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National Geographic : 1900 Jul
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THE ROAD TO BOLIVIA DESCENDANTS OF THE INCAS It was at Cuzco, more than a hundred years ago, that Tupac Amaru, "the Last of the Incas", a descendant of Huascar, organized an uprising of the Indians to exterminate the foreign invaders of Peru ; but he was betrayed and taken prisoner, and, after being compelled to witness the execution of his wife and son, was himself " quartered " by wild horses in the great square of Cuzco, under the walls of three churches dedicated to a merciful God. Iron rings were forged upon the wrists and ankles of the young Inca, to which four chains were attached, and each chain was hitched to a restive and powerful horse. When the cruel arrangements were completed the master of ceremonies 20
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