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Achusi, 102 Aguado, Pedro, 41 Aguile, 55 Alcobaza, Juan de, 11 Almagro, Diego de, 1, 5, 7, 27 Alvarado, Pedro de, 4–5, 16, 27, 86 Amadis of Gaul, 105, 107 Añasco, Captain Juan de, 51 Anhaica Apalache, 55 Apalache, 48, 50, 51, 55 Apalache Indians, 83 Ariossto, 70 Aristotle, 56 Armada, Spanish, 23–24, 64 Atahualpa, 2, 3, 4, 10 Athahachi, 81 Austria, Don Juan de, 17 Avalle-Arce, Juan Bautista, 89 Ayala, Pedro Lopez de, 9 Ayllón, Lucas Vásquez de, 34 Badajóz, Spain, 9, 37 Bancroft, George, 92 Biedma, Hernández de, 38, 55, 81. See also De Soto expedition, other chroniclers of Boiardo, 70 Bow and arrow, 81, 83, 85 Brading, D. A., 4, 62, 70 Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez, 34, 64, 65, 72– 73, 76, 77; on the bow and arrow, 84; on Native American physical traits, 80–81; purpose for writing Naufragios, 50–51, 52, 94; on quality of the land in La Florida, 48, 50, 51, 57. See also Naufragios Cajamarca, 3, 4 Calderón, Pedro, 105 Calderón, Ventura García, 69, 70, 94 Callao, 14 Cañete, Marqués de, 40 Cannibalism, 76–77 Capaha, 90 Carmona, Alonso de, 41, 94, 101, 102 Castanien, Donald G., 3n5, 5, 20, 28–29; on El Inca’s monetary resources, 18n10, 30; on El Inca’s name change, 17; on El Inca’s other sources for La Florida, 41; on El Inca’s purpose in writing, 39, 61–62; on El Inca’s translation of Dialoghi di amore, 22 Castellanos, Juan de, 64, 65 Castro, García de, 15, 16 Cervantes, Miguel de, 29, 94, 105; comparison with El Inca, 29–30. See also Don Quijote de la Mancha Charles V, 2, 5–7, 61 Chicaha Indians, 99 Chimpu Ocllo, Palla, 3, 9, 12, 20; ancestry of, 10 Christianity, 106–110. See also Conversion of Native Americans Chupas, Battle of, 7 Cicero, 56 Classical antiquity, literary style and paradigms of, 70, 85, 89, 90, 92 Clayton, Lawrence A., viiin2, 78 Index Cobo, Bernabé, 10n8 Coca, 56 Cofachiqui, 52, 57, 90, 92, 109 Cofaqui, 52, 89 Coles, Juan, 41, 94 Colonization, of La Florida, importance to El Inca, 42, 43, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55–56 Comentarios reales de los Incas, 13, 24–26; and discourse of abundance, 53 Conquest, Spanish: El Inca’s view of, 58, 59, 92, 97, 112; of Peru, 1–5 Conversion of Native Americans, 42, 43, 44– 45, 54, 62, 71, 73–74, 107–109, 112 Coosa, 106 Córdoba, 20, 29 Cortés, Cartas de relación, 102 Council of the Indies, 2; and El Inca’s inheritance , 15–16, 39 Crasbeeck, Pedro, 24, 95 Crowley, Frances G.: on El Inca’s education , 45; on El Inca’s other sources for La Florida, 41; on Inca custom of eliminating the negative from history, 24, 46 Cuba, 101 Cuellar, Juan del, 11, 20 Cuzco, 4, 5, 7–8; El Inca’s childhood at, 10–11, 12, 13; founding of, 10n8 De la Vega, Beatríz, 28, 29 De Soto, Hernando: and conquest of Peru, 2, 3, 4; depiction of in La Florida, 99–102 De Soto Chronicles, The, viiin2, 37, 79 De Soto expedition: adaptation to Native American weapons and warfare methods , 84, 87, 88–89; El Inca’s idealized depiction of, 99, 101, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108; failure of, 36, 102, 106, 108–109; other chroniclers of, 36–38, 41, 48–52, 64–66; religious objective of, 108–109; survivors of, 40, 109–110 Dialoghi di amore: El Inca’s translation of, 19–23, 108, 114; ideology of, 21–22. See also Hebreo, León el Dialogue, between Spanish and Native Americans, 111, 112, 113 Discourse of abundance, 53–54, 67, 75 Don Quijote de la Mancha, 29, 30, 92, 94. See also Cervantes, Miguel de Dowling, Lee, 104, 105 Durand, José, 25, 112 El Cid, 70, 99, 101, 107 Elvas, Fidalgo de (Gentleman of Elvas), 36– 37, 65, 74, 80; on Native American lifestyle , 77, 78; on Native American skill with bow and arrow, 84, 86; on quality of the land in La Florida, 48, 55 Elvas, Portugal, 37 Encomiendas, 16, 53, 55, 98 Epic style, in®uence of on La Florida, 70, 93, 95, 96, 100, 101, 103, 107 Ercilla, Alonso de: comparison with El Inca, 70–72; depictions of the Indians, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69; literary techniques used by, 70. See also La Araucana Extremadura, Spain, 9, 15...

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