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Pizarro was joined by Almagro % but another Accident 
happened about the fame Time, which he apprehended 
might be ftili more fatal to him. 
The three SpaniJIo Officers that were fent with his Peo- 
ple toCuzco^ happening to pafs through the Town where 
Htiefcar^ his Brother, was Prifoner, went to fee him ; 
and acquainting Huefcar with what Atahuallpa had of- 
fered for his Ranfom, that Prince informed them how 
iinjuftly he had been depofed by Atahuallpa^ his Brother, 
who had no Right to the Empire or the Treafures he 
had promifed ; and as he underflood one principal De- 
fign of the Expedition of the Spaniards^ was to relieve 
the Diftreffed, and to do Juftice to thofe that were op- 
preffed, he did not doubt but they would releafe him 
from his Captivity, and reflore him to his Throne ; 
which he fhould not only gratefully acknowledge, but 
would furnifli them with much more Treafure than the 
Ufurper could poffibly do •, for his loyal Subjefts had bu- 
ried mofl of their Gold and Silver Plate after the Battle, 
wherein -he was made Prifoner, to conceal it from the Re- 
bels, but would readily produce it again, and pay it to 
the Spaniards for his Ranfom, if they required it. 
Pizarro^s Meffengers feemed to liften to his Over- 
tures, and promifed the Inca that Juftice fhould be done 
him •, but left that Prince, however, in Prifon, and con- 
tinued their Journey to Cuzco j and Advice being imme- 
diately carried Atahuallpa^ of the Conferences between 
the Spanijh Officers and his Brother, he foon faw that he 
fhould be undone, unlefs Huefcar was immediately de- 
fpatched out of the way, knowing that the greateft Part 
of the Subjedls of the Empire were little in his Intereft ; 
and, as they would infallibly be fupported bjiht Spaniards^ 
to whom his Brother had difcovered his T reachery, and 
promifed fuch Mountains of Gold and Silver, they 
would certainly facrifice him to their Avarice, if they had 
no regard to the Juftice of his Brother’s Caufe ; but re- 
fiedling, if he fhould order his Brother to be put to 
death, the Spaniards might make this a Pretence for taking 
away his own Life, he was forced to a6l with Caution. 
He refolved, in the firft Place, to found how Pizarro 
flood affedted towards Huefcar ; which he did by feign- 
ing he had Intelligence, that the Officers who had his 
Brother in Cuftody, had put him to Death without his 
Knowledge, for which the Ufurper expreffed a very 
great Concern. But finding Pizarro was not moved at 
the Relation, and that he only faid. This was the For- 
tune of War^ and the Fives of Captives were at the 
Conquer oPs Difpofal-, Atahuallpa difpatched an Exprefs 
for putting Huefcar to Death, and his Orders were 
immediately executed, though it remains uncertain 
what Death he died ; for fome Writers affirm he 
was burnt, others, that he was drowned, and fome, 
that his Body was cut in fmall Pieces, that his 
Subjedls might not pay thofe Honours to the Corpfe 
of their deceafed Inca as were ufuft. However he 
fuffered, there is one Thing worthy of Remark, 
which is. That when the Murderers came into his 
Prefence, and Huefcar underftood their Bufmefs, he ex- 
prefled himfelf in thefe Words : My Reign is indeed 
but fhort •, but the Perfon by whofe Orders I am put 
to death, who was born, and ought to have continued 
my Subjeft, will not live to enjoy long that Power 
“ which he endeavours to purchafe at the Expence of 
“ the Blood of his Brother and his lawful Prince.” 
The Peruvians^ however, made great Lamentations 
for him as foon as his Death was known, crying to 
Heaven for Vengeance on his Murderers: Some alfo defir- 
ed the. Spaniards to revenge it on the Ufurper Atahuallpa. 
In the mean time, the three Officers that were fent to 
Cuzco being arrived there, were,aciored by that People as 
the true Defcendants of the Sun : But the Spaniards 
lamented that they were Men of mean Parts and Edu- 
cation, who knew not how to preferve that Refpe6l and 
Veneration the Peruviayis had conceived of them, which 
was then fo neceflary to facilitate their future Attempts. 
The Indians., we are told, foon perceived they muft de- 
duce the Original of the Spaniard from fome bafer Foun- 
tain than the Sun, and the Efteem and Affedion they at 
firft entertained for the Chriftians, on the mighty Pro- 
fdfions they made of their Juftice and Honour, was on 
a fudden converted into Dread and Averfion. > 
They were afflided to find fo vicious and profligate a 
P.,ace of Men, who trampled on every thing that was 
facred, and whofe Avarice feemed to exceed all Bounds, 
fhould become Mafters of their Country •, and from that 
time meditated how they might throw off that intole- 
rable Yoke which they lound the Spaniards were about to 
impofe upon them. However, they durft not difobey 
the Commands of their Inca Atahuallpa \ but having 
amafted a confiderable Quantity of Treafure, they loaded 
it on the Backs of their Tamenes or Porters, and con- 
veyed it to Caxamalca, with a View, poifibly, of aflert- 
ing their Liberties ' to greater Advantage, when they 
fhould have procured the Releafe of their Inca : But the 
moft valuable Treafure, confifting of Gold, Silver, and 
Emeralds, being lodged in the Temple ob Pacha Camac., 
the invifible God, as Pizarro was informed, he difpatch- 
ed his three Brothers thither, with the Peruvian Officers 
j^ahuallpa deputed, to fetch it to Caxamalca. 
Blit the Priefts of Pacha Ca?nac receiving Advice how 
the Temple of Cufa had been ruined by the Spaniards 
that went thither, to prevent the like Misfortune fent 
away four hundred Loads of Gold, Silver, and Jewels 
before the Spaniards arrived, which were buried in the 
Earth, or carried to fuch a Diftance that the Spaniards 
could never difcover them •, however, Ferdinand Pizarro 
found as much Plate in this Temple as amounted to 
ninety thoufand Crowns befides what the Soldiers em- 
bezzled, and returned with it to Caxamalca. 
The Marffial Almagro being advanced by this time 
into the Neighbourhood of that Place, Pizarro, the 
General, went out to meet him, and congratulated his 
Arrival, received him with all the Marks of Aifedlion 
and Efteem imaginable, and offered him fuch a Share in 
the Spoils as made him perfedlly eafy ; but his Soldiers, 
who expedled to divide the Booty with thofe that ferved 
wnditr Pizarro, were told, they were intitled to no Part 
of it, as not having been prefent in the Adlion when the 
Inca Atahuallpa was made Prifoner, which was near 
creating a Mutiny amongft them ; but they were pretty 
well appeafed when Pizarro agreed to diftribute an 
hundred thoufand Ducats among the Men which came 
with Almagro. The reft of the Plunder, after the Em- 
peror’s Fifth was dedudled, was divided by among 
his Officers and Soldiers, in fuch a Proportion as he faw 
fit, in which he pretended to have a great Regard to the 
Merit of the refpedlive Adventurers. And it is faid, 
after he had referved the Inca’s golden Chair to himfelf, 
he diftributed as much Gold and Silver Plate amongft 
the Soldiers, as amounted to 1,500,000 Crowns and up- 
wards; which, confidering the Value of Gold and Silver 
at that Time, was more than fifteen Millions at this Day. 
But as large as this Sum appears in round Numbers, it 
will be yet found more extraordinary and furprifing, if 
we confider amongft how fmall a Number of Men it was 
divided. 
\V e cannot exadlly fay what every private Man’s Share 
came to, but we learn from good Memoirs, that each 
Horfeman had near two thoufand Ounces of Gold for his 
Share, and the Foot in Proportion ; fo that I fee no 
Reafon to doubt of the Truth of what I once faw in a 
MS. of Sir J-ohn Hawkins : That the meaneft of Pizar- 
ro’s Soldiers had two thoufand Pounds for his Share, and 
fome of them, that is, of the Foot, twice that Sum ; 
and yet it is agreed, that the whole Money then divided 
did not exceed a Fifth part of Atahuallpa! % Ranfom, 
which, at this Rate muft have amounted to more than 
one Million and an half of our Money. After the Di- 
vifion was made, about fixty of the private Men infifted 
upon their Difcharge, that they might go home and live 
in peace upon what they had got. Almagro oppofed this 
vehemently, alledging. That it would greatly weaken 
their fmall Army ; and moft of the Council were of his 
Opinion. Francis Pizarro, who had more Senfe than 
Almagro and all the Council put together, agreed to the 
Demand, and gave this wife Reafon for it : That when 
once it appeared that private Men could get fo much in 
fo little a time, there was no doubt to be made, if one 
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