Weep for the one you slay today! The one you found at last. Mourn for Atahualpa, for war has come and passed; It was he who flamed the hearts so deep, with heroic
Breath, and now
Now Pizarros sword is laid and armor hangs in the house
Of Cajamarca. Weep for the one so swift to slay, whom they shall hang
Todayin Cajamarca!
#1305 4/8/06 Note: Atahualpa, was king of the Incas, perhaps the most noted one in Inca history, or one of the most famous Incas at least. He was killed in Cajamarca, Peru, in the 16th Century, and of course there are many legends that surround his last days; those days in a Spanish Prison, in this Northern Peruvian city. I suppose, if the city is famous for anything, it is famous more for the death and incarceration of Atahualpa, than anything else. I am not here to judge history, or to say how bad the Spanish were, or how cruel the Incas were. And Im sure we could point fingers at both of them for their atrocities, for the Inca Empire did not acquire its grand conquering status (likened to the Romans) by being less cruel than the Spanish, but it was Atahualpa, who was the headlines of the day, and all the gold the Inca world could gather, did not save him.
See Dennis' web site: http://dennissiluk.tripod.com Poeta Laureado de la ciudad de San Jeronimo en Peru
Author:: Dennis Siluk
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