Sayri Tupac, anxious to see something of the world, went directly to Lima, traveling in a litter made of rich materials, carried by relays chosen from the three hundred Indians who attended him.  He was kindly received by the viceroy, and then went to Cuzco, where he lodged in his aunt’s house.  Here his relatives went to welcome him.  “I, myself,” says Garcilasso, “went in the name of my Father.  I found him then playing a certain game used amongst the Indians ....  I kissed his hands, and delivered my Message; he commanded me to sit down, and presently they brought two gilded cups of that Liquor, made of Mayz [chicha] which scarce contained four ounces of Drink; he took them both, and with his own Hand he gave one of them to me; he drank, and I pledged him, which as we have said, is the custom of Civility amongst them.  This Ceremony being past, he asked me, Why I did not meet him at Uillcapampa.  I answered him, ’Inca, as I am but a Youngman, the Governours make no account of me, to place me in such Ceremonies as these!’ ‘How,’ replied the Inca, ’I would rather have seen you than all the Friers and Fathers in Town.’  As I was going away I made him a submissive bow and reverence, after the manner of the Indians, who are of his Alliance and Kindred, at which he was so much pleased, that he embraced me heartily, and with much affection, as appeared by his Countenance.”

Sayri Tupac now received the sacred Red Fringe of Inca sovereignty, was married to a princess of the blood royal, joined her in baptism, and took up his abode in the beautiful valley of Yucay, a day’s journey northeast of Cuzco, and never returned to Uiticos.  His only daughter finally married a certain Captain Garcia, of whom more anon.  Sayri Tupac died in 1560, leaving two brothers; the older, Titu Cusi Yupanqui, illegitimate, and the younger, Tupac Amaru, his rightful successor, an inexperienced youth.

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Yucay, Last Home of Sayri Tupac
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The throne of Uiticos was seized by Titu Cusi.  The new Inca seems to have been suspicious of the untimely death of Sayri Tupac, and to have felt that the Spaniards were capable of more foul play.  So with his half-brother he stayed quietly in Uilcapampa.  Their first visitor, so far as we know, was Diego Rodriguez de Figueroa, who wrote an interesting account of Uiticos and says he gave the Inca a pair of scissors.  He was unsuccessful in his efforts to get Titu Cusi to go to Cuzco.  In time there came an Augustinian missionary, Friar Marcos Garcia, who, six years after the death of Sayri Tupac, entered the rough country of Uilcapampa, “a land of moderate wealth, large rivers, and the usual rains,” whose “forested mountains,” says Father Calancha, “are magnificent.”  Friar Marcos had a hard journey.  The bridges were down, the roads had been destroyed, and the passes blocked up.  The few Indians who did occasionally appear in Cuzco from Uilcapampa said the friar could not get there “unless he should be able to change himself into a bird.”  However, with that courage and pertinacity which have marked so many missionary enterprises, Friar Marcos finally overcame all difficulties and reached Uiticos.