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Chaqui
Sign in to savethumb|Chasqui playing a (conch shell) in "Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno" (drawing 168 folio 351).
Article
16 sectionsContents
- The Incas
- Chasqui relay system
- Origin of the chasqui service
- Logistic arrangement
- Royal road
- Tambo
- Chasquis in the chronicles
- Guaman Poma de Ayala
- Garcilaso Inca de la Vega
- Juan de Betanzos
- Martín de Murúa
- Polo de Ondegardo
- Modern day
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
thumb|Chasqui playing a (conch shell) in "Primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno" (drawing 168 folio 351).
A chasqui (also spelled chaski) was a messenger of the Inca Empire. Agile, highly trained and physically fit, they were in charge of carrying messages in the form of quipus, oral information, or small packets. Along the Inca road system there were relay stations called (house of chasqui), placed at about from each other, where the chasqui switched, exchanging their message(s) with the fresh messenger. The chasqui system could be able to deliver a message or a gift along a distance of up to per day.