Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-01
FRANCISCO PIZARR0.
elLI NYE GIVES A SKETCH OF
2 THE coNQUeRoR'S CAREER.

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A wonderful Example of self-Made
Map-Born In Humble Life, iio Con-
ausr~ Famo and Fortune In fcru-Hi-
Later Years.
Perhaps the history Of the western hemi-
snhere has never furnished more wonderful
.xappIe of the self ma lie man than may be
foupd I'm tho person Of Francisco Pizarro, a
gentleman who came TO America about 1910,
Intending To grow up with the country.
Mr, Pizarro was born at TruXiio, Spain,
about l4Tl His father was Spanish coione'
"a foot, and his mother was a peasant glrL
Her name was Estramadura This was her
maiden name. II was name which seeineh
10 harmonize well with her rich plcki'd-ohVe
complexion and 81 she retained 1t all her ME
: Her son did not have many early advantages
for he was neglected 10y his mother and al
lowed 10 grow up a swineherd, and It Is even
said that he was suckled 10y swine IN his in
: snncy while his giddy mother joined in the
mad whirl at the skating rink. Wccan hariy
.paac:ns ANYTHING more pitiahle than the con-
k5tion of little child left tO rustic FOR nouriSi-
mant among the black and tan hogs ot SPAN,
while his father played old setge on the
frontier In the regular army and his mcther
xrots ter cigar box name in the atmosphere
at the rink
CONQUEST OF PERU.
- Poor little Pizarro had none OF the modern
iaAyantares, therefore, and his education was
5oxtrpmcly crude The historian says that ne
grew up q bold, ignorant, and brutal man
"a came TO what WAS then called SIanlsil
,-.sAuerica az the age OF - years, anu "Ss'S'fNi
Nr BaIboa in discovering the Pacific ocean.
Having bsar,i Of the existence OF Peru with
an its wealth. Pizarro secured a band OF self
made men like himself and lit out for that
4iinroyince for the purpose Of ccnquering IT. II
me liked il, and bringing home some SOLID sil-
yer teapots and guld-lined card reetlNers.
He wsss engaged in gathering tins line or
,.o.,s and working them off on the pawn
broker for twenty-one years, daring which
time he did not get killed, but continued to
-, s,fioy a reasonable degree of health and
strength
- Although Peru at that time was quite
=, aensely populated with an industrious ai'o
). a ,a,thy GLASS OF natives, Pizarro subdued bel
With ITO foot soldiers armed with Old
!. s.sbiooed muskets that had these fulEhlo"i
barrels. with muxzles on them like the o'iSi
ns-s and of a tuba horn sixty-seven mounted
!, ,r.n and two toy cannons loaded with caIpe
taeks. With no education, and, what wa
,ti,l harder to bear, the inner CONSCIOUSNESS
4 INT his parents were plain, common, every
asy peopls whose position III life "ouid no
sdvanc- him in the estimation Of the Peru
l,yfaps. be battled on His efforts wer'
crowned with success insomuch tnat al th'
closs OF the year l5ss peace was deciare'
md he could breathe the free air once NOR
without fear Of getting bronze arrownea,
mixed ND with his kidney when his haci
was turned ~For the first time in two years,
uv, the historian, "Pizarro was able to tak
al his tin helmet and his sheetirun corset
night when he lay down to rest, or, undis
,r,syed 70 90 forth bareheaded and wearlni
only his cIinkled seersucker coat and pair 0
sandals ut the twilight hour and tll midmgh
wander alone amid the famous guam
srsvvu Of Peru
IN AFTER YEARS.
AZ such "a the history Of a man who neve
sven knew how to write his own name ii
won far,e for himself and great wealth with
o,,t an education or a long, dark-blue lineage
So P,zarro could not brag on his blood an
his education was not classical he coui
,ct write his name, though ne trlen taitt
fully for many years. Day after day durin
a,s c,mnaipn. and late into the night, whe
<ae waller dogs Of Lima came forth wit
t.s.a---i..A- -ks. ,xssyld a,it his arlirrl
sAa=z Sos,9ue ard trx 20 write hut be ncvrr cru'
doit His was not studious mind. 1t wi
more on the knock ock-down-and-draG-ou orde
Pizarro WAS made a marquis in after year
Hewas also made a CORPSE. He acquired q
latter position toward the close Of his Gf
He, at one time, married the meas ,iAuGht,
and founded a long line Of grandees, ma
quises and macaroni sculptors, whose nam
may be found on the covers Of impnrte
cigar boxes and the topmost tier OF u
wrought iron resorts In our best penitan'
aries
Pizarro lived very busy life during q
conquest, some days killing as many
seventy and eighty Peruvians between su
and sun. But death at last crooked his ii
ger at the marquis and he slept. We all brs
and blow our horn here for few hri
years-it Is true, but when the grim reap'
with his new and automatic twine bind
comes along he gathers us in; the weak al
the strong, the ignorant and the educate
the plain and the beautiful, the young Al
the old, those who have just shifted Il
sweet and dew laden cir of life's morning al
those who are footsore and weary and wal
ing-all alike must bow low to the sickle tn
goss OH cutting closer and closer to Us ev,
when sleep.
Had Pizarro thought more about this ma
ter be would have been ahead to-day.-B
Nye In Chicago News.