io8 MY horse; my love. 



tensibly, for the crime of unbelief; but it was 

 delayed by the influence of a pious priest, who un- 

 dertook to explain to the willing, helpless Pagan 

 the doctrine of the Trinity. He was unable to com- 

 prehend 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 con- 

 quered land, which was at once placed under colonial 

 government, subject to the Spanish crown. 



" Stirring reports of the wonderful wealth in pre- 

 cious metals of this Eldorado having gone abroad, 

 intense excitement among all classes in Spain was 

 created, of which the immediate result was exten- 

 sive 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 dignita- 



