Word: incas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...long interval of silence has been due to important discoveries which our excavators have made near the site of Inca University, but which it has taken time to correlate and interpret. The result is an enlightening account of the refectories and outside caravansaries where the students ate their meals. Unbelievable as it may seem, it is an established fact of physiology that a man's mental capacity is vitally affected by his diet. From a survey of the restaurants, dining-halls, and food-shops in the vicinity, even in their present ruined condition, we can glean some significant facts about...
...first clue came when we unearthed a barren-looking, square brick building, somewhat resembling a prison, which was attached to the large club-building previously mentioned. The only ornaments on the walls were ideographs representing the famous Inca sport of Rolo. From this we gathered that the building had been a dining-hall for athletes. In the kitchen were found the remains of elaborate ovens, and neatly tabulated parchment list of food. These menus showed that the service here was of the best, and that the food was fit for the palates of royalty. In fact it seems to have...
...last letter I promised to send you an account of the Qua Quan Quot, the scoral organization that once made itself felt in the Inca University. At the outset let me explain that the last word, Quot, seems to be translatable somewhat like the Latin "volgus" or Greek "polloi" and may be rendered in English as "herd" or "clan". It was often used by the Incas to refer to cattle, though in this case it seems to imply some sort of men. The significance of the other two words is unknown...
...star-worshippers. There seems to have been no definite program, no set of principles which all members acknowledged, only the common tie of dissatisfaction and hatred. Many students in the university seem to have joined; mainly from among the younger groups or those from the southern part of the Inca realm, where moon-worship was particularly rampant. The appeal for membership was made largely on romantic grounds, by hints that each man would take part in a great crusade, and no doubt the mysterious rites of initiation--of which I found a horrible example in the cave--and the unusual...
This letter is so long-drawn-out already that I shall have to reserve my account of the Qua Quan Quat, the Inca secret organization, until my next letter. Cordially yours...