Around 1848, the canon Don Justo Apu Sahuaraura Inca sent a letter to President Zachary Taylor via the American writer and traveler Samuel Greene Arnold. In this letter, the Inca requested assistance from the American president and expressed his discontent regarding the treatment he and his people had received at the hands of the Republic of Peru.

Sahuaraura had been close to Marshal Santa Cruz and had sympathized with the Confederate side years earlier, during the war of 1836–1839. Following the fall of the Confederates, the victorious faction began to take reprisals against all those who had supported that project. Sahuaraura had received word of the massacre committed by Gamarra’s troops —along with Chilean forces—against the Indian Confederates.

By that time, however, he had become completely disillusioned with republican promises; the only hope for his people—or perhaps for himself—lay in the Anglo-Saxon world.

“In a letter addressed to Zachary Taylor, President of the United States of America, the elderly Sahuaraura recalled an ancient prophecy, which foretold that the Inca Empire would be restored ‘with the help of a people from a country called England.’ Since the prophecy did not specify whether this referred to ‘Anglo-Europeans’ or ‘Anglo-Americans,’ he reasoned that the ‘Children of the Sun’ could follow ‘their own inclinations.’ Consequently, he placed himself ‘under the protection and shelter of that republic—and of yours—which, I trust, will not disdain to receive an unfortunate prince such as myself.’” (J. Flores Espinoza, 2001)

Letter from Justo Apu Sahuaraura Inca to the President of the USA in 1848:

“Gen. Z. Taylor, President of United States.”

[TRANSLATION.]

“To the most Excellent President of the United States of North America: From the Capital of the Sovereign Incas of Cuzco, the 18th of August, 1848:

“The possessor of my profoundest Respect and Veneration:

“A Peruvian prince, the seventh in descent from the Emperor Huaynacapac, the most immediate branch of the sovereign Incas, places himself under the protection and auspices of your excellency, entreating that you will have the goodness to receive his homage.

“When the Spaniards entered the Peruvian Empire, giving the name of conquest to a sanguinary devastation, they found in the principal temple of Cuzco various prophecies, and among them one that foretold the destruction of the empire, together with its rites and ceremonies; and that this was to take place in the reign of the twelfth emperor.

“When the Emperor Huaynacapac was told by his vassals in Tampis that there had appeared on the coast certain canoes like houses, the crews of which were composed of bearded men very different from themselves, he said that a tradition existed among the members of the royal family to the effect that there should come from beyond the sea an unknown people who would destroy the empire, its religion, rites, and ceremonies. This, he said furthermore, was to take place during the reign of the twelfth emperor; and, as he was the twelfth in succession, the prediction was, doubtless, about to be fulfilled, even as it is said in the prophecy, ‘Inter alia vaticinia, quae de amissione Regni loquuntur.’

“Moreover, the prediction inspired the Children of the Sun with the hope that the day would arrive in which they should be a people from a country called England; and, so that Your Excellency may be fully apprised of the entire prophecy, I transcribe it here as follows:

“Et Deum ego testor, mihi a Dn. Antonio de Berreo afirmatum, quemadmodum etiam ab alijis cognovi, quod in præcipuo ipsorum Templo inter alia vaticinia, quae de amissione Regni loquuntur, hoc enim sit, quo dicitur fore, ut Incae, sive Imperatores et Reges Peruviae, ab aliquo Populo, qui ex Regione quadam, quo [quae] Inglaterra vocetur, in Regnum suum rursus introducantur.”

Since the prophecy does not explicitly state whether they will be Anglo-Europeans or Anglo-Americans, it seems to me that the Children of the Sun should follow their own inclinations. I, like others, am convinced—and hear constantly—of the great kindness with which all those who lean toward the Great Republic of North America have been received. For these reasons, and because of my own personal preference, I place myself under the protection of the Republic and of Your Excellency—who, I trust, will not disdain to receive an unfortunate prince such as myself.

I pray that the Almighty may preserve Your Excellency’s health for as many years as America may require it, and I remain, as ever, the humble priest who kisses Your Excellency’s hands.

I am, Most Excellent Sir, Dr. Dn. Justo Sahuaraura Inca.”

References:
.- The World We Live in, Robert Turnbull (1851).
.- The Taylor Anecdote Book: Anecdotes and Letters of Zachary Taylor (2015).

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