There is light thrown upon the name Ollantay by the evidence taken
during the journey of the Viceroy Toledo from Jauja to Cuzco, from
November 1570 to March 1571. He wanted information respecting the
origin of the Inca government, and 200 witnesses were examined, the
parentage or lineage of each witness being recorded. Among these we
find six witnesses of the Antasayac ayllu. Sayac means a station or
division, Anta is a small town near Cuzco. The names of the six Anta
witnesses were



ANCAILLO; USCA; HUACRO;
MANCOY; AUCA PURI; ULLANTAY;


Besides ANTONIO PACROTRICA and PUNICU PAUCAR,
Chiefs of Anta.



We thus find that the name of Ollantay belonged to Anta. Now the Incas
were under great obligations to the chief of Anta, for that chief had
rescued the eldest son of Inca Rocca from the chief of Ayamarca, and had
restored him to his father. For this great service the chief of Anta
was declared to be a noble of the highest rank and cousin to the Inca
family. Moreover, the daughter of the Anta chief was married to the
Inca Uira-cocha, and was the mother of Pachacuti. Assuming, as seems
probable, that Ollantay was a son of the chief of Anta, he would be a
cousin of the Inca, and of very high rank, though not an agnate of the