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execution. This was ostensibly for the crime of unbeh'ef; 

 but it was delayed by the influence of a pious priest, who 

 undertook to explain to the willing, helpless Pagan the 

 doctrine of the Trinity. He was unable to comprehend it, 

 but Pizarro promised him that he should not be burned to 

 death, if he would give him a room full of gold. The room 

 which Pizarro signified was filled with gold, but the poor 

 Pagan ruler of the Incas was subsequently butchered by 

 the treacherous Spaniard. The removal of this powerful 

 monarch, and the settlement of Pizarro's quarrels with his 

 partner Almagro, brought tranquillity to the conquered 

 land, which was at once placed under colonial government, 

 subject to the Spanish crown. 



'Stirring reports of the wonderful wealth in precious 

 metals of this Eldorado having gone abroad, intense excite- 

 ment among all classes in Spain was created, of which the 

 immediate result was extensive emigration to the new 

 country. Thus the city of Truxillo, named for Pizarro's 

 birthplace in Spain, was founded in the department of 

 Libertad. Many of this colony of Spaniards were from the 

 families of grandees, and with every ship-load of emigrants, 

 came its quota of Andalusian Barbs. These men, easily 

 making slaves of the amiable natives, devoted themselves 

 to agriculture, and became proprietors of vast domains. 

 In the vicinity of Truxillo are still two haciendas devoted 

 to the breeding of horses, in which^ the blood of these 

 imported Arabs remains pure to this day. Their progeny 

 are found all over Northern Peru, where they are greatly 

 affected as saddle-horses by military officers, political digni- 

 taries and gentlemen of wealth. They are never harnessed 

 or driven. 



' One of the uses to which the Arab's grace, agility and 



