The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . he passed through Tiquinatoward Chacamarca, and on his way came to a village calledTiahuanaco, where the people ridiculed his teachings. Inpunishment he changed them into stones. From Chaca-marca he followed the Desaguadero to the south, finallyreaching the ocean, where he disappeared.®^ While in theCollao, Tonapa met a chief called Apotampo, who was theonly one who lent an ear to his teachings, in considerationof which Tonapa gave him * * a piece of wood from his walk-ing-stick.®^ This Apotampo was father to Manco Capac,to whom Salcamayhua attr
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . he passed through Tiquinatoward Chacamarca, and on his way came to a village calledTiahuanaco, where the people ridiculed his teachings. Inpunishment he changed them into stones. From Chaca-marca he followed the Desaguadero to the south, finallyreaching the ocean, where he disappeared.®^ While in theCollao, Tonapa met a chief called Apotampo, who was theonly one who lent an ear to his teachings, in considerationof which Tonapa gave him * * a piece of wood from his walk-ing-stick.®^ This Apotampo was father to Manco Capac,to whom Salcamayhua attributes the foundation of Cuzco,which place was then already occupied by Indians, so thatby foundation the establishment of a formal village mustbe understood.^*^ In regard to the teachings of Tonapa, theauthor states: The modern old men from the time of myfather, don Diego Felipe, are wont to state that it was 41 318 rriT»- de la .peopli SOTlt beerbearPadmay]le c cS a SS > O 55 r\ o > o 1—1 C<-l X! o X X CS ^ _5 El < a ^ r- rSO. ABORIGINAL MYTHS AND TRADITIONS 319 almost the commandments of God, especially the sevenprecepts, only the name of God our Lord was lacking andthat of our Lord Jesus Christ, as it is public and notoriousamong the old men, and the penalties were severe for thosewho broke them.^^ The analogy of these tales with those reported by Betan-zos and Cieza is unmistakable, as far as their substance isconcerned. Details of course vary, and, furthermore, theeffect of three quarters of a century of contact with theSpaniards and the clergy is plainly visible. The story ofthe walking-stick, of which Tonapa gave a piece to Apo-tampo, recalls the magic wand mentioned by Garcilasso dela Vega. Contemporary with Salcamayhua (although he is notknown to have exerted any influence on their sources of in-formation) are what might be termed a *school of writersof the first half of the seventeenth century. There areeven two schools, one of Jesuits, the other of
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