Tom Holland
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He reminds me of Charles de Gaulle.
And is he similarly successful?
Does he emerge as the leader of a proud and independent Incan state?
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.