▁and ▁high born s , ▁Esp in osa ▁Med rano ▁achieved ▁prominent ▁instruction , ▁over coming ▁the ▁difficulties ▁of ▁a ▁rural , ▁un priv ile ged ▁gen esis . ▁This ▁reality ▁does ▁not ▁guarantee , ▁however , ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁ind io ▁( as ▁Cl or inda ▁Mat to ▁and ▁the ▁or al ▁tradition ▁asse ver ate ) ▁ ▁for ▁he ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁become ▁a ▁sacred ▁pre acher ▁and ▁reached ▁fortune ▁and ▁power ▁in ▁C uz co ▁had ▁this ▁been ▁the ▁case ▁( such ▁activities ▁and ▁wealth ▁were ▁then ▁in access ible ▁to ▁the ▁native ▁cast es ). ▁ ▁The ▁en igma ▁of ▁Juan ▁de ▁Esp in osa ▁Med rano ' s ▁origin ▁acts ▁( st ill ) ▁as ▁a ▁rec urrent ▁stim ulus ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁an ▁or al ▁and ▁imag inary ▁bi ography ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁author ▁is ▁an ▁Indian . ▁The ▁model ▁for ▁such ▁constant ▁imagination ▁in ▁Peru ▁lies ▁on ▁the ▁bi ographical ▁approximation ▁to ▁the ▁author ▁that ▁Cl or inda ▁Mat to ▁under to ok ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁XIX ▁century ▁( C lor inda ▁Mat to ▁de ▁Turner ▁made ▁Esp in osa ▁Med rano ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁an ▁“ ind igen ist ” ▁legend , ▁im put ing ▁ind igen ous ▁ancest ry ▁to ▁him , ▁“ but ▁arch ival ▁research ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁evidence ▁that ▁Esp in osa ▁Med rano ▁was ▁a ▁pit iful ly ▁poor ▁Indian , ▁but ▁on ▁the ▁contrary , ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁fairly