AtahualpaSeptember 1532
Envoy invites the Spaniards to meet Atahualpa at his camp near Caxamala
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Envoy invites the Spaniards to meet Atahualpa at his camp near Caxamala
Spaniards attack unarmed Incas and capture Atahualpa
Spaniards attack unarmed Incas and capture Atahualpa. Envoy invites the Spaniards to meet Atahualpa at his camp near Caxamala. As Atahualpa enters Caxamala on a litter, surrounded by hundreds of unarmed attendents, the Spaniards attacked, slaughtered his retinue, and captured the Inca King
De Soto, on a false mission, and in his absense had Atahualpa tried and convicted for the murder of his brother & is strangled to death after being forcefully converted to Christianity. Atahualpa gathers enormous somes of gold for his ransom
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