While The Army Of Huascar Was Celebrating Their Victory With Great Feasts
And Rejoicings, Atahualpa Contrived To Escape From The _Tambos_ Or Palace
Of Tumibamba In Which He Was Confined, By Digging Through A Very Thick
Wall With A Bar Of Copper, Which He Procured From A Woman.
He returned
immediately to Quito, where he collected the remains of his defeated army,
to whom he represented that
His father had changed him into a serpent, by
which means he had been enabled to escape from his prison through a small
hole; and that his father had assured him of certain victory, if they
would return along with him against the enemy. His troops were so much
encouraged by this stratagem, that they followed him with great courage,
believing themselves invincible under the protection of Huana Capac. He
again attacked the army of Huascar, which in this second battle was
entirely defeated. Such numbers were slain on both sides in these two
battles, that even to this day large quantities of human bones remain in
the places where they were fought. In pursuit of his victory, Atahualpa
marched into the provinces which adhered to his brother, which he
destroyed with fire and sword. He entirely destroyed the great city of
Tumibamba, which stood on a plain watered by three great rivers. In his
pursuing his conquests, he gave no quarter wherever he met with resistance
but granted mercy and peace to all such districts as submitted quietly to
his authority, obliging all the warriors to join his army, which by these
means, increased continually as he advanced.
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