History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 19 HOW PIZARRO WAS ASSASSINATED 1541 ALL the Pizarros put on motiming for Almagro, and two of them, Hernando and Gonzalo, followed his remains to the tomb. The third member of...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 18 THE DOWNFALL OF ALMAGRO 1537-1538 HOUGH Hernando Pizarro had driven the enemy from Cuzco and its immediate neighborhood, he dared not send even a coiirier to the coast for...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 17 THE INCA RAISES HIS STANDARD 1535-1536 PIZARRO now had wealth beyond any expectation in which he had ever indulged; he had honors, also, greater than any his proud father had...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 16 QUARRELS OF THE CONQUERORS 1534-1535 STRANGE as it may appear, Manco Capac had taken great pleasure in assisting at the defeat of Quizquiz, the valiant Peruvian, because most...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 15 IN THE CITY OP THE SUN 1533-1534 LEAVING the treasure he had collected -/with a guard of forty men in Xauxa, Pizarro continued his march into the beautiful vale of...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 14 IN THE HEART OF PERU 1533 SURROUNDED by a guard, the body of the Inca remained overnight in the plaza, but in the morning was taken to the church the Spaniards had built and...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 13 THE INCA AND HIS MURDERERS 1S33 WHAT a day was that in Cassamarca, when the emissaries returned from Cuzco! It was filled with rejoicings, and the Inca was as delighted as...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 12 THE PRISONER AND HIS RANSOM 1532 RECALLED by shrill blasts of the trumpet, the cavalry ceased their pursuit of the fugitives, and returned to the plaza, where the last scenes...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 11 HOW ATAHUALLPA WAS CAPTURED 1532 THE cavaliers were invited to dismount and partake of refreshments; but as it was late they were in haste to return, and accepted only a...
History: Pizarro and the conquest of Peru By: Frederick A. Ober Chapter 10 IN THE INCA’S STRONGHOLD (1532) THE desperate nature of their venture must have been deeply impressed upon the Spaniards, as, climbing the slippery steps of that...