WEBVTT 1 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:23.960 Hello and welcome to Western Sieve. Episode two hundred and fifty two. Cracks 2 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:29.280 in the foundation. Last time, Pisardo agreed to put Atahualpa to death. 3 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:34.560 Yet in order to continue running the Inca Empire, Pisardo very much still needed 4 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:39.920 an emperor. Luckily, Mango Inca, another descendant of the royal line, 5 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:44.200 happened to be on hand and was more than happy for the moment to step 6 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:50.640 into the roll. But just like when it seemed that everything was going according 7 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:56.600 to plan, a bombshell from Europe threatened to capsize Pisardo's fledgling ship of state. 8 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.200 Charles the fifth issued a decree declaring Pisaro to be the governor of the 9 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:07.480 northern portions of the Inca Empire and his partner, Diego Almagro, the governor 10 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:14.599 of the southern portions. The only problem was he did not say where the 11 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:21.439 northern portion began and the southern portion ended, or vice versa. Today we 12 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.920 watch as Pisaro's tentative hold over his portion of the Inca Empire begins to unravel. 13 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:41.680 Diego de Almagro arrived in Cusco in late January fifteen thirty five, having 14 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:47.480 been appointed Lieutenant governor. By Pisaro. He had barely arrived when a breathless 15 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:52.640 messenger from the coast informed him that he was now the governor of all of 16 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:57.760 the Southern Inca Empire. However, along the western coast of South America at 17 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:04.719 the time, only a skilled ship's pilot could accurately gage distance, and to 18 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:10.680 date no one had attempted to demarcate the boundaries of Pisado's territory, and there 19 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:16.719 were more problems than just the maps. As the new group of Spaniards rode 20 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:22.400 and marched into the capital of the Inca, marveling at its architecture, they 21 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.800 soon realized that they had arrived too late to partake of its spoils or to 22 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:34.080 be awarded and comiends like the others. Undoubtedly, these new conquistadors looked with 23 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:38.319 envy on the eighty eight and commiendos, who had chosen to remain in the 24 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:43.840 capitol and who were now fabulously wealthy men. Many of the latter had already 25 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:49.000 shed their armor and now wore stockings, capes, and hats pierced by stylish 26 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:54.439 feather plumes. By contrast, the newcomers wore patched clothing and didn't have a 27 00:02:54.479 --> 00:03:00.159 coin to their names. This newest group of conquistadors had been lured to Peru 28 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:06.400 in the belief that they could become instantly rich. Abruptly disabused of this notion, 29 00:03:06.599 --> 00:03:08.439 they now realized they had missed that opportunity by at least a year, 30 00:03:08.680 --> 00:03:13.840 if not longer. It was a realization that caused more than a few of 31 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:20.159 them to become quite better. With a minority of the Spaniards extremely wealthy and 32 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:24.240 a majority extremely poor, political divisions between the two groups not surprisingly began to 33 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:30.560 appear. Those Spaniards to whom Pisardo had granted encomiendes were naturally indebted to him, 34 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:35.560 loyal to him. Those who had arrived with Almagro, on the other 35 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.520 hand, we're hoping that loyalty to the aging conquistador who had brought them here 36 00:03:39.759 --> 00:03:44.520 would pay off in the long run. After all, if it turned out 37 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:49.680 that Cusco lay within Almagro's new realm, then the Spaniards who had already been 38 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:55.719 awarded encomiendes might soon have those rescinded. Almagro would then surely distribute the encomiendes 39 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:01.840 among his own followers. But the fact of the matter was no one knew 40 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:10.919 hu Cusco belonged to. This exacerbated an already politically charged environment. Moreover, 41 00:04:11.080 --> 00:04:15.759 two of Francisco Pisardo's brothers, Juan and Gonzalo, were in Cusco at the 42 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:23.600 time. They were Francisco's youngest and most impulsive brothers and seemed only to exist 43 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:30.160 in order to throw gasoline on already existing problems. Remember when I told you 44 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:34.480 that conquest of the inca was very much a Pisardo family business, Well, 45 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:54.439 I never said that every member of the Pizarto family was equally skilled at it. 46 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:59.279 It was not long before the tensions began to boil over. According to 47 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:04.639 one chronicler, quote, Juan Pisardo and Gonzalo Pizaro were the most resentful of 48 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:11.279 Amagro because they disliked him. Almagro's friends coaxed him, telling him to look 49 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:14.879 out for himself. The king had made him lord, so he should truly 50 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:18.000 be one, and he should immediately send for those decrees that were coming and 51 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:23.160 take possession of what the king had designated as his governance. End quote. 52 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:31.079 Another concluded from then on there were two factions, one bound to the Pisaros 53 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:39.680 and one to the Almagros. Disagreements over who would control Cusco and its surrounding 54 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:44.759 area came to a head roughly a month after Amagro's arrival. One day in 55 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:48.240 March fifteen thirty five, fearing that Amagro might try to seize the capital as 56 00:05:48.279 --> 00:05:54.480 his own, the two Pizaro brothers and their supporters carried several cannons into their 57 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:59.680 palace on the main square, barricaded it, and then quote scandalously emerged onto 58 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:04.360 the laza, ready to begin a great altercation end quote. Their behavior so 59 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:10.680 incends Terrnando de Soto, a longtime supporter of Amagro, that he and Juan 60 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:16.000 Pisaro came to blows. According to one chronicler, quote, Juan Pisaro and 61 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:21.600 Soto had words, whereupon Juan Pisaro seized a lance and thrust it at Soto, 62 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:25.439 who, he had not been on a fast horse, would have been 63 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:30.720 brought down by the lands thrusts. Juan Pizaro chased after him until they reached 64 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:33.839 the place where Almagro was staying. If Amagro's men had not saved him, 65 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:40.120 he Juan would have slain him. Soto, for Juani Pisaro was a very 66 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:45.040 brave and strong willed man. When Almagro and his men saw Soto entered the 67 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.800 square fleeing and with Juan right behind him, they seized their weapons and went 68 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:54.439 after Juan Pisaro. Thus, men from both sides gathered on the square brandishing 69 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:59.959 their weapons end quote. Only through the intervention of a new royal official who 70 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:04.839 arrived, Antonio de Gusman, were the two Spanish factions ultimately prevented from killing 71 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:12.720 each other then and there. Two months later, after finally hearing of reports 72 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:16.759 of near civil war in the capital Francisco, Pisaro hurriedly went to Cusco, 73 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:23.480 anxious to diffuse the situation. Yet with the precise details of the king's division 74 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:28.199 of the Inca Empire still not here, Pisaro decided to try to negotiate a 75 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:33.319 solution with his former partner. Both Pisardo and Amagro were by now aware that 76 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:40.360 they had conquered only perhaps two thirds of the Inca Empire, Sidestepping the incendiary 77 00:07:40.360 --> 00:07:46.600 issue of to whom Cusco belonged, Pizaro soon agreed to help Almagro finance a 78 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:51.439 massive expedition of exploration and conquest to the south. The southern portion of the 79 00:07:51.480 --> 00:08:00.839 Inca empire would clearly lie within Almagro's future governorship. Pizaro therefore hope that by 80 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:05.800 helping finance its conquest, he would rid himself of his increasingly troublesome partner and 81 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:13.920 would at the same time eliminate the current political crisis in Cusco. Frankly, 82 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:18.199 if they were lucky, there would be enough gold, silver, and peasants 83 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:24.439 to the south to satisfy both Almagro and his hundreds of new ambitious conquistadors. 84 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:30.000 Almagro agreed to the proposal. What he needed to do now was select a 85 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.960 second in command. Hernando de Soto was quick to apply for the job, 86 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:41.159 even offered Almagro a sum of money exchanged for the position, But loyalty was 87 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:46.799 what mattered to Almagro now, not cash or capability, so he gave the 88 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:52.799 gig to one of his long time associates instead, a man named Rodrigo Argones. 89 00:08:54.679 --> 00:09:00.440 Even though this arrangement temporarily solved the problems between the Pisato and Almagro actions, 90 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:05.840 it also highlighted the reality that manko Inca was not in charge of his 91 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:13.919 own realm. It was very difficult to betray yourself as an actual emperor when 92 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:22.519 foreigners were openly and actively fighting for control over your alleged empire. So, 93 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:28.120 just like inside the Spanish camp, intrigue started to take over Manko Inca's own 94 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:35.879 house. His most likely challenger for power was his brother Paolou, whom, 95 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:41.960 to be clear, Manko trusted completely. When Manko went with his army and 96 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:48.559 the allied Spanish cavalry to north and crush Atahualpa's last army, he left his 97 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:54.559 brother Polo in charge as the de facto emperor. Polo, to his credit, 98 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:01.720 relinquished the position as soon as Manko returned. Manco was, however, 99 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:09.519 suspicious of his cousin Passak and half brother Atak Sooba, but aware that arrivalries 100 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:16.720 among the Inca elites might cause instability in his new kingdom. Francisco Pisado attempted 101 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.840 to end any power struggle by bringing the two Inca sides together to negotiate. 102 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.879 The attempt was unsuccessful, however, so much so that Manko privately wrote to 103 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:31.480 Almagro to help rid himself of any rival Inca faction. The year before, 104 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:37.919 Mango and Almagro had spent considerable time together while on military campaigns and had become 105 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:43.960 friendly although busily preparing for his expedition to the south, Almagro agreed to help 106 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:48.279 the young emperor. The more he helped Manko, the more indebted to him 107 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:54.279 the Emperor would be. Thus, one night, a small group of Spanish 108 00:10:54.279 --> 00:11:00.919 assassins crept along the alleyways of Cusco. Almago had sent the men to exterminate 109 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.879 Manko's half brother Atasova. Finding the latter's home in the dark and creeping into 110 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:11.200 his bedroom, they located the potential rival and murdered him in his bed. 111 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:18.639 The assassination of Atak Sopa, however, only intensified the rupture within Mano's extended 112 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:24.360 family, which now began to organize themselves along the same fall lines that divided 113 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:31.320 the Spaniards. Manko and his brother Paolo allied themselves with Almagro. Those of 114 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:37.120 the Inca faction opposed to Manko, however, allied themselves with the Pisado brothers, 115 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.360 and things continued to deteriorate from there. One night, Manko, fearing 116 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:48.240 revenge for his brother's murder, fled his home to Almagro's palace, and, 117 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:54.759 according to a few records, Mano was so fearful that night he even crawled 118 00:11:54.799 --> 00:12:01.480 underneath Almagro's bed and hid. While this christ was far from over, Almagro 119 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:07.279 was getting ready to leave and conquer this southern Inca empire. On July the 120 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:13.120 second, fifteen thirty five, he marched out of Cusco with five hundred and 121 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:18.440 seventy armed men, intending to find his fortune. Pizaro came to see him 122 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:24.759 off. Both men probably expected this to be a final parting of ways. 123 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:30.639 Almagro would find his kingdom, conquer it, and rule it, just as 124 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:35.679 Pisaro was ruling in the north. Of course, we know that wasn't going 125 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:41.759 to happen. There was no great empire to the south, but neither Pisaro 126 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:48.840 nor Almagro knew that at the time, and Almagro did have one other major 127 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:56.960 upshot for the situation. It emptied Cusco of all the poor dispossessed Spaniards. 128 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:05.240 Those who remained were by and large already major and comiendo owners. These men 129 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.320 were very satisfied with their positions and were not likely to cause anyone any trouble. 130 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:18.399 Pisaro desparted Cusco as well, intending to continue his newest project, founding 131 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:24.240 Spanish cities on the coast. And this is the end of the story for 132 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:28.360 now of Hernando de Soto, who am definitely coming back to in a future 133 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:35.120 episode because he prepared to depart Peru as well. Unsuccessful in his attempt to 134 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:39.399 accompany Almagro's expedition as second in command, so To left Cusco with a pack 135 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:45.360 train carrying a fortune in gold and silver, ingots intent on finding a passage 136 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:50.039 on the next ship headed back to Spain. The cavalry officer would lad the 137 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:56.000 Spanish advance down the Andes would now leave Peru forever. Once in Spain, 138 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:58.960 Soto is going to use his share of the Inca treasure to win a royal 139 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:05.679 license to conquer a little known land called Florida. So To hope to find 140 00:14:05.960 --> 00:14:09.039 his own Indian empire there, similar to the one that Cortez and Pisaro had 141 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:15.759 already discovered. But he wouldn't and as we'll see, you will eventually die 142 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:20.720 destitute and delirious on the banks of the Mississippi River. According to some, 143 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:26.519 he's the first European to discover it. Alas, that's a story for another 144 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:33.440 day, which we will get to in great detail soon enough. This left 145 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.320 Cousco in the hands of Manco Inca and Pisato's two younger brothers, Juan and 146 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:43.559 Gonzalo. This did not work out well for Manko. Juan, Gonzalo and 147 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:48.879 the rest of the Spaniards left behind in Cusco had an insatiable appetite for gold 148 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:56.399 and silver. They pressured the emperor constantly where was all the hidden gold? 149 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:01.159 At first, Manko played along, Before long it became clear to him that 150 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:07.039 no matter how much gold he gave the Pisado brothers, they would always demand 151 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:13.759 more, more and more, and it wasn't just the gold. Ever since 152 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:22.399 their arrival, the Spaniards had eagerly pursued native women. Now seemingly in total 153 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.559 control over the land, they went after every woman they saw, including high 154 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:33.759 board descendants of Juanna Kapak. Almagro had a relationship, for example, with 155 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:39.879 a royal sister of Mango Inca quote. She was the daughter of Juanna Kapak 156 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.360 and of his sister, who would have inherited the Inca Empire had she been 157 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:48.879 a man. She gave Almagro a pit in which there was a quantity of 158 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:54.600 gold and silver tableware, which once melted down, yielded eight bars or twenty 159 00:15:54.600 --> 00:16:00.360 seven thousand silver marks. She also gave another captain twelve thousand Stellanos from the 160 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:07.120 leftovers of that pit. But the poor woman was not shown any greater respect 161 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:11.840 or favor by the Spaniards because of this. On the contrary, she was 162 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.600 repeatedly dishonored, for she was very pretty and had a gentle nature, and 163 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:22.279 she caught the pox. Finally, however, she married a Spanish citizen, 164 00:16:22.679 --> 00:16:26.440 and in the end our lord was well served when she died a Christian and 165 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:33.559 was a very good wife. Given that some of these women were not married, 166 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:40.840 having affairs with the Spaniards didn't bother the Inca elite, and then Gonzalo 167 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:45.799 pushed it too far. He treated Mango Inca and the rest of the native 168 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:52.720 elite with utter contempt, and Gonzalo wanted Mango's own wife as his mistress. 169 00:16:53.000 --> 00:17:00.320 When an Incan official confronted him about how inappropriate this was, his reaction was 170 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:06.359 less than positive. According to one source, he grabbed the man roughly and 171 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:11.640 shouted in his face, who gave you the authority to talk to the king's 172 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:17.039 Koryogo like that? Don't you know what kind of men we Spaniards are by 173 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:19.640 the king's life. If you don't shut up, I'll seize you and play 174 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:22.319 a game with you and your friends that you'll remember for the rest of your 175 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.960 lives. I swear if you don't keep quiet, I'll slit you open alive, 176 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:33.599 and i will cut you into little pieces. Not exactly an understanding reaction, 177 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:40.240 But this woman, Kia Occolo, was not only Manko Inca's wife, 178 00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:47.119 she was also his sister. It was inconceivable that he would have to give 179 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:53.519 her up or allow Gonzalo to conduct an affair with her. Hoping to play 180 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:59.480 kate, Gonzalo Mango ordered that a large quantity of gold and silver be gathered. 181 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.680 He soon arranged for it to be delivered, and he personally accompanied it 182 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:10.119 to Gonzalo's palace. Sadly, Gonzalo wasn't satisfied. In the end. He 183 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:15.599 responded, all this silver is good, but she is what we really want, 184 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:23.559 recognizing how serious Gonzala was. Manco is desperate, having already discovered the 185 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:30.839 humiliation of hiding in Almagro's bedroom to escape assassination, having his palace ransacked, 186 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:37.720 and presently being harassed on a daily basis for more gold and silver, Manko 187 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:41.279 was now being ordered to hand over his very own wife and sister to an 188 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:48.119 arrogant foreigner. Searching for a way out, Manko finally hit upon what seemed 189 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:56.559 like a reasonable solution. How about giving Gonzalo a different beautiful woman, an 190 00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:03.279 Inca woman even more beautiful than his queen. Manko's son Tutukutsi would write, 191 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:07.279 quote, my father Manko, seeing with what insistence they were asking for the 192 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:11.319 queen, and that he was unable to avoid their request. In another way, 193 00:19:11.799 --> 00:19:15.480 sent for a very beautiful woman, koift and well dressed, in order 194 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:18.440 to hand her over in place of the queen that they were asking for. 195 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:22.519 But when they saw her, they said that she didn't seem to be the 196 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:26.599 queen they were asking for, but rather another woman, and that he Manko 197 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:33.680 should give them the queen and stop wasting their time. Not willing to give 198 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:38.680 up, Manko assembled twenty more beautiful women, hoping Gonzalo would choose one of 199 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:45.039 them and give up on his wife. But Gonzalo showed no interest and insisted 200 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:52.519 even more vehemently on possessing the Inca queen. With mounting desperation, Manko finally 201 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:56.200 sent for another of his sisters, who resembled his wife, closely making sure 202 00:19:56.240 --> 00:20:00.599 she was dressed and looking at dentical to his wife, I manco led this 203 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:07.680 latest decoy out to the Spaniards. The emperor even pretended to be dismayed when 204 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:11.759 he had been forced to relinquish his very own queen. According to some, 205 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:15.880 when the Spaniards saw her come out, they shouted with joy and enthusiasm. 206 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:22.960 Gonzalo Pizzaro, completely obsessed with having no other woman than the queen of the 207 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:26.720 Incas, by this time, could scarcely restrain himself again. Mango Inca's son 208 00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:33.680 reports quote mister Manko Inca, and this is Gonzalo again speaking. If she 209 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:36.680 is for me, give her to me right away, because I can't stand 210 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:40.480 it any longer. And my father, who had instructed her well, said 211 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:44.799 many congratulations, do what you wish with her. So, in front of 212 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:48.680 everyone, and oblivious to Aloos, Gonzalo went and kissed and embraced her as 213 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:53.960 if she were his legitimate wife. The woman, the sister, horrified and 214 00:20:55.000 --> 00:21:00.119 frightened at being embarrassed by someone she didn't know, screamed like a madwoman and 215 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:03.039 said that you would rather run away than face people such as these. And 216 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:07.440 when my father saw her behaving so wildly and so strongly, refusing to go 217 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:14.319 with the Spaniards. He realized his own freedom dependent upon her complying. Completely 218 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:17.960 furious, he ordered her to go with them, and seeing my father so 219 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:21.160 angry, she did what she was commanded to do and went with them, 220 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:26.960 more out of fear than any other reason end quote. But in the end 221 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:33.319 it didn't matter. Gonzalo eventually realized that he had been duped. He discarded 222 00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:38.839 the sister and seized Manco Anca's own wife as his own. Bitterly, Manco 223 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:45.920 himself would later write, Gonzalo Pizaro took my wife and still has her. 224 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:52.440 If Mano had any doubts about the price he was going to be required to 225 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:57.759 pay in order to become Emperor the Inca's, those doubts were soon accentuated when 226 00:21:57.799 --> 00:22:03.559 the high priest of the Inca, a man named vilak Umu, unexpectedly arrived 227 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:08.960 back in Cusco. Manco had sent vilak Umo to accompany his brother Paulo on 228 00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:15.240 Almagro's expedition to the south, but only three months into the expedition, vilak 229 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:21.440 Umo had escaped, and he now told Manco horror stories of all he had 230 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:27.359 witnessed everywhere they had gone. Vilak Umu said the Spaniards had been consumed with 231 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:33.440 finding objects of gold and silver. If the local chiefs didn't immediately produce what 232 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:40.200 they demanded, then the Spaniards treated them with brutality. Even when the gold 233 00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:45.960 and silver was produced, the Spaniards nevertheless demanded that the native villagers accompanied the 234 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:52.240 expedition as servants, and those who did not do so voluntarily were taken bound 235 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:57.400 in ropes and chains. A young priest who accompanied the expedition wrote, quote, 236 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:02.680 they carried off their wy and children. The women who were attractive they 237 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:07.279 took for their personal service, and for other things besides. And when the 238 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:11.079 mayors of some Spaniards produced foals, they had the Indians carry these on hammocks 239 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:17.119 and litters, and other Spaniards had themselves carriers and litters just as a pastime, 240 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:21.799 leading their horses by the bridles, so that they the horses became very 241 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:29.720 fat end quote. Even the native porters that Manko had given almagro Villa g 242 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:34.680 Umo explained, were routinely treated violently. Quote. They the servants worked all 243 00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:40.359 day long, without rest and without eating except for a little roasted corn and 244 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:45.599 water, and they were barbarously imprisoned at night. There was one spaniard on 245 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:51.200 this expedition who locked twelve Indians in a chain and boasted that all twelve died 246 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.680 in it. And when one Indian died, they cut off his head in 247 00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:57.559 order to terrify the others so that they didn't have to undo the paddock on 248 00:23:57.599 --> 00:24:03.279 the chain. If some poor Indian got so sick or tired, then they 249 00:24:03.359 --> 00:24:07.079 routinely beat him until he died from it, because they said if they were 250 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:14.200 lenient with one, the rest would become sick or tired. Quote. Villac 251 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:18.599 Umu had escaped from Almagro's expedition and hurried back to Kusku. Most of the 252 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:25.279 Incan porters and servants Manko had sent with that expedition came back with him. 253 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:30.119 That expedition, by the way, was not going according to plan. Almagro 254 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:33.319 had to pass through some of the highest mountains in the Americas. At this 255 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:38.519 point, his men were dying at perilously high rates, both from the freezing 256 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:45.160 temperatures and the increasingly hostile natives. But villac Umu's return was a major turning 257 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:51.240 point in the conquest of Peru. Not long after he arrived back in Cusco, 258 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:56.359 he and Manko Inca began organizing secret meetings. At these meetings, Umu 259 00:24:56.440 --> 00:25:03.079 and others began urging Manko to lead his people in a full rebellion, and 260 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.279 manco Inca had now reached a personal turning point as well. In the beginning, 261 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:12.079 he had hoped to rule with the Spaniards, but that was looking increasingly 262 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:18.160 impossible. He had tried to satisfy the foreigner's desires, but that was proving 263 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:22.480 impossible. They simply could not be satisfied, whether with gold, women or 264 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:29.079 both. Plus with each passing day, it was becoming increasingly clearer and clearer 265 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:34.759 that manco Inca was not in charge of his empire. The Pisartos were I 266 00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:41.440 used the plural there for a reason. Had it been just Francisco Pisato, 267 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:45.759 I think it's not clear at all that the great rebellion would have happened. 268 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:53.920 Francisco had always proven to be the most reasonable of the Pisato clan. Sure 269 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:59.440 he wanted a kingdom to rule, but he wasn't interested in running into the 270 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:03.640 ground. That's where I think this episode is kind of a key turning point 271 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:07.559 and a difference maybe between the conquest of Mexico and the conquest of Peru. 272 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:15.559 If the first episodes in this series were about Francisco Pizzaro studiously following the blueprint 273 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:22.839 and getting pretty lucky at times. This episode is about how his brothers managed 274 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:26.319 to do just about everything that they can to provoke the comment Great rebellion. 275 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.880 The more and more Manko thought about it, the more he realized he had 276 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:37.319 been duped. The Spanish never wanted to help him. This wasn't about Inca 277 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:44.480 factions or internal conflict. They wanted to rule the empire period, and they 278 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:49.799 tricked Manko into helping them do so. At some point, Manko also realized 279 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:53.680 that if he did rebel, he would be restarting the war that had been 280 00:26:53.720 --> 00:27:00.160 lost by Ottahuallpa's generals, so he would need to do something different. Gradually, 281 00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:06.279 Manko made up his mind he would never again put any faith in the 282 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:14.400 Spaniards. They simply could not be trusted. In early November fifteen thirty five, 283 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:19.000 Manco Inca took the first concrete steps in the direction of rebellion, calling 284 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:23.079 for a secret meeting of his chiefs and governors from the four quarters of the 285 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:29.000 empire. It was a major turning point in his life and in the history 286 00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:33.480 of Peru. There he told the men assembled. Quote. I have sent 287 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:37.279 for you in order to tell you, in the presence of our relatives and 288 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:41.640 attendants, how I feel about what these foreigners intend to do with us, 289 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:45.720 so that before more Spaniards joined them, we can arrange things in time, 290 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:49.400 so that in general everyone will benefit. Remember that the Incas my fathers, 291 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:53.079 who rest in the sky and in the sun, ruled from Quito to Chile, 292 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:57.319 and did so many things for those they received as vassals that it seemed 293 00:27:57.359 --> 00:28:02.960 that they were children who had immerged from their own entrails. They neither robbed 294 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:06.880 nor killed anyone, except when it served justice, and they kept order and 295 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:11.359 reason in the province. As you well know, the rich did not succumb 296 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:15.640 to pride, and the poor were not destitute. Instead, they enjoyed tranquility 297 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:22.279 and perpetual peace. Our sins made us unworthy of such lords, and were 298 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:26.359 the reason that these bearded ones entered our lands, their own being so far 299 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:32.160 away from here. They preach one thing and do another, and despite all 300 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:34.799 of the admonitions they give us, they do the opposite. They have no 301 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:41.000 fear of the sun God nor shame treating us like dogs. They can call 302 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:45.839 us by other names their greed has been so great that there is no temple 303 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:49.440 or palace they have left unpillaged. Furthermore, even if all the snow on 304 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:53.759 the mountains were transformed into gold and silver, it would still not satisfy them. 305 00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:57.559 They keep the daughters of my father and other ladies, your sisters and 306 00:28:57.640 --> 00:29:04.160 relatives as miss desiring them beastly like this, they want to distribute, as 307 00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:08.240 they have already begun, all the provinces, giving one to each of them, 308 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:12.759 so that as lords they can ravage them. They intend to keep us 309 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:17.799 subjugated and enslaved, and that we will have nothing to do other than find 310 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:22.000 them metals and to provide them with our women in livestock. What justice and 311 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:25.559 reason did they have to do these things? And what more will these Christians 312 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:29.839 do? Look? I ask you where did we meet them? What is 313 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.079 it that we owe them? Or which of them did we injure? In 314 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:36.440 order that, with these horses and these weapons of iron, that they have 315 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:41.480 made such cruel war on us? They killed Atahualpa without cause. They did 316 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:48.240 the same with Captain General Chachumicha. They also killed rim Navi by burning them 317 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:52.240 to death in Quito, so that their souls would burn with their bodies, 318 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:56.920 and they couldn't go to enjoy inca heaven. It seems to me that they 319 00:29:56.000 --> 00:30:00.680 be neither just nor honest that we put up with this. Rather, we 320 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:04.200 should strive with the utmost determination to either die to the last man, or 321 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:10.559 else to kill our cruel enemies. End quote. After the meeting, Manko 322 00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:14.880 quietly slipped out of the city. As he traveled through the night, no 323 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:18.839 doubt he came to the determination that when he entered the city again, it 324 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:22.680 would be at the head of a conquering army. When he returned, he 325 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:30.480 would exterminate the Spanish once and for all. But despite Manko's efforts to keep 326 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:36.000 spies out of the secret meeting, there had been spies and attendants. These 327 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:40.559 men quickly reported what they had heard to Juan Pizaro. Juan told his brother 328 00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:45.720 Gonzalo, and immediately the two men saddled their horses and tore off after Manko. 329 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:49.319 After a few hours, the brothers came upon what appeared to be part 330 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:53.920 of Manko's entourage. They demanded to know which way Manko had gone, but 331 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:59.079 the men lied. They told Juan that Manko had gone one way, when 332 00:30:59.079 --> 00:31:03.559 in reality he had gone another Still, the Spaniards quickly realized their mistake and 333 00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:08.920 reversed course. Before long, Manko, being carried on his royal litter, 334 00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:14.400 heard the sound of horses hoofs in the distance, and he realized he had 335 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:18.440 been betrayed. Quote. Manko feared the enemy and cursed a great deal those 336 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:22.160 who had informed them that he had escaped. With great fear, he got 337 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:26.720 out of the litter and hid among some small rushes. The Spaniards arrived and 338 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:30.880 loudly called out to him. Soon one of the horsemen approached the place where 339 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:34.319 he was hiding, and, believing that he had been discovered, he came 340 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:37.680 out, saying that it was he and that they should not kill him. 341 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:41.079 He told a great law, which was that Diego de la Magro had sent 342 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:45.680 him a messenger an order that he should follow him to Chile. End quote. 343 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:51.359 The two Bizarro brothers, just relieved that they found the emperor, didn't 344 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:56.920 believe Manko's story about Amagro's order for a moment. They quickly escorted him back 345 00:31:56.920 --> 00:32:00.279 to Cusco and locked him in a room, just as he had imprisoned Atahualpa 346 00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:07.279 three years earlier. The same man who had stolen Manko's wife and who openly 347 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:12.160 slept with her, now supervised the removal of Manco's final outward vestiges of power. 348 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:17.480 Quote Gonzalo Pizzaro ordered his men to bring irons and a chain with which 349 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:22.799 they shackled my father. This is by Tutokutsi, and then all at once 350 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:25.680 threw a chain around his neck and a larn on his feet end quote. 351 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:31.799 With Manko now firmly their prisoner, the Spanish inhabitants of Cusco no longer made 352 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:37.160 a pretense of showing the emperor any respect. Juan and Gonzalo were especially brutal, 353 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:44.200 threatening Manko with even worse consequences if he didn't reveal the location immediately of 354 00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:49.519 more and more gold and silver. Manco was later quoted as saying, quote, 355 00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:54.759 I gave Juan Pizarro thirteen hundred gold bricks and two thousand golden objects bracelets, 356 00:32:54.960 --> 00:33:00.200 cups, and other smaller pieces. I also gave seven gold silver pitchers. 357 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:04.359 But they said to me, dog, give us gold. If you 358 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:07.079 do not, we will be burned. And they swore at me, and 359 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:10.839 they said that they wanted me to burn. I'm not lying when I say 360 00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:15.839 that I rebelled more on account of the abuses they inflicted on me, than 361 00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.920 because of the gold they took from me. For they called me a dog 362 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:22.960 and struck my face, and they took my wives and lands that I used 363 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:28.759 to farm. End quote. But even with Manko's latest gifts, the Spaniards 364 00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:32.839 were still not satisfied, and they became more and more abusive, both to 365 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:38.519 Manko and all of the city's inhabitants. No longer did the Spaniards try to 366 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:45.079 hide who was in control. According to titut Kutzi, again this is Manko's 367 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:49.400 son. During his captivity, Manko tried to reason with the Spaniards, and 368 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:52.160 an attempt to remind them of everything he had done, he said, quote, 369 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:54.799 what have I done to you? Why do you treat me in this 370 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:58.920 manner and tie me up like a dog? Is this how you repay me 371 00:33:59.160 --> 00:34:02.200 for what I have done you and for helping establish you in my land? 372 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:09.320 End quote? But of course, the Spaniards ignored Mango's complaints and inched ever 373 00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:15.599 closer to the Great Rebellion. Instead, they kept him in chains, certain 374 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:19.079 that if Manco were freed, he would immediately try to stir the country into 375 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:22.920 revolt, and they told him Manco Inca. Making excuses now is not going 376 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:27.199 to help you. We know without a doubt that you want to make this 377 00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:30.599 country rise up. They've told us that you want to kill us. For 378 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:35.280 this reason, we've imprisoned you. It's not true that we want you to 379 00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:37.360 rebel. Then you can stop complaining and give us some gold and silver, 380 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.440 which is what we came here to find. Give it to us, and 381 00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:45.920 we will set you free. End quote. At this point, Mano must 382 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:52.519 have realized what the Spaniards really were, foreigners whose only intent was to pillage, 383 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:58.000 sack, and plunder the empire that his family had created. But while 384 00:34:58.039 --> 00:35:01.679 Manco was being humiliated and abuse as a prisoner, the various Inca lords he 385 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:07.440 assembled for his clandestine meeting had mostly escaped from Cusco the night of his capture. 386 00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:15.400 Almost immediately, they had begun fanning out into the countryside to spread Manko's 387 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:20.760 orders to begin preparing for a rebellion. In the Inca system of government, 388 00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:25.639 each provincial governor directed the local chiefs below him, who in turn commanded households 389 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:30.920 of commoners that numbered anywhere from a few hundred to maybe ten thousand. As 390 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:36.239 long as the Inca chain of command continued to function from emperor to governor. 391 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:43.599 Then Manko still wielded substantial control over the population. Despite all the confusion and 392 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:49.639 chaos of the previous several years, the Inca machinery of states slowly but surely 393 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:55.679 began to grind into working order. Everyone began to get ready to follow Manko 394 00:35:55.760 --> 00:36:01.360 Inca's one order, prepare yourselves. The word got out, and slowly in 395 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:07.360 different parts of the empire, the rebellion began to smolder. By now, 396 00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:09.840 the Inca realized that the Spanish were tough to kill when they were in large 397 00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:15.440 groups, so instead they settled on a strategy of killing them when they were 398 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:20.480 mostly isolated, when they went to their encomiendes to get tribute. In the 399 00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:24.480 far southern portion of Peru, close to modern De la Paz, two Spaniards 400 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:30.360 were killed in December fifteen thirty five on their encomiendes. Soon more and more 401 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:35.920 natives were killing Spaniards that way, ambushing them from the city when they were 402 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:42.039 traveling alone. Words spread, and before long this new style of attack had 403 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:46.719 spread throughout Peru. With only a few months of the meeting, over thirty 404 00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:52.559 Spaniards had been ambushed and killed more than had been killed in the first three 405 00:36:52.800 --> 00:37:00.360 years of the conquest. In January fifteen thirty six, Ernando Pizzaro returned to 406 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:04.760 Cusco after an absence of two years. He was the one, if you 407 00:37:04.840 --> 00:37:08.000 will recall, who accompanied the royal fifth of the Treasure back to Spain after 408 00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:15.639 the death of at Hualpa. Hernando had negotiated the Pissaro cause well. Not 409 00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:19.679 only had the king granted him the right to import black slaves to work in 410 00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:24.360 Peru's minds, but he also gave the Pisaro's the right to appoint three lifetime 411 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:31.400 members to each town council throughout the kingdom. This effectively gave the Pisardo's control 412 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:38.880 over Peru. Her Nando's return meant a major change for Manco Inca. Hernando 413 00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:45.400 ordered the Inca Emperor immediately released from custody and unchained. He apologized to Manco 414 00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:49.840 for the way that his brothers had treated him, and began to dine with 415 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:57.159 him regularly. This was not out of some altruistic desire to see Manco's human 416 00:37:57.239 --> 00:38:02.280 rights recognized. However, soon began peppering the emperor with the same old questions, 417 00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:08.760 where was they're more gold? Plus it's worth, noting that King Charles 418 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:15.000 back in Europe had ordered Manko Inca treated as a fellow sovereign, so to 419 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:20.639 an extent, Hernando was just complying with his orders. Still, Laud and 420 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:24.119 Gonzala were furious. How could Hernando release the guy who had just started an 421 00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:30.360 insurrection. He might escape any day and pick it back up again. Hernando 422 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:36.719 brushed aside these concerns and told his brothers there was no risk of that at 423 00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:42.519 all. Manko had promised him he would not lead any rebellions or anything like 424 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:49.599 that. But now it was Manco's turn to beat deceptive as high Priest villac 425 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:55.000 Umu had been carrying out the rebellion in his name this entire time. Little 426 00:38:55.039 --> 00:39:00.400 did the Pizarro brothers realize Manko was just waiting for the rainy season to end 427 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:07.840 to begin the great rebellion in earnest he knew he would never get another chance 428 00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:12.719 like this. The Spanish were presently divided. Pisardo was on the coast, 429 00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:17.079 his brothers isolated in Cusco, and Almagro was far to the south or potentially 430 00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:23.679 even dead. While the Pisardo brothers feasted and toasted one another night after night, 431 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:30.119 the Inca were secretly assembling their weapons. As the warriors drew nearer to 432 00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:35.920 the capitol. The time had finally come from Mano to escape. Word would 433 00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:38.559 soon get out that native armies were approaching. It was time for Manco to 434 00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:45.679 take full and open control of the growing insurgency. Having already given at Anando 435 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:50.880 Pisaro different stores of gold and silver, Manko now asked Hernando for a favor. 436 00:39:50.920 --> 00:39:55.639 In return, could he and villac Umu travel to the nearby UK Valley, 437 00:39:55.880 --> 00:40:00.639 about fifteen miles to the north. He and his high pries wanted to 438 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:06.039 perform some important religious ceremonies there for his father. If Hernando would allow him 439 00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:09.119 to go, he promised he would bring back a life sized gold and silver 440 00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:15.719 statue that belonged to his father. Hernando, ever eager to get more treasure, 441 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:17.639 told Manko, of course, by all means, the two of them 442 00:40:17.679 --> 00:40:23.639 could go. In April the eighteenth, fifteen thirty six, Manko Inca and 443 00:40:23.679 --> 00:40:29.480 his high priest left Cusco and headed for the UK Valley. Not long after 444 00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:34.480 they departed, Juan and Gonzalo Pizzaro, and even some of Manco's astrained kin 445 00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:39.199 formed a delegation and visited Hernando. Hernando had made a huge mistake. They 446 00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:45.960 told him the Lieutenant Governor Hernando must immediately send a force to recapture the Inca 447 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:50.400 empire. If not, then Manko had no intention of returning. It would 448 00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:54.760 be full out war. Hernando again brushed these concerns aside. He said Manco 449 00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:59.719 would return. Manco had promised him he would. Hernando said that they were 450 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:02.400 worried over nothing. They should all just go home and stop it. Manko 451 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:08.159 Inca would keep his word. Two days later, a spaniard arrived in Cusco, 452 00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:13.800 who had been surprised to meet Manko. Inca and vilak Umu headed into 453 00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:17.599 the hills above Kallak Valley and traveling in the direction of Lairs, some fifty 454 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:23.199 miles from Cusco, not fifteen. When the spaniard had asked the emperor where 455 00:41:23.199 --> 00:41:27.480 they were going, Manko replied that they were off to retrieve some gold. 456 00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:32.000 To Hernando, I guess this information still made perfect sense. Manko had promised 457 00:41:32.000 --> 00:41:36.280 that he would bring back a life side statue made of silver and gold, 458 00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:40.199 and he was on his way to go get it. But when more days 459 00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:45.840 went by was still no sign of the departed emperor. He started to worry. 460 00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:50.960 Finally, on the eve of Easter Sunday, news arrived that manko Inca 461 00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:53.679 had been seen with a large group of native chiefs in the rugged mountains. 462 00:41:54.360 --> 00:42:00.039 The Inca emperor had apparently convened a secret assembly of native chief Some military leaders 463 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:06.880 from all parts of the empire were still various. Eyewitnesses had seen all kinds 464 00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:10.920 of warriors assembling across Peru. The rebellion, it seemed, was very real. 465 00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:16.559 Later on, Pedro Pisaro, cousin to the Men, would recall quote, 466 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:21.320 manko Inca took refuge in the Andes, which is a land of enormous 467 00:42:21.400 --> 00:42:24.400 rugged mountains with very bad passes and where it's impossible for horses to enter. 468 00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:30.280 And from there he sent many high ranking captains all over the realm in order 469 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.079 to gather up all the natives who could fight and who could go with them 470 00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:36.639 to lay siege to Cusco and kill all of us Spaniards who were there. 471 00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:42.480 End quote, Ernando had been duped after more than two years on his puppet 472 00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:51.159 throne. Manco Inca had formerly declared war against the Spaniards. 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