Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . .- Jr V ^V-- LX • •*///t(i|iv; *^ » * - > His people .were afraid of the horses \Vlirn Pi/niTo saw the size of the Incas armyIK- IV It that his small body of men was in seriousdanger, He and all his men feared that theirltit>( force might be overwhelmed if the enemy Fr (in cisco 79 sliould attack tlicni. Hrave as lie was, lie probablyslept but little that ni^lil, and it is more thanlikely that the Spaniards believed that the nextdav would he their last. •. The Inea was roughly handle.! Hut Pi/arro ^avc no si^ns of fear. Tie con-cealed
Stories of American explorers : a historical reader . .- Jr V ^V-- LX • •*///t(i|iv; *^ » * - > His people .were afraid of the horses \Vlirn Pi/niTo saw the size of the Incas armyIK- IV It that his small body of men was in seriousdanger, He and all his men feared that theirltit>( force might be overwhelmed if the enemy Fr (in cisco 79 sliould attack tlicni. Hrave as lie was, lie probablyslept but little that ni^lil, and it is more thanlikely that the Spaniards believed that the nextdav would he their last. •. The Inea was roughly handle.! Hut Pi/arro ^avc no si^ns of fear. Tie con-cealed his men in the houses of Caxamarca, andsent a ]>riest to meet the Inca. When the Incaapproached, the priest began to address him \\itha long speech, and told him that he must pay tribute 80 American Explorers to the Spanish king, must believe in Christ, andmust give up the worship of idols. The Inca did not know what to make of thestrange words and manners of the priest. When,therefore, a Bible was handed to him, he threw itupon the ground. As soon as he did this, at agiven signal the Spanish soldiers rushed from thehouses, seized the Inca, and for two hours cut downhis followers. In the struggle the Inca was handled roughly,and finally made a prisoner. With their leader inthe hands of the Spaniards, the poor natives werebewildered and helpless. PIZARRO PUTS THE INCA TO DEATH The Inca was told that he must submit tothe King of Spain. He was confined in a roomtwenty-two feet long and seventeen feet wide.
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