26 Oct 1847
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Newspaper
Huron Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1847
Page
1
The text blends autumnal verse imagery with a critical excerpt on the Peru conquest. It contrasts melancholy nature scenes with a Blackwood’s Magazine critique of Atahualpa and Pizarro, detailing Francisco Pizarro's siege and the massacre in the Plaza, the Inca's ransom offer, and the violence that followed amid gold and religious imperatives.
The narrative recounts Atahuallpa's ransom demanded by Spaniards, the looted Peruvian wealth, and his trial and execution amid accusations of idol worship and cruelty. It notes Father Valverde's signature on the death sentence and condemns the process as arbitrary, linking it to Pizarro's brutality. It also includes later colonial travel notes on Jacob's Well and agricultural improvements.
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