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During his stay in Cajamarca, Huayna Capac went to
Chachapoyas where the chiefs had rebelled and taken refuge in a fort.
After being vanquished, numerous Chachapoyas were sent to Cuzco as mitimaes
where they were still found during the viceroyalty.
Then the Inca continued his route until he arrived at Surampalli, in Caņar territory, where he "relaxed in the extreme" because it was his native land and he changed the name to Tumibamba which was the name of his panaca or royal ayllu. Expedition to Raura Huayna Capac spent long years in the north of his states and it is possible that having been born in Tumibamba he preferred residing there to staying in Cuzco. In addition, the wars were numerous against the various ethnic groups of the region that had to be dominated. In one of these encounters against the Carangue and Cayambis, the natives took refuge in a fort and in the din of the encounter the long-eared ones let Huayna Capac fall out of his litter and he would have died if it had not been for two of his lords who helped him. As a sign of protest, the Inca made his entrance into Tumibamba on foot. Some time after these events, the news arrived of new reinforcements from Cuzco. At the head of the army was the general Mihi who because of his high rank carried the statue Huanacauri. Huayna Capac, forgetting the tradition of reciprocity ordered the general to enter immediately into battle. Indignant and permanently hurt, Mihi decided to return to Cuzco. Huayna Capac, advised of the general's conduct, ordered that he be sent large gifts that corresponded to ancestral custom. Satisfied, Mihi returned with his armies, marched to war and came out victorious. This episode illustrates the difference between the Andean mentality and the European. In Europe, Mihi's attitude would be considered a betrayal but in the Andes, the Inca was at fault for having obviated reciprocity. After several years news arrived from Cuzco of the death of many of the Inca's relatives and with this news Huayna Capac went to Quito to prepare for his return to the capital. However, he fall gravely ill and was covered with pustules. Feeling he was going to die, he called his priests to designate his heir Ninan Cuyuchi. But when the dignitaries went they found he had died. Meanwhile, the priest of the Sun called Cusi Topa Yupanqui and performed the ceremony of the calpa to find out the destiny of the designated ones by sacrificing a white llama. As much for Ninan Cuyuchi as for Huascar, the other pretender to power, the auguries were unfavorable. In view of the incertitude of the situation, the coya Mama Raura, counseled by the maximum priest, left for Cuzco to force the naming of her son Huascar. The lords decided to keep the death of the Inca secret to avoid possible rebellions and after mummifying his body they carried it as though it were alive. Meanwhile, the court advanced slowly to the south and Atahualpa who had stayed in Tumibamba tried to pass unnoticed along with part of his generals who were guarding the country against possible disturbances of the natives.
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