Dominic Sandbrook
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Appearances Over Time
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If Atahualpa had said, well, who's the most famous person you've treated in this manner?
And they'd say, well, Montezuma.
At that point, his face might fall a little when he discovered the fate of the emperor of the Aztecs.
Fair point.
So Atahualpa says, you're going to kill me.
And Pizarro says, no, no, no, we're Christians.
So that means we don't kill people in cold blood.
We will see in this episode how true that is.
And then I think disastrously for the Incas generally, Atahualpa sends a message to his army.
He says, do not flee.
Do not resist.
Wait for my orders.
I'm not dead.
I'm in the power of the Christians.
Later that morning, Pizarro's lieutenant, Hernando de Soto, who's described as swashbuckling or dashing.
Posh.
Yes, and he ends up in Arkansas or thereabouts.
Looking for the fountain of youth.
Exactly.
So de Soto goes off to the camp of the Atahualpa army, which is about 70,000 or 80,000 strong, supposedly.