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... Caxamarca . They will soon meet . Pizarro will play the tiger , and pounce upon his prey ; he will be like the spider , and wind him in his fatal web . The false inca is doomed . Coming events cast before me their prophetic shadows . I ...
... Caxamarca . They will soon meet . Pizarro will play the tiger , and pounce upon his prey ; he will be like the spider , and wind him in his fatal web . The false inca is doomed . Coming events cast before me their prophetic shadows . I ...
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... The party proved to be a company of soldiers be- longing to the emperor , Atahualpa , and now going to join him at Caxamarca . They offered no violence to the three travellers ; yet they seemed to regard THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN . 215.
... The party proved to be a company of soldiers be- longing to the emperor , Atahualpa , and now going to join him at Caxamarca . They offered no violence to the three travellers ; yet they seemed to regard THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN . 215.
Strona 216
... Caxamarca , where our adventurers were placed under a guard , and conducted to prison . CHAPTER XII . The week which followed the events detailed in the last chapter , was the most memorable in the history of Peru . Influenced by a ...
... Caxamarca , where our adventurers were placed under a guard , and conducted to prison . CHAPTER XII . The week which followed the events detailed in the last chapter , was the most memorable in the history of Peru . Influenced by a ...
Strona 218
... Caxamarca . Here he had been visited by messengers from Pizarro , who again assured the monarch of the benignant character and friendly in- tentions of their chief . These had witnessed with mingled amazement and cupidity the splendor ...
... Caxamarca . Here he had been visited by messengers from Pizarro , who again assured the monarch of the benignant character and friendly in- tentions of their chief . These had witnessed with mingled amazement and cupidity the splendor ...
Strona 219
... Caxamarca , a considerable place , fortified by a wall of earth . He had taken possession of a large court between the palace and the temple of the sun , and was thus in a strong position . Early on the morning of the 16th of November ...
... Caxamarca , a considerable place , fortified by a wall of earth . He had taken possession of a large court between the palace and the temple of the sun , and was thus in a strong position . Early on the morning of the 16th of November ...
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