José Gabriel Túpac Amaru Facts  Search Biography  The Inca and
Peruvian nobleman José Gabriel Túpac Amaru (1742-1781) was the
leader of the largest Native American revolt in the Americas. He
was a man of sufficient learning, had a passion for reform, and
hated injustice.  Túpac Amaru was born in Tinta south of Cuzco.
He was young when his father died, but two uncles became his
guardians and gave him the best possible education. At the age
of ten he went to Cuzco to study in the Jesuit College of San
Francisco de Borja, built for Native American boys of noble
birth. He read Latin readily and spoke Spanish correctly and
Quechua with grace. He married Michaela Bastidas Puyuahua, a
pure-blooded Spaniard from Abancay. From this marriage he had
three sons— Hipólito, Mariano, and Fernando.  When Túpac Amaru's
oldest brother, Clemente, died, he inherited the caciqueship of
Tungasuca, Pampamarca, and other places. He governed the
descendants of the Incan nation and collected tribute for the
Spanish corregidor (governo