Heirs Of The Incas (Paperback)

Text extracted from opening pages of book: HEIRS O? F THE IN CAS BY CARROLL K. MICHENER NEW YORK MINTON, BALCH & COMPANY 1924 4ft. tHf &**&*& State* of TO MY' WIFE SALLY SPENSLEY MICHENER ONE OF A CERTAIN TWO OF US, WHO DARED TO HONEYMOON IN THE ANDES PREFACE This is neither the first nor the last word on South America. It is not intended primarily as a book of facts, although a good many undoubtedly have crept in. Its purpose, if it has any conscious reason at all for existence, has been to embody an assorted col lection of impressions, observations and prejudices. And if any part of the pleasure of putting them into phrase can reflect itself as far as the reader's eye, the writer will be sufficiently flattered and content. Some of the material incorporated under the gen eral title of Heirs of the Incas has appeared in Travel, the Dearborn Independent, the New York Times and the International Interpreter, and the au thor is indebted to these publications for permission to reprint. CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTORY . . .' ....... i II. ANOTHER CONQUEST OF PERU ..... 4 III. ALOFT ON AN ANDEAN SEA ....., . 22 IV. SOUTH AMERICA'S POOR Lo ...... 36 V. MAIN STREET IN THE ANDES ...... S3 VL CHILDREN OF THE SUN ....... 62 VII. A CAPITAL IN THE CLOUDS ...... 77 VIIL BEACHCOMBING IN ANTOFOGASTA .... 90 IX. INNS OF INCA LAND ........ 103 X. THE MODERN SANCHO PANZA ..... 112 XI. TABLE D'HOTE TRAVELS ....... 1* 22 XII. STREET SOUNDS IN SPANISH AMERICA . . . 136 XIII. LLAMA TRAINS AND IRON TRAILS .... 145 XIV. MOORISH AMERICA, . . ..... 158 XV. Plazas AND Paseos ......... 173 XVI. TOURIST LOOT AND SPANISH GOLD . . . . 185 XVII. WHERE WEST Is EAST ....... 194 XVIII. VENDORS OF Luc*: ......... 218 XIX. WORDSSUPERLATIVE AND OROTUND . . . 231 XX. VANISHING WINDOW BARS ...... 251 XXL SONS OF THE CONQUISTADORS . . . . * 269 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Fiesta day before the mosque-like church at Copacabana, Peru, overlooking Lake Titicaca Frontispiece FACING PAGE The llama has shifted most of his traditional burdens to more capable shoulders 18 Aymara Indian of Bolivia, one of today's decadent heirs of the Incas 42 Wood-carved pulpit, Cuzco, Peru, the work of an Indian craftsman 74 Illimani's glaciered crest towering above the gorge in which La Paz lies 80 Antofagasta, in some moods, is like a town of Western United States loo Peruvian streets swarm with Poor Lo and his cousins on market days 116 The donkey, introduced by the conquistadores, still plods over difficult Andean trails 150 An old balcony in Lima, reflecting the splendor of colonial days 164 Antofagasta's Plaza, scene of the Paseo, that modern sur vival of hidalgo days 174 Bolivian Indian with wooden plow like those that were used in the ancient East 198 Street vendors in the village of Obrajes, Bolivia . . . 232