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Atahualpa taken at Cajamarca

On 16 November 1532 Pizarro seized Atahualpa in the plaza of Cajamarca and his men opened fire. Xerez says two thousand were killed and that no Indian raised arms against a Spaniard.

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Dates
16 Nov 1532
Place
Cajamarca
How each side tells it

According to Francisco de Xerez

According to Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala

According to Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti Yamqui Salcamayhua

On 16 November 1532 Pizarro seized Atahualpa in the plaza of Cajamarca and his men opened fire. Xerez says two thousand were killed and that no Indian raised arms against a Spaniard.

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  1. 15 Nov 1532 Francisco de Xerez intervened in Atahualpa taken at Cajamarca
  2. 16 Nov 1532 Atahualpa taken at Cajamarca
  3. 16 Nov 1532 Francisco Pizarro intervened in Atahualpa taken at Cajamarca
  4. 16 Nov 1532 Vicente de Valverde intervened in Atahualpa taken at Cajamarca
Proof 3 sources
  1. Reports on the Discovery of Peru: I. Report of Francisco de Xeres, secretary to Francisco Pizarro (English translation by Clements R. Markham, Hakluyt Society, 1872), Hakluyt Society, London (scan on the Internet Archive), 1872. Primary record
    on Friday, the 15th of November, 1532, at the hour of vespers
    The Governor then mustered sixty-two horsemen and one hundred and two foot soldiers.
    fearlessly seized him by the arm, crying out Santiago. Then the guns were fired off
    So great was the terror of the Indians at seeing the Governor force his way through them, at hearing the fire of the artillery, and beholding the charging of the horses, a thing never before heard of, that they thought more of flying to save their lives than of fighting.
    In the square and on the plain there were two thousand killed, besides wounded.
    the men in front carried arms concealed under their clothes
    The infantry made so good an assault upon those that remained that in a short time most of them were put to the sword.
    but, the number being very great, no account was taken of them, for all who came in attendance on Atabaliba were great lords
  2. An Account of the Antiquities of Peru, by Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-yamqui Salcamayhua, in Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas (English translation by Clements R. Markham, Hakluyt Society, 1873), Hakluyt Society, London (scan on the Internet Archive), 1873. Primary record
    after he had spoken with the friar Vicente de Valverde, when twelve thousand men were killed
  3. Guaman Poma de Ayala, The Conquest of Peru (excerpt from The First New Chronicle and Good Government, about 1615; early English translation by David Frye), David Frye, University of Michigan (web page, via the Internet Archive), 1999. Scholarship & press
    Well, why doesn't it tell me? The book doesn't even talk to me!
    the soldiers began to kill Indians like ants
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