Tom Holland

No.

But when he says that, his officers take out their clubs and they bludgeon him to death.

So that's the end of him.

John Hemming says it was a tragic end for one of the empire's finest generals who passionately resented the menace and humiliation of the conquest.

So I feel sorry for him.

He didn't turn anyone into a musical instrument.

He led his men with great valor.

He wouldn't surrender.

And he ended up on the wrong side of a club.

And that's sad.

Okay.

But the guy, I mean, kettle drum guy, he's still very much on the scene, isn't he?

He is, but he's lost momentum too.

A lot of his men desert.

They think the Spanish can't be beaten.

He's taken refuge in the mountains outside Quito.

And at last, a conquistador called Miguel de la Chica gets a tip off that Rumunyawi is resting by a mountain lake.

Quote, when I reached the lake, the Lord Rumunyawi was beside a small hillock leaning against a tree.

I closed with him and after struggling for a very long time, I captured him.

And so Rumiñahui is taken under guard back to Quito, where Sebastián de Belalcázar is in charge of interrogating him.