretted having opened the country to the Europeans. For 30 years his bookkeepers had recorded on their knotted quipu (khipu)…
Read MoreSome of these, like Don Francisco Cusichaq, lord of Xauxa, the earliest colonial capital, lived long enough after 1532 to testify before a Spanish court of inquiry that he regretted having opened the country to the Europeans. For 30 years his bookkeepers had recorded on their knotted quipu (khipu)…
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Don Francisco Cusichaq, lord of the Huanca in central Peru, opened the country to alien rule; he wanted to destroy his hereditary enemies, the Inca. The Andean pattern of many dispersed regional polities that frequently were at war with one another—a situation that the Inca…
Read MoreDon Francisco Cusichaq, lord of the Huanca in central Peru, opened the country to alien rule; he wanted to destroy his hereditary enemies, the Inca. The Andean pattern of many dispersed regional polities that frequently were at war with one another—a situation that the Inca…
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As mentioned above, Don Francisco Cusichaq kept records of Spanish exactions, which were offered to and accepted in evidence by Spanish administrators. Through the study of Cusichaq’s quipu, modern researchers have learned that there was both a quantitative and a historical dimension to Andean records. Cusichaq’s quipu refers…
Read MoreAs mentioned above, Don Francisco Cusichaq kept records of Spanish exactions, which were offered to and accepted in evidence by Spanish administrators. Through the study of Cusichaq’s quipu, modern researchers have learned that there was both a quantitative and a historical dimension to Andean records. Cusichaq’s quipu refers…
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