Pizarro+conquest+of+Incas

Pizarro Conquest of the Incas -Franciso Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador, who would conquer the Incas, as well as founding Lima, the modern day capital of Peru. -He had 3 other brothers, Hernando, Juan, and Gonzalo. -He gained permission in 1529 from the Spanish Monarchy to conquer Peru -He arrived in Peru in 1532, where he taught two local boys Spanish so that he could know why it was completely different from 5 years prior. -Diseases from past Spanish conquers were wiping out the Incas, along with a civil war that was destroying the empire. -Pizarro and his men were first thought to be gods when natives saw them. -Atahualpa, an Incan leader, said that if Pizarro and co. were //runa quicachac,// or ‘destroyer of peoples’, they should be driven out. If they were //viracocha cuna runa allicha,// or ‘gods who benefit the people’, then they should be welcomed. -Cinquinchara, a native orejon warrior discussed with Atahualpa whether or not the men were gods. He said they were not, as he saw them eating, drinking, and doing all normal routine things; no miracles. -Cinquinchara called the men //supai cuna,// or devils after seeing them bind the natives. He suggested trapping them inside their sleeping quarters and burning it down. -Pizarro had only around 170 men with him during this time. About 106 were on foot and 62 on horseback. -Pizarro sent his captain, Hernando de Soto, to read a prepared speech saying that they were in fact gods and offered for them to serve them -The Incan were mainly defeated by inferior weapons, disease, and ‘open battle’ tactics -Pizarro and his partner Almagro disputed the power over the conquest, and Almagro was eventually killed. As a result, Pizarro was later killed by Almagro’s descendants. -He received 13,000 pounds of gold and 26,000 pounds of silver from the Incans