Tom Holland

There's a ritual where all his chiefs pay tribute to the flag of Spain.

The Incas sing a lovely song thanking the sun for allowing them to drive out their enemies and thanking the sun for sending the Spanish to rule over them.

Miguel de Estete says in his memoir, I do not believe they truly meant it.

They only wanted to make us think they were happy with our company.

I don't think you have to be terribly astute to draw that conclusion.

And then one more set piece.

Sometimes people, perhaps the more earnest listeners to this podcast, sometimes comment there's a lot of bad behaviour towards animals at The Rest Is History.

And this is a very good example.

Because Manco decides to celebrate his triumph with a traditional royal hunt, which is called a chaco.

And he sends out 10,000 beaters, 10,000 beaters, to encircle this huge area of the countryside around Cuzco.

And these blokes basically have to sort of close ranks slowly until they can all hold hands.

And inside this huge ring of people are now trapped all the animals.

So that's vicuñas and guanacos, which are kind of a bit like llamas.

There's roe deer, mountain foxes, hares and pumas.

And then Manco and his entourage enter the ring along with Pizarro and about 50 Spaniards who've all been armed with sticks.

And then they have a brilliant time killing every animal in sight, bludgeoning them to death.

They're not tossing them.

Not tossing them.

And the sources say they killed 11,000 animals with sticks.

God, I wouldn't want to take on a puma with a stick.