Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-07-19


whSa Atsk1zlps vas msds pxisoasl
nOt nerely 70 corsg the door, bns 20 a
ths roozn u watch he Stood, WITH Roit
- high a. be eoaId reaeh- The e6s;
sss assepssd By The bid buf rsseru
p1loas Fixzxro. and. according 10 &C
Indian tradition, line vas drawn On
tbs wall. ali round the room. n hi0h q.
AAahRaipa could reAah With his right
sand- with rcd earth called By the In
diAns taco.
A soon as the aRrssmsnt was con
TIE unhappy monarch ss1t f0ot courisEs
70 ali parts Of RIs e1opae, calling upon
ms Subjects 20 bring in tbs promised
ransom
A dsp1tation eoasisting Of three span
ixrds-Fe3ro Moynsg, Francisco Mar
tinez de Z4rate and Martin Baeno-
marched 80 Cazeos vhers, On the recon
msad2tioa Of Atshaalpa. they we're
received with boaors and we're hospft-
ably entertained. The simple minded
Indians had occasion very soon 70 repent
Of the attentions they had paid 10 the
Spani4rds, for the lzsisr began 10 commit
All kinds Of exoesees- A complaint Of
the eondncf Of the members Of tho dep
citation having been sent to Pisarro,
fhAs ehieftsin sant bis brother. Herman
do Pizsrro, IN January, 1888. with twenty
eayalrymen. to C1zco. and be rstnrned
shortly sftersard 70 CajamArca, bring
ine with hini twenty seven loads of gold
snd tvo thousand marks Of silver.
The extraordinary activity displayed
By the dldersnt csciqnes Of the empire
10 give eject 20 tie order Of their SOW
ereign 10 explained By the intense love
the Indians fslt foF their monarch, vhoss
life vas nov At the mercy Of the avari,
cio1s Spaniafds.
The roads we're throneed i'm all direc.
tons with caravans Of Indians bearins
treasure.
Twenty Indians were sent by the On
eique Cchunp- Chupi from the hishts ol
Chnmbibilesss, where there skis not only
veins Of gold, bat also gold washinQs
with large quantity Of gold which the,
we're 10 dsliyor in CsiamaEoa on aecounl
Of Atahuslpa's ransom
1hs faithful Indians pressed on at tn
top Of their speed, their thoughts con
pistsly absorbed IN the fate Of their be
loved monarch, vhsn, AZ the Combapasl
junction on the road which passes
thr0ueh Tinta to Cuzc0, they fell In viii
an Indian clad in q scarlet mantle ana
searinR black tassels on bis brow, vino
amidst tears and lamentations, told
them the sad story Of Plzarro's treaoh
cry and of the murder Of their unhapp.
sovereign.
The peor Indians, realizing that the,
had lost their thar. their eountry anI
their liberty, burst into tears, and with
out altering q word they raised thei
hands toward heaven.
Al length one OF the Indians In O burs
Of anger threw down his heavy load AM
exclaimed "Coata hueqqas!" This 81
elamation is full of meaning. Il sieni
| dss tears embittered By the though
that the misfortane which oauses thea
cannot be rsmedied, and at the sam
time IL b q fierce malsdiction harle,
| against the authors Of the misfortune
| that word vas the signal for the oon
pact among tbs Indians Of var 10 tn
desth against she murderers OF tAei
| monarch; 10 was the signal for tho con
oealmeut of the wealth Of the empire
and lt was re- Gated while q thousan,
hiding places we're being dug.
The twenty Indians from the hight
of Chumbibiicas duR hole in cave d
the hard rock as Oombapata. but wher'
and In what direction 10 not known, ans
In u they buried the treasure sent by tn
caeiqae Cehumpi- Chupi.
Ths somber cave OF Ccatta Hueqqul
still exists, at the distance Of hAlf |
mile from the historic village Of Tinta
Il appears 70 be formed of petfifaetions
and IN every direction the rock sppear
10 be studded with drops Of water OF
the point Of falling. IL the hard rocI
weeping for the unhappy fate Of Alta
hualpa, or are the drops of toe coatti
husqqns the embittered tears OF Q dis
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